Mark A. Sonneborn Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn

St. Paul, Mn

Managed 11-member staff team and oversaw data policy activities for statewide health care trade association focused on advocacy for hospital issues including hospital billing and financial data collection, health information technology, public performance reporting, and assistance with patient safety, nurse staffing, and service quality.Spearheaded initiative to provide quarterly Potentially Preventable Readmission results to hospitals participating in national award-winning campaign for Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Effectively (RARE) which decreased numbers by 8,000+ from 2011 to 2013.Earned subcontract and administered efforts to deliver mandated, hospital-quality procedures as part of statewide quality measurement and reporting system.Received contracts and grants from Health Research & Quality agency to include clinical lab data to administrative billing databases.Drove endeavors to implement regional “Transforming-Care-at-the-Bedside” project through Aligning Forces for Quality/Robert Wood Johnson.Designed and developed statewide Rural Balanced Scorecard project for hospitals.Collaborated with hospitals and health plans and achieved legislation to require administrative simplification in health care transactions.Launched and managed multiple websites to enhance online presence and provide pricing, nurse staffing, and facility information.

Lansing, Mi

Senior Director | Data Services & Data Policy (1999 – 2003)Managed development, sales, and support of useful data products and services for members with $2.1 million budget.Supervised data policy activities including legislative assistance, Payer Relations, and resolution of HIPAA issues.Directed data collection and compilation of inpatient and outpatient databases each with 1+ million annual records.Oversaw development and launch of Core Options, a data collection software product designed to assist hospitals in meeting JCAHO Core Measures and other requirements.Successfully developed and implemented a statewide, hospital-specific, voluntary clinical performance report.Acted as primary industry representative in designing payment incentive program for hospitals with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of Michigan.

Lansing, Michigan Area

Oversaw data policy activities with 3 direct reports.Assisted in legislative, Payer Relations, and other advocacy undertakings including healthcare quality and survey projects such as employee wages and salaries, graduate medical education, hospital operations and finances, and ad hoc topics.Successfully led effort to avoid legislative mandate for hospital data collection. Served as industry advocate on state government work groups resulting in publication of the Michigan Hospital Report, the 1st statewide, hospital-specific, voluntary performance report in the U.S. in 1995.Partnered with Colorado Hospital Association to develop and implement monthly financial survey.Chaired committee in reviewing and approving research requests.

Irving, Tx

Madison, Wi

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Bachelor’S Degree, Biology

Master Certificate In Healthcare Data Analytics

Online program in Transforming Healthcare: Value Populations and Data

Ms, Health Policy And Management