Meredith Gastel Email & Phone Number

Broadview Heights, Oh, Us

Akron, Ohio, United States

Promotion to a created position after proven ability to run the department for six months due to director and co-worker both leaving the company.

Akron, Ohio, United States

Highest financial analyst position currently available at SummaHealth. Same team and similar position - Promoted after review of great performance. Summa Health Emerging Leaders Program - Cohort 3A (year long program done through Summa Health for aspiring leaders from across the company. A board picks who gets in.) Reviewed highly and as a quick learner that is great with others.Runs and creates various reports in Epic and excel. Analyzes reports to make sure various data is pulling through and to create a story.Uses Lawson to post journal entries. Creates spreadsheets to help process what journal entries are needed.Collaborates with other financial analysts, IT and auditors while the team owns the Cost Report for both Medicare and Medicaid.All belonging to the data reporting part of the finance devision. Balances, multitasks and doesn’t miss a deadline. Learns a wide scope of the finance world from this.

Akron, Ohio, United States

Summa Health Emerging Leaders Program - Cohort 3A (year long program done through Summa Health for aspiring leaders from across the company. A board picks who gets in.) Reviewed highly and as a quick learner that is great with others.Runs and creates various reports in Epic and excel. Analyzes reports to make sure various data is pulling through and to create a story.Uses Lawson to post journal entries. Creates spreadsheets to help process what journal entries are needed.Collaborates with other financial analysts, IT and auditors while the team owns the Cost Report for both Medicare and Medicaid.Dual role reporting to two different leadership for each role. All belonging to the data reporting part of the finance devision. Balances, multitasks and doesn’t miss a deadline. Learns a wide scope of the finance world from this.

Akron, Ohio, United States

Presented analysis to executive staff, sales and underwriting in a clear and concise way. Kept the meetings focused and efficient. Regularly reviewed as a “role model underwriter” with above average ratings from executive staff and director.Created data models as needed to assess risk. Assisted Medicare team when they were short staffed. A go to person to learn new skills and help where needed.Analyzed, implemented and worked with the large group model from updating the model to suggesting model updates. Tested updates for accuracy.Analysis and decisions on group are well trusted and regarded.Used access and excel to update dashboard reporting.Trained other coworkers in all the underwriting procedures and strategies. A go to person for questions and shadowing. Sets up high majority of renewals and prospects for the team. Presents them at least monthly to sales, underwriting and executive leadership. Summarizes strategies and options in a concise and easy to follow manner. Created documentation on the process for Prospects, Renewals and Sales. Collaborated with other underwriters to finalize the training document.

Akron, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Ohio

Nominated by Vice President to go to Tampa, Florida for future leadership conference hosted by SIIA.Trains other underwriters daily.Expands role by taking on more challenging and harder cases.Acts as a reliable consultant to sales, brokers, clients, leadership and other areas of the company to provide reporting, analytics, insight and creative recommendations on cost solutions that support markets and company strategies.

Cleveland, Ohio

Analyze data to forecast premium.Strategized with sales to renew and sell new business.Evaluated risk and finds optimal solutions to best help the company and the customer.Presents analysis and recommendation to groups and leadership

Columbus, Ohio

Organized and strategized with both internal and external professionals to sell large business.Worked as a team to provide feedback to brokers and help sell insurance.Delegated tasks to client managers and other account administrators on a special project to correct and update the company’s Account Administration Guide.

Regularly researched about Medicare, Stars, demographics and survey data for quality. Then putting the research into easy templates or cheat sheets for anyone to use and understand. Made documents specifically for the Government Vice President and Manager so that they could easily see the information they wanted out of the research. Talked with employees throughout the company to see how they impacted Stars, Medicare and the big picture.

Worked on projects analyzing data with Microsoft word, excel and power point. Organized a better plan for patient satisfaction within food service. Utilized patient satisfaction data to collaborate and assist various managers.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.8

Bachelor'S Degree, Health Care Management And Accounting (Double Major), 3.4

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity, Marching Band, Pep Band, Society for Human Resource Management and To Write Love on Her Arms