Michael Garde, Mba Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville Fertility Center is a state-of-the-art clinic providing reproductive healthcare to the intended parents of Tennessee and surrounding states. Much of NFC's success comes from the collaboration with the innovative andrology, endocrinology and in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratories of Ovation® Fertility, Middle TN Ambulatory Surgery Center and Reproductive Genetics at Nashville Fertility Center. These collaborations provide specialized testing and treatment for male and female infertility.I am responsible for the overall business function of the clinic. The departments I oversee include finance, marketing, revenue cycle, HR, contract negotiations, 401(k) plan, business development, project management, IT, client services, HIPAA, OSHA, client serves, and operations over all 3 office locations. - Doubled clinic revenue within the first 5 years of employment. Tripled clinic revenue within first 8 years of employment. - Lowered operating expenses by 21% within the first 18 months of employment by utilizing GPOs and negotiating better contracts with our vendors. - Negotiated improved insurance reimbursement rates from Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, Oscar, UHC and Progyny to yield an additional six-figures of income every year. - Increased nurse practitioner productivity by 35.7% by implementing shared bonus program. - Improved employee communications by implementing a daily huddle, weekly billing meetings, and annual anonymous employee surveys. - Lowered McKesson supply costs by 19.9% by uniting the purchasing power of 8 IVF clinics. - Transitioned clinic from paper charts to an EMR system. - Chairman of a monthly leadership meeting with clinic administrators throughout the country - March 3, 2023 edition of Newsweek magazine ranked Nashville Fertility Center the 13th best fertility clinic in the country (out of 489 fertility clinics).

Fredericksburg, Va

Mary Washington Healthcare is a non-profit regional healthcare system consisting of Mary Washington Hospital, Stafford Hospital, a Free Standing ED, and 28 additional healthcare facilities located throughout the Central Virginia area. - Financially responsible for a 40-million-dollar book of business and 255 employees. - Within 2 years, improved the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine division from the mid-thirties to the third most financially efficient division within the Mary Washington healthcare system. - Negotiated reference laboratory contracts which yielded a cost savings of $442,000 per year. - Negotiated lab analyzer contracts which yielded an annual savings of $319,000. - Negotiated contractual discounts with multiple vendors in excess of $40,000 per year. - Implemented new Courier Management Information System which increased courier productivity while decreasing costs by $9,000 per year. - Implemented registration workflow improvements which resulted in a 58% error reduction rate. - Managed the lab billers, coders, administrative assistants, registrars, and transcriptionists.

Nashville, Tn

PathGroup is one of the largest physician-owned pathology groups in the United States. They provide comprehensive anatomic, clinical, and molecular pathology services to over 70 hospitals located across the United States. I was the Anatomic Pathology Supervisor and Anatomic Pathology Accessioning Supervisor for PathGroup's flagship business unit located in Nashville, TN. My main job duties included employee scheduling, payroll, problem resolution, budgeting, maintaining inventory, documenting employee performance, and supervising the day-to-day operations of the department. In addition, I was responsible for recruiting, selecting, training, and developing the gross examination staff, pathology support technicians, and data entry personnel. I quickly learned the ability to troubleshoot technical, human resources, logistical, client services, and information technology issues. During my tenure as supervisor, I was able to lower the annual voluntary turnover rate to 0% scored a perfect 100% compliance rating on all Tennessee State and CAP inspections.My technical job duties as a pathology grossing technician included preparing bone marrow specimens, processing histological tissue, preparing routine solutions, maintaining an inventory of supplies, and performing gross examinations on all pathology specimens with a CPT code of 88300 to 88307.

Nashville, Tn

Quest Diagnostics is a clinical laboratory based in the United States but also has operations in the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and India. They are a member of the Fortune 500 and the S&P 500. Quest Diagnostics has been listed on Fortune Magazine’s "World’s Most Admired Companies" since 2008 and raises over $7.5 billion in annual operational revenue.My job duties for the Specimen Technician II position at Quest Diagnostics included accessioning, preparing blood samples for clinical testing, preparing daily send-out shipments, performing client services duties, and handling all new and specialty accounts for the Nashville business unit. In addition, I acquired a Yellow Belt status as a member of Nashville's Quest Diagnostics Six Sigma Team.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Gpa: 4.0

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society I attended Tennessee Tech University as a full-time.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management, Business Gpa: 3.9

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honor Society I attended Tennessee State University as a 3/4 time student while working full-time.