Moira Connolly Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

MK Connolly LLC is a boutique consulting firm providing services to mission-driven clients. We help healthcare and other nonprofit organizations navigate complex regulatory landscapes, reduce risk through process improvements, and enhance philanthropic efforts. Areas of specialization include risk assessments, strategic planning, program development, and team building.Representative Engagements• Reduced risk through the recommendation and implementation of processes at a multi-hospital system. They included adding risk management staff and centralizing risk management, implementing safety huddles system-wide, offering high-reliability training, and initiating team-building programs for new and existing risk management staff to reduce internal conflicts.• Served as Interim Director of Risk Management for several clients. Recruited and on-boarded staff, including directors and support staff. Standardized risk policies and procedures across a health system. Provided oversight of staff, claims support and the litigation management function for a multi-hospital healthcare system.• Bridged a potential risk management coverage gap at a client after several employees resigned. Ensured litigation and claims were handled appropriately and that regulatory and reporting requirements were met.• Addressed risk at a social services/behavioral health non-profit, assessing risk, formulating policies and procedures, and developing an annual compliance work plan• Partnered with an executive team and served as Compliance Officer, assessing risk and drafting and implementing new compliance policies and educational materials, including HIPPA/Info Sec, and Conflict of Interest• Helped reinstate full state licenses across an organization, working with the agency and the Department of Health. Ensured successful clinical program surveys.

Paterson, Nj

• Transformed the enterprise-wide corporate compliance function, ensuring adherence to federal and state laws and regulations by developing policies and processes aligned with the organization’s mission, vision, and values• Led all aspects of the risk management program, including management of professional and general liability claims and litigation, commercial and captive insurance, and clinical risk/patient safety programs• Educated executives, staff and physicians regarding corporate compliance and risk management policies and practices• Fostered a culture that encouraged the reporting of suspected fraud and other improprieties, increasing hotline reporting. Created and launched an internal audit program, establishing a new department.• Overhauled the conflict-of-interest policy and annual electronic disclosure process• Ensured the commercial reasonableness of physician and vendor relationships, implementing the MediTract platform to allow committee review of agreements. Ensured compliance with Department of Labor provider classifications.• Conducted annual risk assessments and developed annual work plans and corrective action plans as needed• Promoted patient safety across the organization in the role of Executive Sponsor of New Jersey STRONG (New Jersey High Reliability Organization Collaborative)

Greater New York City Area

• Assumed the Director, Legal Affairs & Risk Management role and oversight of the compliance program. Also spearheaded many employment and commercial matters. Acted as the Chief Privacy Officer.• Coordinated internal compliance review and activity monitoring• Successfully led responses to government investigations and queries• Independently investigated and acted on matters related to compliance, including responding to reports of problems, hotline calls, and suspected violations

Greater New York City Area

• Promoted and given additional responsibility to oversee Legal Affairs in addition to Risk Management, initially effectively serving as interim General Counsel• Provided advice, counsel, and representation on a wide range of legal issues, including physician contracting, HIPAA & privacy, fraud and abuse, medical staff, and clinical healthcare matters• Supervised outside legal counsel in connection with major projects, transactions, and litigation• Managed claims, leading quarterly claims review meetings and accurately setting reserves. Regularly successfully renewed policies, collaborating with the insurance broker.• Successfully took a medical malpractice case to trial, managing litigation. Achieved a no-responsibility outcome.• Managed the offshore captive insurance program, collaborating with the Bermuda-based management company

Greater New York City Area

• Planned and monitored all aspects of the insurance program, including the offshore captive• Managed professional and general liability claims and set reserves• Provided direction to defense counsel on lawsuits. Analyzed and recommended action based on quarterly reports and reviews at claims meetings.• Led, attended, and/or coordinated a variety of system-wide committees, including Patient Safety, Organizational Performance Improvement, Multidisciplinary Peer Review, Clinical Safety, and others• Coordinated NJ Department of Health reporting of patient safety events and oversaw the investigation and preparation of root cause analyses• Conducted clinical risk education for all departments and entities across the system

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Created, implemented, and managed Patient & Guest Relations, Cedars-Sinai’s program for donor relations and patient advocacy. Oversaw the provision of personalized assistance to high-profile patients, donors, prospects, and other friends of the Medical Center.• Responsible for identification, cultivation, and stewardship of grateful patient donors for various programs• Developed a customer service/marketing strategy for Cedars-Sinai Executive Health. Managed sales, marketing, and corporate relations for the program• Launched the Enhanced Services Program for major gift donors and prospects in the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Helped create Cedars-Sinai’s grateful patient program, Circle of Friends, in collaboration with the Annual Giving Program Manager and development leadership• Partnered with key stakeholders and consultants on program branding, development of collateral materials, and the rollout of the grateful patient and direct mail programs• Worked to identify and engage grateful patients to build the pipeline of donor prospects. Reviewed daily census reports, rounded on identified patients, and referred potential prospects to gift officers, adhering to HIPAA.• Planned and executed grand rounds, workshops, and other special events across the Medical Center to educate and engage leadership, physicians and staff in grateful patient fundraising initiatives and promoting a culture of philanthropy

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Responsible for identifying and analyzing risks inherent to the operations of Cedars-Sinai• Managed professional liability litigation in collaboration with defense counsel and third-party claims administrator• Worked directly with patients and families to resolve claims and grievances and avoid litigation

Roseland, Nj

Newark, Nj

Newark, Nj

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Master Of Laws - Llm, Intellectual Property Law

Art Law

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Master Of Science (Ms), Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner