Paula Hutson Email & Phone Number

Corporate

Remote

Murray, Kentucky, United States

Work Remote From Home Office In Nw Tn & Reported To Washington Dc.

Managed relationships with national and local Red Cross management / staff and oversaw Corporate needs of and relationships with ~ 250 telecom vendors. Held $ 2M approval limit authority and directed billing and payments of ~ 16k phone, fax, elevator, & alarm lines, as well as data circuits. Delivered analytical support for enterprise-wide initiatives / improvement projects and supported development, implementation, and maintenance of financial policies, procedures, and systems. Negotiated, managed processing of, and executed telecom contracts on behalf of entire organization. Directed 7 temporary employees, workloads, and eventual departures.--Reduced enterprise-wide telecom spent $2M+ per year, recurring annually, by reviewing telecom needs, laws (account, vendor, and state), site services (phone, fax, alarm, and elevator lines, data circuits, and other), and customer service records, revising service plans and contractual obligations as needed.

Remote

Delivered broad range of general business operations and writing projects for management, communications, marketing, and reporting. Performed research and collaborated with teams and senior leadership as needed. Writing projects included proposals, contracts, corporate safety manual for nationwide use, sales presentations, public relations (PR) projects, talking points for use by senior officers during media interviews, general writing projects for senior-level officers (SVPs & above), advertising copy, articles for women's ministry newsletter, ministry book, proofreading projects, and many others.

Brentwood (Nashville), Tn

Served as company's liaison between their over-2,000 managed physicians, hospital management, and senior corporate management. Served as the company's corporate contact for our 63 marketing directors located nationwide and 150 to 250 newly-recruited physicians each year. Monitored efforts throughout the system to ensure newly-recruited physicians' practices commenced accurately, within contract compliance, & on time. Identified reasons for the high physician turnover experienced throughout the company & developed,& implemented strategies for improvement.Managed:--Advertising & marketing efforts throughout systems' 63 hospitals & corporate office, communications firms, & photographers.--Internal contributors, copywriters, graphic designers, & printers.--ACT! database and production of monthly reports provided to senior management.**World's largest rural healthcare organization that owned & managed 63 non-urban hospitals nationwide. Hired to complete project-based work &, once completed, moved to my home in NW TN to help three close family members during terminal illnesses.

Brentwood (Nashville), Tn

Responsible for all internal and external communications of this publicly-traded company. Reduced out-sourced public relations expenses by 63% by serving as, in essence, its in-house public relations firm. Maintained consistency in message throughout Corporate and hospitals' printed on-line and spoken messages.Provided:--writing of press releases, news articles, Web site content, & talking points for senior level executives at 21 hospitals & at the corporate office.--cost-effective solutions for corporate "Benefits" & "Ethics and Compliance" departments by creating & producing versatile benefits, retirement, & Ethics & Compliance handbooks & video. Edited all internally. --creative & production management of 4-color, quarterly, employee newsletter titled "ViewPoint" by managing efforts of 21 hospitals' marketing directors, copywriters, graphic designers, & printers. Edited internally.--writing & tailoring to each market a "Physician Reference Guide" for newly-recruited physicians.--writing & design services for copy & layout of national company's Web site. Managed efforts of programming teams & maintained integrity of company's site. Member of corporate Web site committee. --art direction & management for the development of a corporate image piece by managing efforts of internal contributors, copywriter, graphic designers, & printer.--maintenance of positive media & vendor relationships nationwide.**World's second largest rural healthcare organization. Owned & managed 21 non-urban hospitals nationwide. Chairman & CEO passed away in a plane crash; organizational structure was realigned under new management.

Brentwood (Nashville), Tn

Served as Corporate's primary contact for prospective clients while providing pro forma development & contract administration services.Responsible for:--researching demographics of prospective clients & development of related financial pro formas & feasibility studies for follow-up presentations to those clients,--developing content & graphics for all educational & training materials used in the Sales & Marketing Department,--directing production of all Corporate & hospital-based marketing materials,--managing efforts of internal contributors, copywriters, graphic designers, & printers.--developing concept, writing content, & managing photography production for company's Website,--creating trade show displays, and--traveling to & representing company at industry trade shows.**Vivra Health Advantage opened & managed centers for the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds & Diabetes Education in hospitals nationwide. This company merged with Renal Care Group & moved to San Antonio, TX. I was asked to move with the company, but chose not to relocate to stay closer to my family in West Tennessee.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Provided various services that met the changing needs of the merged companies, pre-and-post-merger. As Columbia/HCA's Physician Recruitment Coordinator (Quality Management Department), I managed the development of the Corporate Physician Recruitment Department & managed its nationwide efforts by:--developing an advertising strategy, conceptual plan, production, & implementation of chosen ads.--analyzing & negotiating the purchase of the "PracticeMatch" database & developing its reporting structure & design.--monitoring the use & integrity of the physician recruitment sections of the company's Internet & Intranet corporate Web sites, --providing writing services for materials presented by the President and CEO, Rick Scott, and--providing patient/client relations services by working with patients, Legal, division presidents, and group presidents identifying and reaching resolutions to disgruntled patients' claims.As Columbia/HCA's Senior Executive Assistant to the Chairman & CEO:--provided writing services for materials presented by & for the signature of the President & CEO.--provided patient/client relations services by working with patients, Legal, division presidents, & group presidents to find resolution of disgruntled patients' claims.**World's largest healthcare organization. Owned & managed 418 urban & non-urban hospitals nationwide. Began working at HealthTrust prior to Columbia/HCA's purchase. Following its merger, my position changed to working within the office of the President & CEO.Prior to the merger of HealthTrust & Columbia/HCA, worked in HealthTrust's Strategic Planning & Management Development (Executive Management Department) where I produced Corporate's public relations materials, managed organization of the company-wide "Executive Fellows" educational program, & coordinated management conferences & officers' meetings.

Dickson, Tn

Immediately following my relocation from Baltimore, MD to Nashville, TN, worked with then-Goodlark Regional Medical Center (now Tri-Star Horizon Medical Center) in Human Resources, & with various department directors, to:--rewrite all of the hospital departments' policies & procedures manuals & job descriptions. This resulted in the removal of JCAHO's (Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's) damaging Type 1 recommendation. Receipt of numerous recommendations at this level could cause the closure of the hospital. Therefore, correction of such a recommendation held the highest priority.**Regional Medical Center located in Dickson, TN. Accepted as temporary assignment during transition.

Towson & Owings Mills, Md

During and after college, I worked with Cardiovascular Associates of Baltimore in their Business Office. This firm began with nine physicians and now has over 60. --Provided coding, collections, auditing, & reporting. Worked very heavily with both patients, physicians, practice management & insurance companies.--managed the implementation of a new computer system (CBSI) throughout three satellite offices.--served as the internal consultant for physician & employee training.**Nine-physician, invasive & non-invasive, cardiology firm. This practice now supports over 60 physicians.I chose to relocate to Nashville to be closer to my family home in West Tennessee. Left firm in excellent standing.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communications Systems, Fall, 1989 - Fall 1991--Graduated January, 1992

Activities and Societies: I took full-time loads of credits each semester and worked throughout my college career. Between work.

Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: I was hired as a Resident Advisor in Donovan Hall on campus where I worked to supervise & counsel a floor full.

Business Administration And Management, General, Spring, Summer, & Fall Semesters--Used Earned Scholarship Funds.

Business Administration And Management, General, Freshman; Used Earn Scholarship Funds To Attend One Semester.

General Studies

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