Ralph M. Hillard Email & Phone Number

I have worked in healthcare revenue consulting and operations for 25+ years; spending the past 15 years specifically assessing and analyzing various local and state-wide health programs and third party insurance revenue cycles; as well as, managing multiple outsourced third party billing operations for clients across the country. In both large and small settings, I have developed and implemented solid successful solutions, and have provided my clients with valuable insight, recommendations, and tools to increase revenues.As a healthcare revenue cycle consultant and project manager, I:• Assist public health sector clients and psychiatric hospitals with maximizing program and clinic revenues, allowing them to better serve the Medicaid and under-insured populations• Implement and automate third party billing and revenue cycle best practice solutions allowing clients to become more efficient and maximize productivity without overburdening staff• Perform revenue cycle assessments, and develop and implement enhancement solutions• Educate and train staff on revenue cycle best practices▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Specialties:• Increasing Medicaid, managed care, and third party insurance revenues• Revenue cycle assessments• Strengths, Weaknesess, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Analysis• Developing and implementing best practice solutions• Improving processes and workflows to promote efficiency• Managing third party billing and collections operations• Enhancing analysis and reporting capabilities• Design and development of staff training and education programs• Public health programs including Immunization and VFC, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, STD, TB, Child Special Health Services, WIC, Laboratory, and Newborn Screenings• Psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health programs

Listed skills include Process Improvement, Healthcare, Management, Project Management, and 29 others.