Rithika Verma, Pmp Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Manage two data analytics teams and one visualization team consisting of three project managers, 11 data analysts, and three software developers to combat Medicare fraud.• Implement scrum agile project management practices to successfully deliver 17 web-based visualization tools via secure platform to enhance clients’ capability to identify Medicare fraud.• Work closely with software developers, product managers, and stakeholders to align visualization product features with business goals, ensuring timely delivery and meeting client needs.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Managed two data analytic teams that consist of a total of two project managers and 11 data analysts serving clients at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).• Oversaw the development of 35 key fraud detection metrics based on a synthesis of research and data analysis that led to the identification of 42 Medicare providers with potential fraudulent activities.• Led a workgroup of six key project managers to develop company-wide interviewing and candidate ranking standards in collaboration with the recruiting department.

Burlingame, California, United States

• Led and managed one data analytics team, overseeing five data analysts across both remote locations and physical offices. • Crafted and implemented a project workflow process to enhance the client experience and improve workflow efficiency for a new client-oriented project. • Managed a team of four research members to prepare research-ready extracts of raw Medicare fraud investigation data for organization-wide utilization. • Implemented comprehensive project planning and monitoring procedures for successful execution of ten projects, including short-term and ongoing. Utilized JIRA for progress tracking and maintained consistent communication.

Burlingame, California, United States

• Coordinated client communication and project activities, generated project guidance, and presented findings to internal and external stakeholders.• Conducted policy research and data investigations to better understand Medicare billing rules to inform the approach to evaluate potential fraudulent behaviors within Medicare. • Transformed results of complex Medicare claims analyses into user-friendly deliverables to inform clients to adopt the suggested approach for policy evaluation.

Berkeley, California

I assisted with research on a PhD Candidate's health economics research project on The Effect of Health Care Continuity on Patient Outcomes.•Collaborated with a team of four research assistants to research state-level physician regulations. I recorded changes in state-level physician regulations concerning patient notification by physicians leaving a practice in order to establish the degree of health continuity by the state. I contributed the information into a standardized spreadsheet system in Google sheets•Worked with the Selected Hospital and Physician Capacity Measures dataset from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care and used data for the years 1996, 2006, 2011 and 2012. In Stata, I prepared and cleaned the data in order to provide demographic information for regression analysis for the PhD candidate

San Francisco Bay Area

•Completed research related to the implementation of the company's global health programs (pediatric and oncology surgery, hospital development) in developing countries •Researched ways to obtain donations for company's global programs •Aided in writing and reviewing grant applications to fund these foreign health service projects•Prospected for grants using the Foundation Directory Online•Updated information consistently on SalesForce.

Hamilton, Canada

•Reviewed medical history, clinic notes, and CT scan reports in order to generate comprehensive patient case reports within the Urology Department•Improved data organization or urologic surgeries through data entry of medical records•Shadowed the Surgical Director of Renal Transplatation/Director of Research for Urology during clinic work and the Director of Strategic Planning and Patient Flow during meetings regarding patient flow activity for the hospital

Bachelor'S Degrees, Public Health And Economics; Minor In Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Alternative Breaks Participant, EthiCAL, Cal Undergraduate Public Health Coalition, Berkeley Student Cooperative

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