Ryan Benjamin Email & Phone Number

Miami, Florida, United States

Birmingham, Alabama

Philadelphia, PA

• BlackTree Healthcare Consulting provides revenue cycle, outsourcing and clinical consulting services to the home health, hospice and skilled nursing industries. Through the delivery of exceptional client-centric.
• Client Relationship Management for Small and Mid-Sized Clients
• Client Engagement Management for Large, Critical Projects/Clients
• Management of A/R Outsourcing and A/R Resolution Engagements
• Interim Management Engagements
• Skilled Nursing Facility Services

Philadelphia, PA

• Performed ICD-10 assessments and ICD-10 implementation project management at six (6) hospitals in the Northeast.
• Work closely with clients to develop risk assessments, make recommendations regarding business operations, education, process redesign, payer readiness, external stakeholders, revenue cycle and compliance.
• Execute ICD-10 Cash Impact Analysis and Payer Readiness Analysis for healthcare clients, to determine risks, post ICD-10 transition.
• Lead ICD-10 Education Workstream and Business Process Workstream for a suburban, three hospital healthcare system with a large physician practice group (780 physicians).
• Successfully executed Patient Portal Go-Live at multiple New England Hospitals, including being accountable for all aspects of the launch
• Developed strategy and processes using LEAN methodology to meet the Patient Portal requirements for MU2

• Senior Financial Analyst May 2012 – March 2013
• Promoted after exceeding all expectations, taking on additional responsibilities and creating operational efficiencies in role as Faculty Contracting Coordinator
• Approved projected faculty costs and revenues, including: clinical revenues, grants, contractual proceeds, start-up costs and requested program support funds for all proposed faculty
• Supervised Jefferson University Physicians’ Risk Management Unit to ensure appropriate placement of malpractice insurance for all clinical faculty, as well as proper cost allocation
• Managed physician malpractice insurance program for over 600 physicians at ~$30M annually

• Project Manager, Jefferson Internal Medicine Associates (JIMA) May 2010 – September 2010
• Created a custom patient centered model for Jefferson’s Division of Internal Medicine to coordinate patients’ visits with multiple clinicians and/or diagnostic tests during a single appointment
• Developed a practice biopsy to determine the current state of the practice with respect to meeting the requirements to become an accredited Level Three Patient Centered Medical Home
• Developed policies for: practice standards for patient communication, access and scheduling, organization of practice, care coordination, EMR use, population management, and quality and performance improvement