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Denver, CO, US

Greenwood Village, CO

• Provide executive level leadership for national nephrology network of physicians; execute strategic operating plans and goals; create and implement programs to improve clinical and financial outcomes.
• Develop and align physician strategies with all other divisions, within an integrated billion-dollar renal delivery system; implement comprehensive solutions and drive outcomes to support rapid growth objectives.
• Oversee creation and operation of a federal Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR). Measure and report Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) results for over 200 physicians. Analyze additional quality measures for.
• Improve financial outcomes and physician engagement by shifting payor reimbursement from fee-for-service to value-based care methodologies. Utilize value-based care expertise to enter more than half of FMC physician.

Denver, CO

• Created infrastructure, managed personnel, ensured compliance, and budgeted for expanding operations of Colorado Collaborative Health Alliance (CCHA), a Regional Collaborative Care Organization (RCCO) in the Medicaid.
• Oversaw strategic direction, ensuring collaboration between Independent Physician Associations (IPA), Centura Health, community health centers, and behavioral health organizations, to improve health outcomes of the.
• Developed and maintained appropriate external relationships in support of CCHA. Built and managed a team of approximately 50 people in operations and clinical functions.
• Collaborated with the Colorado Department of Medicaid on statewide payment reform activities, obtained federal grants, and provided visionary oversight of the ACC program.

Denver, Colorado

• Managed operations and staff of Contracting Department for physician management company representing over 300 primary care physicians in Denver, CO.
• Led negotiation process, driving commercial health plans to draft and implement Accountable Care Organization type contracts on behalf of three Independent Physician Associations (IPA).
• Created and deployed high performing specialist and ancillary provider networks to facilitate successful contract strategies within capitated contracts.
• Maintained strong working relationships with IPA and PHP board of directors

Denver, CO

• Lead and managed Contracting and Provider Relations Departments. Responsible for contracting and other related operational activities in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, with combined membership of 550,000, in PPO, HMO.
• Negotiated contracts, including financial terms, reimbursement methodologies, and language, with hospital systems, medical groups, IPAs and ambulatory surgery centers.
• Identified and resolved network needs for expansion, in both existing and additional service areas.
• Analyzed contracted providers’ rate structures to ensure competitiveness in market.
• Maintained productive working relationships with sales, medical outreach, claims and customer service departments.

Denver, CO

• Negotiated fee-for-service and risk contracts with hospitals, physician groups and community health centers for a health plan with over 225,000 covered lives in Colorado.
• Expanded company lines of business such as Medicare, Medicaid, Child Health Plan Plus, Access Behavioral Care and Colorado Department of Corrections.
• Maintained a statewide provider network and gained expertise with key stakeholders such as community health centers and hospitals.
• Collaborated with the board of directors, created, implemented and analyzed network strategies to ensure health plan’s success.

Bachelor Of Science In Environmental Biology

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science In Health Administration