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Willingboro, New Jersey, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Hopewell, Nj

Coordination, management and monitoring of preventative and acute medical/behavioral health care services for children enrolled in Horizon Nj Health's HMO Medicaid program and in custody to the NJ state Division of Child Protection and Permanency.

Mt. Holly, Nj

Coordinate discharge planning on Medical-Surgical, Observation, Telemetry, Transplant and Critical Care Units at main campus; also serve PRN as Medical Management Coordinator for AEMC’s Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Elkins Park, where focus is on complex d/c planning, including homecare and durable medical equipment as well as work with family to assure patients’ safe discharge and home environment…Also perform Utilization Management function for regular Utilization Management Coordinator when she is out, reviewing for medical necessity criteria (using Interqual criteria) with both commercial and Medicaid insurers.

Philadelphia, Pa

Approval, review of applications for Involuntary Mental Health Commitments under Section 302 of the commonwealth’s Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976;--Supervision, coordination of an array of city-funded Crisis ResponseTeams under contract to DBH/MRS ;--Oversight, clinical and administrative supervision of five hospital-connected Crisis Response Centers--Consultation and referral on city’s 24-hour Suicide & Crisis InterventionService & National Lifeline Program Service(other administrative assignments as needed, eg., in-service trainingwith an array of social servce/mental health providers)ACCOMPLISHMENTS2008 recipient, DBH/MRS “A Good Catch” award for actions above the requisite professional obligationsLaunched DBH/MRS’ System Transformation Initiative by taking leadership role on DBH/MRS Faith Based Initiative Planning Group; planned and developed 6 Faith Based Initiative conferences —and now coordinating, planning and managing 7th Faith-Based/Spirituality Conference set for April 24 in downtown PhiladelphiaRecently, secured United Korean Church of Philadelphia—largest Korean congregation in Philadelphia area—to our growing Faith-Based Initiative network of congregationsDesigned and implemented major Suicide Prevention Workshop on Temple University campus—connecting our DBH/MRS Faith Based Initiative to the campus’Interfaith Council…50 Neumann Center students attended…workshop was first ever nationally of its kindCreated a Missing Persons System for locating missing mental health patients throughout the city…

Part-time/3 days weekly..Psychosocial evaluations, insurance management issues, utilization review processes for pharmaceuticals and ambulance transport with public and private sector insurers; obtain durable medical equipment as needed; assist with housing issues; assist in obtaining transient dialysis units for traveling patients...

a full-service in-patient psychiatric hospital now owned by Universal Health Services, Inc. Key assignments:--Concurrent reviews for Medical Necessity standards with a variety of privateand public-sector insurance companies: Magellan Behavioral Health, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NJ and Massachussets; Aetna; Cigna; United Behavioral Health, NJ Medicaid, PA Medicaid among others--Led UM efforts on all units as “designated hitter,” covering for staff out on benefit time: Older Adult Unit, Adolescent Unit, Children’s Unit, Dual Diagnosis Unit,Eating Disorders Unit, General Adult Unit, Intensive Adult UnitACCOMPLISHMENTS Developed system for reviewing out of state Medicaid plans with various officials in particular states, eg, New Jersey, leading to establishment of Medicaid contracts for patients holding Medicaid insurance via those states…Resulted in more than $25,000 in revenue in one year….

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Administration & Planning

Bachelor Of Science, Journalism (With Honors In English)