Sanjay Patel Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

FORVIS is a top 10 professional services firm created in June 2022 by the merger of BKD and DHG. FORVIS - a combination of the words FORward and VISion - reflects our unique focus on what is next to best prepare our clients and our people for tomorrow.

Greater Chicago Area

Act as project manager across software implementation projects for clients across multiple industries. Manage work efforts and project progress across functional areas and executive teams by managing project plan, risks, timelines, and budget.Project work includes:- Project manage two large scale software implementations while managing resources, weekly status, project deliverables, and budget- Provide internal support and issue resolutions for cross-functional teams through targeted and customized software solutions during each phase of the project lifecycle- Analyze business requirements in current system to create functional documentation and process flows for detailed system design, future state workflows, configurations, solution designing, and deployment

Greater Chicago Area

Provide strategy and optimization assistance for healthcare organizations by leveraging technology resources and operational best practices; provide maximum financial and operational benefit through measurable and sustainable results. Develop executive level reporting on project progress and complete project management activities. Provide ongoing coaching and guidance to junior team members. Continuously oversee and maintain 6+ client relationships concurrently through weekly status reports, management of project plans, and exceptional client relationships.Project work includes:-Served as interim manager to advise business office and third party vendor on AR reduction strategies to meet acquiring organization's metric targets- Led cross-functional teams to complete operational, financial, and optimization margin improvement projects for healthcare organizations- Designed departmental reporting strategy to increase reporting usage for increased insights to financial health of organization; managed the large scale implementation of 10+ reports in 8 departments by identifying current reporting gaps, building custom reports, and providing training to end-users on new workflows- Worked with the audit practice to complete 100% internal audit on a pre & post system conversion to ensure full testing readiness was performed

Greater Chicago Area

- Led a strategic staff workqueue optimization and vendor management onboarding program by identifying gaps in current backlog of accounts and designing future state process maps to increase cash flow and drive operational efficiencies- Acted as lead project manager between business office and IT for an acquisition; restructured system logic and facilitated end-user workshops to meet required metrics- Conducted 4+ organizational assessments to evaluate cash flow and operational process improvements to strengthen long term strategy on increased revenue, staff retention, and utilization of system capabilities

Greater Chicago Area

- Project managed a multi-facility system implementation to convert billing software; designed and executed two testing phases (outlining roadmap, strategy, workflows) resulting in 100% of baseline revenue realized within 30 days of go-live- Performed a pre-sales reporting assessment by creating a functional and technical requirements analysis to define risks and opportunities, advise on required tools, outline workflow impacts, and strategize implementation plan to execute reporting conversion- Developed internal methodology for new service line by working with other individuals to strategically design product delivery tool set, implementation resources (workplans, reports, etc.), and project roadmaps

Greater Chicago Area

- Supported a large facility in an extensive denials reduction program by investigating root causes and driving educational action plans to mitigate further issues; decreased organizational denial rate by 4% through facilitating meetings, driving leadership accountability, and deploying end-user training- Assisted a business office transformation to drive incremental cash and reduce AR backlog through improving staffing allocations, identify reimbursement opportunities, and rolling out new operational strategy to drive $3M improvement in net payor yield- Developed performance dashboards and automated reports to track and trend key KPI's; saved manual data collection and calculation time by 70%