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• Responsible for overall strategic leadership and clinical operations for the following departments and programs: Social Work, Chaplaincy Care, Lodging, Arts in Medicine, Disability Assistance, and Tobacco Cessation.• Manage a team of 100+ professionals• Implemented a post-acute strategy that reduced length of stay by 1 day by implementing discharge rounds, utilizing high quality post-acute providers, and new post-acute transfer software (CarePort). • Implemented a readmission reduction strategy that achieved a 12% unplanned readmission rate.• Responsible for care coordination activities, including utilization, across two acute care hospitals and an ambulatory setting of 400,000 plus clinic visits per year.• Responsible for all in-patient discharge planning and transitions of care to post-acute facilities.• Lead an overall strategic redesign and re-deployment of the case management department that reduced length of stay and improved reimbursement.• Recipient of $500,000 C3I Cancer Cessation Initiative grant, part of the Cancer Moonshot. Responsible for clinical redesign of center wide tobacco cessation initiatives.• Serves as chapter leader for Joint Commission standards. Responsible for compliance with TJC standards specific to psychosocial care, including the assessment of suicidal ideation, advance care planning, patient rights, and palliative care certification for psychosocial and spiritual screening and services.• Supported operations through COVID-19 pandemic.• Launched virtual support group initiative to expand access.• Implemented standardized suicide screening for ambulatory patients using the CSSRS.• Committee member on multiple hospital-based committees including The Cancer Committee, Care Management Steering Committee, Utilization Review Committee, and Nursing Executive Committee.• Responsible for continuous process improvement and patient safety in assigned areas.• Manages multiple budgets and grants totaling $3 million dollars.

• Responsible for overall administrative functions and clinical operations of the palliative care program for St. Vincent's Health System, a three-hospital system in Northeast Florida. Ensures the provision of medical, spiritual, and social work care for those diagnosed with a life limiting illness. Responsible for overall quality and performance metrics, staff leadership, and performance management. • Responsible for Joint Commission Certification in Advanced Palliative Care. Successfully lead site preparation and survey and received TJC certification in Palliative Care. • Developed and implemented a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary Palliative Care Steering Committee to guide overall operations and meet TJC and ACO requirements. • Developed and implemented an assessment based automatic referral system for palliative care consultations. Partnered with UPenn and Cerner through a NIH funded study for default palliative care consultations using imbedded logic in the EMR. • Implemented a system-wide advance care planning program utilizing the Respecting Choices Model. • Provided on-site supervision for master’s level social workers seeking licensure at the clinical level.• Serves as LCSW proxy for local healthcare institutions.• Served on the Ethics Committee, Cancer Committee, Palliative Care Committee, Heart Failure Task Force, Readmission Reduction Committee, Schwartz Rounds Planning Committee, and Performance Improvement Council.

Vice President, Account ManagementJanuary 2014 – August 2014• Provided administrative oversight for the behavioral health unit and provider network at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBSAL). Responsible for monitoring contractual performance guarantees and ensuring processes and relationships support success. • Assisted in operation implementation for the BCBSAL contract.• Developed a long-term strategy for the capitated behavioral health product the encompassed key performance goals to reduce cost, increase access, and ensure mental health parity compliance.• Developed an account management strategy to ensure top-down accountability for all levels of operation of the behavioral health unit.Manager, Clinical OperationsOctober 2011 – January 2014• Provided functional and administrative oversight of all behavioral health utilization, case/care management, and care transitions programs and related quality improvement activities for Florida Blue. • Served as interim Vice President of Clinical Services during staff transition.• Developed and implemented new strategies to enhance member and provider experience, reduce costs, and ensure that all performance metrics are within plan targets. Implemented a new care transitions program.• Responsible for maintaining compliance with policies and procedures, regulatory and accreditation standards (URAC, NCQA, FEP, Medicare), and contractual performance guarantees. Responsible for the development and implementation of programs, policies and procedures . Successfully lead URAC and NCQA case review and passed with 100% compliance during first year of operation. • Provided direct supervision of thirteen clinical and non-clinical staff. Responsible for the coordination and delivery of training activities for the assigned team. • Collaborated with cross-functional staff to develop new tools and support in the areas of information systems, quality improvement, resource coordination, and healthcare services.

Director, Hope Lodge and Cancer Resource CentersDecember 2010 – October 2011• Provided strategic and functional direction of four patient service programs. Directed overall division wide operations of four Hope Lodges, maintaining 92% occupancy and ensuring all lodging meets national hospitality standards. Responsible for the operations and implementation of fifty facility-based volunteer run cancer resource centers across seven states and DC. Responsible for implementation of the Clinician’s Portal, a web-based platform for healthcare professionals. Directed a telephone based clinical counseling and case management program utilizing licensed clinical social workers across seven states and DC. Led a team of 40 staff, developed annual individual goals, provided mentoring and coaching, clinical reviews, and completed evaluations. Developed and submitted annual and monthly strategic planning objectives and accomplishments to ensure consistent progress toward goals.Oncology Social Work Program ManagerSeptember 2007 – December 2010• Directed a telephone based clinical counseling and case management program utilizing licensed clinical social workers across seven states and the District of Colombia. Provided clinical supervision and management to Oncology Social Work Program staff. Developed annual individual goals and complete evaluations. Developed a yearly budget and ensured compliance. Developed and submit annual and monthly strategic planning objectives and accomplishments.Oncology Social WorkerDecember 2002 – September 2007• Provided telephone based short-term case management, problem resolution, and solutions focused cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy to cancer patients and caregivers in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Facilitated problem resolution through direct advocacy and appropriate resource referrals. Assisted with pre-certification and utilization review activities.

• Provided long-term case management, problem resolution, and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy to out-patient cancer patients. Provided timely and appropriate referrals to outside resources, including pharmaceutical programs, financial assistance programs, and state and federal entitlement programs. Assisted with pre-certification and utilization review activities. Coordinated and arranged hospice and home health services and ordered durable medical equipment. Worked as a member of the multi-disciplinary health care team to coordinate care across the continuum.• Served on ACOS required Cancer Care Committee and provided documentation of psychosocial oncology services for JCAHO site visits and accreditation process.• Provided on-site field instruction for master’s level social work graduate students from Virginia Commonwealth University.• Served on the Oncology Patient Care Committee, Bereavement Committee, Cancer Rehabilitation Conference Planning Committee, Good Grief Conference Planning Committee, and Social Work Internship Committee.• Provided weekend case management, problem resolution, and solutions focused cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in the emergency department and all other care units as needed.• Developed discharge plans for patients with higher level needs, including EMTALA interagency ambulance transport, home health and hospice orders, and durable medical equipment.• Provided crisis intervention and crisis counseling to patients and families who had experienced trauma, loss, rape, and abuse.• Cooperated with local social service workers and police agencies in the investigation of childabuse, domestic violence, and rape.• Provided timely and appropriate referrals to outside resources, including pharmaceutical programs, financial assistance programs, and state and federal entitlement programs.• Worked as a member of the multi-disciplinary health care team.