Simran Sidhu Email & Phone Number

Fresno, Ca, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Fresno, Ca, Us

Fresno, Ca, Us

Oakland, California, Us

- Manage Ancillary Products Management team which includes Optical, Dental, Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and exercise fitness benefit plans. The product portfolio covers approximately 6 million Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members and generate over $500 million in revenues annually. - Subject matter expert and lead for implementation of any chiropractic, acupuncture, dental and vision benefits and market reform changes under healthcare reform. Formed ancillary products community of practice to prepare for implementation of new benefits under healthcare reform, particularly with the state exchanges. - Develop ancillary products strategy to position Kaiser Permanente for growth in post healthcare reform marketplace with projected 20% increase in membership over the next two years.- Lead the streamlining of the national ancillary products management and vendor contracts to create standardization across the program. Resulted in savings of over $130 million and a reduction of over thirty vendor contracts to less than twelve over the last two years.

- Managed the Optical Benefit Products for Kaiser Permanente’s health plan regions. The Optical product portfolio covers approximately 2.8 million Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members and generates over $250 million in revenues. - Incorporated business models to develop and implement successful business strategy to grow the optical membership and market share, including providing insight into current product performance and measuring the effectiveness of marketing programs to identifying best prospects for growth. - Developed product training for Sales and Account Management staff which led to a 17% increase in staff being extremely confident and 13% increase in staff being extremely knowledgeable about the optical benefit products as measured through sales staff survey.

- Served as subject matter expert to support the implementation of the product performance system using balanced scorecards and business reviews. - Provided strategic consultation to product management leadership across the California Region to standardize the product performance review process. - Demonstrated excellent understanding of data integrity and analysis and applied knowledge of statistical techniques to target and develop reports to measure active membership, sales activity, margins and rate position for Dental, Chiropractic, Optical and individual/family market segment products.

- Utilized qualitative and quantitative information to analyze current accounts in large group book of business. Collected financial data, growth projections and stock performance for each company in the book of business as well as information from news and industry reports to forecast opportunities for membership growth or risk of loss. Based on the projections, recommended appropriate solutions to account management leadership.- Built solid partnerships by establishing common ground with functional partners in the Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, finance, public affairs and marketing to develop effective communication strategies for informing local communities about Kaiser Permanente. - Managed the planning and execution of a large forum for over 1,500 community business leaders with less than 10 weeks planning time through collaboration with over 10 departments and 100 employees and physicians. - Special project for the Central Valley Service Area leadership with Business Strategy and Finance department for three months. - Managed the budget for the 7 outside services departments (e.g. Hospice, Ambulance, and Skilled Nursing) and developed 2008 fiscal year budget. - Analyzed utilization data to forecast future medical utilization trends.  - Recommended appropriate actions to leadership to correct any budget variances including shifting resources and changing staffing mix.

Oakland, California, Us

- Maintained the daily operations of the health education department serving approximately 27,000 members. Responsibilities included assisting members, 20 physicians, staff, and the community with access to appropriate health education material and resources.

- Developed two department reports for area leadership to track department’s $1+ million budget and performance of four recruiters in filling positions in timely manner. - Screened candidates for minimum qualifications. Worked with new hires to complete on boarding process.

Master Of Business Administration, Concentrating, Marketing Strategy

Certificate In Project Management

Bachelor Of Science, Health Science, Concentrated In Healthcare Administration