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Kasal4 is a small boutique organization specializing in innovated solutions in driving revenue cycle performance. Clients include multi-hospital health system in Florida, large tertiary facility in Michigan, to small community hospital in Wyoming. Provides revenue cycle leadership services to maximize total cash collections and minimize revenue cycle expensesPrincipal / Senior Consultant, May 2013 to present• Recommended and implemented system design changes to maximize revenue cycle ROI. • Create processes to transform denial management to denial avoidance in the beginning of the revenue cycle process. • Evaluate performance of third party revenue cycle partners to maximize ROI. • Clients range from single community hospitals to large multihospital health systems. • Worked with collection vendors to understand and correct patient demographic data to increase patient collections. • Implemented system processes to increase point of service cash by 20% while maintaining patient satisfaction. • Client reductions in days in accounts receivable and bad debt expense from 5-15%.

Franciscan Health Systems is faith based multi-state health system comprising 8 acute facilities. Franciscan Health Systems is part of the larger Catholic Health Initiatives organization.Senior Director Central Business Services, 1997 to 2013• Comprehensive responsibility for regional central business office providing full revenue cycle processes for a multistate $2.0 billion dollar revenue stream. • Reduced days in accounts receivable below industry standards within 10 months of assuming leadership role. • Reduced overall cost to collect by 12%. • Implemented a total quality improvement program that reduced registration errors by 80% through the development of monitoring reports and real time error reporting to registration staff.• Implemented price transparency tool and procedures that increased point of service collections 43%. • Developed automated insurance verification tools avoiding staff intervention in preregistration process by 64%. Reduced bad debt expense by up to 30% per facility by converting self-pay patients to Medicaid through an intensive up front screening process. • Reduced return mail of patient statements by 68% through automated address checking tools at a minimal cost to the organization. Increased insurance underpayment recoveries to $1 million per month through dedicated under payment team. • Epic certified readiness owner as Franciscan will be implementing EPIC 6-1-2013.

Kern Medical Center is a 222 bed government owned teaching facility that specializes in trauma care. Business Office Director, 1985 to 1997• Responsible for business office and patient access departments consisting of 97 FTEs. • Through reengineering of functions and systems modifications, FTEs within the department were reduced by 44%.• Successfully converted to HBO STAR system while allowing only a 5% increase in accounts receivable for 3 months. • Days in accounts receivable were reduced by 52 days. • Developed an automated system to review all accounts for Medicaid eligibility. • Implemented automated dialing system for patient contacts, which reduced overall bad debts by 9%.

Paracelsus Healthcare was an 8 hospital for profit system that no longer is in existence. Director of Reimbursement, 1981 to 1985• Developed, implemented and managed procedures to ensure accurate third party reimbursement.• Responsible for preparation and review of national corporation's 12 hospitals and 5 skilled nursing facilities cost reports. • Performed proforma and business analysis of all potential hospital acquisitions.

Blue Cross of California was the Medicare intermediary for the state of California. Senior Reimbursement Auditor, 1977 to 1981• Managed state wide facility audits of Medicare cost reports and special studies. • Supervised staff of 5 field auditors and 2 support staff. Conducted in house training of all audit staff.