Objective
a proven healthcare financial executive who is looking for a healthcare provider organization were I can apply my proven financial and systems skills to enable the organization make better decisions
Job Target
Unspecified
Professional Experience
| 2002 – present |
Cornucopia Computer Modeling Systems
Consultant / Principal
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Consultant to an organization, which provides contracted consultation services to healthcare organizations. Majority of projects have involved performing quantitative financial analysis in a health care environment. Projects have included:
* Define and quantify referral patterns within large physician practices.
* Economic feasibility analysis concerning location of satellite office for a large practice.
* Maximized net revenue for the practice by quantifying the impact of various proposed managed care contracts for physician practices and made recommendations.
* Reviewed numerous physician practices Charge Description Master with recommendations to take advantages of improved reimbursement opportunities.
* Created Relative Value Unit (RVU) generated reporting systems
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| 2000 – 2002 |
Logical Information Machine
Chief Financial Officer
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* Chief Financial Officer for this software company developing time-series databases for the financial markets.
* Optimized financial performance, stockholder relations, 401k plan administrator, develop and maintain five-year business plan, generate and distribute Board of Directors report books.
* Maintaining monthly sales pipeline report, assess profitability concerns, generated all customer contracts and participated in negotiation with customers, and perform financial impact analysis of proposed mergers and strategic partnerships.
* Managed all aspects of financial recovery and organizational turnaround and restructured the organization's financial objectives.
* Set up European subsidiary including its banking relationship.
* Cash flow increased an A/R reduced from 100 days to 15 days by improving collections policies.
* Instituted corporate wide expense reduction programs saving an estimated $100,000 annually.
* Maintain and updated corporate PowerPoint investors or strategic partners presentation package.
* Restructured organization's personnel function including the development and implementation of an employee manual and a corporate travel policy.
* Resource and assistance to outside consultants in the development of a corporate business plan.
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| 1994 – 2000 |
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Financial Coordinator
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* Managed financial reporting systems within the Department of Medicine.
* Assembled, organized, distributed and consolidated financial reports to senior management.
* Established, appropriate systems for the analysis of third party reimbursement.
* Engineered physician clinical effort database, which documented and summarized individual physician financial contribution within the Department of Medicine.
* Devised, annual budgets in cooperation with financial and administrative personnel within the department, university, hospital and practice plan
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| 1990 – 1994 |
Lutheran General Hospital
Manager Budgets
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* Developed and implementation of the hospital operational budget.
* Initiated innovative Merit and Market Salary planning models.
* Devised, and maintained DRG product-line forecasting system.
* Coordinated and collaborated on the development and administration of the health system five year financial planning model.
* Formulated, prepared and programmed distributable operational budget process.
* Prepared and produced employee detail payroll pay type database, which accurately quantified numerous salary planning analysis.
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| 1986 – 1990 |
Michael Reese Hospital
MIS Coordinator
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* Coordinated implementation and maintained institution's decision support system.
* Participated in operational and capital budget process.
* Oversaw organizations Treasury functions, managing the hospital short-term cash position including debt repayment and covenant compliance.
* Maintained hospital charge master, performed all analysis related to charges.
* Conceived, developed and implemented spreadsheet based operational budget process.
* Initiated models to support institutional price increases, developed marginal revenue rates, determined market sensitive recommendation for senior management and implemented pricing solutions to meet funding solution.
* Developed short and long-term cash forecasting model to more accurately forecast future cash position of institution.
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Education
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Loyola University – Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA) |
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Post Graduate Certificate Program in Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence |
| 1980 |
Illinois Institute of Technology – Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA) |
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Master of Business Administration with specializations in Economics & FInance and elective courses in Strategic Planning |
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Southern Illinois University – Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) |
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Bachelor of Science in Administrative Science with specialization in Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior |
Relocation Preferences
opportunity driven