Austin Bessette
Portland,OR
Summary
Leader of communication and teamwork currently in the Healthcare Finance industry. A proponent of using data and analytics to build a stronger financial future structured on process and quality improvement. Proven success in leading projects from start to finish and contributing to organizational success. Long term committed employee with over 15 years experience between two organizations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Finance Analyst
Providence
07.2021 - Current
- Coordinated with hospital administration and division leadership to allocate, forecast, and track $100M a year in capital spend
- Worked with regional finance teams on business development plans to maximize capital spend and reach target revenue goals.
- Streamlined communication between over a dozen finance partners to clean up data and fix reporting inconsistencies
- Built forecast models from scratch using Microsoft PBI to forecast capital spend by month on a per-project basis
Hospital Billing Supervisor
Providence
03.2017 - 07.2021
- Performed targeted collections on past due accounts aged over 30 days.
- Oversaw and optimized work of 14 A/R Specialists performing high-quality revenue cycle work.
- Drove team success through shared vision throughout multiple department-wide projects
- Winner of the Q4 2020 CFO award for work involving COVID-19 and uninsured patients resulting in over 8,000 claims submitted and $6 million in cash recovered by the system.
A/R Specialist Lead HB Follow up
Providence
02.2015 - 03.2017
- Communicated effectively with staff, patients and insurance companies by email, telephone, and web portal.
- Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, providing hands-on training and mentoring to individuals with lagging skills.
- Gathered and organized weekly financial figures to quickly update leadership on performance.
Claims Manager
Convergent Solutions
12.2013 - 06.2014
- Analyzed claim denials and suggested possible claim edit builds to prevent future denials.
- Decreased accounts receivable days by moving large payers from traditional cash payments to electronic deposit.
- Created a database to better track denials by payor to help set benchmarks for weekly performance.
Cash Applications Team Lead
12.2011 - 12.2013
Cash Applications Specialist
10.2009 - 12.2011
Education
Master of Science - Healthcare Management
Oregon Health & Sciences University
Portland, ORBachelor of Science - Business Administration/Management
Westfield State University
Westfield, MASkills
- Excellent communicator
- Strong relationship builder
- High-level operations supporter
- Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, & PBI skills
- Business plan development experience
- Successfully managed and motivated teams of 15 people
- Leader competent in organizational culture
- Satisfactory team building strategies
- Consistent and dedicated team member
Timeline
Senior Finance Analyst
Providence
07.2021 - Current
Hospital Billing Supervisor
Providence
03.2017 - 07.2021
A/R Specialist Lead HB Follow up
Providence
02.2015 - 03.2017
Claims Manager
Convergent Solutions
12.2013 - 06.2014
Cash Applications Team Lead
12.2011 - 12.2013
Cash Applications Specialist
10.2009 - 12.2011
Master of Science - Healthcare Management
Oregon Health & Sciences University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Management
Westfield State University
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