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Darlene Denton

Mount Juliet,TN

Summary

Driven professional with over 27 years in both healthcare and mortgage industries

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Mortgage Loan Officer

Pennymac
Franklin, TN
07.2024 - 02.2025
  • Educated customers on various aspects of mortgage refinance options: FHA, VA, and conventional loans
  • Prequalified applicants for loan options according to goals
  • Structured loans
  • Managed pipeline
  • Collaborated with team members to ensure successful funding and closing

Program Manager

Change Healthcare
Nashville, TN
05.2015 - 07.2020
  • Engaged with sales to align product offering to client needs
  • Managed all phases of implementation related efforts across business unit for hospital underpayment, AR, denial management and Transfer DRG engagements
  • Worked with health systems to understand business process and needs in order to drive additional revenue
  • Developed project timeline and project plan
  • Monitored progress and communicated status regularly to both internal and external clients
  • Worked closely with IT on development of required files, reports and SFTP setup
  • Developed technical specifications to support business requirements
  • Revised implementation process to increase efficiency and reduce implementation time frames
  • Created/revised internal and external process documents
  • Provided regular updates to management team
  • Participated in outsourcing initiative-creating/revising SOW, process and plan
  • Responsible for communication and resolution of data related issues post go-live.

Business Analyst III

Change Healthcare
Nashville, TN
06.2013 - 05.2015
  • Reviewed industry changes or mandates, produced documentation on the impact to existing systems, and provided detailed documentation for programmers
  • Responded to inquiries and educated internal and external clients on business process and company products/offerings
  • Ensured the development of business rules are in alignment with overall business strategies
  • Triaged all incoming requests from both Implementation and Support
  • Created specifications for edits as needed for new business initiatives
  • Performed analysis of client's business needs
  • Reviewed claims for accuracy - all benefit types
  • Programmed edits to ensure proper claim payment for clients billing Medicaid, Medicare, and various commercial plans
  • Communicated with clients and other internal departments including Implementation, Training, Client Support, and Engineering
  • Ensured accuracy, completeness and expedient coding and unit testing of new or revised edits
  • Assisted with updates/changes to code sets, payer edits, industry changes, etc
  • Reviewed EDI x12 files for providers to ensure proper editing
  • Provided testing support for HIPAA compliance
  • Determined operational objectives by studying business functions: gathering information: evaluating output requirements and formats
  • Improved systems by studying current practices: designing modifications
  • Provided references for users by writing and maintaining user documentation; providing help desk support; training users.

Implementation Specialists III

Change Healthcare
Nashville, TN
02.2009 - 05.2013
  • Implemented entire suite of Revenue Cycle products including claim scrubber, remit and denial application and Medicare application
  • Participated in project planning efforts involving the following: coordinate product configuration or adaptation to meet each client's needs; functional design guidance, accommodation of client rules, plans or procedures; pre and post implementation testing oversight; analysis of custom reporting and/or system interface requirements; participated in schedule development and monitoring and/or reporting the status to member of project team leadership
  • Oversaw accurate and timely installation and conversion of products through entire implementation cycle, involving the following: assessing appropriate method and identifying resources for the conversion of client data; testing the product or overseeing the testing process; consulting on the installation of client site software/equipment and coordinating technical support to resolve issues
  • Ensured successful 'hand-off' to appropriate departments for on-going support following implementation
  • Conducted end user training via WebEx or onsite.

Education

NMLS - Mortgage Origination

NMLS License
Nashville
08-2024

Columbia State Community College
01.1996

Skills

  • Sales
  • Organizational Development
  • Operations Management
  • Business Development
  • Process Improvement & Implementation
  • Legal and Regulatory Compliance

Certification

CRCR Certified, 2013

Accomplishments

2009 - Traveled to Chennai, India to train offshore team

Timeline

Mortgage Loan Officer

Pennymac
07.2024 - 02.2025

Program Manager

Change Healthcare
05.2015 - 07.2020

Business Analyst III

Change Healthcare
06.2013 - 05.2015

Implementation Specialists III

Change Healthcare
02.2009 - 05.2013

Columbia State Community College

NMLS - Mortgage Origination

NMLS License