Senior Technical Product Manager with 8 years of experience in vendor relations, healthcare claims processing and data analytics for compliance. Skilled in vendor management, translating company needs into technical initiatives to advance organization and processing. Expertise in building trust and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Focused on continuous improvement and employing technology to enhance proficiency.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Product Manager
Optum Insight
10.2021 - Current
Cross functional position using the combined skills of a Product Owner and Product Manager
Building relationships between customers and internal businesses; identifying and evolving solution ideas into revenue generating applications furthering healthcare
Proficient in writing Press Releases and Frequently Asked Questions
Identifying opportunities for improving quality and efficiency and participating in process improvement initiatives
Collaborating and working cross-functionally with Product Manager
Prioritizing and maintaining sprint backlogs for assigned products, balancing requirements for stakeholders
Member of the Attitude of Gratitude Event Committee for Prepayment Operations Department
Effectively integrates activities between the product marketing, product management and engineering team
Coordinates the creation of product prototypes and mockups
Oversees products being built by the development and engineering teams
Translates business analytics into solutions
Assists in new team member training
Proficient in organizing and utilizing Agile Scrum ceremonies
Product Owner
Change Healthcare
05.2021 - 10.2021
Worked collaboratively with customers and internal stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and manage requirements so product development teams could effectively deliver solutions that meet the needs of both Change Healthcare and the customer
Key liaison to the technology delivery group, ensuring that requirements are understood, meet expectations, and release in a timely fashion
Focuses and prioritizes the development effort, drives execution of the product plan
Worked in Agile environment and frequently reviewed the business needs, refined priorities, outlined milestones, deliverables, and identified opportunities and risk
Worked closely with scrum teams, occasionally leading scrum calls
Translated product roadmaps features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories and acceptance criteria
Critically evaluates information gathering from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, teardown high-level information into details and formulate features, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Collaborates with software developers to research existing business and system process
Worked as a member of the Staying Connected Events Committee for the Prepayment Operations Department
Business Analyst II
Meridian Health Plan
10.2017 - 05.2021
Operated in the Special Investigations Unit to monitor health care providers for Fraud, Waste, & Abuse
Specifically oversaw vendor related cases, invoice and file exchange process and implementation of new technology
Worked strategically to diagnose & shape areas needing system improvement processes
Work directly with vendors, oversee communication and product efficiency
Develop and conduct new hire training for various internal departments
Review medical records & sensitive documentation to determine appropriate payment to providers
Completed research regarding CPT codes and medical records
Have background in utilizing various coding websites to look up CPT code definitions
Evaluated and recommended providers for post- pay investigation using coding knowledge and pre-payment reviews
Pull and process daily excel files pertaining to provider payment
Create and manage monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports detailing FWA vendor recoveries and investigations for multiple states and multiple lines of business
Draft and develop policies and training guides, including a job aid, new hire training and department to department training regarding vendor management
Oversee invoicing from vendors related to fraud, waste, and abuse investigation recoveries
Create and manage system improvement opportunities with the Information & Technologies team
Prevented $11.1 million dollars in 2019 from incorrectly paying to Healthcare Systems throughout MI and IL
Assisted in the implementation of new vendors relating to the prepayment process
Education
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) -
Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw, MI
05.2016
Skills
Product Owner (Agile)
Website Design & Development
Strategic Planning
Customer and Business Operational Support
Training & Development
Data Analysis
Microsoft Office
Graphic Design
Writing
Donor Management Systems
Requirements Gathering
Quality Assurance
Social Media Management
Communication
Activities
Outreach Programs, International and Domestic, 2009-2014
Volunteer Youth Leader The Lakes Community Church, 2014
Running
Embroidery
Guitar, Piano
Information Technology Lead, The Well Ministries of Southwest Michigan
Information Technology & Marketing Lead, New Life Gathering Conference, 2022 & 2023
Prayer Team Member
Biblical Studies
Product Management Training
Volunteering
Timeline
Senior Technical Product Manager
Optum Insight
10.2021 - Current
Product Owner
Change Healthcare
05.2021 - 10.2021
Business Analyst II
Meridian Health Plan
10.2017 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) -
Saginaw Valley State University
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