Don E. Brundage

• Staff Leadership: Contribute to the development of "Centers of Excellence" and consistent dedication towards maintaining a high-performance environment. Analyze the work performance of staff and activities to aid in developing, extending, and modifying strategies for internal and outreach services.
• O Led, mentored, and supervised four directors and their staff, tasked with key business operations functions, including medical records administration, patient billing, budget analysis, and operations.
• Health Care Program Supervision - Developed and facilitated a five-year strategic plan to strive for CHAPS (Community Health and Preventive Services).
• O Introduced processes to standardize workflow for CHAPS, increase efficiency, and elevate compliance.
• O Served as a lead health education specialist approaches
• O Optimized operational effectiveness and consistently met critical deadlines via resource management and open, timely, and strong communication skills.
• O Built synergies within clinical and healthcare services with unified, focused, and aligned goals.
• Community Outreach – Improved outreach to community needs by implementing 4 mobile units.
• Strategic Partnerships – Developed and facilitated strong and enduring coalitions with strategic partners.
• O Built synergies and laised with local, city, and county government agencies, community-based organizations, school systems, and private sector enterprises.
• Budget Management: Fiscal Operations: Steward a $5M operating budget, Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
• O Worked closely with the Chief Financial Officer, Procurement, and Grants Office of the DCBOH
• Assessment and Evaluation - Conducted a needs assessment called MAPP (Mobilizing Action through Planning and Partnership) by working with stakeholders to gather and analyze information to identify needs and determine available assets.
• Personnel Action Management: Involved in recruiting and hiring administrative and clerical personnel, optimized personnel management, and travel processing through detailed and specific recommendations.
• Government Funding Management and Reporting: Developed and documented monthly quarterly, and annual performance measures for the clinical practice plan.
• O Prepared financial reports and managed operation budgets for the district office and nurse management staff.
• O Monitored, verified, and reconciled expenditures of budgeted funds.
• O Performed cost analysis and budget recommendations.
• O Performed cost review of actual performance versus budget. Performed fiscal operations budgetary and effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders to provide support and swift and appropriate resolution
• Clinical Expertise: Ensured correct communication and resolution handling of patient complaints, outside organizations coordination, and other related administrative issues.
• O Maintained issues, customer service, etc clinic operations and accomplished physicians, and being organizational to coordinate with all levels of administrative, directed, scheduled, coordinated various personnel functions including, but not limited to, hiring, training, firing, orientation, performance appraisals, promotions, transfers, and vacation schedules.
• O Directed and other licensed clinical staff properly, and newly hired nurses.
• O Ensured credentialing process was managed credentials were collected at the health center and sent to the district office.
• Facilities / Property Management: Served as authoritative lead for building/facility management operations and compliance.
• Technical Assistance: Served as a key resource person - technical advisor and prepared training programs for the DCBOH senior management team members and staff.
• O Provided technical assistance and programs related to clinical services.
• O Developed, implemented, improve, program managers, supervisors, and frontline staff administration, division managers, program managers, Personal Health Services (PHS) to apply ethical business practices while assuring that the highest legal and ethical standards were observed.
• Administrative and Fiscal Leadership: Assisted with developing and administering the $4.6 M budget, and reconciled expenditure of budgeted funds.
• O Determined fiscal requirements and provided budgetary recommendations, monitored, developed statements, AIR monthly, quarterly, and annual measures for the clinical practice plan.
• O Reviewed aging, and various performance reports, including recommended policies and procedures for the development and implementation of PHS programs.
• Partnership Management: Prepared grant proposals and administered grants and contracts for services
• O Planned, coordinated, and implemented educational and training programs for Patient Care Management Systems.
• O Developed effective and productive relationships with community organizations and local health care providers.
• O Coordinated program with other providers and with state, federal, and community organizations to promote the optimal implementation of program services.
• Safety Officer: Served as Safety Officer for the Dekalb County Board of Health Emergency Preparedness team.
• Staff Training: Provided training to 150 registered nursing and clinical staff training on insurance and federal and state
• Clinical Administrative Leadership: Amplified efficiencies and developed a system with the office manager to notify of all appropriate insurance changes.
• O Served on internal and external policy development committees
• O Reviewed and negotiated contracts with primary care providers and managed care organizations.
• O The coordinated registration process with managers on medical records, and the central billing office
• Compliance: Educated healthcare director and office nursing, medical records, state, and local regulatory compliance, analyzed effects of existing and proposed policies, and made recommendations for changes.

Completed tours in Germany and Korea], US Army, Honorably Discharged

• Participated in 215V Supervisor training.
• Knowledge Management
• Safety and Security training
• Sandler Sales training
• Team Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Integrated Incident Management for Public Health
• HIPAA
• Safety Security Training
• Project Management
• Attended the 2002 Evaluation Conference
• Advance Leadership
• Leadership Training for Managers
• Emergency Management Training
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Windows 98). IDX
• Kronos
• ShowFocus
• Efforts in developing situational analysis methods, and video
• Strategic Planning
• Attended American Sign Language Workshop
• Designed and conducted focus groups.
• Trained as a Trainer in Community Health Transformation
• Introductory Accounting

• Vascular Access Coordinator, Fresenius Medical Care, Decatur, GA, 2002
• Dialysis Licensed Practical Nurse, Fresenius Medical Care, Decatur, GA 2000-2002
• Utilization Manager, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, GA, 1995 – 1997
• Quality Assurance Specialist, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, GA, 1994 – 1995
• Senior Health Administrator, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, GA, 1992 – 1994