To incorporate highly extensive experience providing business solutions and processes that enhance productivity, improve quality and drive sustained business performance throughout the healthcare system.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Business Analyst
GRSI, CMS
Woodlawn, MD
11.2015 - 01.2016
Maintained and coordinated technical teams, business units, and support teams’ workflow
Collaborated with internal/external
stakeholders and team members
Responsible for the business requirements and translating those into functional requirements,
capturing and drafting of requirements documentation, artifacts, estimation of level of effort (LOEs), creation of use cases,
organization of requirements and maintenance of the requirements repository
Translated and simplified requirements, analysis
and proposal of solutions, deliverables, prioritization and scheduling of work items (planning)
Participated in (led most)
requirements sessions with internal/external stakeholders and team members
Elicited requirements using interviews, document
analysis, requirements workshops, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow
analysis
Evaluated information gathered from multiple sources, reconciled conflicts and decomposed high-level information into
details
Created and maintained workflows and approved processes
Proactively communicated and collaborated with external
and internal customers to analyze information needs and delivered the required artifacts (functional requirements (FRD), business
requirements document (BRD)
Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates.
Business Process Analyst
Northrop Grumman, CMS
Woodlawn, MD
04.2011 - 12.2014
Coordinated, collaborated and monitored sub-contractor’s content and offsite Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) content
fluency
Lead auditor and lead Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) SME for quality assurance and quality control
Made
recommendations and resolutions to upper management that may or may not result to termination
Collaborated the business
process flow content on the HBOSC project for the Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR); coordinate all data analysis efforts
including, ascertain customer requirements, coordinated with business partners, integrated metrics from multiple sources, and
summarizing analyses into reports for the customer and project management
Served as a liaison between the customers, CMS
RO and development teams
Conducted CSRs and client audit reviews
Participated in project process reviews, reviewed
document deliverables, and quality control activities
Possess leadership and team building skills, strong interpersonal skills, solid
organizational skills and a motivated, flexible team player
Performed duties associated with the development and management of
scripts used by the EHR Incentive Program CSRs
Developed and sustain a reliable tracking system
Facilitated and led meetings
internal/external to ensure company interests are protected while serving the needs of our customers
Performed duties such as
tracking and trending with the auditing for the EHR Program
Ensured the highest levels of customer satisfaction achieved
Participated in HBOSC/CMS calibration sessions
Adhered to corporate policies, initiatives, and directives.
Healthcare Business Analyst
Northrop Grumman
Woodlawn, MD
06.2006 - 04.2011
Provided business and, and solutions to CMS and their business partners for the Medicare
Modernization Act
Developed solutions to resolve Medicare Parts A,B,C,and D with an infuses on Part D, as well as, the and Medicare Advantage Plan and Medicaid and Low Income Subsidy program issues
Planned and conducted research in the problem areas, in conjunction with analyzing resolutions and making recommendations to management to resolve all problem areas
Monitored and tracked trends with data management to identify at-risk populations and opportunities for health progression
Conducted in and out of state audits for Health Care Plans, monitored thousands of accounts within the healthcare Plan for all overpayments, reimbursements and membership
Prepared and implemented surveys, evaluated various reports and made corrections as necessary
Evaluated and produced metrics for quality assurance, quality improvement and performance measures
Integrated quality data service into all aspects of project, created a scorecard to monitor and evaluate progress
Developed and linked data researched documentation practices to improve quality assurance and improvement
Incorporated newly procedures, as well as; educate plans, members providers, etc
Prepared reports, audits, notes, charts, surveys, and non-complex briefing materials
Developed forms, notices, workflow charts, spreadsheets and procedures required to implement systems and non-systems changes
Prepared data for risk analysis for
Part D, incorporated data, statistics, and reports analysis
Analyzed, researched, reviewed and resolved complex issues and sensitive information in an accurate and timely response to all inquiries
Responded to FOIA inquiries request that concern documents, statistics and records
Provided extensive research for resolutions on payment reconciliation, reimbursements, Plan and beneficiary payments, co pays, premiums, enrollment and disenrollment transactions issues, made corrections as necessary with heavy issues pertaining to Part C and D
Assisted in the development and issuance of specifications, gathered business requirements, procedures, and instructional materials
Process payment claims transactions, transaction code sets from Medicare, contractors and providers
Reconciled and resolved -State transactions, SSA, COB, RRB, ESRD, Medicaid, Premium Withhold System, MARx and
MBD-issues
Practiced, established documentation standards, optimize reimbursement and meet regulatory requirements
Managed complex applications, maintain files and acted as the liaison between organization, client and
Regional Office (RO) for the more complicated issues
Provided education on Parts A, B.C and D, Medicare policies, procedures and guidelines
Analyzed EDI file transfer, Data Files and assisted external business partners with data exchange and file errors
Reviewed, updated and approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), policies and procedures, reviewed for approval company/client guidelines for new procedures moving forward, policies and FAQs documentation
Acted as the primary support person to the validation and navigation of publications on cms.gov website and navigation of reports, crosswalk and Plan information in HPMS.
Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
Created data models to support decision-making processes.
Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights.
Updated and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.
Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
Developed and implemented data governance policies and procedures.
Senior Lead Supervisor Healthcare Business Analyst/Medicare SME
Computer Science Corporation, CSC, CMS
Woodlawn, MD
02.2003 - 06.2006
Managed and coordinated a staff of 1 assistant and over 40 employees on the 1-800 Medicare project
Provided beneficiaries with
Plan benefits and Medicare and Medicaid inquires
Manage workload, identify workload issues and implement resolutions that
complied with all contractors’ directives and procedures
Led and participate in all
client's (CMS)/internal management meetings and conference calls
Attend daily/weekly meetings and developed and revised
organization Standard Operations Procedures (SOP)
Researched and complied with Medicare/Medicaid policies, procedures and guidelines and complied with CMS's contractual
procedures
Developed a quick solution format to resolve issues
Performed extensive planning and research on problem areas,
trending results and making recommendations to management to resolve the problem areas
Managed relationship management
with government contractors
Educated providers, pharmacies and healthcare Plans and beneficiaries on Part A, Part B, DMERC,
Part C and Part D on eligibility, enrollment/disenrollment and claims, premiums and co-pay issues
Primary educator on Low
Income Subsidy (LIS) / Dual Deemed issues
Detected Medicare Fraud and Abuse
Teamed with QA department for Quality
Assurance/Control, analyzed problems, gathered data and developed improvement plans with heavy documentation
Monitored
and tracked trends, performance compliance with contractual timeliness and Quality Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
QA/QC metrics, prepared reports, charts, graphics, complex and non-complex materials for information, records, and reports
Implemented business strategy & direction, project policies design
and development
Responded daily to all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and inquiries that concern documents,
statistics, surveys and records; as well as, validate information in the Federal Register and on websites
Conducted weekly and
monthly surveys with data management
Coordinated daily with RO, Third Party Administrators and all Contractors including FI,
Local Carrier, RRB, DMERC, State Operations, and SSA.
Claims Senior Analyst
Clinical Associates
Towson, MD
08.1999 - 10.2002
Trained and led 3 claims representatives; supported the distribution for millions of dollars in benefits on a monthly basis to more
than 85,000 clients
Conducted weekly and monthly inside and field audits on physicians employed by the organization, checking
for fraud, kickbacks and monetary mismanagement of company funds and expenses
Managed complex issues, implemented
strategic goals for department and expedite deadline goals
Researched and reviewed complex Medicaid, Medicare, Third Party
(TPA) and Coordination of Benefits (COB) accounts
Adjudication, heavy documentation; appealed and negotiated the release of
over $100,000 in lump sum payments of benefits
Made corrections in system on claims and payments error
Managed an active
monthly caseload of 200+ clients and maintained computer technology to modernize processing operations
Assisted in the
development and issuance of specifications, requirements, procedures, and instructional material to process claims from
Medicaid, Medicare, contractors and providers
Developed forms, notices, workflow charts, and procedures required to
implement department changes
Administered AR, billing process, processing of Medicaid and Medicare parts A,B, C, and
DMERC provider claims, adjustments and reimbursements
Conducted monthly stats, surveys and audits to ensure compliancy
within Federal and State guidelines, regulations and processes
Tracked trends and errors to discussed continuous progressions
with processes
Maintained relationship with government and State Operations, CMS contractors, providers, representatives of
the health care industry to ensure compatibility with provider administration practices
Managed daily productivity requirements
and team projects with solutions to resolve department’s issues in the problem areas
Educated beneficiaries, healthcare Plans,
organization and public on Medicare, Medicare, Third Party and secondary insurance.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration Management, Human Resources Management
Strayer University
Certified Business Analyst – - undefined
Villanova University
Master - Business Analyst
Villanova University
Skills
BUSINESS/TECHNICAL SKILLSundefined
Certification
CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
Timeline
Senior Business Analyst
GRSI, CMS
11.2015 - 01.2016
Business Process Analyst
Northrop Grumman, CMS
04.2011 - 12.2014
Healthcare Business Analyst
Northrop Grumman
06.2006 - 04.2011
Senior Lead Supervisor Healthcare Business Analyst/Medicare SME
Computer Science Corporation, CSC, CMS
02.2003 - 06.2006
Claims Senior Analyst
Clinical Associates
08.1999 - 10.2002
Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration Management, Human Resources Management
Health Insurance Specialist-Project Manager at CMS Innovation Center (CMS-CMMI)Health Insurance Specialist-Project Manager at CMS Innovation Center (CMS-CMMI)