Jason Ellis
Sr Application Coordinator IV.
Bel Air, Maryland,MD
Summary
Dependable IT professional with 18 years of experience within healthcare finance, management and IT. Seeking a team oriented, diverse, organization that will utilize my skills and knowledge to provide the best healthcare for patients. My specialized combination of finance, data base, and project management skills will seamlessly integrate into any healthcare organization. I will provide immediate support to your organizations continued growth, putting to use my skills and experience obtained over the past 18 years with some of the most recognized organizations in healthcare. Successful at optimizing security standards, improving planning processes and managing systems implementation. Knowledgeable about disaster recovery planning, roadmapping and team development. Insightful Information Technology Manager with 18 years of IT leadership experience including oversight of infrastructure, application support and security services. Dedicated to customer satisfaction with focused delivery of technical solutions. Proven leader in directing operations, maintenance and support of complex systems. Develops creative business solutions, leveraging diverse methodologies and delivering engineering solutions for leading organizations. Highly adept in request for proposal development, technology needs assessments and staff training. Strategic Information Technology Manager skilled in guiding navigation of modern technology. Accustomed to driving efficiency and effectiveness by developing, delivering and supporting strategic plans. Demonstrated skill in translating technical requirements to business solutions. Successful 18-year record of building positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Experienced Information Technology Manager well-versed in infrastructure, security planning and daily operations management. Forward-thinking and strategic leader with [Number] years of experience in Healthcare. Recognized for cost-effective system improvements, operational streamlining and positive leadership style.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Epic Application Coordinator IV
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
07.2021 - Current
- Epic Application Coord IV
- Certified in 5 Epic Applications and 1 Badge:
- Resolute HB – Hospital Billing Administrator
- Resolute HB – Billing Admin Single Billing Office (HB and PB)
- Resolute HB – Claims
- Resolute HB – Remittance
- Hospice Billing and Administration
- Estimates Badge from Epic, for advance building and project management for estimate build
- Charge Lead for all Hospital Billing
- Managing multiple project from hospice integration, cardiology interfacing charging, COVID19 router builds for many CMS regulations
- Surprise billing estimate build, CMS Estimate update, CDM/HSCRC edits and modifications, automating research self-pay discounts, Letter extracts to vendors, secure printing and many other projects
- General ledger build, charge router builds, procedure build, cost center and department mappings
- Highest level of customer service to our operational and administrative customers.
- Offered system and application support to internal employees.
- Assisted network group with tasks and troubleshot.
- Delivered training, documentation and end-user support.
- Implemented new applications, features and enhancements to existing applications.
- Identified computer hardware and network system issues, performing troubleshooting techniques for remediation.
- Analyzed network security and current infrastructure to assess areas in need of improvement and develop solutions.
- Communicated regularly with customers concerning data exchange and technology integration.
- Delivered effective integrations of warehouse management system software applications to centrally manage tasks.
- Played key role in on-going network design, reevaluation and optimization to keep pace with company growth.
- Supported implementation of warehouse management system software applications to enable centralized management of tasks.
HB/SBO Analyst Epic III
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, GBMC
Towson , MD
01.2015 - 03.2021
- Lead – Build and implementation on the CMS Price Transparency and Estimates workflows to insure our Hospital and Pro-fee Billing team stayed compliant from the regulatory mandate.
- Successful re-build and conversion on the organizational billing system, from hospital based to combined profee and hospital billing (SBO) system
- Independently built and implemented brand new estimates workflows following CMS and HSCRC government articles. . With our ultimate goal, granting and supporting the patients ability to shop GBMCs clinical services and compare our prices to other local hospitals.
- CMS required regulations, interpreting and conforming to insure we meet the new required guidelines
- Created new billing environments from the ground up for the implementation of new applications “Epic”
- Generated training materials and curriculum for Hospital Billing/Claims/Remittance and Hospice Billing
- After Go-Live was successful, transitioned from Lead Training to Epic Analyst for Resolute Billing
- Currently managed General Ledger, Extracts for Vendors (Bad Debt and Self-Pay follow up)
- Successful rebuilt Billing Statements from Account based to Guarantor Based (SBO prep project)
- Supported and obtained 10 GOLD STAR’s status for last 3 years of my employment.
- Oversaw document development across project workstreams to create internal control statements per compliance and regulatory standards.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Enhanced project management skills by defining and presenting system solutions and timelines for business needs or technical problems.
- Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
- Performed internal system acceptance to deliver well-tested enhancements and meet business requirements.
- Analyzed existing systems and databases and recommended enhancements to solve business needs
Sr. Systems Analyst
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, GBMC
Towson , MD
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Working on the Ambulatory side of Applications, supporting multiple areas of our EMR system for GBMC, GBMA and GBHA
- Responsible for the Month End Financial close for eCW while working with the report writing application
- In charge of the GBMA report committee and reports that come from and through GBMA and GBHA groups
- Supporting the application during down time, upgrades, testing, and adding new features, physicians, and staff to eCW application
- Reinstated Rounding for On and Off campus sites we have around the GBMC as feeder systems to our Hospital
- Crosswalk-functionally to solve problems and implement changes
- Create MySQL scripts to access eCW database in addition to SAP business warehouse
- Work on Daily reports for Providers, Practice Managers and Administrative managers for Productivity Analysis.
Administrator of Insights/Workforce Analytics
GBMC HealthCare - Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Towson, MD
01.2009 - 01.2013
- I was the Administrator of GBMC Health Systems Budget Application (Insights) and work with the VPs, Directors and Manager’s in creating our Annual Budget, and Productivity.
- I was the Administrator of Work Force Analytics from Kronos
- Responsible for budget final presentation, consolidation for the financial reporting and accounting tools. Mapping and interfacing data between 3 separate systems (Budget system and Accounting system).
- Sole trainer supporting all GBMCs manager, directors, and executive team.
- Managed insights and workforce analytics when the applications required enhancement and upgrades. Requiring development of new organizational specific sessions, materials and workshops for leadership.
- Created, maintained and reported on nursing staffing patterns, and productivity reports. Lead biweekly position control productivity meeting, creating a forum for managers and directors to present their case when asking for more staff or equipment. I created usable tools, starting with the departments productivity volume metrics, teasing out and analyzing variable vs. fixed department and the metrics.
- Managed daily financial activities, updating leadership from the actual data analysis vs the organizations initial forecasted numbers. Most importantly running and maintaining the financial applications.
- Writing Crystal Reports, Access Data base that query systems like Lawson, Meditech, SAP, Kronos along with providing Decision Science Support
- Cost Accounting, Cash Flow, Pro Forma’s, and many other Analyses for the Finance Managers
- Productivity Analyses, Staffing Patterns, Non-Productive, Productive, OT, and Shift Differential Analyses.
Finance Manager
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Managed grant applications for Sponsored government research
- NIH grants, DOD, and clinical research grants
- Certifications in OMB Circulars, FAR and Effort at Bloomberg School of Public Health (GDEC)
- Managed Full Administration Staff – 2 Budget Analysts, 1 Payroll Analyst, 1 HR Analyst and 2 Grant Analysts with 3 Admin Assistants
- Personally responsible for my divisions Annual Budget – Working with Director of Finance, VP of Finance and CIO (2-3 month process)
- Created presentations for year-end Division and departmental progress to Hopkins Deans office, administrators and staff
- Monthly Variance Report, Projections – Straight-line and Seasonal trending
- Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft applications (Working on pivot tables, V lookups, and some work with Macros) creating data bases in MS Access
- Mastered many other data driven applications to query or create reports against: Meditech, SAP, EPIC, View Direct, H-View, C-View, B-View, and HIP.
Budget Analyst II / Supervisor
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Baltimore , MD
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Managed 11 Admin Assistance and CT techs, Schedulers and Research RN for Johns Hopkins Bayview Clinical inpatient and outpatient services
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Managed University (professional fee) and Hospital (hospital fee) financials for Johns Hopkins Bayview Cardiology Finances, Payroll, Human Resources and IT.
- Received OMB circular training and expert knowledge on governmental research grants, creating building budgets and annual financial submission for NIH federal research grants.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- I was one of 4 individuals who helped create and organize one of the most successful CME class for the Toshiba 264 CT slice scanner classes in the US.
- Team up with Toshiba regarding the 64 and 254 slice CT scanner
- My career started at JHH as an accounting intern ship with Mike Larson, the CIO of JHH. This job launched me into the University position as budget analyst II.
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
Education
Master of Science - Information Science
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD 01.2012 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration / Finance
Towson University
08.2001 - 01.2003
No Degree - Accounting and Finance
Palm Beach State College
West Palm Beach, FL 08.1998 - 01.2001
Skills
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Project lifecycle management
Infrastructure development
Product development
Interpersonal Communication
Time Management
Attention to Detail
Active Listening
Leadership
Certification
Resolute HB - Hospital Billing Admin, Epic - Current
Timeline
Epic Application Coordinator IV
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
07.2021 - Current
HB/SBO Analyst Epic III
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, GBMC
01.2015 - 03.2021
Sr. Systems Analyst
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, GBMC
01.2013 - 01.2014
Master of Science - Information Science
University of Maryland Baltimore County
01.2012 - 01.2014
Administrator of Insights/Workforce Analytics
GBMC HealthCare - Greater Baltimore Medical Center
01.2009 - 01.2013
Finance Manager
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
01.2006 - 01.2008
Budget Analyst II / Supervisor
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
01.2003 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration / Finance
Towson University
08.2001 - 01.2003
No Degree - Accounting and Finance
Palm Beach State College
08.1998 - 01.2001