Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Timeline
Generic

Jennifer Price

Cantwell,AK

Summary

Analytic, self-motivated healthcare manager with over 20 years of broad clinical and business office expertise. Dedicated to the mission of continuously improving patient experiences and outcomes. Significant work from home experience under minimal supervision with proven successful remote team leadership and collaboration. Extensive use of many clinical and business technology solutions to include Microsoft, Smartsheet, Cerner, EPIC, and Health Catalyst.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Special Projects Manager

Copper River Native Association; Work From Home
2022.02 - Current
  • Analyzes and interprets utilization and reimbursement data to identify clinical program opportunities and inefficiencies; direct reporting to COO.
  • Uses financial modeling to develop business case and ROI to support suggested programs for executive presentation.
  • Leads payer negotiations to favorable reimbursement agreement.
  • Identifies automation opportunities; oversees software co-implementation with external vendor.
  • Organizational representative and voting committee member for Cerner shared domain consisting of 14 tribal health organizations.
  • Develops best practice policies and procedures for various healthcare programs at discretion of COO.



Senior Manager of Patient Financial Services

Copper River Native Association; Work From Home
2020.09 - 2021.02
  • Established revenue cycle department for multi-disciplinary clinic; developed polices and procedures aligned HFMA best practices. Successfully led the transition of three services lines from third party to in-house billing.
  • Developed and tracked key performance indicators with direct reporting to CFO.
  • Remotely managed, including hiring, of 5 team members with 3 direct reports.
  • Used data and cross-functional collaboration to reduce registration denials by 5% within 4 months of hire.
  • Active member of Continuous Quality Improvement team.
  • Transitioned to Special Projects role to focus on revenue optimization at the request of executive level

Inpatient Case Manager

Alaska Regional Hospital
2018.10 - 2020.09
  • Extensive interactions with providers and multidisciplinary team to eliminate barriers to care progression and discharge in a state with few resources. Required out of the box thinking and solutions.
  • Collaborated with reimbursement and clinical documentation nurses to ensure accurate DRG coding.
  • Performed concurrent reviews of clinical documentation and applied clinical review criteria to mitigate denials.
  • Identified opportunities for process improvement and took on additional projects to improve department inefficiencies.

Clinical Career, Registered Nurse

Various
2002.09 - 2018.09
  • Emergency Department/ Flight Nurse (staff and travel) with progressive departmental experience as charge nurse and preceptor.
  • Clinical Research site nurse for EMS/ ER IMMEDIATE clinical trial.

Education

MBA - Healthcare Management

Western Governors University
Utah
11.2023

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
11.2021

Associate of Science - Nursing

Excelsior College
Albany, NY
09.2002

Skills

    Data Analytics

    Financial Modeling

    Project Management

    Continuous Process Improvement

    Clinical and Business Expertise

Certification

Certified LEAN Healthcare Professional; SSGI

Payer Contracting; MGMA

Basic Quality Principles; NAHQ

Certified Revenue Cycle Representative, HFMA


Affiliations

  • American College of Healthcare Executives; Alaska Chapter
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association
  • American Nurse Association

Timeline

Special Projects Manager

Copper River Native Association; Work From Home
2022.02 - Current

Senior Manager of Patient Financial Services

Copper River Native Association; Work From Home
2020.09 - 2021.02

Inpatient Case Manager

Alaska Regional Hospital
2018.10 - 2020.09

Clinical Career, Registered Nurse

Various
2002.09 - 2018.09

MBA - Healthcare Management

Western Governors University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Excelsior College

Certified LEAN Healthcare Professional; SSGI

Payer Contracting; MGMA

Basic Quality Principles; NAHQ

Certified Revenue Cycle Representative, HFMA


Jennifer Price