Jody Latimer RN BSN MPH CMCN

• Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for successful completion of projects.
• Implemented effective communication protocols between internal teams working on different aspects of a given project.
• Communicated effectively with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
• Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
• Participated in cross-functional teams responsible for developing innovative solutions for complex problems.
• Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
• Provided guidance to team members regarding tasks assigned to them.
• Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
• Drafted reports summarizing progress made on projects for review by executive leadership team.
• Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers based on company objectives and budget constraints.
• Created and implemented processes to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
• Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
• Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.
• Led meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
• Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance, and cost efficiency.
• Determined project staffing needs and led resource management.
• Identified project needs by reviewing project objectives and schedules.

• Disease investigation related to environmental exposure of chemicals and health outcome identification
• Medical record review, client interview, and history documentation and presentation
• Expert Witness consultation to assist legal firm in strategy implementation
• Research, review and summarize federal regulation reports
• Resource identification
• Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management in multidisciplinary specialties

• Representative for the General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel, as needed position.
• Review and evaluate data on the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigation devices, and make recommendation for their regulation.

• Drive Medicare Annual Wellness Exam compliance throughout the Colorado Market
• Develop and manage team workflows to meet key patient quality metrics
• Weekly collaboration with key leadership team for quality metrics review and discussion of data
• Design and implement patient outreach strategies and education efforts to meet and exceed Medicare guidelines for company success
• Manage primary team and hybrid teams to meet KPI's
• Develop key relationships within a multidisciplinary setting for organizational and patient success enrolled in risk-based contracts

• Drive policy, procedure development, and implementation of a Direct to Employer Plan within the largest Primary Care entity in Northern Colorado in collaboration with one of the largest employer groups in Northern Colorado. Multidisciplinary collaboration extended to large national insurance groups, Third-Party Administrations, and executive team quarterly and annual meetings. This platform was then expanded to small employer groups throughout Northern Colorado.
• Operations development and management of a 3000+ membership to ensure preventative care coordination, medical utilization, prior authorizations, claim statuses, inpatient status, and ER utilization with strong knowledge of STARS and HEDIS requirements driving improved health outcomes and decreased insurance spending
• Frequent health care utilization education to the Membership, driving healthcare cost down by 1.5 million dollars within the first year of the contract (large industry with 2000+ membership)
• Strategic planning and development for future Direct to Employer plans, which can be replicated for maximum expansion of future contract potential.
• Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs for patient, contract, and business success
• Drive employee enrollment in preferred plan and correct utilization. 75% of all new employee's within 1 year of launch chose the managed care option.
• Leadership position within the company
• Participated in Due Diligence reviews for business acquisition (Village Medical)

• Drive policy and procedure development to ensure safe working conditions, medical surveillance, and continuum of care throughout North American locations including Primary Care, Urgent Care, and Workers’ Compensation Programs.
• Close conference with the Global Medical Director and Global Environmental Health and Safety Director to reduce occupational injuries and promote primary care and public health advocacy.
• Periodic industrial walk-through, providing appropriate medical and safety recommendations. Seamless communication with Key Leadership Team Members, Staff, and Legal Counsel .
• Manage and oversee primary care, occupational care, and workers’ compensation case management, absence management, urgent care triage, and post offer physicals for 3 locations within Colorado; serving a population of over 1500 employees.
• Complex Case Management to reduce chronic illness absences and increase healthy living through lifestyle medicine.
• Disease investigation and reporting
• OSHA Reporting
• Certified American Heart Association Instructor, providing onsite classes for EMT’s, Industrial First Responders, as well as education and certification for onsite Medical and Dental Clinic Staff

Various ICU, ED, crisis/code team, transport/IV team, and wound clinic at Northern Colorado Medical Center Greeley, Colorado. Burn ICU certificate. Trauma ICU, CCU, acute rehabilitation, and progressive care units at St. Anthony’s Hospital, Denver, Colorado. CTICU, CCU, neurology, and burn ICU at the heart center, St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, New Jersey. Crisis RN, ICU, CCU, Step-down unit, PACU, renal, IV team, transport team, code team at Saint Francis Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii. GI Suite conscious sedation registered nurse, PACU, and charge nurse responsibilities in a fast-paced county hospital in San Mateo, California.

· Leadership and collaborative efforts to ensure and create a safe and healthy community for students and faculty through individual education, conferences, and health screenings.

· Case Management for students from Early Childhood (age 3-5 years of age) to Twelfth grade (up to 21 years of age), for over 2,000 students. Scope of practice involves complex coordination of care for those with chronic and acute care needs within a school community. Practice involves assessing, developing, implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating care needs, as well as educating families and connecting them to community resources.

· Vision and Hearing Coordinator for a 27,000 student School District. Responsibilities include staff, education materials, and skill needed to meet state and federal guidelines.

· Advance and promote a healthy school community by health education programs and education forums on blood-borne pathogens, health condition reporting, and appropriate delegation of services and identifying high risk students and ensuring accommodations or modifications are adequately instituted. CPR Instructor certified instructor.

· Provide direct health care to students and staff within the scope of nursing practice. Facilitates positive responses to development, and help promote health, safety and well being of students and faculty.

• All case management and utilization review processes, functions, and relationships created for a start-up hospital that opened in July 2007
• Successful input, participation, and performance leading to the hospital’s licensure, Medicare approval, and accreditation by The Joint Commission
• Patient satisfaction with care coordination, case management, and discharge planning consistently over the 98th percentile
• Nursing administrator responsible for achieving corporate patient and fiscal goals related to strategic intake of long term care patients. Administrator-on-call, screening and hiring of clinical staff, committee chairperson for case management, utilization review, and team conferences. Member of all key management/clinical councils and committees. Daily and close conferee with top-level physicians and specialists regarding diagnosis, prognosis, therapies, modalities of treatments, and total care plans for intensively ill, medically complex patients.
• Coordination of care and services including comprehensive assessment, screening, eligibility, and determination. Leading coordinator of the clinical intake process. Effective direction and delegation of care to interdisciplinary teams. Coordination of resources and services for each patient before, during, and in the discharge phase of the care continuum. Leader in the drive to prove medical necessity for insurance claims. Leadership position for questions related to financial and clinical aspects of care. Effective negotiation and efficient communication leading to success seeking coverage, resolving issues, addressing concerns, and handling highly charged situations.

• Occupational Health Nurse/ Manager of the on-site Medical Department. Full time Contract Position
• Comprehensive coordination and delivery of patient care in an inpatient medical clinic serving an employee community of 1500.
• Case and utilization review/management requiring use and knowledge of Workers’ Compensation law, OSHA and DOT regulations, HIPPA compliance.
• Involvement in care of patients with simple-to-complex work-related and non-work related injuries or issues which required clinical ability and mediation skills

Responsibility for effective management of patient care, implementation of company policy, and claims administration. Negotiation with third-party payers, community agencies, and regulators. Direct patient care, spirometry and audiometry. Development of strong referral networks for everything from drug testing to second-opinion evaluation of injuries. Nurse educator and proponent of preventive practices.

• Contract Position As Needed
• Foundational occupational health experience driving pre-employment physicals, health monitoring, and client illness education.
• Chemical exposure documentation, health screenings and fairs. OSHA, DOT, and HIPPA compliance.