Karen Droze

Direct and facilitate the coordination of a collaborative national infrastructure of regional hemophilia networks to promote and improve comprehensive, quality care of individuals with hemophilia and relating bleeding or clotting disorders. Serve as a key contributor in developing strategic direction for quality improvement initiatives for the NHPCC’s federally-funded public health activities.
• Serve as primary liaison between the NHPCC, US Hemophilia Treatment Center (HTC) Network leadership and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
• Manage and coordinate HRSA cooperative agreement in the amount of $800K annually.
• Assure organization is compliant with all federal regulations, policies and reporting requirements per Notice of Award (NOA).
• Support the development of grant proposals, both competitive and non-competing continuation applications.
• Collaborate with HRSA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in continuous reporting of Blood Disorders and Blood Safety bleeding disorder-specific Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) quality indicators.
• Develop and disseminate collateral materials to promote the NHPCC and national HTC network, to include case studies and infographics.
• Present at regional and national meetings to demonstrate the effectiveness of the NHPCC and comprehensive care model.
• Supervise NHPCC Program Manager from a remote location.

Program manager and point of contact for affiliate hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) in all quality improvement activities as they pertain to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) cooperative agreement.
• Support the regional networks as quality strategies are implemented across HTCs.
• Assist HTCs with engagement in quality improvement, including collection of data for the quality improvement measures, such as the blood disorders Healthy People 2020 measures.
• Gather, synthesize and disseminate technical assistance tools and services to support quality initiatives and increase the likelihood of adoption of evidence-based best practices, as part of management and promotion of the NHPCC resource repository.
• Identify and problem solve barriers to implementation of NHPCC quality improvement initiatives.
• Leverage existing QI capacity within the national network by supporting staff trained in quality improvement.
• In collaboration with the Director of the NHPCC, manage the NHPCC work groups.
• Partner with NHPCC consultants to effectively evaluate and streamline the NHPCC.
• Support the development of grant proposals and publications.

Regional Coordinator, Southeast Region, 1.0 FTE
Primary grants administrator of Southeast Region Bleeding Disorder Program. Responsible for annual federal grants submission, fiscal management of sites, and fulfillment of deliverables.
• Managed HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and CDC federal awards in the amount of $800K-$1.2M annually.
• Responsible for agency audits with no significant findings on federal awards in fourteen years.
• Completed all federal financial and performance reports in a timely manner.
• Ensured compliance with contractual obligations and federal guidelines at 24 subcontracted sites.
• Served as primary technical support to grant administrators at subcontracted sites.
• Aided eligible entities in their PHS 340B annual recertification efforts.
• Assisted sites in calculating their PHS 340B program income, resulting in accurate and timely reporting to the federal government.
• Conducted regular grant reviews, to include financial spenddowns, ensuring federal funds were spent appropriately and in compliance with federal guidelines.
• Developed new subcontract language to reflect the OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) as it was implemented in 2014.
• Added three subcontracted sites (HTCs) during tenure.
• Conducted a minimum of ten site visits per year at subcontracted sites.