Enhanced Compliance Standards at Conifer Healthcare Solutions, developed and implemented audit protocols with a methodical approach, ensuring 100% adherence to compliance standards.
Improved Patient Care Coordination at Kaiser Permanente, collaborated with clinical teams using strategic focus to enhance patient care coordination, leading to a 10% improvement in patient outcomes.
Streamlined Business Processes at Apria Healthcare, managed cross-functional teams with meticulous attention to detail, resulting in a 15% improvement in operational efficiently. Developed skills in fast-paced business environment, including data analysis, stakeholder communication, and strategic planning. Seeking to transition into new role where these skills can be applied and further developed. Committed to leveraging analytical expertise and problem-solving abilities to contribute to organizational success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BUSINESS ANALYST
Kaiser Permanente
San Diego, CA
06.2023 - Current
Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
Improved business processes by analyzing current practices and recommending optimization strategies.
Optimized team coordination to ensure streamlined project workflows.
Implemented best-practice methodologies that improved overall project delivery timelines while maintaining quality standards.
Enhanced data accuracy by implementing rigorous data validation techniques, leading to more reliable business insights.
Increased project visibility by creating comprehensive dashboard for real-time status updates, improving stakeholder communication.
Strengthened regulatory compliance by updating internal processes in line with new industry standards and legislation.
OPERATIONS ANALYST
Conifer Healthcare Solutions
Dallas, TX
04.2022 - 06.2023
Responsible for handling grievances through investigation, preparation, effectuation, and presentation of appropriate materials for review
Audits of internal and external reports, to validate supplemental benefits, adherence to service level agreements, and compliance with regulatory policies
Partner with internal and external departments, Medical Group, and staff to achieve resolution for member concerns
Data cleansing, Project tracking, Mapping, HL7, Data visualization, Power Bi, HIE, and ad-hoc reports
Manages database for cases
Responsible for timely case resolution and compliance with federal and state regulations, laws, and accreditation standards
Participate in managing the organizations Grievance, and external review process
Compose high quality, compliant, grammatically correct, detailed written communication
Utilized data management skills to ensure accurate tracking of obligations
Conduct regular audits of internal and external reports
Maintain dashboards to provide oversight, monitor performance, budgets, and service agreements
Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulatory standards
Promoted continuous improvement through knowledge sharing, and training to various teams
Collaborated with stakeholders across departments to define requirements for new projects
Implemented SAP related analyzed business processes
Review, and track administration with internal stakeholders
Conduct, plan, and approve audits for all vendors (State and Federal), corporate contracts/management
Approved all new/amended current vendor contracts, managing meetings, data reporting
Creates, monitor, and evaluate, all audit reports (annually, quarterly, and monthly)
Involved in product development and pre-launch phase
Supervised, and trained staff on new procedures, organization skills, and job aid creation
Development of corporate policies, procedures, and training materials
Billing, auditing, and reconciliation (state and federal and business reporting)
Maintained critical information sensitive using Management Information Data Protection
Business process modeling and data access modeling, data analysis, spearheaded, and querying Access
Managed and allocated resources for enterprise requirements in a timely manner
Monitor monthly accounts, (payables, receivables, and loans)
UI and UX Wireframes, figma interactive to create prototype and mockups.
Developed a forecasting model that accurately predicted future demand, resulting in an increase in profits of 13%
Dashboard development, SAS, SQL, project tracking
Deployed Excel VLOOKUP, FHIR, Pivotable, Tableau, Word, Outlook PowerPoint, SAP, Python, MS Office Suite, ArcGIS, Health Information Exchange (HIE),and Access
Functionalities to research data issues and cleaned, reformatted, documented user's satisfaction survey data
Developed data gathering applications
Appeals and grievance, respond to issues timely and proficiently
Verifies patient insurance eligibility and benefits and ensures this information is accurately reflected in system
Patient's account obtaining authorizations from insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, Kaiser Permanente) when required
Data management to ensure data protection and quality, analyze, researched, and identify defects for enhancements
Analyzed customer data to determine trends in purchasing behavior
Drafted functional specifications documents outlining project scope, objectives and deliverables
Developed financial models and forecasts to support business decisions
Performed cost-benefit analysis of proposed changes to business processes
Identified gaps between current state and desired future state operations
Designed test plans, scenarios, scripts, cases, and results matrices to validate system functionality
Improved application performance through extensive monitoring and diagnostics using Azure Monitor tools.
Provided ongoing support for troubleshooting complex issues related to the deployment and maintenance of Azure resources.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
01.2006
Skills
Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Visual Studio, AWS/Azure, Services
Pivot Tables/Data Analysis
Tableau, Adobe,SAS, SQL, SAP, FHIR, HTML and CSS
Research Methodologies
Contract Management
Data Reporting
Business Process Modeling
Project Management
Regulatory Compliance
Data Cleansing/ Visualization
Business Process Improvement
KPI tracking
Risk assessment
Operations analysis
Agile methodologies
Data visualization
Accomplishments
Staff Training - Trained staff on basic FAS 109 concepts and computation construction.
Summary
At Conifer Healthcare Solutions, developed and implemented audit protocols with a methodical approach, ensuring 100% adherence to compliance standards., At Kaiser Permanente, collaborated with clinical teams using strategic focus to enhance patient care coordination, leading to a 10% improvement in patient outcomes., At Apria Healthcare, managed cross-functional teams with meticulous attention to detail, resulting in a 15% improvement in operational efficiency.
Certification
Microsoft Certified, Data Analyst Associate - Microsoft.
Project Management Professional (PMP)® - Project Management Institute, Inc.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification – American Society for Quality (ASQ).
Power BI Data Analyst Associate Certification – Microsoft.