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Noemi DeJesus

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Summary

Strategic and results-driven Patient Access and Revenue Cycle professional with over 25 years of extensive experience in hospital, ambulatory, and acute care settings. Recognized for exceptional leadership in driving operational excellence, spearheading Epic implementations, and optimizing patient access workflows. Proven expertise in front- and back-end revenue cycle operations, staff development, scheduling optimization, and innovative pre-service strategies. A trusted partner to healthcare leadership, consistently delivering high-impact solutions that enhance patient experience, boost financial performance, and elevate organizational efficiency while maximizing the capabilities of Epic EMR systems.

Work History

Operational Consultant, Access Transformation

BDO USA
  • Collaborated with a team of consultants to optimize the referral management process across 25 specialties, enhancing efficiency and patient experience.
  • Provided advisory support for an accelerated scheduling template optimization initiative in Specialty Care, working closely with leadership to enhance the digital patient journey.
  • Assessed and implemented an accelerated scheduling template optimization engagement, focusing on decision tree analysis, visit type categorization, and block optimization for Specialty Care.
  • Developed comprehensive Scheduling Template Playbooks to establish a formal foundation for scheduling templates and standardize processes across the organization.

Manager, Ambulatory Pre-Verification

Novant Health
05.2021 - 12.2023
  • Responsible for all administrative functions that contribute to the management of pre-registration, insurance verification activities.
  • Maintain all preservice WQ's including the Ambulatory Charge Review Epic WQ's for Novant Health clinics.
  • Responsible for providing leadership and daily support to maintain ongoing quality, productivity, and efficiency levels with the pre-visit services team.
  • Analyze and maintain registration requirements, insurance policies and protocols, assessing feedback, and developing strategies for process improvement.
  • Created new workflows to decrease outstanding AR in Charge Review by over 70% within 12 months.

Revenue Cycle Patient Access Manager

Tower Health
08.1991 - 04.2021
  • Managed Access Center operations for Hospital and Ambulatory Scheduling, Pre-Registration, and Insurance Verification/Authorization.
  • Insourced Pre-Services for five hospitals including the hiring and development of 80+ new staff.
  • Onboarded specialty practices to the Access Center and facilitated cross-training within specialty teams.
  • Assisted in the development of EPIC Decision Trees to improve patient scheduling for primary care and specialty practices.
  • Developed and maintained call center KPIs and provided weekly feedback.
  • Centralized Insurance Verification/Authorization for seven hospitals.
  • Developed and implemented the Price Estimate workflow for self-pay patients, utilizing the EPIC Price Estimate tool.
  • Developed and implemented Financial Counseling for uninsured and under insured patients, worked closely with Medicaid vendor to ensure accounts were moved through the Medicaid approval process in a timely manner.
  • Served as hospital Admissions Manager working closely with Care management on streamlining workflows to ensure admission authorizations were secure.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Corporate Communication

Alvernia University
Reading, PA

Skills

  • Leadership Experience
  • Epic Hospital Registration
  • Revenue Cycle Readiness
  • Project Lead
  • Epic Implementations
  • Integrity and honesty
  • MS office
  • Analytical thinking
  • Strategic planning
  • Issue resolution
  • Customer relationship management
  • Project leadership
  • Goal setting
  • Client engagement
  • Project management
  • Process improvement
  • Processes and procedures
  • Operations analysis
  • Performance tracking
  • Training and development

Certification

Epic- Resolute Hospital Billing

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Work Availability

monday
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Timeline

Manager, Ambulatory Pre-Verification

Novant Health
05.2021 - 12.2023

Revenue Cycle Patient Access Manager

Tower Health
08.1991 - 04.2021

Operational Consultant, Access Transformation

BDO USA

Bachelor of Arts - Corporate Communication

Alvernia University