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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Skills Abilities
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Olena Shaw Nerona

San Tan Valley,AZ

Summary

Strategic-thinking individual experienced in turning low-performing teams into top performers. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise improving customer relationships. As a professional, teaching and mentoring others is a passion to help individuals advance themselves within an organization through education and experience.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Practice Management Director

Banner Medical Group
09.2021 - Current
  • Responsibility over multiple locations.
  • Partner to help executive senior leadership create effective ways to meet organizational metrics.
  • Value Based Medicine Metrics: 6 Pilot Care Teams

Patient Satisfaction Access: 84%

Hypertension Control: 86%

Mammograms: 92%

Flu Vaccine Compliance: 94%

Colorectal Screening: 72%

Hemoglobin A1C Less than 9: 55%

Connected Care: 79%

  • Partnership with outside entities to promote and help recruitment of medical assistants in staffing crisis.
  • Presentations for governing bodies of MA certifications to help assist bringing in students to organization to increase workforce.
  • Optimized operational processes using analytics tools to address client-specific metrics. Value Based Medicine.
  • Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics in following areas; Patient Satisfaction, Financial Performance, Quality Care and Operational Efficiencies.
  • Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
  • Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.
  • Proactively identified potential risks and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize negative impacts on projects or business operations.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Managed budgets effectively to ensure optimal use of resources while maintaining financial stability.
  • Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas. Value Based Medicine.
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Monitored and coordinated workflows to optimize resources.
  • Implemented innovative solutions to solve complex problems, resulting in increased productivity and streamlined operations.

Projects:

MA Standardization- Key Stakeholder,

Care Team Model Pilot-Value Based Medicine-Data Review-Coding reports-Project Management

Onboarding Competency Tools- Leaders- Key Stakeholder

MA Admin Phone Line Pilot- Consultation and Support

NHA Collaboration-Guest Presenter and Point of Contact

Practice Manager II

Banner Medical Group
10.2014 - 09.2021
  • Responsibility over multiple locations for complete practice operations
  • Direct reports- Up to 103 direct reports in this position
  • Practice manager of multiple specialties-Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, and OBGYN
  • Finance reports and action planning
  • Employee Engagement and drive positive culture
  • Involvement in multiple committees to help with clinical best practices
  • Committees:

Optimization and Efficiency Project 2.0

BMG Staffing Models

PFCC Steering Committee at Banner Ironwood Facility

Referral Specialist Representative for BMG East

RN Annual Wellness Visits and Implementation

Light Speed Referral-Cerner EHR Improvements

Flu Vaccination Implementation in PCP

Stakeholder for internal Referral Initiative

Stakeholder for MA Career Ladder

Practice Supervisor

Banner Health Clinic
01.2013 - 10.2014
  • Supervision over three locations with 22 direct reports
  • Payroll and Timecard preparation
  • Clinical workflow assessment with implementation of new processes
  • Billing and Coding experience
  • Train front office staff on revenue cycle requirements
  • Implement action plans for both Family Practice and Specialty Clinic to increase collections
  • Creating and managing physician templates and schedules
  • Handling all patient complaints and concerns with proper incident/risk reporting

Committees:

BMG AZ East Quality Measure Data Sub

BMG AZ East Rapid Response Team

Medical Assistant

Banner Health Clinic
09.2010 - 01.2013
  • Front office experience to include scheduling, insurance verification, collections, high call volumes, scanning, and patient billing inquiries
  • Back-office experience to include patient clinical intake, referrals, vaccinations, injections, venipuncture, patient education, quality controls, EHR documentation, and point of care testing.
  • Informal Leader

Sales Associate/Business Support

Jared the Gallery of Jewelry
12.2004 - 01.2013
  • Customer service, accounts receivable, inventory, sales, multiple phone line, managing of end of night reconciliation for large deposits.

Medical Assistant

Cornerstone Family Medicine
03.2008 - 09.2010
  • Student externship site-Hired
  • Front office and back-office experience in 2 offices
  • Supervision and training of staff and several students at both locations.

Education

Master of Arts Organizational Management, (MAOM) focus in Organizational Leadership (G) -

Ashford University- University of Arizona Global Campus
12.2018

Bachelor of Science-Business Management -

Western International University
12.2018

Skills

  • Partnerships and Alliances
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Staff Management
  • Program Management
  • KPI Tracking
  • Human Resources
  • Financial Administration
  • Organizational Structuring
  • Program Optimization
  • Training Management

Accomplishments

  • Top ten percent Leader for Leadership Effectiveness-Yearly Employee Survey-2018 and 2019
  • Top level results for Effective Leadership- 2017

Skills Abilities

Operations experience of multiple locations across the Valley., Supervision of 54 Direct Reports including Physicians, Mid-Level Providers, RN, and various support staff., Successful mentorship to eight direct reports that moved into leadership roles., Experience in clinical setting as a Medical Assistant-Including front desk and referral responsibilities., High level of operational knowledge and deployed to teams to implement change, workflow efficiencies, and pilot implementations., Interviewing and onboarding of all staff including mid-levels, physicians, and leadership., Effective communication with both peers, staff, upper leadership, and providers., Customer communication to resolve any concerns with empathy and active listening., Top ten percent Leader for Leadership Effectiveness-Yearly Employee Survey-2018 and 2019, High level results for Effective Leadership- 2017

References

References upon request.

Timeline

Practice Management Director

Banner Medical Group
09.2021 - Current

Practice Manager II

Banner Medical Group
10.2014 - 09.2021

Practice Supervisor

Banner Health Clinic
01.2013 - 10.2014

Medical Assistant

Banner Health Clinic
09.2010 - 01.2013

Medical Assistant

Cornerstone Family Medicine
03.2008 - 09.2010

Sales Associate/Business Support

Jared the Gallery of Jewelry
12.2004 - 01.2013

Master of Arts Organizational Management, (MAOM) focus in Organizational Leadership (G) -

Ashford University- University of Arizona Global Campus

Bachelor of Science-Business Management -

Western International University
Olena Shaw Nerona