Sandra Kay Hutchens

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• The facility technical expert and trusted advisor in Accreditation, Compliance, Risk Management, Credentialing & Privileging, Patient Safety, and Process Improvement programs.
• Selected and served as an Inspector General(IG) Inspector to support programs at a another installation.
• Improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivered through integrated and collaborative organizational approaches.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Credentialing & Privileging: principal advisor of all operational aspects of the program highlighted as “Best Practice” by accreditation survey.
• DoD Joint Centralized Credentials Quality Assurance System (JCCQAS) MTF administer and serve as the MTF system expert.
• Process Improvement: Strive for science-based healthcare and actively look at MTF process Volunteered to obtain Green Belt Facilitator Academic Training.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows and promote best practices.

• Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
• Program manager of data quality assurance initiatives to enhance accuracy and reliability across multiple data systems.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve data inconsistencies.
• Trained staff on best practices for data entry and quality assurance procedures.

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Served as the facility subject matter expert for TRICARE and Overseeing and advising on all Referral Management Center processes.
• Selected and recruited from a network hospital due yo recognized subject matter expertise in TRICARE policy, operations, and compliance.
• Primary liaison during two TRICARE Managed Care Support Company transitions.