TALANI MYERS
New York,NY
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with a Master of Public Health credentials and 6+ years of administrative expertise in project management, research, medical billing, and healthcare management, in fast-paced clinical settings. Proficient in healthcare administration, medical education, and effective program planning and implementation. Provides leadership in restructuring department workflows and achieving operational improvements. Proficient in analyzing situations, providing excellent patient service, organizing, effective communication, designing health communication strategies, project coordination, and demonstrating strong leadership competencies.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Curriculum Supervisor
Weill Cornell Medical College
03.2023 - Current
- Manages projects across 9 specialties, and monitors performance
- Manages meeting agendas, meeting notes, calendars, and team follow-ups.
- Monitors progress to keep department projects on track and meet established deadlines
- Leads program coordinator meetings, reporting workflow trends, and prepare information for leadership
- Liaises with students, faculty, fellows, and residents regarding department updates
- Offers direct supervision, continuous staff development, and ongoing employee education
- Oversees fulfillment of compliance requirements for medical students during clinical rotations
- Communicates project deliverables to program directors
- Extracts academic history reports and formulate compliance spreadsheets and training schedules for required trainings
- Collaborates with stakeholders to design plans and aligns project activities with department goals
- Contributes to development of comprehensive employee training courses
- Develops and implements project plans, maintaining compliance with guidelines relating to HIPAA, and OSHA
- Spearheads bi-monthly clerkship council meetings bringing together stakeholders, and participants to foster collaboration
Prior Authorization Coordinator
Weill Cornell Imaging
06.2017 - 03.2023
- Obtained authorizations for over 100+ providers of Weill Cornell Medicine and other external providers
- Spoke with clinical reviewers and to expedite authorizations processes by providing clinical information
- Performed authorizations upgrades and downgrades if protocol by radiologists
- Conducted insurance verifications, eligibility and prior authorizations for services requiring referrals, including surgical procedures, and diagnostic testing
- Documented and communicated with clinical staff, physicians, and administrators regarding insurance discrepancies and authorization statuses
- Researched denied authorizations and directly contacted physicians to perform appeals
- Audited and identified denial trends in work queues
- Ensured standard of care or sponsored research studies are linked to correct IRB's and grant numbers
- Calculated patient coverage prior to patients' appointments according to department guidelines
- Prepared and distributed denial letters, detailing reasons for denial and possible appeal measures.
Education
Master of Science - Public Health, Epidemiology
Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY05.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
Hunter College - City University of New York
New York, NY05.2017
Skills
- Epic System
- SPSS System
- Customer Service
- Data Entry
- ICD10, CPT Coding
- Prior Authorization Processing
- Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Database Research
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Administrative Support
- Project Coordination
- Team Leadership
- Training Coordination
- Project Management
- Attention to Detail
- Process Improvement
Certification
- Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers and Students Working with Human Subjects, Oct 2022 - Expires Sep 2025
- Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Sep 2023 - Expires Sep 2024
Timeline
Clinical Curriculum Supervisor
Weill Cornell Medical College
03.2023 - Current
Prior Authorization Coordinator
Weill Cornell Imaging
06.2017 - 03.2023
Master of Science - Public Health, Epidemiology
Long Island University
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
Hunter College - City University of New York
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