Director - Channel Partnerships

• Jan 2021 - Present

•Provide project management support to projects focused on CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule, and the use of FHIR-based data constructs •Deliver consultation on ways to improve healthcare delivery, quality, and cost effectiveness for client health plan populations •Conduct analysis of current and future workflow for the creation of business requirements for healthcare-related use cases including healthcare interoperability •Facilitate client meetings and whiteboarding sessions, and provide project briefings on status and plans for future functionalities and use cases

Event Staff

• Sep 2022 - Present

Project Specialist (Medicare, Medicaid, Quality Reporting, Quality Improvement)

• Jun 2015 - Jan 2021

•Support 44 Medicaid-enrolled practices utilize electronic health records including eMDs, Epic, Greenway, athenahealth, Valant, Dentrix, Practice Fusion and Allscripts for the Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program •Assist 29 independent and county-based behavioral and mental health organizations implement and utilize health information technologies •Led a team and authored a report on the landscape assessment for Wisconsin Department of Health Services on care coordination and quality improvement efforts across the state. •Facilitate the Community Behavioral Health IT Coalition (CBHIC), a collaborative effort by county and private behavioral health organizations across Wisconsin to encourage discussions of best practices around health information sharing with medical providers in order to facilitate effective transitions of care and improved patient outcomes •Recruit and enroll adult primary care providers to Healthy Hearts in the Heartland (H3), an AHRQ cardiovascular research study •Facilitate quality improvement projects with practices focused on the Million Hearts ABCS (aspirin, blood pressure, cholesterol, and smoking cessation) quality metrics •Help support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s Coordination of Care initiative by working with 10 county-based healthcare coalitions to reduce 30-day all cause admissions and readmissions, adverse drug events, and community tenure •Provide healthcare professionals Medicare Fee-for-service data, interpretation and support

Graduate Research Assistant (Long-term Care)

• Sep 2014 - May 2015

•Recruited and enrolled patients suffering from chronic health conditions into the LifeCourse project, a project devoted to quality of life and health care experience of patients experiencing serious medical conditions •Managed database of 600+ patients and nearly a thousand key family and friends enrolled in the LifeCourse project •Recruited and enrolled patients suffering from chronic health conditions into the LifeCourse project, a project devoted to quality of life and health care experience of patients experiencing serious medical conditions •Managed database of 600+ patients and nearly a thousand key family and friends enrolled in the LifeCourse project

Graduate Research Assistant (Medicare & Biostatistics)

• May 2014 - Aug 2014

•Explored the effects of Medicare Part D on socioeconomic disparities and how they pertain to mortality rates in breast cancer patients using STATA and SAS statistical packages to be later published as, "Socioeconomic Disparities in Mortality Among Women With Incident Breast Cancer Before and After Implementation of Medicare Part D". •Conducted literature review on the effects of Medicare Part D by exploring various health care and economic journal databases including PubMed and EconLit •Explored the effects of Medicare Part D on socioeconomic disparities and how they pertain to mortality rates in breast cancer patients using STATA and SAS statistical packages to be later published as, "Socioeconomic Disparities in Mortality Among Women With Incident Breast Cancer Before and After Implementation of Medicare Part D". •Conducted literature review on the effects of Medicare Part D by exploring various health care and economic journal databases including PubMed and EconLit

University Services Associate

• Dec 2012 - Aug 2013

•Helped plan and organize events such as Medical Alumni Weekend, Alpha Omega Alpha honors banquet, medical school graduation and Operation Education •Researched effective tools for online collaboration for undergraduate students involved in various medical school programs •Developed an online application system for students to apply for various medical school programs •Performed administrative duties including answering of phone inquiries and student contact •Helped plan and organize events such as Medical Alumni Weekend, Alpha Omega Alpha honors banquet, medical school graduation and Operation Education •Researched effective tools for online collaboration for undergraduate students involved in various medical school programs •Developed an online application system for students to apply for various medical school programs •Performed administrative duties including answering of phone inquiries and student contact

Research Assistant (Preventive Health)

• May 2011 - May 2012

•Conducted recruitment and enrollment phone interviews to determine eligibility of participants for research regarding Vitamin D intake in post-menopausal women •Maintained treatment plans of patients using OnCore and Epic •Conducted recruitment and enrollment phone interviews to determine eligibility of participants for research regarding Vitamin D intake in post-menopausal women •Maintained treatment plans of patients using OnCore and Epic

Research Assistant (Clinical & Laboratory Research)

• Oct 2010 - Jan 2012

•Performed cell culture on MS1, VEGF, A549 cancer cell lines •Worked as a team to investigate the effects of Sunitinib and Tie2 inhibitors in angiosarcoma development •Used protein quantification and Western blotting to determine whether treatment proved beneficial in combating angiosarcoma development •Calculated monitor units for patients receiving radiation therapy to be published in various cancer journals •Analyzed radiation therapies including 3DCRT, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Tomotherapy in head and neck tumors