Experience

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• SUPPORT Act Grant Coordinator

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  • Assist with the administrative management and coordination of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) SUPPORT Act Section 1003 Demonstration Project grant activities. Includes working collaboratively with project partners and subcontractors, scheduling and coordinating workgroup meetings, and ensuring communication between leadership teams, DMAS divisions, and internal and external workgroups. • Preparing all technical reports, studies and presentation materials for varied audiences related to grant projects.• Responsible for monitoring key deliverables throughout the life-cycle of the grant and keeping Grant Manager and relevant staff informed about upcoming deadlines and milestones.• Assists Grant Manager in providing consultative services and technical assistance to providers as well as assisting with managing the tracking and reporting of grant outcomes to CMS. • Projects worked on:o DMAS Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Policy Innovations Program (PIP) National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) Grant to expand Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for pregnant and postpartum individuals. Participated in stakeholder meetings, data collection, focus group document creation and coordination. o SUPPORT Grant Justice Involved Re-Entry Demonstration Project to design, implement, and evaluate a Reentry Initiative Pilot in order to create a statewide Re-Entry Plan focused on facilitating Medicaid enrollment and connection to community-based SUD treatment and recovery services.

• Behavioral Health Division- Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services (ARTS) Policy Analyst

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

  2019 Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)- Behavioral Health Division- Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services (ARTS) Policy Analyst Worked with the DMAS team to implement the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid SUPPORT Act Grant that was awarded to Virginia in September 2019 to increase substance use treatment (SUD) provider capacity around the state. Tasks included writing job descriptions for grant-funded positions, writing requests for proposals for soliciting contract work, creating work plans, organizing stakeholder meetings and research topics related to SUD and hepatitis C treatment best practices.



Health Quality Innovators (HQI)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Assistant

  • Dec 2018 - Jul 2019

  Project Assistant for Accountable Health Communities (AHC) & RVA Community Cares Social Determinates of Health Project:- Worked with AHC team members to help improve the implementation of the RVA Community Cares project throughout Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, and Chesterfield. Improvements I have contributed were changes to the community resource index for it to be more functional and user-friendly, changes on how to streamline navigation processes, and changes to the screening process in order to help more beneficiaries. - Screened Medicare and Medicaid participants for social determinates of health over the phone and in-person for several clinical delivery sites. These sites include Capital Area Health Network, Bon Secours, and Richmond Behavioral Health Authority.



Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Work Intern

  • Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

  - Taught psychoeducation classes to inmates with substance use disorder. - Provided individual mental health therapy. - Learned about substance use, mental health, and the medical care needs of individuals while incarcerated and when released into the community. - Taught psychoeducation classes to inmates with substance use disorder. - Provided individual mental health therapy. - Learned about substance use, mental health, and the medical care needs of individuals while incarcerated and when released into the community.



University of California Santa Barbara: Recreational Sports

• Office Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2015

  - Responsible for purchasing, budgeting, and account management for five programs which were based out of the Recreational Sports Office. - Reconciled monthly ledgers with appropriate receipts and paperwork for verification. - Allocated spending for program use based on university guidelines. - Hired and completed payroll for over 200 student employees. - Supervise front desk student employees for completion of tasks and customer service. - Responsible for the “Student Medical Emergency Relief Fund” account management.



Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2012

  - Managed associates and assistant managers on completion of tasks, individual sales goals, and customer service experiences. - Responsible for payroll, scheduling, and completing and delegating corporate directives. - The store was recognized as one of the best performing in the company pertaining to year-to-date sales, payroll percent, sales per hour, customer service scores, and overall contribution to the company. - In two years, I was personally recognized three times as the store employee of the month and once as the districtwide employee of the month.