Experience

Oxley Enterprises, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• MUMPS Developer

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Document Storage Systems

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

• Software Engineer

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2020

  Contracted to create processing routines for hundreds of RPCs for the purpose of creating auditing datao When completed, moved on to the Time Zones project involving identifying all the Date/Time fields in all the Fileman files for the Date/Time Remediationo Developed a utility to create a flat file and Excel spreadsheeto Designed a routine to validate the Time Zones Rules file, Time Zones file and Index file that was a cross-reference of time zones and links created from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) time zones databaseo Responsible for running the full Date/Time Remediation process for the Release of Information package for a piloto Gathered the documentation of the entire remediation process and produced an Administrator Guide



Leidos

• Software Developer

  • May 2017 - Jul 2018

  Enhanced the Veteran Affairs’ Enterprise Health Benefits Registration, Eligibility and Enrollment applicationo Corrected help text for Date of Death supporting documents and added future discharge date functionalityo Fixed date/time stamps for changes to home phone numbers and corrected production defectso Led development for various build cycles in charge of managing documentation, build and patch verification and updates and delivered patches and host files to SQAo Managed the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) of various builds utilizing Agile and SCRUM methodologies



Liberty IT Solutions

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2017

  Developed enhancements to the Veteran Affairs healthcare suite of applications, including the Purchased Care Denied Claims and CPRS (Computerized Health Record System) applicationso Improved tracking capabilities of denied claims and extensive reporting capabilitieso Designed the CPRS application to include the intended use of medications in the Pharmacy Orders process o Developed software verification plans, QA procedures and ensured software was updated with the latest features Developed enhancements to the Veteran Affairs healthcare suite of applications, including the Purchased Care Denied Claims and CPRS (Computerized Health Record System) applicationso Improved tracking capabilities of denied claims and extensive reporting capabilitieso Designed the CPRS application to include the intended use of medications in the Pharmacy Orders process o Developed software verification plans, QA procedures and ensured software was updated with the latest features



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• MUMPS Developer

  • Apr 2011 - Jul 2015

  Hired by HP to work on a large Veterans Affairs project to analyze the requirements of converting from the current ICD-9 code set to the new ICD-10 code set in the VistA application environment. The codes are used for diagnoses, surgeries and procedures.o Reviewed thousands of routines that have been customized for VA sites over the past 2-3 decadeso Identified many data points to meet the VA’s requirementso Helped determine which routines need remediation and which could be retiredAfter this project concluded, I transitioned to the Compensation and Pension Record Interchange (CAPRI) Team where I worked on enhancements to the CAPRI VistA application.o Optimized the performance of a few heavy used large reportso Added export capability to more than a dozen additional reportso Created an electronic interface to the Vocational Rehab Chapter 31 Request for Medical Exam form



KForce Technology Staffing

• Software Developer

  • Apr 2010 - Sep 2010

  Contracted at Clinical Computing on a software development project required by Medicare for optimal billing reimbursement. The software is marketed for Renal Dialysis clinics and dialysis departments in hospitals.o Mastered the use of Fileman to augment the fields storing relevant data in the database tables.o Modified programs and wrote new routines to utilize additional fields for billing on legacy application.o Analyzed HL7 data from latest application for accuracy in added fields passed to the billing system.o Tested the clinical application that feeds transaction data to the billing application, then thoroughly tested billing. Solved both clinical and billing problems encountered by customers as entered into the issue tracking system.



Intermedia Cloud Communications

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer Analyst

  • Jul 2006 - Oct 2006

  Contracted at Quest Diagnostics to provide software development and maintenance on the billing system for the clinical laboratory application on a Unix-based HP server.o Added ability to print and display multiple performing locations on profile test codes’ components.o Discontinued writing records for CPT codes that have a medical necessity stop date in a file used by the doctor’s offices front-end interface. Records don’t need to be updated after the CPT codes expire.o Provided a default diagnosis if no diagnosis is given on HCFA bills for clients that accept it and have it defined. This includes insurance carriers that accept a default diagnosis.o Corrected patient maintenance function when the wrong date of service was used to fill in patient data.



Digital Prospectors Corp.

• Programmer Analyst

  • Dec 2004 - Apr 2005

  Contracted at the Mayo Clinic to provide software development and maintenance on the clinical laboratory system. Projects included enhancements to existing functions and corrections to problems that occur in the software.o Corrected problem where specimens for future orders were not entered when received, but system billed for the tests that were ordered and allowed results to be entered, released and reported.o Developed method of updating patient demographic data from any of four sources, including an ADT interface, with a single routine so updates occur in a consistent manner.o Developed patient matching routine to identify patients by name, medical record number, date of birth and other forms of identification to access past test results.o Updated lab report routines to print new laboratory information for referral labs.



Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati

• Business Analyst

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2003

  Responsible for development and support of the Cognos Analyzer report writing suite, reporting on data extracted from an IDX healthcare application and loaded into an SQL database. Data manipulation done through Transformer, Impromptu, Enterprise Manager and Power Play. ETL responsibilities performed weekly for time savings in order to create monthly, calendar year and fiscal year reports.o Indexed database tables to load millions of data records more efficiently; saved over 30% on processing time on a weekly 2.5-day process.o Development and implementation of user and management modification requests to financial data reporting capabilities.o Facilitated meetings with users and documented data and report modification requests alongwith actual changes to the data elements in IDX and any transformations or translations in the SQL tables.



Inteck, Inc.

• Senior Consultant

  • Nov 1997 - Jun 2002

  Assigned as a systems programmer to St. Joseph Health System to upgrade several hospitals’ legacy Data General computer systems running a comprehensive healthcare application. In the interim, given the responsibility to learn the application in order to maintain it until it was no longer in use (including on-call duties). o Supported all aspects of the CHIMES application, including Registration, A/R, A/P, Order Entry, Lab, Nursing, Radiology and archival data for the remaining life of these systems.o Provided quality assurance for transfer of patient medical record and financial data from CHIMES to the CoWriter report writing system (PC based, running DataTree M).o Created data extraction process of historical data for Accounts Receivable and Medical Records to be stored on CD-ROM. Lab and Radiology data was also extracted, then imported into Microsoft Access databases.



Optimatrix Health Solutions - IT Subsidiary of Cedars-Sinai Health Systems

• Programmer Analyst

  • Feb 1997 - Oct 1997

  Facilitated technical support of IDX healthcare application solution to establish a new IDX client. o Configured VMS, DSM and appropriate IDX modules to mirror clients’ existing system. o Transferred clients' data to Optimatrix-owned system to complete the installation of the system. o Provided technical support during system and data validation phase. Facilitated technical support of IDX healthcare application solution to establish a new IDX client. o Configured VMS, DSM and appropriate IDX modules to mirror clients’ existing system. o Transferred clients' data to Optimatrix-owned system to complete the installation of the system. o Provided technical support during system and data validation phase.



Bio-Diagnostics Laboratories

• Lead Programmer Analyst

  • Apr 1996 - Feb 1997

  Developed and maintained a clinical laboratory application with an extensive financial component.o Automated current manual tasks.o Enhanced and upgraded financial software to increase efficiency and to improve tracking of payables.o Provided overall improvement to the general ledger functionality. Developed and maintained a clinical laboratory application with an extensive financial component.o Automated current manual tasks.o Enhanced and upgraded financial software to increase efficiency and to improve tracking of payables.o Provided overall improvement to the general ledger functionality.



County of Riverside - IT Dept.

• Programmer Analyst III

  • Jan 1986 - Apr 1996

  Development and maintenance of the Riverside County Payroll/Human Resources system. o Processed bi-weekly payroll for 12,000+ employees while performing system management and technical support of DEC MicroVAX hardware and peripherals, including VMS operating system support. o Development, testing and implementation of new systems and sub-systems. Performed requirements gathering and documentation, programmed changes or wrote new sub-systems and implemented modifications to the clients’ satisfaction.