Experience

Tucker Ellis LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Cleveland, Ohio, United States



Cleveland State University College of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Juris Doctor Candidate

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2021

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Cleveland-Marshall Moot Court Team, Vice-Chairperson Cleveland-Marshall Journal of Law and Health, Publications Editor Dean's Leadership Fellow, 3L Executive Board Representative CALI Excellence for Future Award - Highest A in Legal Writing Spring 2019 Vice President Student Public Interest Law Organization 2019-2020 Health Law Society Member Women Law Student Association Member



The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Extern

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Cleveland, Ohio, United States



U.S. District Courts

• Administration of Justice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Judicial Extern to the Honorable Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr.

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

  Northern District of Ohio



Tucker Ellis LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Cleveland, Ohio, United States



Sherwin-Williams

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk

  • May 2019 - May 2020

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area •Prepared research memoranda on various legal issues including patent application disclosure requirements in government funded research, the application of the rules of civil procedure to compel witness testimony and processing documents and the scope of implied warranties. •Summarized environmental social governance statements in SEC publicly filed disclosure statements, and review and analyze competitors’ strategies on data security repeat infringer policies. •Revised drafts of… Show more •Prepared research memoranda on various legal issues including patent application disclosure requirements in government funded research, the application of the rules of civil procedure to compel witness testimony and processing documents and the scope of implied warranties. •Summarized environmental social governance statements in SEC publicly filed disclosure statements, and review and analyze competitors’ strategies on data security repeat infringer policies. •Revised drafts of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements and present summary to senior attorneys. •Provided recommendations on expert witness fee cost shifting and strategies for pursuing motions to quash. Show less



Cleveland Clinic

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2018

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area •Developed, prepared and provided analysis on key insurance denial trends used to partner with business leadership to leverage financial outcomes related to denied accounts receivable reduction strategies to have aided in the significant reduction of denial inventories to-date. •Provided monthly analysis on key revenue cycle performance metrics to compare current month-end snapshot to prior month and year end financial metrics to better align workflows to continue to improve monitored… Show more •Developed, prepared and provided analysis on key insurance denial trends used to partner with business leadership to leverage financial outcomes related to denied accounts receivable reduction strategies to have aided in the significant reduction of denial inventories to-date. •Provided monthly analysis on key revenue cycle performance metrics to compare current month-end snapshot to prior month and year end financial metrics to better align workflows to continue to improve monitored metrics. •Created insurance payer landscape analyses on various financial metrics used by senior leadership to provide data-driven guidance on contract negotiations with current payer relationships. •Implemented denied inventory, incoming denial, and clean pass denial dashboards to provide real-time transparency into key metrics to aid in senior leaderships' strategic decisions •Developed analytical based staffing model projections to aid leadership in determining appropriate staffing levels to reach optimal productivity and efficiency. •Executed and act as lead analyst on discovery of patterns of denials to determine the percentage of denials converted to cash, written off as loss, or those undergoing further adjustment procedures to better understand the recovery rates of each denial type. •Acted as key financial business partner to director and senior director level leaders in the subject area of denial financial analytics and other financial reporting topics.

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2014 - Jan 2017

  Cleveland, Ohio •Constructed and managed project goals of collaboration with the Heart and Vascular Institute leadership team to create an innovative operating model which establishes a partnership between Clinical Documentation Specialists and the clinical rounding team to improve patient documentation accuracy •Organized and executed pilot initiatives to develop hybrid concurrent inpatient coding delivery model to establish new, more efficient workflows •Lead Continuous Improvement and lean/six-sigma… Show more •Constructed and managed project goals of collaboration with the Heart and Vascular Institute leadership team to create an innovative operating model which establishes a partnership between Clinical Documentation Specialists and the clinical rounding team to improve patient documentation accuracy •Organized and executed pilot initiatives to develop hybrid concurrent inpatient coding delivery model to establish new, more efficient workflows •Lead Continuous Improvement and lean/six-sigma initiatives in efforts to optimize the Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) query process to increase coverage, query, and provider response rates •Managed operations of partnership with external resources to have successfully completed audit of over 8,000 records to ensure ICD-10 coding quality represented by an average of 90% and above coding accuracy •Coordinated implementation of telecommuting workforce model for CDI caregivers to initiate hybrid remote working model for over 30 CDI caregivers and additionally manage operational telecommuting initiatives to have completed remote work model installations for over 100 coding caregivers •Directed planning of 3M 360 Encompass R2 Optimization sessions for over 90 Coding and CDI caregivers to evaluate current use of the software and incorporate recommended best practice use of the product •Orchestrated lean/six-sigma process improvements for the scanning and EHR corrections teams to have reduced scanning turnaround time from 5-days to 3-days and direct-key corrections from < 30-days to < 14-days •Supported Finance and Physician leaders to manage Controllable Loss Coding & CCI initiative to have reduced an estimated $927,000 dollar net controllable loss write-offs due to coding insurance denials •Assisted in implementation of 3M 360 and ClinTrac abstracting platform upgrade and installation for ten hospitals to increase productivity and efficiency of coding workflows by an estimated 30%

• Financial Analyst

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2014

  Cleveland, Ohio •Prepared, analyzed and communicated key financial information to senior leadership •Delivered reporting data on Unbilled metrics, Critical Care Charges, Hospital Acquired Conditions, and Evaluation & Management Decision for Surgery to aid in performance improvement efforts •Monitored and facilitated continued development of Health Information Management Web based Toolkit •Tracked and distributed progression of ICD-10 personnel training status for over 180 individuals •Coordinated… Show more •Prepared, analyzed and communicated key financial information to senior leadership •Delivered reporting data on Unbilled metrics, Critical Care Charges, Hospital Acquired Conditions, and Evaluation & Management Decision for Surgery to aid in performance improvement efforts •Monitored and facilitated continued development of Health Information Management Web based Toolkit •Tracked and distributed progression of ICD-10 personnel training status for over 180 individuals •Coordinated and facilitated onboarding of external contract coding staff from multiple vendors •Compiled over 700 metrics for Key Performance Indicator monthly report package to senior leadership •Navigated and generated datasets from various Cleveland Clinic data warehouses (RCM, OpTime, EPSi) •Provide support to managers on various initiatives as needed

• Health Information Management Intern

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  Cleveland, Ohio •Prepared data for entry into Physicians’ Bedside Charging System •Implemented use of Microsoft Access for database and query development •Incorporated Access database into Sharepoint site maintenance •Developed ICD-10 newsletter for Health Information Management department •Contributed in ICD-10 National Pilot Program completion duties



John Carroll University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Women's Basketball Graduate Assistant

  • May 2012 - Aug 2013

  •Applied managerial skills to complete team administrative tasks •Collected player and team data to formulate scouting report information •Prepared practice equipment set-up and take-down •Corresponded with supervisors to establish successful teaching mechanisms •Communicated practice and game instructional input •Implemented prior knowledge and experience as previous team member to enhance others' skills •Maintained and uploaded game film coverage using Hudl… Show more •Applied managerial skills to complete team administrative tasks •Collected player and team data to formulate scouting report information •Prepared practice equipment set-up and take-down •Corresponded with supervisors to establish successful teaching mechanisms •Communicated practice and game instructional input •Implemented prior knowledge and experience as previous team member to enhance others' skills •Maintained and uploaded game film coverage using Hudl software •Acted as liaison for communication between current players and members of the coaching staff Show less