Senior Healthcare Consultant

• Sep 2019 - Present

Management and Operations Consultant

• Jan 2004 - Present

Program Development, organizational assessment and systems design, strategic planning, staff development planning, Board of Director training, development, and succession planning, grant writing, quality improvement program development, policy and procedure development, healthcare innovation in alignment with healthcare transformation requirements (care coordination, behavioral health and MAT, telehealth, staff retraining, primary care clinical management, compliance including OSHA, HIPPA, and PCMH and other NCQA and CMS requirements).

Owner

• 2004 - Present

Comprehensive Nonprofit organization management including full scope of relevant business activities. Contract deliverables may include the identification of sustainable funding streams that promote organizational sustainability that is not largely dependent upon state and federal funding streams. Contract deliverables may also include grant writing, grants management , program development , implementation, and evaluation components as well as risk management , fiscal and compliance plannning, and advocacy planning. Succession planning is integrated into a staff develoment program and emphsizes a continuous learning model. Staff development programs include a health and wellness program that focuses on the reduction of workplace injuries and the maintenance of optimal states of employee health, thereby, supporting economy of scale in the management of costs related to workforce drivers such as chronic illness that increase a company's cost for the provision of health care insurance.

Health Center Operations Manager

• 2018 - Sep 2019

Provision of education, training, and technical assistance to Nevada's Federally Qualified Health Centers and other members of the Nevada Primary Care Association Provision of education, training, and technical assistance to Nevada's Federally Qualified Health Centers and other members of the Nevada Primary Care Association

Director Innovation and Transformation

• Feb 2014 - Aug 2016

Serves as a critical link in the identification and resolution of issues affecting the operations of a federally qualified health center. Integrates the quality management/performance improvement program with clinical and business goals/objectives. Supervises and coordinates activities of assigned quality program staff. Provides oversight, planning and coordination of Quality management activities, including patient care reviews, compliance audits, concurrent and retrospective clinical record reviews. Develops compliance organizational strategies by contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establishing functional objectives in line with organizational objectives, evaluating trends; establishing critical measurements; determining productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.

CEO

• Feb 1998 - Feb 2014

Served as the Project Manager of a small business incubator; Specialized in the administration of outreach, community development, nonprofit, and healthcare related projects through the development of comprehensive business models and strategic planning; responsible for the identification of potential funding streams based upon organizations’ mission and vision; preparing grants and staff leadership training including writing grant proposals and policies and procedures that are supported by evidence-based research; Responsible for board member development and training and board member succession planning; Oversight of all associate pastors with duties related to the day-to-day operation of the ministry.

Occupational Health Nurse

• Dec 2002 - Mar 2004

Successfully re-established an Occupational Health Program including monitoring the physical aspects of Workers Compensation Cases after 15 months of inactivity. Successfully developed an interdisciplinary safety committee to identify and promote comprehensive strategies to reduce work related injury and disease and promote wellness practices. Successfully re-established an Occupational Health Program including monitoring the physical aspects of Workers Compensation Cases after 15 months of inactivity. Successfully developed an interdisciplinary safety committee to identify and promote comprehensive strategies to reduce work related injury and disease and promote wellness practices.

Field Nurse

• Jun 2000 - Jun 2002

Provided nurse case management services to injured civil service employees working for U.S. Postal Service and on military installations in a portion of Southwestern Georgia. Responsible for collaborating with clients, their managers, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to facilitate employees' early and safe return to work; Met case management objective of returning clients to full-duty employment within 180 calendar days in 98% of cases. Provided nurse case management services to injured civil service employees working for U.S. Postal Service and on military installations in a portion of Southwestern Georgia. Responsible for collaborating with clients, their managers, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to facilitate employees' early and safe return to work; Met case management objective of returning clients to full-duty employment within 180 calendar days in 98% of cases.