Experience

Baptist Health

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

• Physician Business Development -level 2

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  Managed Care and Call Center/Authorization lead: Supporting and educating HCP offices on best practices that streamline the authorization and scheduling process. Consistent communication with Call Center and Corporate Pricing/ Managed Care to assist with authorization issues and pull through. Explore and build partner relationships with physician offices and/or clinics to develop and/or enhance business alliances.Plan and execute new business for specific products/service lines to increase volume for Infusion, Surgery, Diagnostics and Sleep studies by calling on community physicians (Primary-Care, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, OBGYN/GYN, GYN Oncology, Breast surgeon, Orthopedic, Urology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology and ENT. Credentialing physicians for Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC’s).



AbbVie

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

  • Aug 2002 - Apr 2013

  Promoted to the following physicians: Internal medicine, Cardiologist, Endocrinologist, Pediatrician, Gastroenterologist, Pulmonologist, Pharmacist, Pharmacy technicians and office staff;Products promoted: Biaxin XL tablets & oral suspension, Omnicef capsules & oral suspension, Prevacid, Tarka, Synthroid, Tricor, Launched Trilipix, Niaspan, Launched Niaspan ER & Launched Simcor; Discussed use of Cover My Meds for product authorization. Areas/territories worked: South Miami, West Miami, Westchester, Coral Gables, Little Havana, Mercy Hospital, Doral, Hialeah, Miami Lakes, Miami Beach & Pembroke Pines; Strategies: Develop weekly Quota Tracker/Trends, Business Plans, Pharmacy initiatives, Manage Health-Care pull through initiatives, Routing & Initiate weekly team meetings to promote effective teamwork;Educate Physicians through use of evidence based medicine such as sales aid, patient types and reprint/studies. Perform various dinner, lunch programs and CME's;



Diagnostic Testing Group

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Nuclear Medicine Technologist / Supervisor

  • Oct 1998 - Aug 2003

  Supervise the performances of all the employees in the Laboratory; Coordinating research studies for new isotopes and/or scans; Responsible for enforcing and maintaining HRS and OSHA regulations; Meeting w/ sales representatives, physicist, and CEO to discuss what equipment is needed for current & new Diagnostic sites; Resolve any matters or issues that may occur with patients or physicians; Maintaining a good work relationship amongst the physicians and myself; Creating physician’s work schedule; Perform various nuclear diagnostic images (PET, Cardiac, Breast, Brain, Renal, Liver, Spleen, Gallbladder, Thyroid, Skeletal and Gastro-intestinal); Processing computer images to obtain diagnostic results; Ordering and keeping inventory of radio- pharmaceuticals in the laboratory on a daily basis; Daily Quality Control of equipment.