Experience

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  Advocate Aurora Health

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Director Inpatient/Clinic Palliative Programs IL/WI

    • Nov 2017 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Responsible for program development and operations of systemwide Palliative program located at 10 Acute Care hospital sites and associated outpatient clinics in Chicago area and 13 Acute Care hospital sites in Wisconsin.

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  Advocate Health Care

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Director Post Acute Network Palliative Medicine/Homebound Program

    • Jun 2014 - Nov 2017
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Manage operations for Palliative Medicine/Homebound program in the Chicago area. Direct new provider onboarding and credentialing for Post Acute Network, intake processes, program development and program growth for the community based Palliative and start up Homebound Program. Responsible for patient and associate satisfaction scores, and community education/ outreach regarding programs. Lead initiatives to reduce hospitalization and total cost of care in full risk Homebound population for ACO. Developed program structure , processes and policy for start up visiting provider group. Member of system Palliative leadership council

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  Harden Healthcare, LLC

  • Regional VP Business Development

    • 2002 - 2013

    Currently Responsible for all business development and sales iniatives for 19 local Home Health units, 4 Hospice Units and 13 Community Care units in a 9 state region including Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Kansas. Previously responsible for NY, OK and CA as well.Managed 6 Area Sales Managers for Home Health , Hospice and Community Care divisions,.Created quarterly sales campaigns and collateral for national sales force.Rolled out Orthopaedic Home Health Program to both sales and operations units nationally Worked with marketing department to create, coordinate and distribute all Harden/Girling Home Health brochures when Girling was purchased by Harden Healthcare in 2007. Expertise in forging strategic relationships with physicians, physician groups, hospital systems and post acute providers to increase home health referral volumeLead physician portal project and tablet training for the national sales force in 13 states

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  Girling Health Care

  • Director of Business Development

    • 2002 - 2010

    Founded the Chicago branch of Girling Home Health as a start up Responsible for all business development activities of Chicago branch of a national Home Health Care AgencyManaged a sales team covering Chicago City and Suburban territoriesCreated and presented Orthopaedic Total Joint Program for home health to increase therapy utilization and admissionsForged strategic relationships with hospital systems, physician groups and post acute facilities

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  MacNeal Hospital

  • Manager Community Relations

    • 1993 - 2002

    Responsible for all business development activities for large regional hospital based home health/Hospice agencyManaged team of 3 sales repsCoordinated community events to promote Hospice and Home Health

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  Loyola University Medical Center

  • RN Clinician Orthopaedics

    • 1983 - 1993

    Coordination of Total Joint Replacement Service at large University HospitalResponsible for Patient teaching, Resident MD coordination, Liaision between all university departments and Total Joint ServiceCoordinated patient flow in outpatient clinicMoved Large Total Joint Physician practice from university hospital to community hospital setting, interfacing with OR, and other hospital departments to transistion practice