Experience

Decypher

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

• Healthcare Administrator

  • 2013 - Present

  • Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Compensation and Pension exams for Air Force (AF) members assigned in Europe; reduced referral, claim and assessment processes from 55 days to 19 days • Consults and assists medical leaders with execution of the IDES (Integrated Disability Evaluation System) program; ensures governmental compliance • Conducts recurring training with 18 Medical Evaluation Board Liaisons relating to responsibilities under IDES • Coordinates patient handling actions of service members with local military and government medical facilities • Educates IDES staff members with medical evaluation board documentation and continuing surveillance • Collaborates with VA IDES Medical Director to train medical and administrative support staff with newly required disability benefits questionnaires; allows more systematic and efficient medical assessments and produced thorough and immediate final report to be transferred to rating office for adjudication purposes Show less



Signature Performance, Inc.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Healthcare Administrator

  • 2010 - 2012

  • Commanded one of a kind program serving 27,000+ active duty Air Force service members serving in Europe • Established policy for synchronized procedures ensuring efficiency of patient movement and decreasing costs • Coordinated travel, lodging and medical assessments for eligible members; 160+ patients since December 2011 • Enforced HIPAA regulations and safeguards patients’ protected health information (PHI) and electronic PHI • Program effectiveness resulted in garnering praise by AF medical community; hard work featured in periodical Show less



The National Institutes of Health

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Records Manager

  • 2009 - 2010

  • Administered and maintained more than 58,000 individual medical records. Supervised team of 10-government service and 11 contracted employees. • Managed the daily processing of 1,100+ medical record requests for patient appointments, research and administrative practices with 99% accuracy • Consulted with over 1,500 professional, administrative support and volunteer staff on the proper handling, privacy and security policies and procedures of medical information • Audited interfiling proceedings and ensured medical data was handled and placed in appropriate patient file • Assessed, planned and directed annual record retirement function of over 12,000 inactive records; reduced clutter and increased storage space by 20% within department allowing newly created files to be maintained • Implemented overdue record tracking process policy; established guidelines and mandated for records to be returned within a 24-hour period to guarantee availability for future use and medical necessity Show less