Practice Administrator Resume
Palestine, TX
Health Care Administrator
Highly capable healthcare professional offering over 15 years medical practice leadership with a focus on financial wellness, growth and development with a Masters of Business Administration in Health Care.Qualifications
Confidential, PA, Port Lavaca, TX 2009 - Present
Practice Administrator
- Provide leadership and direction to 10-provider rural health clinic.
- Oversee accounts payable, payroll, monthly production, and financial report preparation.
- Directed better utilization of clinic accounting system eliminating "two sets of books" and developed more accurate monthly financial statements.
- Researched, purchased, and implemented new EHR/PM system to meet meaningful use as defined by CMS.
- Designed new health care insurance program to reduce annual premium costs by $50,000.
- In coordination with staff developed Employee Handbook for personnel policies/procedures.
- Researched and implemented 24% rate increase to charge master in accordance with Ingenix fee analyzer for this local community.
- Lead monthly Physician Board Meetings and produce minutes for physician shareholders.
- Lead physician recruitment efforts to grow the Clinic.
- Developed Executive, Finance and Personnel (physician) Committees to more easily direct critical projects and augment decision making for Physician Board.
- Remodeled and updated clinic facility, redesigned front end for more efficient patient flow.
Confidential, Tyler, TX 2007 - 2009
Director - Anesthesia and Emergency Department Services
- Coordinated project to bring hospital anesthesia billing services in house, increasing collections and reducing days in AR.
- Coordinated staff and provided procedural interpretation for CPT coding direction as needed.
- Provided administrative support to anesthesiologists.
- Train, supervise and evaluate staff and coach improvement skills.
- Worked with newly acquired emergency department physicians in understanding monthly financials.
Confidential, Corsicana, TX 2006 - 2007
Practice Administrator - Clinical Services
- Provided administrative support to six multi-specialty Clinics.
- Coordinated start up of three new multi-specialty Clinics
- Provided administrative support and direction to Clinic office managers.
- Reviewed hospital prepared financials by Clinic; coordinated and analyzed accounts receivable aging with outside billing service.
Confidential, Omaha, NE 2004 - 2006
Practice Administrator
- Developed new accounting system and brought all accounts payable and payroll services back in house from local accountant.
- Developed Employee Handbook for personnel policies/procedures.
- Implemented fee profiling in billing system to more accurately post payments.
- Assisted attorneys in successful resolution of OIG fraud and abuse claim.
- Realigned staff to accommodate physician/clinic break-up.
- Participated in all Physician Board meetings.
- Directed development of successful in-house physical therapy department.
Confidential, Warrenville, IL 1998 - 2004
Practice Administrator
- Provided direction and leadership to 17 orthopedic surgeons/physicians and staff in four northern Illinois locations.
- Recruited physicians and merged practices to grow the practice from 8 providers in 1998 to 17 in 2004.
- Coordinated purchase of property, financing, and development of 60,000 sq ft medical office building; leased out office space as needed to "feed" patients to OAD.
- Designed organization chart to more efficiently supervise staff.
- Developed Employee Handbook for personnel policies/procedures.
- Worked closely with attorneys to develop one buy/sell agreement acceptable to all physician partners.
- Participated in all physician Committees to more easily direct critical projects and augment decision making for Physician Board.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Health Care Management
Master of Business Administration - Health Care Tract
Certification
Medical Compliance Specialist - Physician Practice 2006
Certified Professional Coder 2004
Six Sigma Green Belt - Healthcare
Villanova University 2009
*References Furnished Upon Request
