SUMMARY:

• Senior IT Professional with 18+ years’ experience in application design, development, configuration, integration, implementation support and maintenance mainly in the Healthcare Industry
• 10 years’ experience in Middleware Integration technology domains
• Strong experience in developing test cases/plans, conducting unit and pre - integration tests for middleware integration and application support.
• Skilled in deciphering complex technical data, and problem solving.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
• Reliable team player, very experienced in working with multi-disciplinary cross-functional teams and team members with varying technical skill sets with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Epic Bridges Certified & Rhapsody Associate Certification (Middleware Integration Engine).
• Extremely hands on with: Epic Bridges, HL7v2.3 and HL7v2.5IBM, Websphere, Unix, HealthBridge integration, TCP/IP Network protocols, MS SQL, XML

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM Mainframe 4381, MVS, TPF, Unisys 2200, UNIX NILE, SUN, ULTRIX, AIX, IBM P series, AS400, Windows NT Platform, Windows, Windows XP and Windows 7.

Networks/Protocols: TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP(S), LAN, WAN, Novell Netware, Citrix, Juniper VPN, Cisco, Nortel, Check Point.

Relational Database Software and Tools: Relational Products Informix, XML, MySQL, Postalsoft, SQL Anywhere (Sybase), Microsoft SQL, Ingres, Informix, Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, SQL and PL/SQL also referred to as Procedural Language/SQL used by Oracle.

Applications: ChartMaxx, Mercator, Bridges an application within Epic and the Epic System which is used to store patient medical records.

Integration Engines: DataGate, eGate, Rhapsody Interface Engine6.2.1 and FACETS by TriZetto, (can integrate with any healthcare platform/application) WebSpere (IBM) Cloverleaf, and Mirth (Open Source).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Epic team data, for example Orders, ADT, Willow, Ambulatory, Cadence, ClinDoc and some (Radiant and Beaker).
• Set profile variables for each Epic interface when setting up New Epic interfaces.
• Move interfaces to various environments utilizing the Epic utility to pack and unpack databases.
• Use Rhapsody Engine by Orion to interface with Epic. Previous integration tool was Egate.
• Create new document types for Transcription interfaces (Softmed and Solcom) and maintain Epic Tables used by Transcription and Scan interfaces.
• Duties also involve working with various vendors on multiple Premier projects like Meaningful Use and Syndromic Surveillance interface.
• Currently completed install and set up of 3 interfaces to be used by the Alaris pumps. Work with HealthBridge now referred to as “The Health Collaborative” and OHIP to deliver data. Collaborate with team of 7, on-call rotation.
• Attend weekly meetings for team update and weekly meeting with our Epic TS.
• Work with the vendor of our three Sunquest labs each located at different facilities and each on a different version of Sunquest who upgraded three of our facilities to the same version in order to get the labs ready to accept the Lo inc Codes.
• Set profile variables and rules in Epic and provide Quest the Lo inc Codes.
• Test the three facilities to make sure the Lo inc Codes were recognized and the expected lab results were received. Other venders working with are Cerner, GE, Quest Diagnostics, Evolent and many more.
• Setup and test new Epic Interfaces, set profile variables and triggers. Interfaces can be point to point where data comes straight into Epic bypassing the interface engine. Interfaces can also require manipulation of the date for downstream systems, requiring a build through the Rhapsody Integration Engine (Middleware) and data flow is either inbound or outbound.
• Epic Bridges inbound charge interface. Charges not handled by Epic come thru the Bridges inbound interface (907109). Charges that come through the interface are: our 4 labs, Obgyn, and AS. Charges from Epic to the charge router are handled by the billing group.
• Work with various vendors to discuss and setup connectivity. Often access Unix Side (test side/dark side) to access chronicles to applications not available through the Bridges GUI.
• Macro and Metaprogramming languages used: Regular expressions, UNIX Scripts, some (Java scripting), Perl, C, m4 bundled with UNIX, the C preprocessor (cpp), monk.
• Currently working on “Identity Project”, updating Cactus Physician SER records into Epic.

Integration Engineer - ChartMaxx PSG (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Primary duties included coding programs for hospitals that interfaced with ChartMaxx which created eleCoding in Perl, UNIX shell scripting, my duties also included developing and supporting HL7 integration solutions between ChartMaxx and client information systems. This includes working through the full development life cycle including analysis, specification, design, development, testing, implementation, and support forcertified Health Care information using ChartMaxx.
• Required to handle multiple tasks effectively and manage development efforts across multiple customers, often interacted with Healthcare integration from multiple hospital across the US and Canada. Being HIPPA compliant is also taken into account as I provided integration solutions for the hospital clients I served. The HL7 interfaces I develop integrated with systems like Meditech, McKesson, Epic, GE Healthcare, Lawson,
• MUSE EKG’s, Radiology, Inbound and Outbound transcriptions, Generic Documents and Point of Care interfaces. Developed hospital financials like (NonPatientFinancials, Medical billing (detail Bills), 835 remits and 837(UB04 and cms1500).

Programmer/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Primary duties include using CompuSet Software to produce documents/files in postscript format. Files are printed on Emtex or Xerox Docutec printers.
• Gather business requirements in order to produce an executable process for quality documentation.
• Work is produced on a UNIX SUN system.

Coding used: MS SQL, C, Perl and UNIX Shell Scripting. Code interfaced with PostalSoft which sets up the US Postal Standards in order to distribute the documents I produced.

Sr. Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Lead team of 10 application developers
• Primary duties include fixing defects identified during unit testing and re-execute
• Unit test on Facets and verify expected behavior.
• Trouble shoot and maintain existing applications on Facets.
• Develop software using the software developing model using IBM product Rational Unified Process (RUP).
• Primary technical support for claims applications.
• Use ClearQuest to track project development, implementation and defects. ClearCase used to track version control.
• Plan and estimate status reporting and scope management.
• Translate business requirements and convert high level conceptual design into executable code.
• Ensure high level designs are accurately documented according to Company standards.
• Large scale implementation project of Anthem’s Claims adjudication program; an EDI (837 transaction 4010) application using the Mercator 5.0 mapping tool.
• Utilize mapping tool to translate EDI formatted transactions set for health care claim billing information and encounter information submission.
• Provide primary support for the EDI 837 Transaction.
• Current recipient of Recognition Award for translating DataGate monk code into EDI using Mercator.
• Write SQL statements formally stored under procedure names so that statements can be executed as a group by the db server. Performance tuning is a major part of writing stored procedures for Anthem.
• Participate in making sure the 837 transaction was HIPPA compliant by its government imposed deadline.
• Act as Data Warehouse Developer providing 24 X 7 coverage.

Relational databases used: Sybase and Oracle which supported a total of over 3.4 mil Providers and Subscribers.Extensive TSQL Stored Procedures, C Language and UNIX Shell scripting and PL/SQL were used to extract data.

Application Developer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Maintained existing Informix 4GL applications and screens according to customer specifications.
• Designed 4GL reports generated from and Informix DB.
• Applications maintained on multiple databases.
• Coding and testing completed on ULTRIX and AIX SYSTEMS.

Application Developer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Programmed in C Language working with the EDI Division of the NFM system (Networked Forms Management), the largest computer system of Reynolds & Reynolds providing integrated solutions to their business of document management.
• Designed and developed C language programs that interfaced with software for E-commerce.
• Coded and tested on a UNIX SUN SYSTEM in a testing environment which mirrored production.
• Documentation was done using Microsoft Word on an NT workstation.
• Involved in Y2K coding and testing of existing applications that interfaced with an Ingres Relational Database using embedded C language.