Farragut ENT – Knoxville, TN 2019 – Present
Practice Manager
· Manages billing and bookkeeping for the organization reporting to Board of Directors monthly on financial performance of the organization.
· Manages clinic staff to ensure all 4 locations are adequately staffed and operational to provide high quality patient care.
· Manages all human resources tasks, including hiring/firing, time clock management, PTO approval, new hire onboarding, benefits administration, and human resources files.
· Manages front desk staff and operations to improve accuracy and provide a welcoming environment to our patients.
· Managed and facilitated corporate business improvement reducing overhead from 52% to 46% while improving patient care and customer service.
· Successfully implemented billing transition from internal billing group to external billing service reducing timely filing issues from 16% of claims to 0% of claims and saving practice $40,000+ per month.
· Implemented efficient time tracking for employees to ensure accurate pay and efficient processes are in place to maximize work life balance for employees.
· Realigned pay structure for Audiologists to maximize benefit to the organization and the individual providers while increasing hearing aid sales.
Creative Beginnings – Maryville, TN 2018 – Present
Entrepreneur
· Successfully launched and managed organization responsible for distributing essential oils, leveraging business expertise and product knowledge to drive profitability.
· Oversaw sales for high-ticket online health programs to promote small business owner success; prospected clients, marketed products, and ultimately bolstered revenue.
· Expanded team of Wellness Advocates from 0 to 86 members over two months, leveraging recruiting strategy to attract employees and augment brand presence.
· Successfully closed leads and augmented subscription membership from 0 to 328 members in three months; leveraged exceptional business insight and digital marketing strategy to secure additional clientele.
Blount Memorial Hospital – Maryville, TN 2015 – 2018
Industrial Engineer | Performance & Quality Outcome Manager
· Managed and assessed departmental and hospital quality improvement projects, including throughput, operations, and financial analysis to recommend and implement strategies to mitigate undesirable results.
· Oversaw projects leveraging lean methodology, process plan and map development, and engineering and process analysis to achieve improvements in various departments; interfaced with upper management to recommend and implement change requests for driving further success of projects.
o Delivered project to increase nurse efficiency by reducing number of steps taken; improved employee and patient satisfaction and quality of care.
o Successfully reduced door-to-doctor time to less than 10 minutes, driving satisfaction.
o Reduced operating room throughputs by 37 minutes, augmenting efficiency.
· Collaborated with key stakeholders to create organizational dashboards to inform executive decision making and facilitating annual performance evaluations, driving organizational success.
· Directed two abstractors and one report writer, providing training, assistance, and performance management; contributed to the development of a high-performing team.
Brookhaven Retreat – Seymour, TN 2014 – 2015
Director of Business & Quality Assurance (QA)
· Oversaw internal operations related to public relations (PR), marketing, human resources (HR), accounting, and housekeeping, and various additional departments; leveraged business insight and expertise to maintain efficiency of the retreat center.
· Managed and facilitated corporate business improvement reducing overhead from 52% to 46% while improving patient care and customer service.
· Successfully implemented billing transition from internal billing group to external billing service reducing timely filing issues from 16% of claims to 0% of claims and saving practice $40,000+ per month.
· Implemented efficient time tracking for employees to ensure accurate pay and efficient processes are in place to maximize work life balance for employees.
· Realigned pay structure for Audiologists to maximize benefit to the organization and the individual providers while increasing hearing aid sales.
Creative Beginnings – Maryville, TN 2018 – Present
Entrepreneur
· Successfully launched and managed organization responsible for distributing essential oils, leveraging business expertise and product knowledge to drive profitability.
· Oversaw sales for high-ticket online health programs to promote small business owner success; prospected clients, marketed products, and ultimately bolstered revenue.
· Expanded team of Wellness Advocates from 0 to 86 members over two months, leveraging recruiting strategy to attract employees and augment brand presence.
· Successfully closed leads and augmented subscription membership from 0 to 328 members in three months; leveraged exceptional business insight and digital marketing strategy to secure additional clientele.
Blount Memorial Hospital – Maryville, TN 2015 – 2018
Industrial Engineer | Performance & Quality Outcome Manager
· Managed and assessed departmental and hospital quality improvement projects, including throughput, operations, and financial analysis to recommend and implement strategies to mitigate undesirable results.
· Oversaw projects leveraging lean methodology, process plan and map development, and engineering and process analysis to achieve improvements in various departments; interfaced with upper management to recommend and implement change requests for driving further success of projects.
o Delivered project to increase nurse efficiency by reducing number of steps taken; improved employee and patient satisfaction and quality of care.
o Successfully reduced door-to-doctor time to less than 10 minutes, driving satisfaction.
o Reduced operating room throughputs by 37 minutes, augmenting efficiency.
· Collaborated with key stakeholders to create organizational dashboards to inform executive decision making and facilitating annual performance evaluations, driving organizational success.
· Directed two abstractors and one report writer, providing training, assistance, and performance management; contributed to the development of a high-performing team.
Brookhaven Retreat – Seymour, TN 2014 – 2015
Director of Business & Quality Assurance (QA)
· Oversaw internal operations related to public relations (PR), marketing, human resources (HR), accounting, and housekeeping, and various additional departments; leveraged business insight and expertise to maintain efficiency of the retreat center.
· Managed concurrent human resources tasks, including staff scheduling, PTO approval, new hire onboarding, performance management, benefits administration, and human resources file audits; ensured all incoming and existing personnel were well-trained, satisfied, and successful.
o Collaborated with recruiting firms to identify qualified individuals to fill open positions, participating in interviewing, orientation, and training of selected individuals.
· Performed client-related accounting and financial responsibilities, in addition to enrolling clients, securing additional revenue while maintaining customer satisfaction.
· Assessed internal operations through completion of monthly performance improvement reports, communicating findings with executive leadership to implement strategies that drive Joint Commission compliance.
Ascension Health – Seymour, TN 2014
Senior Analyst, Operations Resources Group
· Calculated and implemented measures to determine operational costs with optimal accuracy and efficiency, including staffing costs to maintain salary standards, assess current levels, and drive decision making.
· Implemented various cost assessment tools and assessed existing measures, including providing adjustments to physician management database in addition to developing methods performing supply costing; drove patient satisfaction, increased staffing cost accuracy, and decreased inventory by 13%.
Analyzed current efficiency levels in staffing and operations, utilizing Health Ministry benchmarks to determine progress-to-goal and ideate potential
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