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AurorasRx Cost Containment SolutionsPartner, Pharmaceutical Access & Cost Containment Solutions
Feb. 2024Greater Cleveland (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand & Australia)Providing transparent pharmaceutical cost containment solutions for Self-Funded Employers & Groups, PEO's, TPA's, PBM's, & City/County Governments. Specializing in the procurement of brand name drugs from accredited wholesale sources in Canada and the United Kingdom, we leverage our extensive and experienced network to provide creative, cost-effective access solutions. We have in-depth knowledge of international regulations and supply chain logistics. Our track record has consistently delivered significant savings while maintaining the highest standards of quality and compliance. Our professional partners and network is passionate about improving access to affordable medications for all.
Performance Health LLCManaging Director
Oct. 2019 - Feb. 2024Avon Lake, OhioPharmaceutical Access, Employer Cost Savings Innovations, Epidemiology, Federal & State Government Contracting, Diversity & Inclusion Programs, Business Development, Corporate and Social Responsibility Strategy. Native American Business Development, Strategic Planning, Procurement, Corporate Healthcare Development.
Darana Hybrid, INCVice President Strategic Development & Diversity
Apr. 2016 - Nov. 2019Hamilton, OhioFederal & State Government Contracting, Diversity & Inclusion Programs, Business Development, Corporate and Social Responsibility Strategy. Native American Business Development, Strategic Planning, Procurement, Corporate Healthcare Development.
MAXIMUSStatewide Project Manager / Enrollment Broker
Mar. 2015 - Mar. 2016Charleston, West Virginia AreaNorth America - Project Manager for statewide Medicaid Expansion (Enrollment Broker) services, West Virginia. Responsible for 180,000 member Medicaid Expansion in collaboration with the State of WV. Oversight of tightly regulated fiscal controls, budget and Federal regulatory oversight, Improvement of key performance indicators through exceptional results-oriented impact indicators, quality assurance and epidemiological principles to maximize impact, outcomes and cost-savings ROI. Contract compliance, Health Informatics, Audits, & Multi-State Call Center Management. Level 5 Leadership Role.
Institute for Healthcare Innovations, WISER, New Millennium StrategiesSenior Change Management Consultant
May. 2011 - Mar. 2015NationalA Heinz Family Philanthropy Initiative
Heinz Family PhilanthropiesSenior Health Consultant
Sep. 2008 - May. 2011USAServed as a Senior Health Consultant to the President & Chief of Staff of The Heinz Family Philanthropies on a myriad of national philanthropic venture capital projects focused on assisting public officials (at no cost to the public entities) in analyzing health care problems including extensively assessing information/technology gaps, knowledge levels, utilization and expenditures and recommending/creating/implementing solutions. Responsibilities included health systems analysis of current health care spending, technology structures, software, data implementation strategies, formative/summative/process evaluations in the areas of underserved populations, health care, pharmaceuticals as well as reimbursement strategies. Senior Management Consultant responsible for synthesizing and recommending specific blueprints/roadmaps for solution implementation to State leaders, Legislators, County and City officials. Worked together with other staff members to implement replicable and sound solutions in several states.
WVRx--WV Health Right Free ClinicStatewide Director
Jan. 2008 - Feb. 2014Charleston, West Virginia AreaServed as the Director of West Virginia Rx, a Statewide charitable pharmacy and health care navigation point of entry for uninsured and underinsured West Virginians—Designed and implemented WVRx and its signature software (iHOPE) which began as a public/private partnership between the WV Governor’s Office and WV Health Right Free Clinic and is now positioned as a trusted resource for health and pharmaceutical access as well as resource navigation services that are especially focused on medically vulnerable, marginalized, and otherwise dispossessed populations. Serving moreover in an executive program management capacity developing and overseeing the program, its staff and systems, managing and developing multiple stakeholder funding streams, training and supervising internal staff and connecting to multiple health care, social and community partnerships, charity care and insurers statewide. Responsibilities included activating and creatively using public and private dollars, to maximize program and social impact and ensure a return on invested dollars spent across the spectrum. Direct staff and systems, oversee call center, provide staff development & training, designed improved & further developed software for program management, adept at instigating and proliferating collaborations between the public and private sectors; assist Legislators at the local, state and national level with constitutant health and resource access issues, and continue strategic planning collaborations to replicate similar projects in other states. (NJ, FL, OH, TN, NC)
Health Literacy FoundationExec. Development Director
Oct. 2004 - Dec. 2007Greater Chicago Area(Remotely Employed—Resided in Louisiana)
Initiated development grant writing activities for the Foundation and secured multiple funding streams at the private and Federal level. Responsibilities included national stakeholder engagement, state & local partnerships, health education & literacy program development, outcomes measurement & impact and AmeriCorps Medical Health Service Corps development of 600 members nationally. Executive Management, implementation and use of technology systems to
improve/ensure OIG government compliance, HIPAA, Board accountability, personnel & Senior level oversight responsibilities.
Southwest Louisisana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC)AmeriCorps Program Director
Aug. 2001 - Oct. 2004Lake Charles, Louisiana AreaDeveloped, implemented, managed and expanded a 64 member AmeriCorps Health Corps across a 13 parish catchment area of Louisiana. Responsibilities included oversight, policy & procedure development, fiscal and business partnership collaborations, cultivate funding streams, funding & grant compliance management (Foundations, State & Federal) recruitment and oversight of personnel and volunteers. Senior level management responsibilities for program implementation, oversight, Federal compliance, technology & communication strategies. Worked together with the
Louisiana Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross as part of Southwest Louisiana's incident command response system and created Calcasieu Parish's first Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Trained and activated AmeriCorps and CERT team as First Responders for Hurricanes Ivan, Rita & Katrina.
Nelson Medical GroupDirector of Patient Access
May. 1997 - Jun. 2001Greater Philadelphia AreaActed as both a Health Educator and Research Assistant for a very large city-wide practice with 9 community offices that served 64,000 patients, predominately African American. Trained a team of Community Lay Educators to help patients learn about community health and social resources in the Greater Philadelphia area. Assisted in research/survey instrument design, program development, technology & data systems management, statistical analysis, reporting and outcomes.
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