Accomplished Executive with ~20 years of experience leading change and driving performance.
Santa Barbara, California Area
Renown Health
VP & CFO - Network Services and Business Development Administrator
September 2011 to Present
BIG LLC
President
January 2007 to Present
CFO on Call
Principal
2004 to Present
The Permanente Medical Group
Finance Manager
September 2008 to September 2011
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Business Manager of Ambulatory Care
November 2007 to December 2008
The Permanente Medical Group
Associate Controller
February 2005 to November 2007
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Finance Manager
March 2003 to March 2005
Responsible for: - The Financial Operations and Management of a 270 provider Multi-Specialty Medical Group, Outpatient Imaging Locations and a Customer Contact Center. - Financial and Clinical Analytics including Decision Support - Physician and other Provider Compensation: Enforce compliance with contracts and regulations 42 geographic locations 13 Specialties Part of an Integrated Health Network and an Accountable... Responsible for: - The Financial Operations and Management of a 270 provider Multi-Specialty Medical Group, Outpatient Imaging Locations and a Customer Contact Center. - Financial and Clinical Analytics including Decision Support - Physician and other Provider Compensation: Enforce compliance with contracts and regulations 42 geographic locations 13 Specialties Part of an Integrated Health Network and an Accountable Care Organization Total of around 1,000 Employees.
What company does Alexander CPA work for?
Alexander CPA works for Renown Health
What is Alexander CPA's role at Renown Health?
Alexander CPA is VP & CFO - Network Services and Business Development Administrator
Who are Alexander CPA's colleagues?
Alexander CPA's colleagues are Gregor Leite, Lawrence Li, Neeta Singh, Janet Scott, Karen Handy, Kim RN, Chad MD, and Donovan Wade
📖 Summary
​================================ A Master’s prepared financial leader with 15 + years of accomplishments. Repeatedly recognized for a strong set of traditional competencies including: • Playing a key role in developing, monitoring and evaluating overall corporate strategy with the CEO and operational leaders. • Supporting the executive team with key financial information. • Driving a culture of accountability in managing the business, adding value to operating businesses and voicing well-substantiated dissenting opinions. ================================ A HealthCare focused professional armed with the newly in-demand competencies required to meet the demands of today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment including: • The ability to understand and deploy new technologies. • The expertise to support: rapidly changing care and reimbursement models, evolving business models and new care delivery systems. • The skills to analyze data to uncover trends, pinpoint problem areas, and identify potential revenue streams or opportunities for cost savings. • A history of building consensus for difficult changes in systems and finance processes.VP & CFO - Network Services and Business Development Administrator @ Responsible for: - The Financial Operations and Management of a 270 provider Multi-Specialty Medical Group, Outpatient Imaging Locations and a Customer Contact Center. - Financial and Clinical Analytics including Decision Support - Physician and other Provider Compensation: Enforce compliance with contracts and regulations 42 geographic locations 13 Specialties Part of an Integrated Health Network and an Accountable Care Organization Total of around 1,000 Employees. From September 2011 to Present (4 years 4 months) President @ Real Estate Investment and Property Management. Key activities of BIG are to invest in residential and commercial Real Estate with the objective to create a long term revenue stream and wealth creation for the partners. From January 2007 to Present (9 years) Principal @ From 2004 to Present (11 years) Finance Manager @ Provide financial and operational consulting services to the Chiefs and Directors of the Sacramento Area Neurology, Neurosurgery, Interventional Neuro-Radiology, as well as Spine Surgery and Cardiology Groups. • Lead the 2009, 2010 and 2011 budget processes, including the budgeting for the expansion of surgical services for a designated trauma center, including a new pediatric neurosurgery service, and a startup neurosurgery service. Total payroll budget ~ $35M. Through progressive process improvements, reduced budget completion time by two months. • Crafted a strategic business plan for the internalization and expansion of Neuro- and Spinesurgery Services in the Fresno Service Area. The plan highlighted a strategic solution to physician leaders, eliminated exposure to future rate increases, improved the quality of patient care, and yielded net operational savings of $2M in the first 12 months. • Developed automated reporting and auditing tools to provide transparency into physician productivity and pay practices using EPIC/Clarity and MS Access databases, which uncovered overpayments of ~$50k per months From September 2008 to September 2011 (3 years 1 month) Business Manager of Ambulatory Care @ • Guided the annual budget process of a Multi-specialty Ambulatory Care operation with a combined payroll and non-payroll budget of $450M. Spearheaded a $20M payroll budget reduction which limited FTE budget reduction to 3% while achieving a 10% reduction of the payroll budget. • Designed a complex financial model for the start up of a new medical campus, directing senior executives with architectural and operational decisions by visualizing opportunities while minimizing costly design changes From November 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 2 months) Associate Controller @ Provide financial leadership to the physician group (~460 multi-specialty physicians), Responsible for ~$300M operating budget. • Managed and improved the accounts payable (A/P) process, resulting in a reduction of average days in A/P from ~60 days to 35 days as well as the elimination of credit holds, allowing for the consistent delivery of services and supplies. • Innovated Medicare coding and charge capture efforts collaborating with two licensed coders and a trainer. Acceleration of the Revenue Cycle and improved coding and documentation yielded incremental revenues of ~$7M per year. • Improved accuracy of Patient Call Center Scripts and Protocols, which increased patient satisfaction and reduced inappropriate booking into physician schedules. • Enhanced monthly reporting process by automating report generation, which reduced production time by 3 hours per week. • Provided professional development to financial analysts to build skills and develop required competencies in areas of financial reporting, performing financial analysis and conducting audits. • Mentored Clerical Coordinator to develop strategies for training front-office staff on co-pay collections. Also trained and monitored Coordinators to perform audits of co-pay collections. From February 2005 to November 2007 (2 years 10 months) Finance Manager @ Lead audit engagements in cooperation with external and internal auditors to support asset management-related SOX remediation efforts, which significantly improved the control environment. • Managed the 2004 and 2005 capital F&E physical inventory in the Northern and Southern California regions. The 2004 inventory was the first capital F&E physical inventory in 20 years. • Improved control environment for capital furnishings and equipment (F&E), which reduced the anticipated asset write off from $26 million to $2.5 million. Improvement of control environment resulted in business property tax savings of ~$282k per year and favorable bond underwriting. From March 2003 to March 2005 (2 years 1 month) MBA, Technology Innovations Management @ Pacific Lutheran University - School of Business From 1996 to 1998 Bachelor, Finance & Accounting, Economics and Law @ Ruhr University Bochum From 1993 to 1996 Alexander CPA is skilled in: Budgets, Healthcare, Management Consulting, Accounting, Management, Financial Analysis, Leadership, Managerial Finance, Process Improvement, Healthcare Management, Revenue Cycle, Strategic Planning, Physician Alignment, Accountable Care Organization, Rural Health Center
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Thinking (T), Judging (J)
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