ROGER R. GUNTER
Highlands Ranch, CO ********@*******.*** Cell: 720-***-****
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rogergunter
Summary
Innovative - visionary - results oriented Senior Level executive, with 20+
years of experience, who is recognized as a change agent capable of
building focused teams, transforming health-care delivery, implementing
rapid transitions, and positively impacting the bottom line as well as the
corporate culture.
A talent for formulating questions and identifying problems, focusing on
effectiveness, and finding creative solutions to the challenges of
uncertainty.
Core competencies include:
. Process Reengineering . Project Management . Strategic Planning
. Effective Team Execution . Resource Optimization . Lean Six Sigma
. Budgeting and Forecasting . Mentoring and Coaching . Quality
Management
Professional Experience
Senior Director - Product and Program Outcomes McKesson Health
Solutions
2006 to 2010 Broomfield, CO
COMPANY SYNOPSIS: McKesson Health Solutions, a Fortune 15 Company,
provides products and services that help payors and providers manage the
business and process of care for members with Chronic Care Conditions
through Disease Management Services.
. Retained $534MM in contract renewals and new business development
by conceptualizing, developing, and implementing sound business
strategies against roadmap requirements.
. Erased negative ROI, and penalties to zero payback and positive
ROI in 24 months, project managed and implemented seven pilots
improving outcomes by 312%.
. Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders ensuring alignment
with the vision and strategy of the services business resulting in
enhanced efficiencies by 42%.
. Developed corporate-wide scorecard and analytics to monitor
success against business plans for all products and product
features enriching comparative analysis by 923%. Designed
initiatives to improve patient safety, quality, and the use of
medical homes.
. Designed and executed training for pay-for-performance program
that increased member participation by 45%. Conducted Provider
Advisory Boards to exchange information and create short and long-
term plans. Established annual community need-based budgetary
plans.
. Trained Account Management, Marketing, and Operation teams,
including all Local Medical Directors, in the importance of
monitoring program performance and client satisfaction through
both management and technical leadership, which shrank penalties
by 1,116%.
. Transformed the use of Medical and Rx Metrics used in Disease
Management across the entire client base, reducing payback by 72%.
Developed presentation standards.
Director - Finance and Actuarial Services Colorado Access
2005 to 2006 Denver, CO
COMPANY SYNOPSIS: A nonprofit health plan that provides access to
behavioral and physical health services for medically underserved
Coloradans.
. Directed all financial, decision support and actuarial services for
$181,000,000 in premiums by optimizing the use of information to
support the mission, decreasing hospital costs by 38%.
. Achieved savings of $8,200,000 through improved operations, cost
analysis, and reporting utilizing the effective use of financial,
clinical, and operational data.
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. Forecasting accuracy of 92.4% for developing budgets, risk contract
settlements, IBNR calculations, cost projections, health care
utilization, expense, and revenue reporting.
. Reduced $1,200,000 in reinsurance premiums by aggressively modeling
risk levels. Redesigned all financial procedures during the
company's largest fluctuations in growth.
Director - Rates/Pharmacy/Program Integrity/Data Health Care Policy
and Financing
1994 to 2005 Denver, CO
COMPANY SYNOPSIS: State Medicaid Agency responsible for administering
the $2.9 Billion fund providing health care benefits to low income
families and individuals. 400,000 Coloradans.
. $1.4 Billion budget responsibility for acute care and $150 Million
budget for mental health services. Extensive collaboration with
legal to assure regulatory and contractual compliance. Direct and
Indirect staff of 46 FTEs.
. Directed fraud and abuse effort increasing recoveries by 82%
through forensic claims analysis. Evaluated and interpreted
collected data utilizing statistical and computer modeling.
. Contract development and management for four MCOs, the PACE program
and five BHOs for the statewide MH delivery system worth
$450,000,000 saving taxpayers $40 Million.
. Pharmacy program director achieving 98.4% in accounts receivable
from drug rebate program, best result in USA, implemented strategic
direction and cost control measures. Managed all aspects of
analysis and data mining, which resulted in unparalleled outcomes
and efficiencies.
. $201 million budget for providing managed care contracts.
Developed the Medicaid Managed Care program regarding strategy,
processes, and "Coordination of Benefits".
. Instrumental in the design of the nursing home to waivered services
analysis for PACE rate development, improved reliability of model
by 62% and saved $150,000,000 over 10 years.
. $162 million cost avoided and recovered due to aggressively
implementing regulations.
. Directed the Department's reorganization from hierarchical to
functional in order to increase effectiveness and flexibility
reducing management layers by 57%.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Administrator The Children's Hospital
Management Engineering Rocky Mt. HealthCare Corp
Management Consultant A.T. Hudson & Co.
EDUCATION
Master of Health Care Systems, Strategic Healthcare Management, University
of Denver, Colorado
Bachelors Biology & Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
COMPUTER SKILLS
Office Expert - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook - Lotus, MS Project,
Visio, Access
VOLUNTEER and BOARD ACTIVITIES
President - Arapahoe High School Boys Lacrosse Club 2004 - 2007
Director Fundraising - Littleton Hockey Association 2001 - 2006
Youth Coach: Football, Soccer, and Lacrosse 1992 - Current