Timothy Graham
Email: *********@********.***
Address: * Swackhamer
City: Whitehouse Station
State: NJ
Zip: 08889
Country: USA
Phone: 908-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: > $250,000
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Timothy Graham, MBA, FHFMA, CPA
8 Swackhamer Road Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 Mobile: 908-***-**** *********@********.***
PROFILE
Proven financial leader with over 20 years experience in senior level healthcare finance positions. Goal oriented leader possessing excellent communication skills and ability to accomplish both short-term and long-term goals through a foundation of teamwork. Significant expertise in leading revenue cycle improvement teams, negotiating and managing payer contracts and implementation of complex clinical and financial information systems. Background includes experience in merger and acquisition analysis and due diligence for both acute care and development of off-site healthcare facilities
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, STATEN ISLAND, NY 12/2011-PRESENT
500 bed acute care hospital - $350M budget. Multi-facility organization offering full continuum of care
INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE AND REVENUE CYCLE
Senior leader responsible for multiple revenue cycle initiatives, including managed care contracting, revenue coding and strategic pricing reviews. General accounting responsibilities include directing and coordinating the annual financial statement audit, federal and state cost report preparation and oversight of monthly financial statement preparation of both hospital and professional services divisions.
Accomplishments: Reenergized the commitment and effort in driving performance in the revenue cycle including retrospective billing projects that have collected in excess of $4M since January 2012 Successful completion of annual financial statement audit and submission of federal and state cost reports Negotiated and facilitated managed care contracts for the Medical Center and the affiliated Medical Group (150+ physicians)
KENNEDY HEALTH SYSTEM AND SUBSIDIARIES, CHERRY HILL, NJ 9/10- 9/2011
601 combined beds, three acute care hospitals - $504M budget. Multi-facility system with full continuum of care
VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE
Responsible for the management of the finance division, including budget and reimbursement, revenue cycle, health access, patient accounting, general accounting, payroll and accounts payable, financial planning and service line profitability analysis, treasury function and all tax filings for the acute care hospitals and system subsidiaries. Staff member of the Finance, Retirement and Audit Committees.
Accomplishments: Initiated meetings with investment bankers to conduct a thorough balance sheet and borrowing capacity analysis for Kennedy University Hospital and the overall System. Negotiated and secured a $15 million dollar capital expenditure lease line in order to preserve balance sheet cash and investments.
CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM, TRENTON, NJ 10/98-9/2010
580 combined beds, two acute care hospitals with - $460M budget. Magnet designated health system since 2003
VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE
Responsible for the management of the finance division, including treasury function and all tax filings for two non-profit hospitals, foundation and for profit subsidiaries, general accounting, accounts payable, payroll, central scheduling, registration, health information management, accounts receivable, reimbursement, managed care operations, credit and collection and patient financial assistance programs. Member of the Finance, Investment, Audit, Pension and Corporate Compliance Committees.
Accomplishments: Senior management team member responsible for increasing patient service revenue and days cash on hand from the 40th to the 95th percentile (NJHA FAST Report 1999-2010). Completed $800M replacement hospital and new medical office building financing in 2009 and $130M NJHCFFA bond refinancing in 2003, working closely with other senior management team members, investment bankers and bond rating agencies. Senior management team leader responsible for directing implementation of system wide imaging system, including registration, billing and collections, health information management, e-signature and remote access for the entire medical staff. Worked closely with auditors/consultants on merger and acquisition analysis of two acute care hospitals, two free standing surgical centers and a large radiology practice. Directed clinical and financial teams that planned and implemented system conversions for time and attendance, payroll, accounts receivable, electronic billing and peri-operative services. Established various revenue cycle teams in patient access, health information management, managed care and patient accounting that created a culture of excellence and high performance in all areas of the revenue cycle. Increased cash receipts an average of $15M per year since implementing our accounts receivable turnaround and revenue enhancement programs in December 1998. This represents an average increase of seven percent despite annual declining inpatient volume. Initiated a hospital point of service and pre-certification program which enhanced volume by over 2,000 cases and collected additional revenue of more than $4M annually. Initiated a lost charge recovery program that increased collected revenue by $1M annually. Enhanced the patient financial assistance programs that reduced bad debt expense and increased annual state subsidies by over $20M per year from 1999-2010. Initiated a payment denial tracking report and follow up team which uncover and collect over $4M annually in commercial insurance denials and underpayments. Implemented a registration expediting function, which reduced wait times by an average of ten minutes, representing a 30% improvement. Worked together with physician leadership on clinical payment denial reduction, length of stay and resource consumption and registration wait time issues.
ACCREDITED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., CRANBURY, NJ 7/96-10/98
PRESIDENT/CEO
Consultant with hospital and physician organizations in New Jersey. Responsible for managed care contracting and system implementations, accounts receivable, reimbursement, registration and other related consulting engagements for hospitals and physician practices.
Accomplishments: Developed the budget process and facilitated the completion of an $850M operating budget and $75M capital budget for a newly merged three hospital system. Negotiated managed care contracts, developed matrix and monitoring processes and procedures for managed care operations for client hospitals and hospital based physicians. Increased Medicare GME revenue $1M for a health system by working with site managers in order to properly identify and classify inpatient beds. Increased collected revenue $12M for a health system by initiating and implementing various charge increases based on payer mix and service volume. Worked with $850M health system on acute care merger and acquisition strategy; facilitated and directed negotiations for acquisition of one acute care facility. Facilitated financial, operational and clinical reviews for physician practices resulting in revenue enhancement opportunities, coding improvements and cash flow increases.
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CENTER AND AFFILIATES, PASSAIC, NJ 12/89-7/96
303 bed hospital with cardiac center - $110M annual budget
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Responsible for management of the hospital finance department, managed care and revenue cycle departments including, central scheduling, registration, accounts receivable, physician billing and practice management operations for ten owned practices, budget and reimbursement, financial assistance, payroll, accounts payable and affiliated collection agency.
Accomplishments: Directed the negotiation, analysis, and implementation and monitoring of more than 30 managed care and HMO/PPO contracts. Financial team leader responsible for completing $105M bond financing. Designed and implemented systems and processes that increased annual state subsidies by $3M and cash flow from operations by $10M annually.
CHRIST HOSPITAL AND AFFILIATES, JERSEY CITY, NJ 6/87-12/89
400 bed hospital with two nursing homes
CONTROLLER
Responsible for management of the hospital and corporate accounting departments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll. Project leader for accounts receivable reduction program that improved cash flow and reduced accounts receivable by 20%. Initiated project with Medicaid home care increasing annual revenue by$1M.
BLUE CROSS AND BLUS SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, NEWARK, NJ 4/85-6/87
SENIOR AUDIT ANALYST
Responsible for audits of federal and state reimbursement cost reports, bad debt and charity care compliance audits and revenue reconciliation. Managed staff of three auditors and provided training during audit engagements.
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant - New Jersey 1995
Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association - 1998
Certified Healthcare Financial Professional - 1997
Certified Managed Care Professional - 1996
EDUCATION
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ
Masters Degree in Business Administration - May, 1993
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Bachelor of Science - Accounting - May, 1984
MEMBERSHIPS
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Board Member - American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management
PUBLICATIONS
Healthcare Financial Management
Increasing Revenue Through A/R Recovery, Revenue Cycle Redesign
November 2001
2001 HFMA National Best Article Award Winner
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Healthcare Financial Management Association: AHA Compassionate Billing Guidelines (2005)
World Research Group: Patient Access and Revenue Cycle Solutions (2004, 2005)