Sales Marketing

S. Cove Hodges

**** **** ****

Vancleave, MS ****5

Office 228-***-**** Cell 228-***-****

Email (***********@*****.***)

www.linkedin.com/in/s-cove-hodges-mba

Experience

Business Development Consultant- 1/14-current; Independent Contractor, Small Business & Health Care Providers (Ms. Gulf Coast, Mobile, Al.)

Duties: Operations & Market analysis, marketing/business plans, sales training, risk assurance inspections, contract liaison

Contracts, Credentialing, Compliance, & Business Development- 10/12-1/14; Mercy Life of Alabama (division of parent company Mercy Medical & Catholic Health East), Mobile, Al./ PACE Program, Mobile & Birmingham facilities

Duties: Managed care contracting, physician & sub-specialist credentialing, contract management/renewals, fee schedule/provisions negotiations, compliance, service delivery vendor protocols (charity food service & consumable drives), medicare Part D audits, CMS/OIG/OSHA audits, monitoring/tracking Business Development & Contract Sales/Marketing- 3/04-9/12; Self Employed 1099 Contractor- Southern Care

(Hospice, Lucedale, Ms.), Col-Way Enterprises (Assisted Living & Rehab, Mobile, Al.), South Alabama Chiropractic (Mobile, Al.), South Coast Pathology Laboratory (Ms. Gulf Coast), {various other entities} Duties: Market research, plan development, staff management, industry rehab & occupational medicine program development, managed care contracting, physician recruiting, sales, public relations Chief Business Officer- 2/03-3/04; Sun Coast Pain Management (3 outpatient clinics, anesthesia services in an ASC, wellness program, Biloxi, Ms.)

Duties: Staff management (multi-facility), operations, P&L, billing/collections, compliance, HIPAA program development, marketing, behavioral medicine program development, physician recruiting, managed care non-profit coalition start up

Director of Provider Relations- 1/00-7/02; Select Specialty Hospital (LTACH, 2 sites, Biloxi/Gulfport Ms.) Duties: Staff management, market research, plan development, group presentations, managed care contracting, physician recruiting, Joint Commission surveys, departmental reporting, charity outreach Program Director- 12/98-11/99; Trinity Hospice (Primary-Biloxi, Ms., Secondary-Baton Rouge & New Orleans, La.)

Duties: Staff management, P&L, marketing, plan development, operation/program analysis reports, special events (non-profits)

Education

BS- Business Administration & Social Sciences, William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Ms. MBA- Marketing Emphasis, William Carey College (Coast Campus), Gulfport, Ms. Supplemental Experience

College Athletics- Two sport athlete/Construction- Laborer (Framers, Plumbers), Labor Foreman (New Orleans, Houston, Jackson, Ms.)/Commercial Contractor/Disaster Relief- Sales & Marketing, Home Inspections, Rebuild Crews, (Ms. Gulf Coast)/Non-Profit: Senior District Executive- Pine Burr Area Council, Hattiesburg, Ms.

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