Health Care Professional with Masters in Health Services Admin

DARLEEN A. POE, CPA

***** ********* **** ******, ** 41094 859-***-**** (Cellular)

SUMMARY

Financial professional with extensive experience in healthcare financial management including advanced knowledge of operational management. Achieved measurable success in managing a large team of employees to achieve multiple financial and operational objective.

EDUCATION AND LICENSURES

Bachelor of Accounting, Northern KY University, Highland Heights, KY

Masters of Health Services Administration, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

Licensure as a Certified Public Accountant in Kentucky and Ohio

Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator in Kentucky

SKILLS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Excellent communication skills

Successfully evaluated processes in a complex healthcare organization and completely reorganized and updated said processes to enable the organization to:

oProduce monthly financial statement earlier than ever before

oClose the year end earlier than ever before

oAdd multiple facilities to existing processes seamlessly and rapidly.

Lead a team of professionals which reviewed, vetted, selected and implemented a new accounting system for a large healthcare chain

Designed, programmed and implemented dozens of new reports to facilitate operational management of a healthcare chain

Acted as part of a team to evaluate accounts receivable DSO and design and implement procedures to reduce.

Performed front line AR review and collections.

Prepared Medicare and Medicaid cost reports for health care providers and interfaced with auditors for Medicare, Medicaid and OSHPD.

Built and maintained excellent relationships with lenders through responsive and accurate financial reporting

Minimized borrowing and late payments through cash flow forecasting and the establishment of a sweep account

Reduced losses through implementing better internal controls over purchasing, utilization of resources and cash payments

EXPERIENCE

Vice President of Finance

SnF Management, Jan 2008 to May 2019

General Responsibilities:

Work with banks and other lenders to ensure favorable terms as well as compliance with loan covenants and HUD lending requirements

Work directly with external auditors and tax preparers to complete the first ever company-wide audit. Continued working with auditors for subsequent year audits.

Prepare Medicaid and Medicare Cost reports for all entities and interact with their auditors

File appeals regarding cost reimbursement matters with the state of California

Attend and testify at formal appeal hears for the Medical appeals in the state of California

Ensure timely and accurate financial statements are prepared

Prepare additional financial analysis as requested by owner and/or lenders

Participate in accounts receivable analysis

Develop all department policies and procedures and manage a staff of 25+ people.

Accu-Med Services, LLC June 2002 to Jan 2008

Vice-President Implementation and Training Dec 2006 to January 2008

Financial Product Dir & HIPAA Privacy Designee, June 2002 to Dec 2007

General Responsibilities:

Personally implemented multiple sites for the company’s new Accounts receivable and billing system.

Supervised all staff utilized during the implementation and training of a wide variety of software programs.

Developed applicable policies and procedures related to these functions.

Interfaced with various departments within the organization to develop plans for future releases

Performed regulatory research to determine billing and other software specifications

Administrator and Chief Financial Officer

Florence Park Care Center, Dec 1999 to June 2002

General Responsibilities: Responsible for all facility operations and financial processes. Functioned as both the facility Administrator and Chief Financial Officer during this time. As a part of this was actively involved in all processes such as admissions, accounts receivable, billing, etc.

V-P of Finance

Tri-County/Garden Manor Extended Care Centers – CCRC (June 1999-December 1999)

Began employment with this organization shortly before the turn of the century. Their existing software was not Y2K compliant so all systems needed to be replaced. As a result, I spearheaded the review, selection and implementation of an entirely new accounting system inclusive of billing, AR, AP, PR, GL, Human Resources and Financial reporting. This process included running systems parallel for two months to validate new set ups and implementing their first ever in-house human resources software. It also included a full communications replacement to enable the two locations to communicate with four-digit extensions instead of long-distance phone calls.

Reimbursement Manager

Deaconess Hospital – (Approximately June 1998-May 1999)

Prepared hospital cost reports including a home health agency, two sub-provider SNF’s, a sub-provider Rehab hospital and a sub-provider Mental health unit.

Director of Finance

Home Health Care Industries, Inc., - Approx. late 1997-1998

Managed accounting staff in the preparation of financials and implemented a new payroll system.

Director of Finance and Administration

CRI, Cincinnati, OH 1997

Managing accounting, information technology and Human Resources staff, produced financials, prepared annual budgets

Controller

Health Care Collaborative, Cincinnati, OH June 1995 – Early 1997

Responsible for all financial operations for this entity which owned a nursing home and two home health agencies. Prepared all cost reports including “exceptions to the routine cost limit” for the nursing home for three years.

Compilation Manager and then Manager of Medicare cost Reporting

Burkhardt & Co., CPA’s, 1990-May 1995

Managed compilation practice for two years and then prepared the Medicare cost reports for all of our clients; including interacting with the Medicare auditors to achieve the fewest disallowances.

Mackey McNeill Mohr

Shared Controller 1988 – 1990

Worked as a shared controller for entities who were clients of this CPA firm. Also prepared compilations and tax returns.

Sperti Industries/Angstrom Technologies

Controller – 1987-1988

Prepared all financials for these two companies. Angstrom Technologies was a SEC company that had lost their listing on the New York Stock exchange because they had not filed the required financial information. During my employment there, I reconstructed two years of financial data and worked with external auditors to complete all audits and filings; enabling the company to relist.

Peck Hannaford and Briggs - 1987

This entity was a very large Sheet Metal and Pipe fitter’s company. Prepared all financial statements including working with percentage of completion construction/job costing.

University of Cincinnati

Internal Auditor – 1985-1987

Worked as an internal auditor at the university. During employment I located a deficiency in the Student Accounts area which would have allowed “scholarships” to be awarded where they were not earned.

Reis Domaschko Grear and Co

Staff Accountant – 1983-1985

Prepared compilations for clients as well as federal, state, local and payroll tax returns.

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