Kathi Hurtgen

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Fitchburg, WI ****9

Home Phone 608-***-****

EDUCATION

****-**** ***, *******, ********** of Wisconsin at Whitewater

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**** *ertificate-Healthcare Information Technology

EMPLOYMENT

June 2007 – present Monona Terrace Convention Center Madison, WI

Associate Director of Finance, Operations and Quality Improvement

Responsible for setup, tear down, cleaning, security and business functions personnel and results

Lead quality initiatives and performance improvement process

Responsible for budgeting both Capital and Operating Budgets

Monthly and annual financial report generation and reporting to City and Board

IT responsibility for the USI/EBMS ERP software system, upgrades and maintenance

Responsible for design and deployment of eBusiness solutions at Monona Terrace

Coordinate the design, testing, creating and deployment of new reporting tools

Provide ongoing support for existing reports and data

Lead Human Resources functions organization wide

Maintain data integrity for existing EBMS database

January-June 2007 St. Luke’s Medical Center Milwaukee, WI

Business/IT Analyst Senior

Responsible for reporting and analysis involving IT systems in surgical services

Responsible for developing new efficiencies utilizing healthcare knowledge and IT

Developed profitability analysis of the Neurosurgical section of Surgical Services

Provided new product analysis on implants, disposables and existing items in supply chain

Implementation team on the software to be implemented in fall of 2007

Trained new staff on the database structure and design of preference cards

(Returned to Madison after house did not sell)

1998–October 2006 UW Health (University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics) Madison, WI

Business Operations Manager- Assistant Director Surgical Services (2004-2006)

Responsible for financial reporting for the Surgical Services departments at UWHealth

$234 million budget preparation and analysis of monthly financial variances

Served as key contact between IT and surgical services regarding IT go-live and post go-live concerns

Lead project GE Centricity software Go-live in 9 months after previous 3 year delay

Develop and implement cost savings opportunities by evaluating existing contracts for potential cost savings and enhanced technology application

Implement, test and refine surgical services software package from GE

Analyze Medicare reimbursement to maximize net revenue in surgical procedures billing

Facilitated enhanced communication by building and maintaining quality relationships throughout the organization with physician and clinical staff

Communicate with staff on many levels within the organization from Vice Presidents to clinical staff regarding financial and policy analysis projects

Systems Development Project Analyst (2003-2004)

Project lead for enhancement of PeopleSoft Financials/GL/HRMS/Payroll

Create custom interfaces, programs and objects for user applications

Work with users one-on-one to enhance software functionality

Automate and improve efficiency via use of functionality within Peoplesoft

Support UW Health users of Peoplesoft products

Maintain hospital-wide security for Peoplesoft products

Senior Accountant (March 2001- 2003)

Responsible for monthly financial statement preparation via PeopleSoft

Redesigned and improved efficiency in cutting days needed to produce financial reports

Manage monthly bond treasury management function

Automated and improved efficiency of capital funds reimbursement

Coordinate gathering and posting entry of key financial data into Peoplesoft monthly

Generate financial reports for senior executives, board of directors and management

Coordinate and execute revenue posting for over 100 departments and $60 million/month

Analyst- UW Health Decision Support (April 1998-March 2001)

Coordinated product maintenance for 28,000-item database

Coordinated collection, input and maintenance of cost accounting data for new and existing products in decision support system (Siemens)

Monitored and provided assistance to 90+ department managers on pricing, charging and structure of database

Provided $25 million annual rate increase analysis for UW Health Hospital and Clinics for two years accurate to within less than 1% of target revenue

Coordinated delivery of information regarding charges to managers in a timely manner

Facilitated communication by building and maintaining quality relationships throughout the organization

Educated RN staff on compliance changes in Medicare/Medicaid

Implemented charge-capture enhancing structures to several departments

2003 –2005 Cardinal Stritch University Madison, WI

Adjunct Faculty-Graduate College of Business

Instructor in Master’s degree program at Madison campus

Achievements

2003 Completed Master’s of Business Administration degree on e-medical records

2004 Go-live date for PeopleSoft online-job-application website interface-UW-Health

2006 Go-live/Implementation of GE Surgical Services software suite

2015 Wisconsin Forward Award for Quality recipient

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