Russell L. Green, B.S.N., M.S.A., J.D.

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Email Address: adzdx0@r.postjobfree.com

United States of America Citizen

Cellular Telephone # 301-***-****

August 20, 2023

Curriculum Vitae (Resume)

Career Objective Statement: Obtain a position which utilizes my knowledge, skills, experience, and training. Available for employment in April 2023. Retired Active-Duty Service Member – 29 years of service. Retirement Rank – Navy CAPT / Colonel / O-6.

Disable Veteran

Alabama Medicaid Agency – April 2013 – May 2021

Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service October 1985 – November 2010 (SES Equivalent, and GS-14 Billets) U.S. Army Nurse Corps – July 1981 – July 1985

EDUCATION, TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1995 - Juris Doctor - Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

Washington, D.C.

1991 - Master of Science in Administration

Central Michigan University

Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

1981 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:

Nurse: Alabama, Georgia (inactive)

EXPERIENCE:

Employment Status:

December 2013 – May 2021 – Medical Services Division, Alabama Medicaid Agency, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, Associate Director. Responsibilities:

Responsible for the program management and provider support for the Non-Emergency Transportation Program to follow federal and state laws, regulations and Medicaid directives.

Responsible for serving as a subject matter expert regarding medical terminology to ensure levels of service to Medicaid providers and recipients while remaining within state and federal medical regulations.

Communicates both orally and in writing with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

(CMS), Other State Agencies, Medicaid team, recipients, providers, contractors, other state agencies, so that, accurate information is exchanged in an accurate, professional and timely manner.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the Programs Administrative Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Alabama Medicaid Provider Manual, State Plan, and Medicaid MMIS. In addition, prepares and demonstrates accurate updates to Provider Manual, State Plan, Administrative Code, and MMIS to ensure that policy and claims pay in accordance with state and federal policies with no occasion for valid complaints. Research other state initiatives and makes recommendations for program policies and procedure updates.

Conducts clinical record reviews and provides summary determinations of findings. Research and review procedures and diagnosis coverage requests in a competent and professional manner.

Provides excellent and accurate service to answering incoming provider and recipient calls, emails, in a timely manner with no occasion for valid complaints. Provides supervision of employees to include making daily assignments, approves or disapproves leave requests, reassign job duties, interviews and makes hiring recommendation, recommends disciplinary actions, prepares and conducts performance appraisals.

Responsible for ensuring NCCI administrative reviews on denied claims, abortion and hysterectomy medical, alien reviews.

Manages Non-Emergency Transportation Programs to ensure rates are reimbursing at an amount approved by Medicaid Policy and within the NET Portal System, makes coverage recommendations, monitors for duplicate billing and payment for approved services with no occasion for valid complaints.

Program and case management responsibilities to include, but not limited to, program policies for Institutional Services / Early Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) programs, Radiology, Cardiology, Laboratory, Therapy, Visual and Audiology services. Ensures programs are in compliance with Federal & State laws, regulations and Agency Directives. These functions include managing and directing staff with program oversight responsibilities. Supervises assigned staff to ensure programs procedures are executed in the most efficient and expeditious manner. Communicates both orally and in writing with Medicaid staff, recipients, and providers so that accurate information is exchanged in a professional and timely manner. Chairs and participates in meetings, conference calls, and presentations so that information is received and provided for Agency activities, projects are coordinated, and programs are effectively managed.

Coordinates with and provides information to Information Systems Division and Fiscal Agent Policy and Fiscal Management Division to ensure program policies are accurately reflected in the claims processing system so that program requirements are developed and implemented in a professional and timely manner. Coordinates, assigns, distributes, monitors, documents, tracks and resolves complaints, inquiries, and initiates and implements corrective action plans in a timely manner to ensure program effectiveness and efficiency.

Reviews and analyzes reimbursement trends for all Institutional Services/EPSDT programs to interpret information and make referrals to appropriate staff and/or resources to assure compliance with Agency policy. Prepare and administer budgets/spending plan so that program needs are met, and budget variations are accountable and justifiable. Develops and implements changes to the Agency Administrative Code, Provider Manuals, Operational Protocols and other pertinent program documentation, including all coordination/responses for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in accordance with program guidelines, CMS requirements, and Division Operation Procedures to assure compliance with Agency protocols. Coordinates with and provides information to the Medical Services Division Director and other Divisions to ensure policy information is consistent with program policy. Responsible for representing the Agency, gathering information, and presenting information to CMS during federally mandated program compliance reviews. Collaborate with and provide guidance to State Operating Divisions to ensure compliance with program waiver guidelines.

Prepare decision papers for review and approval by Agency’s Chief Medical Officer, which authorizes funding for eligible citizens’ care in their homes. April 2013 – November 2013 – Long Term Care Division, Alabama Medicaid Agency, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, Medicaid Nurse Responsibilities:

Reviewed and analyzed requests for HIV/AIDS and Technology Assisted waivers for funding of home care for persons with HIV/AIDS, tracheostomies and/or ventilator dependence.

Collaborated with and provided guidance to State Operating Divisions to ensure compliance with program waiver guidelines.

Prepared decision papers for review and approval by Agency’s Chief Medical Officer, which authorized funding for eligible citizens’ care in their homes. November 2011 – March 2013 – Crescent Pines Behavioral Health Systems, Universal Health Services, Stockbridge, Georgia – Staff Mental Health Nurse, Intake/Admission Nurse, Partial Hospitalization Program Intake Administrative Nurse

Responsibilities:

• Performed mental health assessments for inpatient mental health admissions.

• Consulted insurance companies for pre-certification of inpatient hospitalizations.

• Consulted and advised Staff Psychiatrists and Physicians concerning patients overall mental health and physical health status relating to appropriateness for admission.

• Facilitated intake admission process, including but not limited to, review of insurance health benefits summaries, completion of admission paperwork, and data input for hospital admission.

• Served as a staff mental health nurse (part-time), providing mental health services to patients with various psychiatric diagnosis (substance abuse, neurosis,and psychosis), in an inpatient milieu

• Performed patients’ psychiatric assessments for coordination with the mental health care team to ensure appropriate interventions for optimal care June 2001 – November 2010 – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) July 2009 – November 1, 2010 – Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Affairs, Food and Drug Administration

• The Office is the single point of contact and focus for the Operating Division

(OPDIV's) management of 900 PHS commissioned officers, assigned to approzimately 150 duty stations in 47 States. The Office provides coordination between FDA management and the Assistant Secretary for Health's commissioned corps programs (OCCO/OCCFM/OCCSS/CCSB). The Office serves the eight FDA Centers, special assignments and details to other organizations and initiatives.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of policies for utilization of all PHS commissioned officers in FDA. Responsible for coordination of orders, billets, COERs, promotions, awards, and disciplinary matters for commissioned officers. Developed and implemented procedures for utilizing commissioned officers within FDA, recommending promotions, reassignment, leave, awards, training, career development, and travel. Served as the FDA representative to the Surgeon General''s Policy Advisory Council (SGPAC Representative). Provided Liaison with the Office of the Surgeon General, Office of Commissioned Corps Operations, Office of Commissioned Corps Force Management, Office of Commissioned Corps Support Services, and Commissioned Corps Systems Branch for all commissioned corps activities FDA wide. (FDA Commissioned Corps Liaison). Represented the Commissioner, FDA, on aspects of Commissioned Corps Transformation. Represented FDA to Center Directors, Department officials, and other federal agencies to explain, interpret and initiate officer utilization, benefits, and privileges.

June 2001 – November 1, 2010 – Commissioned Corps Liaison Officer, FDA RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implemented commissioned corps personnel programs and processes for 900 commissioned corps officers assigned to FDA. Processes included, but are not limited to, implementation of commissioned corps policy, (e.g., facilitating special pays, recruitment activities, promotion (e.g., regular, exceptional capability, Flag, etc.). Duties included providing advice to FDA management and commissioned officers on commissioned corps policy.

• Conducted ethics training to officers (300 per year) retiring from active duty on Post Retirement Employment Restrictions. This training ensures knowledge of statutory and regulatory authorities to prevent loss of military pensions.

• Served as a resource for FDA Managers and Support Staff on commissioned corps ethical issues concerning commissioned corps policy in relation to federal government ethical requirements.

October 1995 – June 2001 – Program Support Center

October 1995 – June 2001 Senior Personnel Policy Specialist Office of the Director

Division of Commissioned Personnel (DCP)

Rockville, Maryland

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Assigned lead responsibility for revising Commissioned Corps Personnel Manual, which included Regulations prescribed by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, and policies prescribed by the Surgeon General, for the administration of the Commissioned Corps.

* Served as the Commissioned Corps of the PHS primary member to the Department of Defense Tax Council, which monitored tax legislation and related issues and their impact on Uniformed Service members.

* Served as a resource to commissioned officers and management officials on leave and corps related legal issues

.

* Assisted DCP’s legal staff with the development of Advisory Opinions for assigned cases received from the Board for Correction of PHS Commissioned Corps Records.

* Served as a resource and provided presentations in the commissioned corps orientation sessions to new commissioned officers, supervisors of commissioned officers, and administrative officers on commissioned corps standards of conduct, grievances, adverse actions, and malpractice.

* Served as a resource and performed presentations in the commissioned corps retirement seminars on Post Retirement Employment Restrictions, which included conflicts of interest, contractual restrictions, and foreign employment.

* Provided guidance and assistance to commissioned corps management officials on the implementation of appropriate disciplinary measures for commissioned officers’ misconduct and issues related to legal, ethical, and conflict of interest.

* Provided training and guidance to the PHS Adverse Action Officer on the implementation of various disciplinary board processes, e.g., Involuntary Retirement, Involuntary Separation, and Temporary Promotion Review Boards that serve as the basis for administrative actions taken by the Surgeon General and the Director, DCP.

* Served as a resource to Branch Chiefs, DCP, on policy matters associated with Uniformed Service Members’ pay, allowances, promotions, and career development related issues.

* Served as a resource to the PHS representative to the Department of Defense Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee, which promulgate regulations, which appear in the Joint Federal Travel Regulations and govern Uniformed Service members' travel and transportation entitlements.

* Served as a resource to the commissioned corps’ Uniform Board project officer on various uniform policy related matters.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Demonstrated competency and efficiency by incorporating legal, regulatory, and administrative principles in the implementation of commissioned corps policy.

* Demonstrated growth and development in performing analysis of complex issues requiring knowledge of statutes, regulations, and commissioned corps personnel policies.

* Served as a competent resource for DCP in servicing the commissioned corps community.

* Demonstrated proficiency in advising PHS customers (OPDIVs/Programs/Non- PHS Agencies) on various commissioned corps related subject matters.

* Demonstrated competency in formulating responses to Congressional inquiries relating to various aspects of the Commissioned Corps of the PHS.

* Demonstrated proficiency in presenting complex commissioned corps subject matters and quasi-legal issues to commissioned corps audiences.

* Demonstrated proficiency in assisting PHS OPDIVs, Programs, and Non-PHS Agencies with the implementation of appropriate disciplinary measures in response to commissioned corps officers’ misconduct.

* Demonstrated proficiency in the implementation of commissioned corps administrative board processes.

April 1989 - Sept 1995 Commissioned Personnel Program Coordinator Personnel Services Branch

Division of Commissioned Personnel

Rockville, Maryland

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Successfully implemented all aspects (e.g., planning, coordinating, implementation, and evaluation), of PHS's Regular Promotion, Exceptional Capability Promotion, and Assimilation programs.

* Successfully implemented the PHS probationary program in conjunction with the Adverse Action Section of the Division of Commissioned Personnel.

* Advised the Director, DCP, on all promotion-related matters.

* Served as the PHS representative to the Department of Defense Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee, which promulgates the regulations that appear in the Joint Federal Travel Regulations and govern Uniformed Service members' travel and transportation entitlements.

* Served as the PHS uniform liaison officer.

* Implemented the PHS uniform Board process that reviewed uniform related issues and provided recommendations to the Surgeon General for the development of uniform policy.

* Prepared a monthly uniform Questions & Answers article for the Commissioned Corps Bulletin.

Sept 1987 - April 1989 - Survey & Certification Review Specialist

(Health Care Inspector)

Health Care Financing Administration

Region III,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Served as Team Leader and team member in the performance of health care facilities surveys (e.g., Long Term Care, Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Psychiatric Hospitals, and Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled for compliance with Medicare & Medicaid regulations.

* Areas of responsibility included monitoring the States of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

* Successfully executed duties and responsibilities as a Health Care Surveyor by ensuring health care providers adhered to Medicare and Medicaid regulations. Oct 1985 - Sept 1987 - Psychiatric Staff Nurse

ADAMHA, St. Elizabeths Hospital

Washington, D.C.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Served as a Team Leader on a 30-bed acute psychiatric admission unit.

* Provided professional oversight for six paraprofessional staff members.

* Responsible for planning and implementing various therapy groups to improve clients identified weaknesses.

* Implemented a therapeutic milieu on the unit of duty to promote clients’ well being.

* Successfully executed assigned duties in a stressful and volatile environment. July 1981 - July 1985 - U.S. ARMY NURSE CORP

Jan 1985 - July 1985 - Supervisor, Operating-Room/Central Material Section, Joint Task Force Bravo-Medical Element Palmerola Air Base, Honduras, Central America

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Supervised the Operating-Room/Central Material Section staff, which consisted of five paraprofessionals and one professional staff member.

* Instrumental in the formulation and writing of Standard Operating Procedures.

* Served as the Infection Control Nurse, which monitored Hospital's infections and provided recommendations to the Hospital Commander.

* Insured optimal aseptic standards were adhered to under adverse field conditions.

Oct 1982 - Dec 1984 - Operating-Room Nurse

Darnall Army Community Hospital

Fort Hood, Texas

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Served as Head Nurse for General Surgery, Urology, and Ear, Nose & Throat services.

* Responsible for maintaining and replacing large quantities of complex surgical equipment.

* Responsible for training Operating-Room students and new personnel. June 1982 - Sept 1982 - U.S. Army Operating-Room Nurse Training Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, Washington

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Attended the U.S. Army Operating Room Nurse Course.

* Successfully completed the U.S. Army Operating-Room Nurse Course. August 1981 - June 1982 - Neurology Staff Nurse

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Served as a Staff Nurse on a 48-bed Neurology unit.

* Provided care to 25 active-duty members with oversight responsibility for the care provided by paraprofessional staff.

* Successfully developed nursing skills to provide quality patient care in a diverse health care setting.

CAREER PROGRESSION

Assignments/Mobility/Billets

Medicaid Administrator, Medical Services Administrator, Alabama Medicaid Agency, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, December 2013 – May 2021 Medicaid Nurse I, Long Term Care, Alabama Medicaid Agency, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, April 2013 – November 2013

Staff Mental Health Nurse, Intake/Admission Nurse, Partial Hospitalization Program Intake Administrative Nurse, Crescent Pines Behavioral Health Systems, Universal Health Services, Stockbridge, Georgia (November 2011 to March 2013) Retired from active duty with 29 years of service. November 1, 2010 Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Affairs (O-7 Billet) (SES Equivalent) Office of Management, Office of the Commissioner

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (July 2009 to November 1, 2010) Commissioned Corps Liaison (O-6 Billet), Office of the Commissioner Food and Drug Administration (June 2001 to November 1, 2010) Rockville, Maryland

Senior Personnel Policy Special (O-6 Billet), Office of the Director Division of Commissioned Personnel (DCP)

Program Support Center (PSC) (June 1995 to June 2001) Rockville, Maryland

Commissioned Personnel Program Coordinator (O-5 Billet), Personnel Services Branch, DCP, PSC (April 1989 to June 1995) Rockville, Maryland

Survey & Certification Review Specialist (O-4 Billet)

(Health Care Inspector)

Health Care Financing Administration (Sept 1987 to April 1989) Region III,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oct 1985 - Sept 1987 - Psychiatric Staff Nurse

Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Health and Human Services

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Washington, D.C.

AWARDS:

- Surgeon General Exemplary Service Medal (2)

- Unit Commendation

- Defense Meritorious Service Medal (U.S. Army)

- Bicentennial Unit

- Commendation Medal

- Achievement Medal & Regular Corps Ribbon

PERFORMANCE

Successfully provided leadership as the Surgeon Generals Policy Advisory Council Representative, and the Commissioned Corps Liaison, Food and Drug Administration

(FDA), while implementing, coordinating, and directing commissioned corps policy for 900 commissioned corps officers assigned to FDA. Served as the senior commissioned corps resource for FDA Leadership, Management, and Administrative Staffs to ensure managers understood and appreciated the commissioned corps personnel system, which resulted in continuous hiring of officers within the FDA. Competently represented FDA in the commissioned corps community, which insured the Agency’s interests were considered in commissioned corps related activities. Demonstrated leadership in the implementation of Commissioned Corps policy and advanced the Department’s Transformation goals and objectives for the commissioned corps.

TRANSFORMATION RELATED ACTIVITIES

May 2009 – March 2010 - Chairman, Leave Working Integrated Project Team

(WIPT) – Responsible for reviewing, and developing commissioned corps leave policies, which were consistent with other Uniformed Services leave policies thus promoting the best interests of the organization and PHS Commissioned Corps Officers. February 2009 – July 2009 – Member, Commissioned Officers’ Effectiveness Report Text Revision Advisory Panel. Product approved by the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) for Corps wide implementation in October 2010. February 2009 – November 1, 2010 – Member, Compensation Policy Advisory Board – reviewed statutes, regulations and provided recommendations to the ASH on Commissioned Corps compensation related issues.

February 2009 – February 2010 – Member, Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP) Evaluation Team - Reviewed AIP related issues and provided recommendations to the Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Force Management, for implementation of AIP to eligible commissioned officers.

March 2009 – November 1, 2010 – Member, Transformation Implementation Planning Coordination Group – Assisted with the development of Transformation initiatives and advised the FDA Senior Leadership on initiatives’ impact on FDA’s mission and resources.

CHARACTERISTICS OF CAREER OFFICER AND SERVICE TO THE CORPS Lead initiative for Indoor Duty White Uniform (1991) Member of Nursing Policy Advisory Council (NPAC) Career Development Subcommittee (1992)

Member of NPAC Awards Subcommittee (1996)

Member of NPAC Career Development Subcommittee (2003 – 2004) Member of Nurse Appointment Boards (April 1989 – November 2010) Member of Commissioned Officers Association Board of Director

(1996-1999)

American Nurses Association

Alabama Nurses Association

RESPONSE READINESS

Deployed to U.S. Postal Anthrax Crisis (2001)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

* American Nurses Association 1985

* American Bar Association 1991 - 1995

* Commissioned Officers Association

National Board of Directors, June 1996 - May 1999

Commissioned Officers Association, Secretary/Treasury Thomas Jefferson Chapter, April 1988 - April 1989

Philadelphia, PA,

COLLATERAL DUTIES

Presenter - Commissioned Corps Retirement Seminars nationwide. Subjects include;

“Post Retirement Employment Restrictions,” and “Travel and Transportation Entitlements”. (1995 to 2010)

Presenter - Basic Officer Training Course from its inception to May 2004, on Standards of Conducts, Outside Activities, and Malpractice (Federal Torts Claims). Coordinated and conducted Supervisory and Administrative training throughout FDA Centers on the Commissioned Corps Personnel System in preparation for FDA Hiring initiatives. (2001 to 2010)

CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

* Deacon, New Life Church of God in Christ

Montgomery, AL, January 2017 - Present

* Member of Hillcrest Towne Homeowners Association Board of Directors, Temple Hills, Maryland, October 1989 – September 2008 President - November 1999 – September 2008

* School Volunteer Program, Region III

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1988 – April 1989 REFERENCES

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