BRIAN J LANE

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EASTON, PA *****

PROFILE:

Senior Level Programmer/Analyst with over 28 years of experience. Skills

include: HP3000, VAX, COBOL, IMAGE, POWERHOUSE, SUPRTOOL,

FTP, EXCEL Formatting, ,AMISYS, HIPAA, SOX, SAS-70, QUERY, DBGENERL, ADAGER, JOB SCHEDULERS, CONFIGURATION, MACS, EDI, MANMAN,,SYSTEM MANAGEMENT , PROJECT LEADING and all HP utilities. Software installations ,upgrades, recommendations and testing. HTML, MS Access, Visio, other PC apps. Extensive Financial and healthcare applications/support.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Oct 2008 EBDS(HIGHMARK), Pittsburgh, PA

To Consultant/Senior Programmer Analyst

July 2009 VAX VMS

Cognos Powerhouse on a VAX system. Employee Benefits, claims. Financials.

SAS-70 and SOX Audits as well as enhancements and new development using Quick,

Quiz & QTP. Creation of Excel files from Vax data.

Jan 2006 GHI HMO, Lake Katrine, NY

To Consultant/Senior Programmer Analyst

Feb 2008 HP3000

Amisys . COBOL,Powerhouse. production support, enhancements , ad hoc

Reports and new development.

Billing and Invoices, Capitation,Claims,DOH rosters,letters,HIPAA EDI,

Providers, Membership, Enrollment,etc.. Converting HP Data into Excel and other

Formats for electronic transfer.

User training and mentoring of junior programmers. Production support. Automated

Manual operations tasks.

May 2002 Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Lyndhurst, NJ

To Consultant/Senior Programmer Analyst/HIPAA IT Project Lead

Dec 2005 HP3000

HIPAA 837/835 transactions and documentation for numerous trading

Partners.

Maintenance and enhancements to laboratory billing systems.POWERHOUSE- Quick,

Quiz, QTP, Suprtool & COBOL. Day to day user requests.

Jan 2002 Teleflex Morse, Inc., Limerick, PA

To Consultant/Senior Programmer Analyst

May 2002 HP3000

ManMan & OMAR applications. Debugging & enhancements /user requests.

MBFOSTER EDI. COBOL, POWERHOUSE & FORTRAN. HP3000.

June 2001 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Wellesley, MA

To Consultant/Senior Programmer Analyst

Dec 2001 HP3000

COBOL,Powerhouse, SUPRTOOL. General maintenance and enhancements.

Screen and update job for users to maintain a recipient list for FAX3000.

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April 2001 AmeriGroup Corporation,Virginia Beach, VA

To Consultant/Senior Programmer Analyst

May 2001 HP3000

COBOL, Suprtool , Amisys. Formatted US Postal Zip code file and updated ZIP-M

Dataset. Analysis of an EDI bug.

Sept 2000 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Wellesley, MA

to Consultant/Senior Specialist/Assistant Technical Project Lead

April 2001 HP3000

OOA-PPO project involving offering out of area members claims coverage

For visits, services provided by a clearinghouse of Providers. The main areas

Of Interface were Providers, Fee-schedules and facilities. The major components were

Creation of a database to house the data, load & update programs & Inquiry screens.

COBOL, SUPRTOOL, QUIZ, QUICK, QTP. Harvest & Remedy. FAX3000

Installation, configuration, testing, user training on Window’s Client for Fax3000.

Jan 2000 Teleflex Marine - Limerick, PA

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

July 2000 HP3000

Modifications, enhancements, debugging and new development. MANMAN &

OMAR. Oracle conversion for Sales Analyzer Product. Powerhouse, COBOL,

light FORTRAN.

Oct 1999 Carelink Health Plan - Charleston, WV

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

Dec 1999 HP3000

AMISYS to IDX Conversion. Authorization/Referrals. COBOL & Powerhouse.

May 1999 Compaq Computer Corporation - Houston, TX

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

Sept 1999 HP3000

Powerhouse upgrade from version 5.01 to 8.19 and Y2K remediation/COBOL.

MANMAN & OMAR applications. Some Project Mgmt.

March 1998 The American College - Bryn Mawr, PA

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

April 1999 HP3000

Extracted and formatted data from the HP and auto-downloaded to an Imaging system to produce custom Continuing Education Certificates for attendees of Insurance Seminars. Additional work included various reports, mailing lists, rosters, labels, software installation and user training. Maintenance and modification of in-house Student Information System. COBOL & Powerhouse. User training.

May 1997 MicroWarehouse - Lakewood, NJ

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

March 1998 HP3000

Developed Customer Service Tracking System which allowed associates to enter

data and print reports on mispicks, short ships and lost packages formerly done

manually. Light experience with Order Management Module of MACS (Mail Order

and Catalog System). COBOL & Powerhouse. User requests & reports. Training.

Nov. 1996 Harmony Health Plan - West Orange, NJ

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

April 1997 HP3000

Managed health care Utilization Reports used for State reporting including:

Providers/Claims paid, denied pended, claims Adjudication, Pediatric members/immunizations/asthma, provider credentialing, spans,

PCP assignment, Medicaid, Enrollment/Eligibility, Mammography studies, Encounters,

Claims Detail Reports, PCP Monthly Reports/files on current panels/adds/terminations/

transfers of members. Produced daily census reports. Incorporation of all the above

into Amisys custom Reports Menu. COBOL & Powerhouse.

Jan. 1995 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Quincy, MA

to Consultant/Programmer Analyst

Nov. 1996 HP3000

COBOL, IMAGE, POWERHOUSE, SUPRTOOL, QUERY, AMISYS. Medi-

cal management applications. AMISYS projects included: Series of reports for

EDI Code Review, Update portion of an integrated HMO product, Hedis Reporting,

Various screens and reports regarding Providers, Claims, Services, etc.

June 1990 The Journal of Commerce - Phillipsburg, NJ

to Systems Manager/Programmer Analyst/Project Leader

Dec. 1994 HP3000

Total Management of HP3000/70 & 947. Responsible for complete migration from

classic to precision architecture. Twenty-four hour user and operational support.

Maintenance of COLLIER JACKSON financial and ARGI circulation software..

Systems upgrades, configurations, capacity management. Custom coding of

financial and sales applications in COBOL and POWERHOUSE. User training and

mentoring of junior programmers and operators.

Nov. 1988 Lithoid Printing, Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ

to Programmer Analyst

June 1990 HP3000

Coding of financial and typesetting applications in COBOL and POWERHOUSE

on HP3000/42 & 48.

Oct. 1985 Revlon, Incorporated - Edison, NJ

to Programmer/Operator

Nov. 1988 HP3000

Operations and applications programming on HP3000/70 with COBOL and RPG.

1975 Various

to Manager

1982

Various positions in the Social Service Field.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Music

Duquesne University, 1975

Certificate of Programming

The Bryman School, 1982

Systems Analysis and Advanced Cobol

Keane College, 1985

HTML/Javascript

Northampton Community College, May 2000.

ORACLE-Beginning & Intermediate

Northamption Community College, 2005

REFERENCES:

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