From The President`s Desk
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From The President`s Desk
Emad Rizk, M.D. Accretive Health President and CEO From The President’s Desk Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you the latest issue of The Pulse! We are in the final quarter of the year, and are continuing to make great strides. This issue showcases our progress, and is filled with exciting company developments that highlight the tremendous efforts of our team. Quarter 4, 2015 In this Issue From the President’s Desk 1 Q2 & Q3 IT Recognition Award Winners 2 Operations Recognition Awards 3 Employee Spotlight 4 Keynote at AnalyticsEdge Symposium 4 AHtoLink 3.0 Upgrade 5 Southfield Move 5 Accretive India All Managers Meeting 6 Most Admired Person Initiative 6 Volunteer Opportunity 7 Life Remodeled Participation 7 Employee Survey 7 Anniversaries 8 New Hires 9 We recently announced that Crozer-Keystone Health has executed a services agreement for infused management. This is a huge win for our organization as it is our first significant new revenue cycle client signed in over 2 years. I would like to congratulate everyone who was a part of closing this 3-year deal, as it was truly a team effort. I would also like to congratulate the Accretive Health PAS team on the newly signed 3-year contract with Presence Health. Presence Health is the 30th new contract signed by AccretivePAS in 2015, with several other prospects on the radar for the year. Thank you to everyone involved for your hard work and persistence. We recognize our employees as our greatest asset. In this edition, we congratulate the Q2 and Q3 IT Recognition Award Winners for their continued demonstration of excellence. You can learn more about the IT Awards and Recognition Program and about each of the winners on page 2. Accretive Health India is also celebrating employees through the newly launched Most Admired Person (MAP) initiative. Details on the program can be found on page 6. After months of work and dedication, we are happy to announce the launch of our new website. Our goal is to provide an improved, easy to navigate platform for our visitors to get to know us and our innovative offerings better. If you have not yet, please take a look at our improved site at www.accretivehealth.com. From a Product Management perspective, we recently upgraded our registration insights delivery program, AHtoLink 3.0. More details about the product update and the teams who played an integral role in its development can be found on page 5. From an Operations standpoint, I would like to congratulate the Q1 and Q2 Ops Award winners for their outstanding performance. More information about each winner can be found on page 3. Additionally, Bryan Heaton, manager of the Intermountain Healthcare client relationship, is featured in our Associate Spotlight. You can learn more about Bryan and his work on the frontend of Intermountain’s revenue cycle on page 4. As you know, the HR team is making improvements to our 401k plan. We’ve selected a new service provider, Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc., and expect to go live December 2015. Please contact HR with any questions. Do you have a customer experience story to share? Won an award? Earned a degree? Volunteered your time? We’ve also recently announced a new travel and expense tool, Concur, which can be used to book travel and create expense reports. Additionally, we’ve selected American Express as our new corporate card. More information and training will be provided shortly. Share your news with the rest of Accretive Health through our Accretive Health Pulse newsletter. Send updates to: [email protected] There have been many wins for our organization this year. With the restatement behind us, we have emerged from a challenging period in our history and are a stronger company. We’re continuing to make progress with the strategic review and will provide updates as they become available. I truly believe exciting things are on the horizon for our organization, and look forward to what 2016 brings. As always, thanks for your hard work and commitment. Emad 1 Q2 and Q3 IT Recognition Award Winners Announced Accretive Health recently launched an IT recognition program where four US IT employees will be recognized for excellence on a quarterly basis. After reviewing numerous nominations, the IT recognition committee announced the following Q2 and Q3 award winners: Q2 Winners: Zachary Scaffidi Empower and Engage Others Zac has played an integral role is bridging the gap between IT groups and operations by focusing on each client’s needs. Zac has become a go-to leader and trusted source for ops, IT and our clients. Juan Rodriguez Client Focus Juan has provided excellent customer service for all internal and external customers. He has demonstrated client focus by consistently closing tickets and driving IT items for PAS clients, physicians and leadership. Joseph Sjoblom Performance Driven Joe has picked up several new development skills ad-hoc, going above and beyond the normal “user experience” call of duty. He has brought forth immeasurable change to each product he’s worked with. Brice Tillander Collaboration and Teamwork Brice provides clients with real time resolution while identifying and collaborating with others throughout the process. His efforts have been a key part of the imminent launch of the new Southfield facility. Q3 Winners: David Lindeman Empower and Engage Others David is incredibly helpful and resourceful. He is personable and friendly, even when tasked with multiple requests, and always delivers exceptional results. His patience and positive attitude make him a great asset to the IT team. Durga Magesh Nagisetty Client Focus Durga worked tirelessly to get the bankruptcy scrubber in place to help avoid future difficulties with client patients who file for bankruptcy protection. His flexibility and willingness to adjust to new acceptance criteria has been great for IT and Operations collaboration. Brittney Scarlett Performance Driven Brittney is currently managing the roll-out of both AHtoLink and IDM. She has impeccable attention to detail and consistently drives performance by ensuring sites stay up to date throughout implementations. Subhash Amanaganti Collaboration and Teamwork Subhash has performed exceptionally well on all fronts. He has mentored numerous junior development and DBA team members and has also spearheaded the System Speed Improvement project. He consistently responds to production events regardless of the hour. Please join us in congratulating the winners! 2 Operations Employee Recognition Awards The Operations Employee Recognition program acknowledges five Operations employees for their outstanding performance on a quarterly basis. Employees who exhibit excellence in one of the five core operating principles are nominated by their region GM. After reviewing the nominees, the Operations leadership team selected the following winners for Q1 and Q2 of 2015: Performance Driven Collaborative and Team Oriented Q1 Winners: Q1 Winners: • Krista Katris • Salonia Brown • Margaret Lukasik • Andrew Scavone • Dan Graves • Hunter Ousterhout Q2 Winner: Q2 Winners: • Regina Taylor • Todd Cheladyn • Dan Kim Customer Focus Continuous Improvement Q1 Winners: Q1 Winners: • Spencer Cornett • Amber Mallory • Marilyn Soto • Kyle Bakker • James Gahlon • Ian Chidester Q2 Winners: Q2 Winners: • • • • • • • • • • • Danny Stakland Erin Spohn David Sancen Lynsey Bernard Joe Marabotti Jose Diaz Megan Lewis Sandra Salluzo Glenn Swartz Patricia Sta-Ana Dr. Neil Perlman Please join us in congratulating the winners! 3 Employee Spotlight Bryan Heaton’s interest in the healthcare Manager sector stems from Intermountain Healthcare his undergraduate studies at Bringham Young University. As part of his economics degree, Bryan enrolled in economics health courses and became familiar with the various industry challenges that contribute to the high cost of healthcare. “I was interested in the prospect of assisting healthcare providers find solutions to contain costs,” Bryan said. Bryan Heaton After working various jobs in construction and electrical maintenance to pay for school, Bryan began his career with Accretive Health in 2012 as an operations lead. Over the years, Bryan has advanced in his career and is currently the manager of our client relationship with the Intermountain Healthcare Pre-Service Departments. Bryan works closely with client management, operators, and the support team to ensure that our technology meets client needs through enhanced communication, clean work processes, and innovation. He is responsible for developing processes to accommodate the needs of the front end departments of Intermountain Healthcare’s revenue cycle. Most notable is Bryan’s work assisting the IT team in the development of AHtoLink. “Their vision for the product is exciting and contagious. I believe AHtoLink will be a key component of point of service registration in healthcare in the future,” he said. Additionally, Bryan has played an integral role in the implementation of A2A in the Intermountain Emergency department, which has led to a 30% reduction in front end related denials over the past two years. Bryan truly enjoys finding innovative solutions to the problems that our clients face on a daily basis. “It’s gratifying to know that a new process, tool configuration, or tool enhancement has made their jobs easier and contributed to a stronger bottom line,” said Bryan. Emad Rizk Delivers Keynote at AnalyticsEdge Symposium Accretive Health president and CEO, Emad Rizk, M.D., recently delivered the keynote speech at the PointRight AnalyticsEdge symposium in Boston, MA. The conference, From Volume to Value: Providers, Payers and Positioning for Success, was a three-day event featuring educational session tracks and renown keynote speakers. More information about the symposium can be found here: http://www.pointright.com/analyticsedge/about/ On August 6, Dr. Rizk delivered the opening keynote entitled, “Today’s Payers and Providers Strategies for Success”. Dr. Rizk spoke on the evolution of the healthcare reimbursement landscape and the growing importance of payer-provider collaboration. Dr. Rizk shared, “Providers will have to leverage robust data, analytics, and actionable insights in order to thrive in a value based world, as well as collaborate with payers.” 4 AHtoLink 3.0 Upgrade Accretive Health recently announced the upgrade of its registration insights delivery program, AHtoLink 3.0. Through this easy to use, real-time technology, frontend workflow processes can now be completed within the AHtoLink pop. AHtoLink 3.0 was developed with great cross-functional collaboration. Please join us in recognizing the following team members for their work and dedication on this project: Operations: • Conyers Poole • Bryan Heaton • Samantha Takacs IT: • • • • Product Management: • • Santhosh Raman • • Jason Rusk • • • • • • • Zach Austin Ashish Buddha Adam Wesselink Joseph Sjoblom Brittany Scarlett Mirza Baig Jason Courtney Amit Shukla Richa Garg Nitin Taneja Ashok Kumar Saurabh Jain Apporv Dwivedi Stay tuned for more information regarding off-site kickoffs which are planned for October. In the meantime, feel free to contact Santhosh Raman with any questions. Southfield Move In previous editions of The Pulse, we have discussed the expansion of our shared services capacity in Michigan to better serve customers and position the company for future growth. We are happy to announce that numerous employee groups have made the transition to the Southfield location and that the facility is officially open. Through this move, we have successfully synchronized groups and departments under a dedicated location. On August 24, 80 employees from the Medicaid Eligibility Hub (MEH) in Warren moved to the Southfield location. Additionally, approximately 230 team members moved from the Warren CBO location on September 11, and completed their first day in the Southfield office on September 14. Lastly, we have created capacity for our CSU operation in Southfield by serving two clients out of the facility. The Southfield transition signifies the company’s continued growth and expansion. The new location features large dedicated training rooms where new hire training as well as ongoing continuous education will take place. Management is confident that this move will help us grow, scale and diversify our client base. 5 Accretive India Most Admired Person Initiative Accretive India Holds Semi-Annual All Managers Meeting Accretive Health India recently hosted its semiannual All Managers Meet (AMM) in July. The theme of the event was E = MC2, where E stands for Execution par Excellence, M stands for Model, and C2 stands for Connect and Collaboration. The event reinforced the following values: the spirit of teamwork, the importance of connectivity and collaboration, and excellence in delivery and execution. Colleagues gained valuable insight from leaders who emphasized the importance of building a scalable model and working in partnership with team members to achieve outstanding results. The program also featured experts from the industry who spoke on government models and processes for strategic thinking. Accretive India is excited to have recently launched the Most Admired Person (MAP) initiative. Implemented in early August, the MAP initiative allows employees to acknowledge their peers who have contributed to creating a positive culture and work environment. Employees are encouraged to nominate coworkers they believe have demonstrated positive traits in the workplace. When submitting a nomination, employees were asked to specify the particular quality they admire about the nominee. Teams from both the Gurgaon and Noida locations participated, and 61 employees in total were nominated. The MAP winners were then announced by the senior leadership team in a September town hall meeting and were publicly recognized for their excellence. This initiative is another step towards promoting an appreciative work culture and a sense of camaraderie amongst employees. Congratulations to all of the MAP winners! The program concluded with the semiannual Rewards and Recognition ceremony where the Accretive Icon and Business Enabler awards were distributed to employees for their demonstration of excellence. Please join us in congratulating the following winners: Accretive Icon: • • • • • Business Enabler: Divye Sikka • Varun Talwar Santosh Bhatt Saurabh Sharma Indira Chakraborty Amit Tripathi MAP winners and the RCM India leadership team 6 St. Joseph Services Tutoring and ESL Volunteer Opportunity Accretive Health is currently seeking volunteers for the St. Joseph Services Tutoring and ESL program! Volunteers will be responsible for tutoring children grades K-8 at the Josephinum Academy in Chicago. The program takes place on select Saturdays from 10 am to 12 pm and consists of a one hour oneon-one tutoring session and 15 minutes of sports activities. Volunteers are still needed for the following dates: Nov 21 Dec 5 Feb 6 Feb 20 Mar 5 Mar 19 Apr 2 Apr 30 May 7 May 19 May 21 If you are interested in volunteering for this great cause or would like to learn more about the program, please email Accretive Helping Hands at [email protected] Accretive Health Participates in Life Remodeled In August, Accretive Health and St. John Charge Description Master (CDM) associates partnered with Life Remodeled, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the Detroit community. Life Remodeled aims to enhance local communities by establishing long-term sustainable growth and development. Each year, the organization works to revitalize the city of Detroit by restoring a local school and the blocks surrounding it. Accretive Health worked to remove blight from streets near Osbourne High School to create and promote safe pathways for children traveling to and from school. “It was extremely hard work, but well worth it,” said Debra Smith, CDM Senior Manager at Accretive Health. “Osborne High School is truly being renovated and outfitted for success.” This year alone, Life Remodeled volunteers have beautified 302 blocks, boarded up 472 houses, and remodeled 21 homes in the local community. Accretive Health is proud to have partnered with this inspirational organization and looks forward to working with Life Remodeled in the future. For more information on Life Remodeled and to learn how you can get involved, please visit http://liferemodeled.com Employee Newsletter Survey To gain a better understanding of your satisfaction and the overall effectiveness of the employee newsletter, we’re interested in your feedback. We ask that you please complete this brief 6-question survey to help us improve future issues. 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Mark Coleman Santhosh Raman Keith Anderson Alexander Schmidt Michael Bordador Richard Chandler Nicole Hourselt Travis DeCarlo Monique Carr Oliver Luker Amy Westrate Stefanie Woods Margaret Perkins Melinda MacIntyre Daniel Robin Paula Jo McConnell Jacqueline Truman Brent Boswell Briana Botzen Julie Harter Akash Shah James Francisco Tracey Runk Danielle Gritten Matthew Allred Ankesh Amin Kristine Paczolt Rachael VerSluis Maia Kowalchuk Sarah Tawfiq Patrick Burns David Mason Karli Cornell Zeba Zafar Daniel Crawforth Andrea Biles Kamilah Parker Kate Abdalla Rajesh Pradhan Shi-Ne’ Bean Neiosha Holloway Ellen Dennis Stacey Balogh Deena Hutchins Sandra Salluzzo Jeff Pawczuk Brian Lesley Amanda Meulman Tamara Graham Jenifer Romano Theresa Dogan Timothy Powers Rosa Moran James Giordano Ebony Willhite Dorshell Shaw 8 New Hires July-September 2015 Accretive Health welcomes the following new associates: Sue No Rev Cycle Ops- SWAT Danyell Wallace Insurance Verification Representative Kimberly Stoll Pre-Registration Representative Michael Chernoff Marketing Morgan Belland Insurance Verification Representative Lori Briggs Shared Svc- PFS Conrad Holtzman IT- Support Tawnya Raab Pre-Registration Representative Marsha Liu Finance- Corporate Christopher Roberts PAS - Finance & Analytics Tracy Raines Rev Cycle Ops- STL Artralia Powell Shared Svc- PFS Dillon Sebastian Shared Svc- PFS Taylor Doerr Pre-Registration Representative Mira Popovic Medicaid Follow-up Representative Tayler Williams Pre-Registration Representative Kathy Schwertfager Coder Arfan Bhuiyan PAS - Appeals Author Christopher Smith Shared Svc- CCS Celeste Salomon IBP- PAS Amber Thomas Compliance Nathalie Braun Seiler IBP- PAS Rita Rodez Pre-Registration Representative Amy Niedzwiecki Office Support Ashley Reece Follow-up Representative Mohammed Elahi IBP- PAS David Mena Strategy Tamara Costanzo Rev Cycle Ops- FE Marta Bacon Medicaid Follow-up Representative John Fishwick Patient Financial Advocate Ashley Register Insurance Verification Representative Tabitha Collick Insurance Verification Representative Carol Stargel PFS Billing Lead Nicole Wamser Follow-up Representative Sophia Brunet PFS Billing Rep Chasity Lander Insurance Verification Representative Salman Syed IT- Infrastructure Toni Alexander Transcription Specialist Patricia Hurley Transcription Specialist Anthony Clark Patient Financial Advocate Lauren Andriesen Assistant- Executive John Smith Rev Cycle Ops- FE David Gubitosa Rev Cycle Ops- FE Haris Pervaiz Coder LaChandra Gaines Coder Audrey Smith Coder Gregory Ford Coder Shawntanise Duncombe-Kelly PFS Follow-up Rep Dipali Sonawane IT- Support Bilal Chaudhry Rev Cycle Ops- FE Shawnese Green Customer Service Representative Daja Mason Customer Service Representative Kyzha Dennis Customer Service Representative April Holmes Customer Service Representative Mary Bitman PFS Billing Rep Cynthia Roland PFS Follow-up Rep Scarlett Lucas Coder Edward Shelledy Coder Deborah Gattinger PFS Billing Rep Catherine Boyle Coder Cheryl Anderson Coder Elizabeth Tucker Coder Shawn Sears Shared Svc- PFS Dmytro Shvets IT- Support Janell Siplin Rev Cycle Ops- FE Yevgeny Keyser IT- Development Melissa Koehler Coder Erynn Graf Coder 9