Deputy Executive Director
Accounting
and Finance
• Implemented an upgrade
of accounting and financial software.
• Refined reimbursement
technologies to increase collection efficiencies.
• Completed a $10,000,000
private placement bond offering with Bank of America to finance
purchase and renovation of facilities at 7011 and 7033 Southwest
Freeway.
Management
Reporting & Contracts
• Bid out and contracted
for renovation of 7011/7033 Southwest Freeway.
• Renewed more than 300
contracts for FY 2001.
• Refined contract request
process to include quality management and credentialing.
• Participated in the design
of the MCO software.
Facility
and Transportation Services
• Completed major renovation
projects, including the NeuroPsychiatric Center (NPC) and
the Furniture Bank.
• Shepherded the Fonteno
Building Strategic Plan Proposal to completion and presentation.
• Purchased and launched
renovation of 7011/7033 Southwest Freeway.
• Trained and certified
250 drivers.
• Completed research and
successful implementation for the Department of Transportation’s
Grant 5310, in order to receive funding of $80,000 for client
transportation support at the Northeast Clinic.
• Reconciled Harris County
Social Services transportation billings of $596,751, positioning
the agency to receive supplemental transportation funding
from Harris County.
• Streamlined American Red
Cross transportation service costs by 35%.
Human
Resource Services
• Designed and implemented
staff training curriculum for the NPC.
• Revised the Employee Handbook
and provided training to all staff.
• Implemented values and
ethics training.
Information
Technology
• Implemented new agencywide
client data and assessment/treatment/planning information
system.
• Installed more than 420
personal computers to implement the new client data software.
• Initiated review and assessment
of software and security systems for future Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act requirements.
Managed
Care
• Developed full functionality
of behavioral health organization services.
• Developed Utilization
Management Outreach follow-up program.
• Developed Utilization
Management Anasazi data system.
• Initiated and completed
focus study on Intensive Care Coordination.
• Obtained claims license
and began paying claims.
