Gary Raju

About Gary Raju

MBA; MS (health services administration); BBA (accounting); CPA• Successful Operations & Financial management career in health care with record of “bottom line” achievements• Other strengths: Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care, Affordable Care Act, Alternative Payment Models, DRG Reimbursement, RUGS IV, Hospital Operations, Home Health, Long Term Acute Care, 340b Drug Program, Behavioral Health, financial management, internal controls, analysis & forecasting, investment planning, capital acquisition, ROI analysis, capital financing, regulatory compliance• Recognized leadership and substantive supervisory experience in areas of operations, finance, accounting, underwriting, claims, customer service/web initiatives, human resources, purchasing, new product development, and medical cost analysis• Expertise: identifying and analyzing acquisition opportunities; managing pre-/post-acquisition financial operations• Thorough understanding of complex business models and their development, application and implementation in health care Noteworthy Career Achievements include:• Prepared, streamlined, managed corporate billion-dollar budgets and investment portfolios• Developed business plans to produce up to $18MM capital for start-up projects, joint ventures, M&A’s for Fortune 500 Companies, Private Equity/Venture Capital backed entities• Created highly successful pricing, contracting and incentive models and new product designs• Restructured key business functions for greater economy, productivity, profitabilitySpecialties: Highly Effective Senior Financial and Operations Manager & CPA with Substantive Experience in Health Care Strengths: accounting, medical economics, financial analysis, operations management, managed care, statutory reporting, project & team leadership, budgeting, treasury, strategic planning, contract negotiation, mergers & acquisitions

Experience

1. Board Member

   Bull Young Bourbon

   Jun 2022 — Present

Education

• Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

  BA

  1988 — 1993

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA

  2001 — 2003

• University of Michigan School of Public Health

  MHSA

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Home Health Agencies
• Medicare
• Medical Group Management
• Business Planning
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Analysis
• Medicaid
• Managed Care
• Budgeting
• Strategic Planning
• Ipa
• Revenue Cycle Management
• Management
• New Markets Tax Credits
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Hospitals
• Clinical Operations
• Financial Analysis
• Healthcare Management
• Health Informatics
• Budgets
• Finance
• Hospital Operations
• Change Management
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Healthcare
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Project Management
• Rehab
• 340b
• Leadership