Joe Schaller

About Joe Schaller

Health services industry financial leader and innovator with senior-level accounting and…

Experience

1. Principal - Manager, Senior Government Consultant

   Mercer

   Jan 2019 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Managed a team of consultants working with state Medicaid agencies to improve the efficiency of the programs.• Created a predictive costing model for health plan administration expenses, which was applied to different types of Medicaid health plans to help actuaries determine proper rate loads for the administrative portion of the final rates.• Lead a team that audited health plan information that was provided for final health plan premium rate setting to determine accuracy of the financial information.• Developed reporting and monitoring plans for state Medicaid agencies to help track the financial performance and viability of all contractors.• Performed operational reviews of contractors to monitor compliance with contractual requirements.

Education

• DeVry University

  Bachelor of Science, Accounting

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Health Policy
• Change Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Ppo
• Business Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Revenue Cycle
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Healthcare Consulting
• Microsoft Access
• Budgeting
• Customer Service
• Financial Reporting
• Hipaa
• Management Consulting
• Medicare
• Access
• Healthcare Management
• Strategic Planning
• Healthcare
• Hospitals
• Analysis
• Medicaid
• Financial Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Business Planning
• Business Analysis
• U.s. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa)
• Budgets
• Insurance
• Team Building
• Management
• Program Management
• Health Insurance
• Managed Care
• Financial Modeling
• Policy
• Auditing