Nicole Fields
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Saint James Health
- Location
- Newark, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nicole Fields
Steering Saint James Health as CEO, my leadership has been pivotal in evolving the center…
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Mar 2014 — Present
Led strategy to create Federally Qualified Health Center including writing of annual grants. Wrote and implemented all operational policies and procedures, negotiated managed care and commercial contracts, lab services agreements, provider schedules, and clinical programs supporting over 17k unique patient visits for 2020. Launched strategic planning committees, opened satellite health center to provide indigent healthcare services, and nurtured key relationships with vendors, clinicians, and Board Members. Leadership Impact: Initial leadership efforts led to funding by HRSA as FQHC in 2015; opened 120 days after funding. Oversaw operations supporting unique patient visit growth from 600 in year one to over in 2020 Increased HRSA grant funding from $625,667 in 2016 to $3,622,005 in 2021. Established Wrap and Uncompensated care billing with the state of NJ; set-up 340B discount drug program. Oversaw provider contracting, credentialing, and privileging; designed referral agreements for specialty services. Wrote all grants and managed annual grant logistics and funds disbursement. Established health center policies, a strategic planning committee and quality improvement committee. Wrote grants to attain HRSA funding to open second site and received a public housing designation. Worked cross-functionally with state officials to establish Saint James Health as a fully licensed ambulatory care facility with three sites operating in the City of Newark.
Skills
- Fqhc
- Accounting
- Community Health
- General Ledger
- Essbase
- Microsoft Excel
- Forecasting
- Healthcare
- Leadership
- Community Outreach
- Financial Analysis
- Federal Grant Management
- Corporate Finance
- Capital Markets
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Planning
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Public Health
- Equities
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Marketing
- Derivatives
- Healthcare Management
- Finance
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