Tara McFarlin

Client & Operations Management

Role
Director of Operations, Government Services at Premier Inc.
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Tara McFarlin

Collaborating with organizations across the healthcare spectrum to provide technology…

Experience

  1. Director of Operations, Government Services

    Premier Inc.

    Jan 2011 — Present

    Providing Software as a Service (SaaS) of quality / performance improvement technology, outcomes, data registries, regulatory compliance solutions and online continuing education. Partnering with world-class health systems, quality organizations, medical specialty boards, CMS/CMMI, pharmacy professional associations, and ivy-league institutions using clinically integrated analytics platforms that help unify and simplify complex requirements facing healthcare organizations and providers.Implementation of complex, large-scale software solutions: registries, reporting, hospital surveys and quality improvement initiatives involving data calculations, custom measures and rate reporting. Coordinate with: CDC, ACS, CMS, NQF, EMR’s, etc.Excellent at leading discussions among multiple stakeholders: clients, insurers, health care professionals, software architects, developers and implementation team.Managing and driving the technology launch of several national programs:• Utilized Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Protocol (CUSP) methodologies, working direct with font-line clinical staff to implement Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) Prevention programs- Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) prevention - Surgical site infection (SSI) prevention• Million Hearts and Oncology Care Model complex CMS/CMMI data registries. Successfully coordinated with multiple stakeholders on unprecedented timeline, managing deliverables to obtain CMS issued Authority To Operate (ATO) for each advanced payment model, in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment. • Deliver quality products in tight time-frame, managing $3 – 5M budgets, utilizing project management, Agile and SDLC practices. Prepare project plans, scope documents, presentations.• Familiar with infrastructure technology, challenges and solutions. • Develops costing models and proposals. Comfortable leading negotiations. • Contract mgt, including tracking and operational coordination.

Skills

  • Customer Service
  • Training
  • Testing
  • Merger & Acquisition Communication
  • Medical Education
  • Marketing
  • Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
  • Business Analysis
  • Account Management
  • Change Management
  • Technical Documentation
  • Instructional Design
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Human Resources
  • Technology Integration
  • Storyboarding
  • Project Management
  • Software Implementation Management
  • Data Integration
  • Program Management
  • Proposal Writing
  • Microsoft Office
  • Computer Software Training
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Integration
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Management
  • Saas
  • Corporate Communications
  • Client Accounts
  • Web Based Media
  • Performance Improvement
  • Agile Application Development
  • Web Design
  • Technical Writing
  • Analysis
  • Acquisition Integration
  • Software Documentation
  • Process Improvement
  • Instructor-Led Training

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