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Megan is strongest at translating complex operational challenges into actionable financial and workflow solutions, mapping processes across teams, and gaining physician and clinical\-leadership support for change\. Her experience spans healthcare revenue operations, imaging business operations, medical coding, documentation improvement, and decision support\. At Stanford Health Care, Megan helped lead imaging revenue\-cycle initiatives that reduced insurance denials by 25%, generated approximately $300,000 in additional weekly revenue, reduced Medicare ABN write\-offs by 45%, and identified more than $6 million in charge\-capture opportunities through automated audits\. She has also developed Epic EHR workflow changes and custom configurations, physician documentation templates, pricing models, fee schedules, and cash\-price workflows\. Megan is interested in bridging AI technology with practical healthcare operations knowledge to help implement AI solutions effectively\. ## Services - Healthcare Compliance - Patient Safety - Leadership Development - Operations Management - Cross\-functional Team Leadership - Change Management - Strategic Planning - Six Sigma - Financial Analysis - Finance - Pricing Strategy - Pricing Analysis - Pricing Optimization - Medical Coding - Interventional Radiology - Interventional Cardiology - Electrophysiology - Peripheral Vascular - Neuroradiology - Physician Relations ## Highlights - Serves as a Decision Support Analyst and Decision Support Specialist II in Finance, Strategic Pricing & Transparency at Stanford Hospital & Clinics\. - Develops and enhances strategic pricing models using financial analytics\. - Contributes to long\-range pricing strategies and scalable workflows supporting organizational transparency initiatives\. - Partners with finance, revenue cycle, compliance, clinical, and operational leaders to improve pricing strategy, performance, and regulatory compliance\. - Implements fee schedules and cash\-price workflows with cross\-functional stakeholders\. - Bridges communication among finance, revenue cycle, and clinical operations to support decision\-making\. - Led and supported imaging revenue\-cycle improvement initiatives at Stanford Health Care\. - Helped reduce insurance denials across PET, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine by 25%\. - Generated approximately $300,000 in additional weekly revenue through imaging authorization\-workflow improvements and Epic system changes\. - Reduced Medicare ABN write\-offs by 45%\. - Identified more than $6 million in additional revenue opportunities through automated charge\-capture audits\. - Oversaw imaging revenue capture and reconciliation for Stanford Hospital and multiple Stanford Health Care outpatient facilities in the Bay Area\. - Improved reimbursement through workflow redesign and revenue\-cycle optimization\. - Developed revenue\-management policies, operational processes, and workflow improvements\. - Implemented workflow changes and custom configurations in the Epic EHR system\. - Partnered with physicians, clinical leaders, finance, operations, and technical teams to improve revenue\-cycle performance\. - Specialized in coding and documentation improvement for complex Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Neuro Interventional services\. - Developed physician documentation templates that improved coding accuracy and reimbursement\. - Educated physicians and staff on coding regulations and documentation requirements\. - Mentored colleagues and supported compliance with evolving healthcare regulations\. - Supported clinical documentation improvement across multiple specialty service lines\. - Served as Lead Coder for Interventional Radiology, Neuro Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, and Endovascular Surgery\. - Brings expertise in healthcare compliance, patient safety, leadership development, operations management, change management, strategic planning, Six Sigma, financial analysis, pricing, and physician relations\. - Uses operational expertise to pursue opportunities bridging AI technology and healthcare operations\. ## Experience - **Decision Support Analyst \- Finance, Strategic Pricing & Transparency at Stanford Hospital & Clinics** (2022\-11\-01–present) — As a Decision Support Analyst within Strategic Pricing & Transparency, I partner with finance, revenue cycle, compliance, and clinical leaders to improve pricing strategy, operational performance, and regulatory compliance across a large academic health system\. • My work focuses on using financial analytics to improve decision\-making, and develop scalable workflows that support organizational transparency initiatives\. • I contribute to long\-range pricing strategies, translate complex operational challenges into actionable solutions, and serve as a subject matter expert connecting business, clinical, and revenue cycle\. • Key contributions: • Develop and enhance strategic pricing models using financial analytics\. • Partner with cross\-functional stakeholders to implement fee schedules and cash price workflows\. • Support enterprise compliance and pricing transparency initiatives\. • Bridge communication between finance, revenue cycle, and clinical operations to drive effective decision\-maki - **Decision Support Specialist II at Stanford Hospital & Clinics** (2022\-11\-01–present) - **Revenue Operations Specialist \- Imaging Business Operations at Stanford Health Care** (2017\-05\-01–2022\-11\-01) — Led revenue cycle improvement initiatives supporting one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers\. • Collaborated with multidisciplinary clinical, operational, and technical teams to improve reimbursement, optimize workflows, and strengthen revenue integrity\. • Successfully led projects that reduced imaging insurance denials by 25%, generated approximately $300,000 in additional weekly revenue, reduced Medicare ABN write\-offs by 45%, and identified more than $6 million in additional revenue through automated charge capture audits\. • Key contributions: • Led enterprise initiatives to reduce insurance denials across PET, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine\. • Improved reimbursement through workflow redesign and revenue cycle optimization\. • Conducted large\-scale audits that identified over $6 million in additional charge capture opportunities\. • Developed revenue management policies, operational processes, and workflow improvements\. • Partnered with physicians, clinical leaders, finance, a - **Revenue Specialist at Stanford Hospital & Clinics** (2017\-05\-01–2022\-11\-01) — \*Collaborated as a team member for a project to reduce insurance denials for PET, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine by 25%\. Successfully accomplished goal and were able to increase revenue by 300K per week and reduce Medicare ABN write\-offs by 45%\. \*Oversaw the revenue capture and reconciliation for the Imaging department at Stanford Hospital and multiple outpatient facilities for Stanford Health Care in the Bay Area\. - **Medical Coder at Stanford Hospital & Clinics** (2010\-12\-01–2018\-05\-01) — Lead Coder for Interventional Radiology, Neuro Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, and Endovascular Surgery\. - **Specialist Medical Coder/Educator, Interventional Platform \- Health Information Management at Stanford Health Care** (2010\-12\-01–2018\-05\-01) — Specialized in coding and documentation improvement for highly complex Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Neuro Interventional services\. • Worked closely with physicians and clinical staff to improve documentation quality, coding accuracy, regulatory compliance, and reimbursement\. • Served as an educator and mentor while supporting implementation of evolving coding standards and best practices\. • Key contributions: • Developed physician documentation templates that improved coding accuracy and reimbursement\. • Educated physicians and staff on coding regulations and documentation requirements\. • Mentored colleagues and promoted compliance with changing healthcare regulations\. • Supported clinical documentation improvement initiatives across multiple specialty service lines\. ## FAQ ### What does Megan do now? Megan is a Decision Support Analyst and Decision Support Specialist II in Finance, Strategic Pricing & Transparency at Stanford Hospital & Clinics\. She uses financial analytics and cross\-functional collaboration to support pricing strategy, operational performance, regulatory compliance, and organizational transparency initiatives\. ### What does Megan do in Strategic Pricing & Transparency? Megan develops and enhances strategic pricing models, contributes to long\-range pricing strategies, and helps translate complex operational issues into actionable solutions\. She also partners with stakeholders on fee schedules, cash\-price workflows, pricing transparency, and enterprise compliance initiatives\. ### What are Megan's core strengths? Megan is particularly strong at identifying operational issues, mapping workflows across teams, implementing cross\-functional process improvements, and connecting finance, revenue cycle, clinical operations, compliance, and technical teams\. She also has experience building physician buy\-in for workflow changes\. ### What did Megan do as a Revenue Operations Specialist at Stanford Health Care? In Imaging Business Operations at Stanford Health Care, Megan led and supported revenue\-cycle improvement initiatives for an academic medical center\. Her work focused on reimbursement, workflow optimization, revenue integrity, and collaboration among clinical, operational, finance, physician, and technical stakeholders\. ### What results did Megan achieve in imaging revenue operations? Megan helped lead a project that reduced insurance denials for PET, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine by 25%\. The work generated approximately $300,000 in additional weekly revenue and reduced Medicare ABN write\-offs by 45%\. ### How has Megan used Epic to improve revenue\-cycle performance? Megan led work to address imaging authorization workflow issues and implemented Epic system changes and guardrails that supported approximately $300,000 in additional weekly revenue\. She has experience implementing workflow changes and custom configurations in the Epic EHR system\. ### What was Megan's charge\-capture audit work? Megan conducted large\-scale automated charge\-capture audits that identified more than $6 million in additional revenue opportunities\. She also developed revenue\-management policies, operational processes, and workflow improvements to strengthen revenue integrity\. ### What did Megan do as a Revenue Specialist at Stanford Hospital & Clinics? As a Revenue Specialist at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Megan collaborated on the PET, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine denial\-reduction project\. She also oversaw revenue capture and reconciliation for the Imaging department and multiple Stanford Health Care outpatient facilities in the Bay Area\. ### What did Megan do as a Specialist Medical Coder/Educator? As a Specialist Medical Coder/Educator in Health Information Management's Interventional Platform at Stanford Health Care, Megan focused on coding and documentation improvement for complex Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Neuro Interventional services\. She worked with physicians and clinical staff to improve documentation quality, coding accuracy, compliance, and reimbursement\. ### How has Megan improved clinical documentation and coding? Megan developed physician documentation templates to improve coding accuracy and reimbursement\. She educated physicians and staff on coding regulations and documentation requirements, mentored colleagues, promoted compliance with changing regulations, and supported clinical documentation improvement across multiple specialty service lines\. ### What specialty coding areas has Megan led? Megan served as Lead Coder for Interventional Radiology, Neuro Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, and Endovascular Surgery at Stanford Hospital & Clinics\. ### What professional skills does Megan bring? Megan's skills include healthcare compliance, patient safety, leadership development, operations management, cross\-functional team leadership, change management, strategic planning, Six Sigma, financial analysis, finance, pricing strategy, pricing analysis, pricing optimization, medical coding, Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Peripheral Vascular, Neuroradiology, and physician relations\. ### What credentials does Megan hold? Megan holds the MHA and COC credentials\. ### How is Megan interested in AI and healthcare operations? Megan recognizes the gap that can exist between AI technology capabilities and practical healthcare operational knowledge\. She is seeking work that bridges AI technology and healthcare operations, applying her operational expertise to the implementation of AI solutions\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ACoAABV1xukBw6leh8ce577bIp4f5\_iz5rNbM3A