Thomas Agrusti, MPH, CPH

Experience

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  FirstLight Home Care

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2016

  Personal Care Assistant

  - Delivered high quality health care services to customers. - Address needs of patients and clients in a timely and efficient manner. - Coordinate with health care providers to ensure that the needs of the patient are being met.

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  University of South Florida

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2020

  Graduate Research Assistant

  - Conducted quantitative data analysis for stakeholders to inform business decisions- Conduct troubleshooting and quality assurance to faculty and students to ensure delivery of high quality educational materials- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to find and implement solutions

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  Hillsborough County

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Wellness Intern

  - Utilized county health claims data to inform policy and support business decisions- Worked with County government to organize Opioid Summit- Created evidence based health education materials for use in public health facilities

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  Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG)

  Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

  Analyst I

  - Develop, write, and maintain SAS computer programs to analyze Medicare claims data- Conduct secondary and exploratory analyses of publicly available data to drive quality improvement projects- Assist in the development and application of appropriate statistical models to answer key business decisions of senior staff- Manipulate databases with several million observations in an efficient manner and interpret results

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  AdventHealth

  Apr 2020 - Sept 2022

  Community Health Coordinator

  - Project management, implementation, and coordination of community health and related programs in the provider service area of the West Florida Division- Developed, deployed and maintained a fully automated portal for marketing, managing and reporting company volunteerism. - Created a user friendly database for program evaluation, expense tracking, and business management. - Fostered relationships with community leaders to collaborate on community benefit initiatives.

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  BayCare Health System

  Sept 2022 - now

  - Trained a machine learning algorithm to identify food insecure patients prior to being screened- Generated health equity dashboards to evaluate the impact of process improvements on qualityoutcomes- Developed robust data pipelines to streamline data reporting of internal and external programs- Researched the effect of social determinants of health on hospital utilization and health outcomes- Led the survey deployment of the Community Health Needs Assessment survey for theAll4HealthFL, a coalition of nonprofit health systems and departments of health- Leveraged Python, R, and other high-level programming languages to automate data collection, ETL processes, data visualization and report distribution- Continued responsibilities of Analyst role (listed below) Show less - Automated reports using SQL and Python to ensure timely access to data reports- Created Tableau and Power BI dashboards that reduced time teams spent on reporting by 20%- Managed a team of interns to assist in data analysis and clinical research- Improved grantee compliance reporting by 30% through the implementation of user friendly data entry platforms- Created ETL tools to ensure stable data pipelines for programs inside and outside of the company- Created customized reports for senior leadership to provide data driven insights into hospital funded programs- Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to improve reporting compliance and tracking- Conducted advanced statistical analysis to demonstrate effectiveness of hospital based programs Show less

  • Community Benefit Data Analyst, Senior PRN

    Mar 2025 - now

  • Community Benefit Data Analyst, Senior

    Nov 2024 - Mar 2025

  • Community Benefit Analyst

    Sept 2022 - Nov 2024
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  Ivy Rehab Network

  Mar 2025 - now

  Statistician

  - Leverage large datasets from electronic health records, claims data, and data lakes to perform advanced statistical analysis and predictive modeling.- Design and implement machine learning models, integrating them into Power BI dashboards for real-time insights.- Query and manipulate large datasets using SQL and Snowflake to extract, clean, and analyze data for business and patient care optimization.- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define project requirements, extract insights, and deliver data-driven recommendations.- Automate data processes and enhance reporting using Python, R, and advanced Excel techniques.- Develop compelling data visualizations and reports to communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.- Drive process improvements and best practices for data analysis, ensuring data integrity and consistency across systems. Show less