Danielle C. Chickerella

Danielle C. Chickerella

Director of Clinical Support Services

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief of Clinical Strategy & System Delivery | Strategic Healthcare Leader | Driving Operational Excellence and Patient Centric Care

  • Education

    • Xavier University

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      Green and Black Belt Certification Six Sigma

      Disciplined, data driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects in any process. Utilization of techniques and tools for process improvment that can be applied in industry.

    • Mount Vernon Nazarene University

      2005 - 2006
      Master's degree Organizational Development and Finance Magna Cum Laude

      Focused study on how to navigate organizational wide efforts to increase an organization's effectiveness and/or efficiency and/or to enable the organization to achieve its strategic goals.

    • The Ohio State University

      1992 - 1997
      Human Nutrition and Food Service Managment Dietetics/Dietitian

      Field of study that focuses on the interaction between nutrition and health, specifically focusing on the design of "nutrition therapies" that help the body to use nutrients and properties in food to protect against disease and promote health.

  • Experience

    • Grant Medical Center, OhioHealth

      Dec 2007 - Apr 2009
      Director of Clinical Support Services

      Inpatient Dialysis, Nutrition and Environmental Services• Responsible for $16.74 million annual budget with $5.9M in clinical outpatient revenue and $2.7M in retail revenue. • Responsible for all HR functions for 200+ front line staff and nurses.

    • OhioHealth Physician Group, OhioHealth

      Apr 2009 - Jul 2015

      • Responsible for the development and the review of sustainable improvement methodologies and benchmarking standards to include: • Revenue Cycle & Financial Performance • Patient Access • Physician & Staff Productivity/Standards • E/M Coding • Balanced Scorecard Performance (Quality, Service, Finance, Associate & Physician Satisfaction) • CareConnect (EPIC) Ambulatory Implementation & Optimization KPI’s • Process Improvement Initiatives• Developed and implemented strategic and operational initiatives that advanced the Medical Group’s overall business performance & objectives. • Managed top line revenue budget of 320+ million • Managed to an Ambulatory Provider growth rate of 20% annually • YOY achievement of patient satisfaction results above the 80th percentile or higher • Accountable Executive for the Implementation and Optimization of CareConnect (EPIC) for the OhioHealth Physician Enterprise, 750 Physicians and 250 APP’s. Show less • Responsible for creating the processes and infrastructure for physician practice acquisitions, due diligence, business and contractual transactions and operational integration of newly acquired physician groups.• Developed and implemented new ambulatory services and programs in key markets in alignment with the OhioHealth strategic plan.• Engagement with Physicians on practice operations, physician contracts, budgets, space planning, OhioHealth systems, Physician Satisfaction, and standard operating procedures.• Managed multiple project budgets ranging from $875k to $5 million for multi-specialty practice expansions and consolidation projects, to include Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Urology, Primary Care, Urgent Care, Lab, Imaging, and Cardiology. • Acquired and integrated multi-specialty physician practices, ancillary services clinics, and a surgery center with annual net revenue between $2 to $48 million, into the OPG and OhioHealth System. Show less

      • Vice President of Operations/Standardization

        Nov 2012 - Jul 2015
      • Director of Practice Development & Operational Improvement

        Apr 2009 - Nov 2012
    • University Hospitals

      Oct 2015 - now

      • Responsible for an annual gross revenue budget of $1.8B for the Academic Faculty and Community practice plans. • Executive accountability for strategic planning, market share growth, ambulatory practice clinical operations performance, and performance improvement initiatives. • Managed to an Ambulatory volume average growth rate of 6% with 5% gross revenue attainment over a 3 year period. • $13.5Million in expense savings, over 3-year period, through expense management, operational efficiencies, right-sizing of physician workforce, and practice footprint. • $1.4M improvement of net revenue through increase in Ambulatory APP productivity from 24% to 76%. Show less

      • Chief of Clinical Strategy & System Delivery

        Sept 2023 - now
      • COO, UH Clinical Network

        Jun 2019 - Sept 2023
      • Vice President Physician Network and Clinical Operations

        Oct 2015 - Jun 2019
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Six Sigma Black Belt Certification – Level I

      Xavier University