Sandy Brenner-Hill

Experience

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  Carnegie Mellon University - Software Engineering Institute

  Jan 1989 - Sept 2001

  Responsible for preparing annual budgets totaling over $14 million. Creation and analysis of monthly financial reports, providing sound financial guidance and advice to management and technical staff in accordance with SEI policy as a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) and as a department of Carnegie Mellon University. CMU ORACLE training in Grants Management, General Ledger, and Labor Distribution. Direct signature authority for approximately $6 million funding. Regularly prepared slide presentations for Management Team Meetings and Reviews. Served on joint advisory board for design of purchasing and travel systems. Recipient of several SEI Quality Improvement Awards and Customer Service Awards Show less

  • Financial Analyst

    Jan 1995 - Sept 2001

  • Administrative Coordinator

    Jan 1990 - Jan 1995

  • Computing Facilities Hotline Operator

    Jan 1989 - Jan 1990
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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2008

  Manager, Business & Personnel Administration

  Manager, Business & Personnel Administration (Promoted from Business Manager July 2003)Established financial reporting processes. Responsible for budgeting, proposal preparation and tracking of all accounts established for governmental agency funding and industrial sponsors in addition to internally funded accounts (~$5M). Provided guidance and support to departmental management, regarding financial, human resource and policy issues. Serve as departmental liaison in meetings. Manage relationships with internal and external vendors for a variety of goods and services. Resolved complex budget and billing issues by working with personnel on all levels until an amicable solution was attained. Built strong relationships with supporting agencies on campus through teamwork and negotiation. Proficient in use of Oracle Financial system and confidential university systems for students and staff. Successfully established guidelines for proposal preparation, including IACUC and IRB submission. Supported Staff Oracle Support (SOS) as a resource for Labor and Expense reports. Active participation in campus-wide Business Managers Council and Research Administrators Council. Show less

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  University of Pittsburgh

  Mar 2008 - Sept 2008

  Financial III

  Responsible for generation and processing of proposal budgets for submission to NIH and foundation sponsors following documented guidelines and University procedures. Utilized Department Manager to complete SPARs and provide salaries to Research Administrators in other departments, generated sub account waivers, stocks and 202s as part of the research administration process. Routinely reviewed levels and monthly reports and took necessary actions to alert PI and PI staff to issues and followed through to resolution. Show less

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  Floater Pool

  Mar 2009 - Feb 2010

  Patient Information Coordinator

  Float position- Various locations Provide professional and courteous customer support to patients during scheduling, registration and payment processing utilizing EPIC and UPAY. Maintain confidentiality of patient information. Worked as a member of the front office team, and accurately filed and pulled patient charts as necessary. Answer phone and obtain necessary information for appropriate medical decisions to be made. Act 33, 34 and 73 Clearances required, obtained, and maintained. Show less

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  UPMC

  Feb 2010 - Sept 2010

  Patient Access Specialist II

  Registration and Scheduling; Scheduled appointments for different departments, serving as a front line resource for Physician Services Division (PSD) and the access of the external public to care providers

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  CVS Caremark

  Sept 2011 - Apr 2016

  Rep II Medicare - CPhT

  Complete criteria based on MD provided information to approve coverage determinations for Medicare Part D. Contact doctor's' offices to obtain needed information to make case determination . Maintain queues to ensure cases are appropriately assigned to ensure timely processing. Routinely follow HIPAA and CMS protocol as well as client-specific handling of coverage determination requests. Respond to phone inquiries in a professional, courteous and knowledgeable manner..

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  Giant Eagle Corporate Pharmacy

  Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

  Medical Billing Coordinator

  Provide billing assistance to stores; contact customers for refunds; complete necessary re-billing utilizing Navinet ; refsearch issues with rejected claim and liabilites using EPS and Absolute enterprise pharmacy systems. Provide superior customer service to both internal and external customers.

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  Fifth Judicial District

  Jan 2017 - now

  Judicial Scheduler