Sabrina Smith

Experience

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  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

  Mar 1989 - May 1994

  Multiple Positions: Manager

  Increased referrals, built relations with community/university physicians, improved bill collection ratio from 18% to 70%; maintained AR at less than 30%.

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  MedStar Health

  Sept 1994 - Mar 2007

  Assistant Vice President

  Partnered with the executive team and corporate for development of a multi-year strategic plan. Enhanced and instituted system wide approach for management of 40 federal grants and 1200 clinical trials including patient billing, case report compliance, contracting, CMS compliance, and clinical research implementation. Oversaw $45M annual budget and $150M multi- year funding from industry/commercial pharmaceutical sponsors and Federal agencies. • Developed and negotiated $9M annual award with NINDS/NIH and WHC for Stroke Program at Washington Hospital Center. Oversaw purchase of MRI/Tesla, implemented standards for patient billing for research services. • Cooperating with President aggressively solicited NIH to take over NIA contract from Baylor Hospital (Johns Hopkins Hospital system) after infarction for human subjects violations. Won award; as team lead developed infrastructure to manage $49M contract resulting in a 10% ROI annually. Negotiated with State of Maryland Medicaid Waiver and Harbor Hospital to ensure compliance; hired/trained 200 new staff and purchased equipment, facilitated training on research administration, federal regulations compliance, and reimbursement. Show less

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  Assoc of State and Territorial Health Officials

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2009

  Chief Operating Officer

  • Initiated Corporate Alliance Partner program, a collaborative effort with a full range of companies to integrate knowledge of technology, market forces and trends driven by consumers and generate strategies to meet health care needs yielding $60,000 in first year with sustained growth.• Partnered with CEO and Executive Team to establish strategic initiatives. Oversaw implementation of communication, administration, and operational initiatives including website development and annual report.• Served as GMO liaison with Center for Disease Control, Office of the Director to protect funding and advancement of strategic mission.• Established state-of-the-art technology infrastructure for support of remotely produced projects and development of Business Continuity Plan that could be used at Headquarters in support of state health officials. Show less

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  American Academy of Physician Assistants

  Apr 2009 - Dec 2011

  Senior Vice President/COO

  Oversaw fiscal management, technology infrastructure, physical plant redesign and build out; led Physician Assistant (PA) research; managed PA Historical Society; partnered with CEO on strategic restructuring of the governance.• Led the design and implementation of strategic financial and programmatic modeling that led to new business models and initiatives.• Partnered with CEO to restructure component enterprise resulting in a new business model netting a cost savings of $500,000. • Co-lead on implementation of national research agenda, preparation of white paper and organization of national exploration of research requirements and priorities for the profession. • Project manager of site selection, acquisition, design, construction of new facility, sale of current headquarters. • Revamped PA research department to include redesign of workforce survey; organizational liaison for the creation of a national PA data consortium between private third party groups and HRSA. Show less

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  Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2017

  Senior Vice President of Business Operations

  Direct fiscal management of all the organizations operational assets including human capital and implementation of a strategic technology infrastructure. Liaison to Board of Directors Finance Committee. Developed integrated solution architecture for enterprise IT systems, including defining system requirements, integration of platforms to optimize program delivery channels. Implemented organizational pricing strategy to optimize profits and customer value.• Developed analytical framework for program planning and strategic decision making, using historical financial data and market analysis resulting in financial dashboard and comparative financial models.• Led business process improvement activities and strategic financial management leading to initial reduction of expenditures by 8% without compromising programming; resulting in 7% increase in revenue eliminating the -12% profit margin and increasing it to 9% profitability.• Develop technology strategic plan after facilitating a two-day in-house summit of key thought leaders in the fields of Education, Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security, and Web 2.0 usability.• Established international operations in Asia and Europe. Asia expansion resulted in establishment of a Master’s Program building a solid foundation for future models in regulatory science.• Restructured employee benefit program resulting in multi-year costs savings of 10% in the initial year with perpetual increases over time while improving coverage and staff satisfaction Show less

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  American Telemedicine Association

  Jan 2017 - now

  Serving as the Interim Chief Executive Officer providing fiscal management and oversight of organization including sustaining and growing product lines. Strategic and performance management of core programming. Representing the organization at all levels of government and provide sector. Oversee profit/loss of revenue centers. Drive core business initiatives.

  • Executive Director, Center for Applied Research in Telehealth

    Jun 2019 - now

  • Chief Operations Officer

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Interim Chief Executive Officer

    Jan 2017 - now