Edward Lent

Experience

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  Tenet Healthcare

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2011

  Hospital Administration

  Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN), El Paso, Texas, Administrative Director, Medical Staff Services, 2007-2011Consolidated three independent medical staff departments and served as liaison between Medical Executive Committees, senior leadership, and medical staffs (multi-system alignment project involved bringing together two acute care licensed facilities, physical rehabilitation center, and physician hospital organization). Provided oversight of SPHN centralized verification organization/medical staff services and PHO for network. Directed timely completion of credentialing, privileging and appointment process through ongoing development, review, and revision of policies and procedures. Administrative Director, Providence Eastside Center, 2003-2007. Maintained operational efficiency of ASC and diagnostic center by planning goals and objectives consistent with operational business plans and initiatives of SPHN in patient focused environment. Prepared annual facility operating, labor, and capital budgets that reflected forecasted business strategies. Administrative Director, Planning and Public Relations, 1998-2003. Designed, developed, and maintained combined SPHN strategic planning, marketing, and communications departments, as well as new and existing programs and services as identified in SPHN strategic business plans. Spearheaded operational and financial analysis and pro forma projections for nine different product lines and entities. Managed all selection and retention responsibilities for outside ad agency, including FTC compliance in healthcare setting. Senior Director of Clinical Services, Rio Vista Physical Rehabilitation Hospital, 1996-1998. Planned and directed operation of therapy services for all clinical departments and programs. Director/Special Projects Coordinator, Sierra Medical Center, 1992-1996. Designed and implemented numerous financial analyses and program reviews at direction of facility CEO, COO, CFO, and CNO. Show less

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  The Hardenbergh Group, Inc.

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2012

  Executive Consultant

  Provided continuing executive consulting services to hospitals and health systems (The Hardenberg Group serves 1,000+ clients for medical staff and network services). Evaluated operational efficiencies, identified areas for performance improvement, oversaw management of medical staff offices, and ensured compliance with regulatory standards and requirements.FOCUS: Compliance, Leadership, Communication, Relationship Management, Business/Analytical Skills, Risk Assessment, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Public Relations, Echo Credentialing & Privileging, ASC/Diagnostic Imaging Center Administration, Public Accounting. Show less

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  Dell

  May 2012 - Nov 2016

  Management Advisor (Remote)

  I was initially hired by Dell May 2012 as a Management Advisor for the Echo application and the Services division was purchased by NTT DATA November 2016. My manager roll duties and responsibilities remained the same after the transition and only my title changed to Delivery Advisor.FOCUS: Compliance, Leadership, Communication, Relationship Management, Business/Analytical Skills, Risk Assessment, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Echo Credentialing & Privileging, Public Accounting

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  NTT DATA Services

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

  Delivery Advisor (Remote)

  Provided technical support/advice to system administrators and end-users. Coordinated with various entities (e.g., Compliance, Tenet Clinical Applications Support, NTT DATA Support, Tenet Applied Clinical Informatics, Tenet senior leadership, Cerner, and other vendors and clients) regarding upgrades, enhancements, and code changes. Provided oversight and management of multiple teams, both internally and with third-party vendors, including collaboration to identify and prioritize business needs. Coordinated with teams whose products interfaced with assigned product. Collaborated with designated resources to create quotations for services. Performed budget analysis and management and financial projections for product. • Directed and coordinated NTT DATA, Tenet, and local market hospital medical staff office credentialing and privileging database transformation and integration process for ten regional markets which included 29 hospitals and other entities to Tenet Enterprise Echo application.• Directed, implemented, and standardized move from paper to digital for credentialing and privileging process for Tenet Global Centralized Verification Organization (GCVO) pre-application, initial, and reappointment applications (electronic process to be universally adopted by all Tenet Hospitals).FOCUS: Compliance, Leadership, Communication, Relationship Management, Business/Analytical Skills, Risk Assessment, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Echo Credentialing & Privileging, Vendor Management, Software Integration, Standardization and Optimization, Public Accounting Show less

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  Tenet Healthcare

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Clinical Portfolio Product Manager, Clinical Applications (Remote)

  Oversight and management of Tenet and NTT DATA clinical quality (CQ) application teams responsible for VerityStream Echo medical staff credentialing application. Served as Tenet's Echo NTT DATA business owner, performing weekly reporting of schedule application updates, as well as monitoring and guiding of conversion and implementation to virtual machine servers from physical servers. Ensured compliance with Tenet security policies by approving all application access requests for various modules contained in Echo. Served as Echo subject matter expert and worked closely with other Tenet CQ application owners in support of multiple enterprise projects and initiatives in CQ portfolio relying upon Echo data. Performed detailed reviews of data provided by other CQ applications to ensure matching and approval of data to Echo, and rejected, deleted, or corrected non-matching data from database. Provided NTT DATA Echo Team with detailed project plan to complete the stand-up of new virtual machine Echo servers and decommissioning of existing physical servers. FOCUS: Compliance, Leadership, Communication, Relationship Management, Business/Analytical Skills, Risk Assessment, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Echo Credentialing & Privileging, Vendor Management, Software Integration, Standardization and Optimization, Public Accounting Show less

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  Lent Group Solutions, LLC

  Aug 2020 - now

  Founder/Consultant

  Utilizing extensive healthcare industry expertise to assist organizations in implementing strategic initiatives and achieving business objectives via Consultant and Subject-Matter Expert roles. Areas of expertise include: Project Management and Vendor Management | Data Migration | Software Integration | Project Communication Plans | Budget Analysis/Management | Financial Projections | Staffing Realignment | Process Improvement | Compliance | Healthcare IT | Healthcare Administration | Medical Staff Credentialing | Show less

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  Pedigo Staffing Services

  Jul 2022 - May 2023

  Project Manager, The University of Texas at San Antonio

  Provided specialized Project Management skills and expertise to organize, coordinate and manage projects for the Libraries Special Collections team.• Determined and defined project scope and objectives for 7 projects and subprojects.• Predicted resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources effectively and efficiently.• Developed and managed a project schedule and work plan• Provided project updates, communicating on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progressFOCUS: Project Management, Project Planning, Leadership, Communication, Relationship Management, Business/Analytical Skills, Risk Assessment, Strategic Planning. Show less