Brian Birrer

Experience

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  Biotrax International, Inc.

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Accountant, AP, Purchasing
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  Baxter Healthcare Corporation

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Senior Cost Analyst
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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1998

  Accountant
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  Managed Healthcare Associates

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Accountant
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  Ericom Software

  Mar 2001 - Oct 2001

  Technical Support

  Terminal Emulator suite and Host Publisher

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  The GETPAID Corporation

  Sept 2001 - Dec 2003

  Client Services

  Delivered billable client services days on site for implementations of Getpaid automated B2B collections software, and Getpaid Dispute Resolution software, as trainer, project manager & technical support at dozens of companies on 3 continents, including an off shore call center in New Delhi, India. Those companies were in the pharmaceutical, trucking, electronics, logistics and computer storage areas. Designed and wrote an administration utility that doubles as a training tool. Primarily used during the System Setup and Data Validation (SSDV) phase, the utility simplifies and reduces administration training time and setup.Project Manager for all in-house Computer Based Training development. Show less

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  Hebrew Hospital Home of Westchester

  Dec 2003 - Feb 2017

  Director of Healthcare Information & Management Systems (HIMS), IT Project Manager, Developer

  Director of Health Information Management Systems (HIMS) 5 years (2012-2017)IT Project Manager 14 years (2003-2017)Developer 14 years (2003-2017)As Director of HIMS:Managed all aspects of the Medical Records Department spanning three Long Term Care facilities-Managed 4 FTE’s in a hybrid paper/EMR system-Hosted Medicare & Medicaid Audits-Responded timely to subpoenas, legal & family requests for information per HIPAA-Performed internal chart audits & reportingAs Project Manager: Implemented: Sigmacare (EHR: Electronic Health Record) - including training and support for all 3 shifts for 180 Long Term Care SNF beds. Trained 8 MD's, 210 RN's & LPN's on CPOE and later a Lab interface. Worked closely with medical staff to customize medication offerings in the database including custom order sets, reporting, logging/forensics.Administered: Kronos (Time & Attendance) - Helped CIO to implement & administer Kronos for 700 FTE's at multiple facilities. Wrote & scheduled custom SQL jobs to handle unique payrules & send email alerts for various business rules,AOD/Matrixcare (GL/Billing/MDS),Reliable (MDS/Billing),Omniview (Pharmacy),Bioreference (Lab),Casamba (Patient Therapies),Curaspan (Referral), AllScripts (Referral)As Developer:Used Agile methodologies while working with users & stakeholders to design & write the user interface, business logic & data base of several zero-client, intranet applications. This also involved training, administering, supporting & upgrading as needs evolved. This included an HR approval system with customizable email alerts.Spearheaded, wrote & implemented several custom apps that facilitated communication between 2500 Home Health Aids in the field, and management/clerical staff. Saw an opportunity to save on data entry and wrote an app that enabled therapists to key directly into the billing system with validation for lowering error rate & greatly enhancing reporting. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Feb 2017 - Apr 2018

  Consultant
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  UltraShipTMS

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2019

  Business Analyst
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  The Okonite Company

  Jul 2019 - now

  Estimating Manager