Bailey Myers

https://www.vcuhealth.org/news-center/news-story?&news=1636 Worked with senior leadership to identify savings, standardization, or process improvement opportunities within Strategic Sourcing, Data Management, Value Analysis, Vendor Management, Materials Management, and Purchasing. Leadership: Oversaw N95 UV decontamination process, managed ten FTEs; assisted in process implementation and published white paper; responsible for reprocessing 85,000+ masks from April 2020 - February 2021, leading to a decrease in new N95 usage by 25% and reducing stock-out risk during PPE allocation Financial Supply Improvement: Developed and maintained supply chain savings pipeline, tracked $54 million in identified savings and $25 million in realized savings; organized and delegated action items to eight team members for 250+ strategic sourcing initiatives, led weekly team status meeting Project Management: Managed development and coordination of all supply chain projects and timelines, to include a 67-bed hospital acquisition and $1.9 million GPO transition; owned and built relationships with physicians, clinicians, vendors, and consultants Crisis Response: Responsible distribution of 30,000+ face shields, goggles, and level 3 masks during COVID-19, created PPE instruction manuals and policies, acted as system-wide point-of-contact for any PPE related distribution needs to clinicians and administrators Training: Conducted Excel and PowerPoint training sessions to supply chain team members to increase efficiency and teach best practices learned from experience in strategy consulting

Served as a healthcare industry consultant for both provider and payer clients nationwide; gained project experience in Operations Transformation, Supply Chain, M&A, and Business Process Engineering Preference Card Standardization: Conducted standardization of 4,500 surgical Preference Cards for a Health System; led daily meetings with physicians and nurses to determine optimal OR instrument and supply setup by procedure, reducing waste and variation in day-to-day OR operations Strategic Sourcing Analytics: Completed pricing benchmarking, spend and savings opportunity analysis, and business case creation for six strategic sourcing categories, including Pulse Oximeters and Ortho Trauma; realizing FY19 savings for the Health System of $2.7 million Inventory Reduction: Responsible for custom pack redesign leading to the cost savings of $1.6 million, assisted in implementation of perpetual inventory system, worked through analytics and removal of $900k+ worth of expired, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory Process Improvement: Led claim adjustment workstream for a large Health Plan; facilitated daily claim review working sessions with claim adjusters, conducted root cause analysis, finalized findings reports, and presented long and short-term recommendations to executive-level client Mergers and Acquisitions: Executed a post-deal, end-to-end synergy assessment of four legacy businesses for a large Health Plan and Pharmaceutical merger; synthesized processes, policies, and capabilities to develop an ideal future state blueprint and implementation roadmap

Worked in the Healthcare Disputes, Regulatory, Compliance & Investigations (HLS DRCI) and Financial Services Disputes (FSD) practices as a Summer Associate in Washington, D.C. for eight weeks Data Analytics: Cleaned large data sets and developed formulas to automate weekly data analysis in Excel for a Health Plan client to capture and track timeliness statistics for claims Reporting: Prepared findings report presentations aimed to improve compliance with federal regulations Training: Trained two consultants on improved data management processes at conclusion of internship

Relevant Course Work: Health Analytics, Financial Management in Healthcare, Health Economics, Managerial Epidemiology, Healthcare Managerial Accounting, Organizational Behavior, Executive Skills

Relevant Course Work: Project Management, Business Analytics, Intermediate Accounting, Database Management, Micro/Macro Economics, Commercial Law, Quantitative Analysis, Marketing Strategy