Brett Almquist

•Manage a technical team of individual contributors including Data Scientists, Sr. Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Application Analysts, and interns. •Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable data pipelines to automate extraction, transformation, and load of high-volume datasets sourced from multiple external vendors. •Design a data monitoring process to validate timeliness and completeness of key data deliveries. •Oversee development and maintenance of a standardized reporting infrastructure in support of other population health teams including Process Improvement Facilitation, Quality and Equity Analytics, Post Acute Network Reporting, Care Navigation, and Value Based Care Financial Performance. •Assist in prioritizing population health reporting requests, balancing ad hoc analytic needs with operational task work and process improvement.

•Leading a Quality Manager workgroup that is tasked with planning for Epic population health reporting, performance measure tracking, and patient outreach tools for Tufts Medicine employed practices •Implementing the HEDIS dashboard to support tracking performance measures for 12 Value Based Care programs •Configuring a new payer-blind Quality Measure dashboard to monitor patient performance across a number of risk contract measures and standard USPSTF screenings •Activating and managing patient Registries for wellness, chronic diseases, and Value Based Care programs •Designing a process to support Local Care Organization reporting outside of the standard Facility Structure •Coordinating the implementation of the 3rd party Findhelp platform using the Native integration process •Designing an integrated Transitional Care Management workflow for Care Managers using Patient Ping, Collective Medical, and Epic to identify recent discharges •Identified key data points to include in hospital EHR conversion and developing go-live cutover plans •Design Business Continuity Application (BCA) reports to support Care Managers during unplanned downtimes

•Designed and implemented Care Manager and Social Worker workflows for the ACO Care Management team with the goal of improving patient outcomes, expanding patient access, and increasing ACO measure performance. •Implemented an outpatient workflow for documentation and resolution of various Social Determinants of Health, including domains that are specific to the population of Worcester such as dental health and childcare needs. Built visual tools in Storyboard and the Longitudinal Plan of Care to make users aware of patient Social Determinant gaps. •Developed a comprehensive Transitional Care Management workflow in an effort to improve patient outcomes, reduce readmission rates, and create opportunities for physician billing. •Led a development to notify patients via MyChart about coming due Health Maintenance Care Gaps for Mammograms and multiple diabetes tests in order to meet Epic Honor Roll requirements. •Maintained and improved My Panel Metric dashboards including Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) and MSSP ACO measures. •Created Patient Registries for the ACO care management program, COVID patient tracking and risk reporting, and multiple chronic diseases. •Operated the Roster Management Engine for commercial and ACO payors. Imported rosters and resolves errors monthly. •Utilized the Abstraction Assistant to export EMR data for end of year reporting to CMS. •Assisted with bi-directional integration between Epic the Massachusetts Immunization Information System (MIIS) registry. •Performed weekly ticket triage and bi-monthly on-call for Ambulatory and Healthy Planet, supporting multitudes of clinics and their end users with reporting and other system needs. •Coordinated and led monthly Healthy Planet Partnership Council Leadership meetings, reviews support needs and optimization requests while also assisting in the Ambulatory Partnership Council Leadership meetings and working on various build projects coming out of both meetings.

•Certified in the 2015 EpicCare Ambulatory EHR •Project Manager for Dragon Medical 360 at Partners Healthcare •Coordinated a Dragon upgrade via SCCM to 12,000+ workstations across 11 hospitals •Evaluate project metrics to develop recommendations to aide in leadership level decisions •Mange multiple concurrent Extension projects within Epic to fulfill clinician Demand requests •Administer timelines, facilitate meetings, and assign responsibilities to drive project completion •Create documentation and training materials for end users as well as Tech/Analyst support teams •Provide daytime and off-hours ticket support including P1 coverage for Dragon and Extensions •Extensions Data Courier responsible for moving Records between various Epic testing environments

•Coordinate the workstation and printer build at Partners for the Epic EHR implementation •Technical Dress Rehearsal supervisor, overseeing a rotating team of 12+ Application Coordinators •Developed an implementation timeline and established buy-in from hospital leadership and users •Acted as a Project Manager during Go-LIVE with authority to create and lead clinical hardware issue resolution teams, delegate issues, and communicate daily status updates to leadership •Performed a gap analysis to identify workflow changes in clinical areas and mitigate risk of impact •Assisted with creating hospital device inventories and a hardware deployment processes •Triage Epic workstation and printing issues to IS, Tech, or Application teams for resolution •Act as Team Oversight Lead during multiple Partners Epic Go-LIVEs

•Worked with peers and hospital IT staff to implement the MEDITECH 6.0 medical software •Traveled to hospitals and conduct on-site training for management, IT Staff, and providers •Assisted with the migration of patient history and clinical data to the 6.0 software platform •Troubleshoot and resolve hospital software, server, network, and printer issues •Used performance monitoring software to assess system stability and suggest improvements •Assisted sites with mapping existing medical terminology to IMO accepted nomenclature •Evaluated software performance and site knowledge during scheduled Integrated Testing sessions

•Responsible for accurate processing of client invoices for the European, Asian and US regions •Managed the Billing Document Library, a data feed that supports billing invoice generation •Created multiple Microsoft Excel Macros to automate data collection from various internal reports •Developed new ethical invoice generation procedures and enhance existing processes

•Worked with Traditional, Roth, SEP, SARSEP, SIMPLE IRA’s, 401(a)s and 403(b)s •Proficient with Individual Fund Accounts, Joint Accounts, UGMA/UTMA, Trusts and 529s •Processed financial transactions and gave instructions on asset transfers •Mentored and helped train new employees •Assisted in testing system updates including the MFS internal trade processing software •Researched, resolved and made callouts on problems surrounding NSCC trade rejects •Responsible for notifying internal management about large trades (greater than $1 million) •Provided instructions on Letter of Indemnity requests •Processed manual financial adjustments •Answered questions on upfront commission payments and 12b-1 fees •Reviewed ACATS rejects and reconfirmed transfers that failed in error •Monitored the CBRS failures and worked with clearing firms to supply missing Cost Basis information

•Documented business processes supporting all of Talbots financial transactions and disclosures. •Performed Sarbanes-Oxley testing for cycles including Payroll, Human Resources, Cash Disbursements, Financial Statement Closing and Planning and Wrap-Up. •Suggested improvements to SOX controls in the Fraud Risk Assessment cycle to reduce the risks associated with various fraud schemes. •Reconciled the spending of cost centers against the General Ledger in an effort to improve budget controls.

•Researching, reviewing and compiling active contracts to prepare for a new system implementation.

•Coordinated with maintenance directors at sixteen locations to catalog fixed assets.