Kenneth
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Experience Summary
Over
20 years programming experience in Information Systems with 14+ years in the
Healthcare Industry utilizing COBOL, IMS, CICS, DB2 and PCS/ADS.
Licensure/Certification
Certificate in Computer Programming
Programming in “C” Programming in
Visual Basic
Technical Skills
Software: COBOL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, BAL (Assembler), MFS,
BMS, EASYTRIEVE, DB2, VSAM, PCS/ADS, SMS
OAS, SMS ADHOC Report Writer, Visual Basic, “C”, ACCESS, JCL, TSO/SPF, ICCF,
MVS, VSE, OS2, DOS, Windows (NT 2000 XP),
Linux, MS Office, MS Project, ROSCOE, ENDEVOR, EXPIDITOR, LIBRARIAN,
PANVALET, PAN-APT. Hardware: IBM
Mainframe, IBM PC.
Professional Experience
Contract Consultant
[Independent Consultant] April 2002 to
Present
Loma
Linda Medical Center
Provide
support for their patient accounting and registration systems which are written
in PCS/ADS, COBOL and Assembler. The database management system is IMS.
Worked
on a COBOL/CICS project to send and
receive XML data from the mainframe to a remote server based system using IBM’s
Enterprise COBOL.
Upgraded
Patient Accounting and Registration systems to be HIPAA compliant.
Performed
COBOL II to COBOL 390/Language Environment conversion.
OSF
Healthcare
Wrote
an automated turnover system to accelerate the collection of certain patient
accounts. This project was done in COBOL/IMS.
Provide
general patient accounting programming support.
St.
Francis Health System
Provide
all of their patient accounting programming support.
Wrote
conversion programs for migration from the HBOC Plus 2000 system to the IDX HPA
system.
Wrote
interface to PACS collection agency for bad debt accounts.
Modified
billing system to be HIPAA compliant.
Performed
quarterly install/upgrade of HSS Outpatient Grouper into Patient Accounting
system.
East
Jefferson General Hospital
Modified
the interface between TDS and Siemens Patient Accounting to be HIPAA compliant.
Legacy
Data Access
This
is a data storage company for which I provide mainframe programming
support. This company specializes in
storing archive data for legacy systems and providing their customers access to
it via the web.
Migrated
two McKesson-HBOC Plus 2000 systems to their mainframe which allows old
accounts to be restored to fulfill legal requirements
Management
Health Solutions Inc
This
is a hospital inventory company for which I provide all of their IT support.
Re-wrote
their physical inventory program in FoxPro.
Developed
a back office system using Visual Basic to merge multiple FoxPro table into a
single Access database.
I
implemented the use of barcode scanners for conducting Pharmacy inventories.
Developed
GUI Front end application for completed Access Inventory database. Made
application distributable using Office developer extensions.
Implemented
VPN for remote access to company file server.
Developed
a customer contact system using Microsoft Access.
Provide
hardware, network and software support for small businesses.
Senior Consultant [Healthcare Computing Strategies] July 1997 to April 2002
Orlando
Regional Medical Center
Developed
HCPCS code expansion to allow sending of modifiers for HCPCS and CPT4 codes.
Developed
interfaces to foreign systems (DKD Contract Management) and (DARS Collections
Management.
Provided
RUG billing modifications, which utilize the HIPPS, codes (similar to HCPCS
codes) and modifiers for SNF unit claims.
Provided
maintenance and modifications for billing and remittance processing.
Maintained
online interface between TDS clinical system and IBAX Series 5000 system.
St.
Francis Health System
Performed
maintenance and modifications to Medicare and Blue Cross remittance in ANSI 835
format.
Modified
billing system to take APC allowances at time of billing and move the co-pay to
the remaining payor to facilitate automatic secondary billing.
Did
Y2k conversion – upgrade
Developed
modifications for APC claims processing.
Wrote interface to HSS APC Code Editor.
Loma
Linda Medical Center
Automated
account turnover to outside collection agencies.
Wrote
HL7 Interface from Cerner registration system to PMAS patient accounting system
utilizing COBOL and CICS.
Did
2 Y2K Conversion - upgrade
COBOL
to COBOL II conversion
Performed
application maintenance for Order Entry, Registration and Patient Accounting.
Jefferson
Health System
Wrote
Blue Cross grouper interface program.
Holsten
Valley Medical Center
Installed
Inpatient Grouper.
Lakeland
Regional Medical Center
Wrote
charge extract out of PDM Pharmacy system.
This system was written in CICS Assembler.
Wrote
balancing reports for IBAX Series 5000 to Siemens Invision conversion.
Senior Consultant [MICROTECHNIX INC.] July 1994 June 1997
Stony Brook Medical Center
Performed Macro to Command Level CICS
conversion for all Assembler Language programs in Patient Registration and
Order Entry system.
Mount Sinai Hospital
Designed, coded, implemented on-line
real-time point to point Patient Registration interface IBAX Series 5000 to
Eagle 2000 system.
Wrote reconciliation reports between
IBAX S5000 and Eagle 2000 databases and files
St
Lukes Roosevelt
Performed
application maintenance on IBAX Series 5000 patient accounting system
Created
itemized statements for all archived accounts which were then burned and idexed
to CD-ROM.
Project Director, Financial Systems [North Shore
University Hospital
Co-project
leader for three INVISION RCO installs: Patient Management, Patient Accounting,
Order Entry, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Radiology, Pharmacy and
Lab.
Installed
SMS data entry lan system under NOVELL
Modified
SMS pathways using OAS
Wrote
numerous reports using SMS ADHOC report writer.
Performed
INVISION system maintenance.
Additional
responsibilities included installation of Human Resources, Materials
Management.
Purchased
and installed General Accounting system for Clinical Practice Plan
Managed
a staff of 9 programmers and application analysts.
Team Leader, Patient Accounting [IBAX Healthcare
Systems] July 1989 May 1984
Worked
with SIG chairman to develop new enhancement requirements for future software.
Performed
all database work (DBD, PSB and ACB gens) and CICS Table Maintenance.
Developed
standardized formats for writing technical and functional specifications.
Designed
and developed the ADT Workstation. Project Manager for the UB92 Billing Form.
Project
Manager for Michigan State Billing regulations including Medicare, Blue Cross
and commercial insurance carriers. Initiated the re-design of PCIBILL (main
billing program).
Designed
and developed customer specific modifications to the software product.
Designed,
coded and implemented numerous client specific modifications. These were written in PCS/ADS, COBOL and
CICS, Re-wrote HCFA 1500 Bill Form
Senior Programmer Analyst
[Grumman Data Systems] April 1986 to June 1989
Responsible
for Schedule Management and Inventory Control Sub systems and
enhancements. These systems were written
in COBOL, IMS DB/DC and DB2.
Worked
on the Methods Engineering rewrite which converted the databases from IMS to
DB2
Provided
technical support and maintenance for CAPOSS work scheduling system. This was an IBM purchased product
Provided
maintenance and support for the DB2 applications that worked in conjunction
with the CAPOSS system. This system
allowed online access to some of the CAPOSS data which was housed in a batch
environment.
Senior Programmer [Home Insurance Corporation] September 1983 to March 1986
Personal Lines
Automobile Policy Writing System - This
was a home grown IMS DB/DC system written in COBOL.
Re-wrote New
Jersey Field Office front end application input system. This was done in Assembler.
Responsible for
writing program specifications, project plans, programs and test plans.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Biology