Mike McElroy
8073 Hall Dr.
Lenexa, KS 66219
913-888-8422 mike.mcelroy@everestkc.net
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Key Experience includes:
• Master’s in Health Administration
• Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 4,500 of healthcare projects
• Professional Certifications with the American College of Medical Practice Executives
FACMPE in 2004 with clinic administrator experience.
• Responsible for all recruiting, back office functions, marketing and computer operations of
medical clinic. This included grant proposals and computer installations.
• Established budgets and financial projections for business operations with benchmarking
practice management and operational performance including electronic medical records
• Author of several publications for medical practice groups and financial operations
EXPERIENCE
BAKER HUGHES DRILLING FLUIDS, Denver, Co 2008-2009
Fluid Services Representative
• A Fortune 500 oil service company, on oil drilling rigs. Thousands laid off when oil prices fell.
MCKESSON PROVIDER TECHNOLOGIES Kansas City, KS 2007
Project Manager – Staffing Solutions
• Trained in ANSOS for hospital staffing solutions.
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC) Kansas City, Ks 2006
Senior Consultant / Project Leader
• Connected hospitals and payers with regional health information organizations (RHIO) in a developing market
using HIPAA EDI Standards involving real-time 270/271, 276/277 and 278 transactions in order to build a
National Health Information Network (NHIN), for this leading global IT services company providing
consulting, systems integration and other technology services with $15 billion in revenues.
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, SELF-EMPLOYED, Kansas City, Ks 2003-2006
Project Manager / Team Leader
• Collaborated with the Data Transfer Team that helped with the migration from Frame Relay to IP technologies
using the Field Support Application (FSA) for Sprint. This data migration effort to Multi Protocol Labelling
System (MPLS) and other IP technologies is now a high growth area for Sprint.
• Competitive analysis of sales and marketing data to identify opportunities in the consumer electronic market for
Midland Radio that involved new products and sales/marketing programs for several product lines. Developed
price analysis spreadsheet connected to competitive features database.
Author
• Wrote a 50 page technical paper for MGMA, “Automation and Technology Resources for Small Medical
Groups”, that is aimed at medical groups using Application Service Providers (ASP) and Electronic Medical
Records (EMR).
• Participating author for a 700 page book aimed at large medical group practices, “Physician Practice
Management: Essential Operational and Financial Knowledge” published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
KANSAS UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS INC, Kansas City, Ks 2000-2003
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER / PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• Wrote applications using SQL / Access to meet information needs within clinic
• Managed development team in generating new applications and project needs of the outpatient clinic
• Helped write the daily, monthly, and annual procedures for IDX billing system with technical documentation
• Established claim edits for reimbursement for one of the largest multi-specialty clinics in Kansas that comprised
350 physicians and 750 work stations.
• Project Management role for electronic billing submissions, payments, and analyzing money flows
• Worked on projects for funding such as hand held devices integrated into clinic / hospital information systems
• Help established virtual registration of patients into clinic
• Converted departments from paper charge ticket pre-printed forms to paperless electronic forms
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP, Durant, OK 1999
CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR
• Performed human resource (hire/fire authority) and all aspects of financial responsibility for a ten provider
multi-specialty clinic with fifty employees and five million dollars in revenue
• Upgraded all computer systems, installed new servers and laboratory automation, and established computer
systems for start-up clinic
• Established monthly measurements of RVU (relative value unit) performance of clinical operations
• Moved clinic from $174,000 in losses to $ 168,000 in profits by incorporating new computer technologies and
streamlining operations
OKLAHOMA CITY CLINICS, Oklahoma City, OK 1997-1998
BUSINESS SYSTEMS SPECIALIST
• Helped in the installation of Epic Systems (Resolute, Tapestry and Cadence). Performing upload of information
into Epic System , quality control, ad-hoc reports, resolved technical issues and helped with training.
• Used Microsoft Access and Visual Basic skill in producing ad-hoc reports from system downloads.
Maintained database table Layout structure and relationships between tables.
• Assisted end users in troubleshooting and information needs from the Epic Billing System
INFORMATION CONSULTING NETWORK, Norman, OK 1994 – 1997
HEALTHCARE CONSULTANT (SELF EMPLOYED)
• Application development for the HMO sales department of Community Care HMO.
• Developed Patient Satisfaction Application, quality control and other IT applications for Norman Regional
Hospital .
• Financial internship for Mercy Healthcare Network involved with ten medical clinics. Improved financial
performance by comparing payers fee schedules for adjusted CPT charges for these clinics.
EDUCATION
Masters of Health Administration, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Medical School for over two years (134 hours) at OU Health Sciences Center (No degree)
B.S., Chemistry, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK (with Honors)
HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP
• Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) President of the Information Management
Association for 2003. Fellowship status with this organization in 2004.
• Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) on the RHIO work group dealing with
security and HIPAA-EDI Standards. Member of the national steering committee for project management.
• Health Finance Management Association, Kansas City Chapter.
• Project Management Institute Currently certified and involved since April 2004.
