This resume is for Steven F. Meehan, who has over 20 years of experience in healthcare admissions and marketing roles. He has held several Director of Admissions positions at various nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in Maryland. His experience includes generating referrals, verifying insurance benefits, facilitating the admissions process, and maintaining census levels. He also has a background in accounting and worked in customer service and billing roles prior to his healthcare career.
1. STEVEN F. MEEHAN
3714 Nile Road, Davidsonville, Maryland 21035
Phone Number 410-798-5813 ~ Cell Phone 443-822-0265
Email Dehmee3814@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Communicare Health Services - South River Healthcare Center
September 2013 to present
• Responsible for generating and maintaining census for a 120-bed facility.
• Responsible for facilitating tours, daily census distribution, handling all inquiry
calls to facility
• Holds weekly Business Development Meetings in collaboration with
Administrator and other leadership/management staff
• Maintainins all referrals and inquiries through phone calls, Curaspan,
ECIN/Allscripts
• Obtains all critical information prior to admission and disseminates accordingly
• Facilitates financial verification process and explaining Medicare benefits and
state medical assistance to potential residents and families.
• HIQA/MVP verification of Medicare benefits
• Reviews clinical information on all referrals
• Completion of Maryland state Nursing home admission contract within 24 hours
• Attends all PPS and UR meetings
• Fluent in PCC
• Hosting community and facility events to build relationships with other healthcare
professionals
• Coverage for Social Work in their absence for facilitation of care plan meetings
2. Assisted Rehab, Inc. (at Kewsick Multicare Center)
May 2013-September 2013
Rehab Manager
• Managed staff of 25 Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists for inpatient sub-acute
rehab with a case load of up to 70 patients and new outpatient rehab of 12 patients
• Worked closely with the Marketing team in Keswick to promote the rehab program
• Assigned new patients to therapists upon admission
• Attended Orthopedic weekly meetings at Union Memorial Hospital to follow upcoming
elective surgical procedures with potential admission to the center
• Attended weekly Utilization Review and Care Plan meetings
The Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
2006- 2013
Director of Admissions
• Responsible for generating relationships in the community, maintaining census for a 162
bed skilled nursing and long term care premier facility post Culture Change
implementation.
• Processing and reviewing referrals from surrounding area hospitals through Edischarge
and community
• Verifying Medicare and Maryland Medical Assistance benefits
• Counseling families prior to admission to explain the new Culture Change concept
(Culture Change is based on person-directed values and practices where the ideas and
voices of elders and those working with them dictate person directed care)
• Attending marketing events to promote the facility to Baltimore and Howard counties
• Touring families/responsible parties prior to admission
• Maintaining close working relationships with competitor nursing facilities to build census
• Customer Service segment of new employee orientation
• Timely completion of Admission Contracts on or before admission
• Meticulous organization of census board and referral log
• Attending Utilization Review meetings
3. Futurecare Health and Management Corporation- Irvington
2003- 2006
Director of Admissions
• Responsible for generating and maintaining census for a 200-bed facility.
• Obtaining and expediting referrals from Baltimore and surrounding area hospitals and
community
• Clinical review of ventilator dependent, geriatric/psychiatric, hemodialysis and short
term rehabilitation/long term care patients
• Generating referrals through excellent working relationships with facility attending
physicians and Elderhealth, meeting with families and discovering through counseling
what is specific to their needs and the needs of the patient
• Touring families/responsible parties prior to admission
• Assigning attending physician for new admissions
• Verifying Medicare and Maryland Medical Assistance benefits, obtaining authorization
from other third party insurance through company nurse liaison
• Completion of admission contracts and Medicare denial letters, attending clinical
meetings, Medicare PPS and Performance Improvement meetings
• Communication segment of new employee orientation
• Obtaining physician credentials for new attending privileges
• Implementation of new facility communication forms for new admissions and re-
admissions.
Xavier Health Care Services- Fairfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
2001-2003
Director of Admissions/Marketing
• Expediting and reviewing referrals from Social work and discharge planners from area
hospitals, onsite evaluations of potential prospective customers at hospitals or current
living environment, obtaining patients diagnosis and plan of care, verifying Medicare
benefits and copays, tracking Medicare days used, explaining Medical Assistance
guidelines and application process, implementation of new facility census form and daily
updates, participating in orientation of new employees, touring and counseling family
members prior to admission, completion of admissions contract, marketing to hospitals
encompassing numerous counties as well as the District of Columbia, marketing to
alternative sources with the potential to generate referrals.
4. Brighton Gardens Assisted Living, Marriott Senior Living Services
2000-2001
Director of Sales
• Responsible for inside sales for a community with the capacity of 102 residents (75
assisted living and 27 special care Alzheimers Dementia residents,) keeping track of
juncture of current prospective clients through logging new leads and existing leads to
REPS system, counseling families prior to move-in, coordinating move-in, chaining
morning sales meetings.
Director of Community Relations
1999-2000
• Responsible for developing sales for the Director of Sales; visiting Physicians,
Departments of Aging, Senior Centers, Hospital Social Work and Case Management
departments, Discharge planners in skilled nursing facilities to generate sales; prepared
marketing and sales presentations to target groups; organized and designed referral
events for the community; provided placement services for prospective clients prior to
move-in; Member: Maryland and American Gerontological Associations.
HCR/Manorcare- Dulaney-Towson Health Care Center
1996-1999
Director of Admissions
• Handling initial inquiry from referral sources, screening patients prior to admission
including counseling family members, obtaining patients diagnosis and plan of care,
verifying insurance benefits and getting acquainted with patients prior to admission to
confirm compatibility with the facility, generating face sheet and other communication
information for nursing, coordinating admission, chaining daily admissions meetings,
updating facility census, attending appropriate educational seminars and meetings for
current information pertaining to the health care industry.
HCR/Manorcare- Dulaney-Towson Health Care Center
1995-1996
Bookkeeper
• Accounts Payable, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Resident Trust Fund Account
Custodian, Collection Calls, all data entry.
5. Frank A. Serio and Sons, Inc.
1986-1995
Accounts Payable Manager
• Solely responsible for all accounts payable for wholesale distribution company with
revenue in excess of $90 million annually.
1985-1986
Supervisor- Ordering/Billing Department
• Order processing, customer invoicing and all computer data entry.
EDUCATION
1982-1985 Essex Community College
• Music Major
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Professional Singer
• Voice Study, 12 years
• Former member Baltimore Symphony Chorus, paid Tenor
• Member Concert Artists of Baltimore, paid Tenor
6. Frank A. Serio and Sons, Inc.
1986-1995
Accounts Payable Manager
• Solely responsible for all accounts payable for wholesale distribution company with
revenue in excess of $90 million annually.
1985-1986
Supervisor- Ordering/Billing Department
• Order processing, customer invoicing and all computer data entry.
EDUCATION
1982-1985 Essex Community College
• Music Major
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Professional Singer
• Voice Study, 12 years
• Former member Baltimore Symphony Chorus, paid Tenor
• Member Concert Artists of Baltimore, paid Tenor