Resume

1. Joseph Varano
208 Fernon Street
Philadelphia, PA 19148
Office (215) 503-6038 / Cell (267) 307-9780
EDUCATION: St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA)
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, May 1990
MCSE & MCP + Internet – completed on 12/1/99
EXPERIENCE:
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Philadelphia, PA (Dec. 1998 - Present)
SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST (for a Decision Support System - Allscripts EPSi (SQL platform) & previously Eclipsys’s
SDSM product aka. TSI or Model 204 – Mainframe platform)
- Implemented the Allscripts EPSi DSS Analytics/BI & Reporting product - PLA, Costing, GL & Payroll modules.
- Experience with MS SQL Server’s SSRS - reporting, SSIS - ETL process, SQL coding, system maintenance, as
well as exposure to SQL database administration, and SSAS.
- Evaluate, design, create, update and monitor hospital feeder system interface files (from Hospital ADT - GE/IDX’s
CareCast, Billing - SMS INVISION, & GL - PeopleSoft into EPSi)
- Create and maintain data extracts for hospital departments, regulatory & benchmarking submissions. (e.g. UHC,
Premier, CMS, Atlas/PHC4, SG2, Thomson Reuters, PA Cancer Registry, Surgery Compass, Marketing etc.)
- Provide programming support (via SQL & Model 204), evaluation and design for system processes,
database updates, extracts & reports.
- Experience working with large complex data formats. Extremely sharp analytical and problem solving
skills, and a propensity to learn new skills quickly, specially software/systems related.
- Develop, test, and troubleshoot processing and FTP streams, in order to increase or maintain system efficiency.
- Perform functions related to daily, weekly & monthly processing cycles, and responsible for data quality.
- Support DSS financial staff in reporting, auditing and reconciling financial & clinical data in DSS/EPSi.
- Liaison between Finance & Information Systems.
- Supervisor for a Senior Systems Analyst over the last several years.
- Update and maintain EPSi’s patient level database-- e.g. modifying system tables, files, and data structures.
- Install system software version upgrades & maintenance patches for the DSS/EPSi application.
- Develop project plans for the implementation of application modules and software.
- Test, monitor and evaluate system enhancements. / Troubleshoot system and user issues.
- Create and implement policies and procedures for system operations.
- Knowledge of modeled net revenue, payments, charging, costing, clinical data (diagnosis, procedure, CPT),
Service/Product Lines development etc. Ability to integrate IT/IS, Financial and Clinical related
operations, in order to assist in system functionality usage and development.
- Assist in the education of end users in applying system features and capabilities.
- Administrator for the TractManager’s Meditract Contract Management system and Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Statements (COIDS) tracking system (physician re-credentialing process).
- Administrator for the dept’s. Windows server (setup domain access, shares, user accounts, permissions & security,
troubleshoot workstations hardware & software, backups & restores etc.)
SENIOR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST (Nov. 1997 – Dec. 1998)
- Perform financial & statistical analysis and reports, including preparation of departmental P & L’s
HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997)
BUDGET SPECIALIST
- Maintain & interface data into the hospital budgeting system (Hyperion’s Pillar system)
- Prepare adhoc extracts / report requests (utilizing Hyperion Pillar, MS Office Suite products, Monarch etc.)
- Prepare hospital budgets, budget variance reporting and perform general ledger analysis
METHODIST HOSPITAL, Philadelphia, PA (Nov. 1993 – Oct. 1996)
BUDGET ACCOUNTANT / FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST
- Update and maintain financial databases using HBO’s Trendstar HSL system on a VAX 3300
- Interface patient data from HBO’s - Star Patient Care systems to Trendstar's CCA system
- Create and update SQL reports from HBO databases
- Prepare and update budget schedules for departmental review (utilizing HBO’s -Star & Trendstar packages)
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, Philadelphia, PA (Jul. 1990 – Nov. 1993)
BUDGET AND REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTANT
- Prepare budgets and create, update, process & maintain a hospital cost reporting package (KREG systems)