Jerry Blackman Jr. is a healthcare IT leader with 19 years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility with Fortune 500 companies. He is currently a Senior Systems Analyst at Premise Health, where he has successfully managed over 90 healthcare IT implementations. Prior to this, he held quality assurance and systems analyst roles at Affiliated Computer Systems, Emdeon Business Services, Venturi Technologies, and Xantus Healthplan, where he demonstrated strong leadership, technical skills, and a track record of achieving goals and saving companies money through efficiency improvements.

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JERRY BLACKMAN JR.
A.BLACKMAN@COMCAST.NET I 615-474-0126I LINKEDIN.COM/IN/JERRYBLACKMAN
HEALTHCARE IT LEADER
Dedicated information technology leader • Healthcare IT leader with 19 Years in Progressive
Roles with Fortune 500 companies • Client project implementation to $5M
Healthcare IT Change management
Project Management Client Relations
Quality, Business & Systems Analysis Peer to Peer Training
Systems and data integration Health information security
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Premise Health,Franklin TN 2009-Present
Premise Health,the newest name in onsite healthcare, was formed as a result oftwoindustry pioneers –Take Care Employer Solutions and
CHS Health Services –comingtogether. We believe healthcare shouldbe about helpingpeople get, stayandbe well. That’s our missionand
it’s the foundationofeverything we do. With more than40years ofexperience, Premise Health manages more than500 worksite-based
health andwellness centers across the country. The company serves more than 200ofthe nation’s leading employers,including a
significant number ofthe Fortune 1000 companies.
InformationTechnology,Senior SystemsAnalyst 2011–Present
InformationTechnology,Senior QualityAssurance Analyst 2009–2011
Promoted fromcontractor topermanentemployee basedsuccessful Legacytransitionprojects.
Progressive responsibilityonthe teamincluding,peertopeertraining, interdepartmentaltraining,
uppermanagementclientfacing,teambuilding,and handlingcomplex ITprojects.Successfully
managed90+ IT EMR implementationsandmini-projects.Notable achievements:
 Achievedcompanyanddepartmentgoalsatit relatestoour quarterlyobjective and key
results.
 Executedatransitionplanfortransitioning40+clientstoour NextGenEMR platform. And
50+ implementationsforOHMWebandPrimesuite.
 Createdand presentedthe departmentsIT workflow diagrams for uppermanagementin
an efforttostreamline dutiesforourpost-mergerdepartmentalgoals.
 Implementedourteam on-boardingprojectto streamline projecttimelinesand
communications.

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Affiliated ComputerSystems(ACS), Nashville, TN 2008–2009
The services ACS GovernmentSolutions markets include processingMedicaid claims, managingthe electronic toll collection systemE-ZPass,
servicing studentloans,processing childsupportpayments, managing electronic payment card programs (suchas Temporary Aid to Needy
Families, UnemploymentInsurance, Social SecurityInsurance), and processing parkingtickets.
InformationTechnology,Senior QualityAssurance Analyst (contract) 2008-2009
Qualityanalystfora large-scale MMISsystemsimplementationprojectforthe Departmentof
Human Servicestoserve 7,000 users.Serveda functional leadtoassistinternalandexternal
stakeholderswhichincludedITsecuritymodules,GUIInterface testing,andsystemwide testing.
Notable achievements:
 Completedover100+ test plansto assistwiththe MMIS stakeholderdeliverables.
 Transitionedtothe Compuware testingautomationteamtoimplementastatewide
telephonysystem.
 Demonstratedadiverse setof communicationsskillswithoffshore and onshore
programmers, businessanalysts,and test engineers.
 Functional leadforthe Noticesfunctional grouponVIPS MedicaidITsystems project.
Emdeon BusinessServices,Nashville,TN 2004–2008
Change Healthcare formerly EmdeonBusiness Services is one ofthe largest, independenthealthcare technology companies providing
software and analytics, connectivity, communication, payment,consumer engagementand workflow optimization solutions.
InformationTechnology,Senior QualityAssurance Analyst 2004–2008
Top performeronourgovernmental EDIqualityassurance team.Performedvarioustaskstotest NPI
Crosswalkfunctions,CMSmandatedprintmapprojects, claimsadministration andHIPPAA 4010
processes. Notable achievements:
 ExecutedtestingforCPUcost savingsthatsavedthe company $25,000 per month.
 ParticipatedinaCPU cost savingsprojectthatwill realize approximately 30%-40%ROI.
 Assistedthe projectmanagerwith prioritizingEDItransaction prioritiesfor team of 8
people.
 Trainednewstaff onthe department’s standardoperating proceduresfor QA testing.
VenturiTechnologies,Nashville,TN 2003–2004
EDS now HP Enterprises, delivers services inthree practice areas: infrastructure,applications andbusiness process outsourcing (BPO). Its
clients hail fromthe health care, manufacturing, energy,financial services, transportationandgovernment sectors
InformationTechnology,Senior ApplicationsTester (contract) 2003–2004
Team membertoimplementthe TennCare MMIS systemtoassistwithprovidingStatewidebenefits
administration. The systemstestingincluded;MMISsecurity,UNIXclient serverapplications,relational
databases,andSQL scripting. Notable achievements:
 Successfullyleadeffortsin the MMIS Securityinitiatives forover2,000 users.
 ParticipatedinRV sessions,includingtestingforAvayaTelephonysystem, eligibility,Security
Management,HIPPA andEDI.
 Ledthe effortforwritingand executingEDI testcases includinguseracceptance testing.

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 TesteddatatranslationrequirementsfromUNIXtothe ClientServerapplication.
Xantus Healthplan of Tennessee,Inc., Nashville, TN 1998–2003
InformationTechnology,Systems Analyst Team Leader 2001–2003
ProviderServicesNetwork Analyst 1999-2001
ProviderRelationsCoordinator 1998-1999
ProviderRelationsRepresentative 4/1998-6/1998
Promoted rapidly through a series of increasingly responsible positions based on strong team building,
leadership performance,and healthcare business knowledge. Managed 12 team members. Notable
achievements:
 Promoted to the position of Team Leader in the Systems Department and managed 12 team
members.
 Developedseveral relationaldatabase applicationsto assistthe Medical Director and the
ProviderServicesDepartment with physicianpenetrationreporting.
 Workedcloselywiththe executive managementteamondatabase integrityissues,which
resultedinan annual savings of$8 million.
 Assistedthe marketingdepartmentwiththe creationof a company logo, includingworkingwith
vendorson physiciannetwork. Anddevelopedthe firstin-houseproviderdirectory whichsaved
over$800,000 in printingcost.
 Provided MSAccess application training and support to over 50 end users.
 Assistedinthe standardizationof mainframedatatoreflecta 2% error ratio.
 Averaged 100 calls per day, while developingacustomer service relationshipswithourcallers,
decreasingwait time and the numberof repeatcallers.
EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration• Universityof Phoenix,Nashville TN
Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Administration• FloridaA & M University,TallahasseeFL