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Work History
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Certification
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ASHA KOLAGUNDA NAGAPPA SHETTY

Lake Oswego,Oregon

Summary

Results-driven IT professional with 14+ years of experience, specializing in ORMB solutions, revenue cycle management, and business operations. Led ORMB enhancements that increased billing efficiency by 78%. Adept at process optimization, project management, and data analysis, ensuring streamlined workflows and operational excellence. A strategic leader known for high productivity, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration. Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills, driving team success and delivering impactful results in healthcare financial operations

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

RIA Advisory
01.2024 - Current

Client: BCBS-Florida

  • Serves as the SME for payer enrollment, billing, and financial processes, covering fully insured, ASO, individual (on/off exchange), Medicare, and Medicaid
  • Leads integration efforts between ORMB and upstream/downstream departments, including sales, marketing, broker operations, claims, remittance, finance, and risk adjustment
  • Analyzes & maps workflows across enrollment, billing, and associated teams to identify inefficiencies and recommend optimizations
  • Ensures compliance with federal and state regulations in payer billing operations
  • Oversees API integration for seamless data exchange across ORMB, premium billing, and claims processing systems
  • Develops operational reports and dashboards to track premium payments, delinquency rates, and revenue reconciliation
  • Provides strategic guidance on ORMB system enhancements and automation opportunities
  • Facilitates release demos and post-release stabilization, ensuring smooth adoption
  • Client: BCBS-Florida

ORMB Techno Functional Consultant

RIA Advisory
07.2022 - 12.2023

Client: IBC – Individual Blue Cross

  • Collaborated with stakeholders to align ORMB billing functions with payer-specific rules and compliance requirements
  • Monitored payer KPIs to provide insights on enrollment, premium reconciliation, and collections
  • Led automation testing strategies, ensuring compliance with revenue cycle standards
  • Client: IBC – Individual Blue Cross

ORMB Functional Lead

Accenture Services
11.2019 - 07.2022

Client: Kaiser Permanente

  • Led the design & implementation of ORMB solutions, increasing billing efficiency by 78%
  • Developed process documentation for payer billing, claim adjudication, and financial reconciliation
  • Automated payment processing & revenue tracking, reducing manual errors and improving reporting accuracy
  • Client: Kaiser Permanente
  • Developed and implemented functional solutions in ERP systems to streamline business processes.

Automation Test Engineer

Accenture Services
01.2018 - 11.2019

Client: State of California

  • Designed automation frameworks for payer billing workflows, leveraging TOSCA and Selenium.
  • Conducted end-to-end validation testing, ensuring compliance, and seamless financial processing.
  • Oversaw quality control to identify inconsistencies and malfunctions.

Consultant

Accenture Services
02.2015 - 01.2018

Client: Duke Energy

  • Developed mitigation strategies for revenue cycle disruptions.
  • Facilitated defect triage calls, and conducted RCA to improve ORMB system stability.
  • Evaluated key data to develop effective strategies.

Program Manager

Accenture Services
02.2012 - 02.2015

Client: Cisco Systems

  • Monitored and reported on program financial performance, implementing cost-control measures to stay within budget constraints.
  • Established KPIs to drive continuous improvements in payer and revenue cycle operations.
  • Identified areas of improvement in existing processes, procedures and systems related to the program delivery cycle.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Visvesvaraya Technological University
India
06-2007

Master of Science (M.S.) - Health Informatics

Grand Canyon University

Skills

  • ORMB & Health Payer Systems
  • Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)
  • Health Payer Enrollment & Billing
  • Operational Integration
  • Data Analysis & Reporting
  • Process Optimization
  • Tools & Technologies
  • Project & Stakeholder Management
  • Healthcare Financial Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Technical Proficiency
  • Leadership & Management
  • Payer billing
  • ORMB integration

Certification

  • HIPAA Compliance Training
  • Oracle cloud OCI
  • Automation Testing & Selenium Certification
  • Google Project Management
  • Microsoft Generative AI
  • SOAP UI
  • Python Data Analyst
  • DevOps

Technical And Leadership Skills

  • Healthcare Financial Management: Billing, premium reconciliation, revenue forecasting
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Stakeholder engagement, communication, and alignment
  • Technical Proficiency: Automation testing, ORMB system integration, coding policies
  • Leadership & Management: Team leadership, performance evaluations, operational improvements

Accomplishments

  • ACE ( Accenture Celebrates Excellence) award recipient in 2020

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

RIA Advisory
01.2024 - Current

ORMB Techno Functional Consultant

RIA Advisory
07.2022 - 12.2023

ORMB Functional Lead

Accenture Services
11.2019 - 07.2022

Automation Test Engineer

Accenture Services
01.2018 - 11.2019

Consultant

Accenture Services
02.2015 - 01.2018

Program Manager

Accenture Services
02.2012 - 02.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Master of Science (M.S.) - Health Informatics

Grand Canyon University
ASHA KOLAGUNDA NAGAPPA SHETTY