Abraham Testa MD MSc

• Improved patient care quality by implementing evidence-based clinical protocols and guidelines.
• Ensured regulatory compliance at all regional facilities by staying current on industry updates and enforcing adherence to established policies.
• Optimized case and clinical management and recommended plans to improve safety and health programs.

• Evaluated medical guidelines and benefit coverage to determine appropriateness of services.
• Devise or identify solutions for irregular requests and issues.
• Submitted cases for criteria failures and helped facilitate resolutions and approvals.
• Facilitated workgroup meetings to find effective solutions to issues.
• Supervised and maintained all utilization review documentation through InterQual
• Performed admission reviews based for medical necessity
• Obtained authorizations from multiple insurance carriers for various levels of care.

• Coordinated patient's admissions and discharges, working closely with family members and case managers to line up any additional care needs.
• Daily peer to peer review
• Assessed patient health at admissions and regular intervals to stay on top of changing medical conditions.
• Initiated interaction with primary care physicians to determine admission and discharge plans for patients.

• Optimized case and clinical management and recommended plans to improve safety and health programs.
• Verified effective, consistent communication between department heads, medical staff and governing boards through board meeting attendance and synchronization of interdepartmental functions.
• Improved patient outcomes and delivery of care through improved clinical quality processes.
• Drove significant improvement in achievement of goals related to health, safety and employee relations.
• Represented staff at meetings and on designated committees relative to areas of specialty or service.
• Recruited and managed physicians
• Weekly meetings with CMO for operational plans

• Coordinated patients admissions and discharges, working closely with family members and case managers to line up any additional care needs.
• Updated charts in hospital system with full patient histories, diagnoses and observations from rounds.

• Prepared scholarly manuscripts and final study reports to communicate results of research to broader scientific community.
• Utilized statistical packages to analyze data and create visualizations.
• Developed research proposals, identified research objectives and created research plans.

Completed a three year training program in Internal Medicine.

• Completed PGY-2 General Surgery

• Completed PGY-1 General Surgery

• Completed PGY-1 General Surgery