HELLO! I'M BECCA PARROTT
Why do I have a website? Why not? Having a website is cheap, fun, and an excellent way to display my talents.
BIO
The go-to health care analyst who thrives in a high pressure environment. Using my experience and skill set to save people money on health care.
HOSPITAL EXPENDITURE REPORT
Team lead for the Hospital Expenditure Reports.
2 x TEAM OF THE YEAR
Two-time winner of the Team of the Year award at the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing
NURSING FACILITY MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REDESIGN
Member of the team who redesigned skilled nursing facility reimbursement in Colorado, resulting in equitable reimbursement.
HIGHLIGHTS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SPECIAL FINANCING DIVISION DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY & FINANCING
2022 - Current
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Program manager for Department hospital initiatives:
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Hospital transparency data collection, analysis, and reporting to a broad audience
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Hospital accountability recommendations, analysis, strategy, and legislative support
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The Hospital Transformation Program, a billion-dollar quality program, and two other quality programs
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Coordinator of collaborative projects for programs and reports
LEAD HOSPITAL COST ANALYST, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY & FINANCING
2018 - 2022
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Research, analysis, and reporting on the hospital and health care industry, communicating complex topics and analysis to a broad audience
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Team lead for the implementation of House Bill 19-1001, collecting data from hospitals and publishing a report. This required project management, rulemaking, stakeholder engagement, process design, and customer service
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Research and analysis for multiple potential health care policies
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Supervisor of 3 analysts
PROVIDER FEE ANALYST, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY & FINANCING
2016 - 2018
Modeled hospital provider fee program ($1.2 billion) and skilled nursing facility provider fee program ($100 million), as well as forecasted the program budgets
Participated in the development and critically analyzed other HCPF programs
Program’s customer service representative for health care providers
Created visuals and presentations to communicate complex topics
APPOINTMENT MANAGER, FRONT RANGE EYE HEALTH CENTER
2011-2013
Kept provider’s schedules full and made sure patients showed up to appointments by developing internal processes to contact patients and by initiating a marketing campaign
Front office tasks like scheduling and patient services, and back office tasks like insurance verification
INTERNSHIPS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
2014 - 2015
Analyzed and presented quantitative results from survey data on sustainable practices for 140 posts across the globe
COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, INC
2015
Developed Excel tools for tracking financial accounts
Non-profit accounting tasks including ledgering and reconciliations
SKILL SET
SIMPLIFYING THE COMPLEX
It's one thing to understand to the complex, it's another to communicate it.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Lets stop talking and start finding solutions. My strategy is to find the root cause of a problem and look for solutions that incentivize.
HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY & MARKET
Studying and reporting on one of the most complex industries. Extensive experience finding and digesting publicly available resources on health care.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2015
MBA SIMMONS COLLEGE
2009
BA THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, only one thing endures and that is character.”