Naveen Avvaru

Passionate, value-driven product manager with 7+ healthcare industry experience leading cross-functional teams to plan, build, launch and manage world-class SaaS innovations. Blend technology skills with extensive Agile/Scrum experience, a marketing orientation to evolve product strategy and expand client adaption

Key Skills

SDLC & Agile
Product Concept Design and Testing
Scope Management
Problem Solving
Decision making
Subject Matter Expertise
Product Management, Gap Analysis
Selenium, Postman, Eggplant Functional Testing
Java, SQL, HTML Languages
US HealthCare(RevenueCycle Management)

Professional Experience

Aug 2013
Present
Team Lead, Lead Automation Engineer
Cerner HealthCare Solutions Pvt Ltd Bengaluru, IN
Cerner Corporation is an American supplier of health information technology services with foot prints across the world transforming the future of healthcare
 
Lead team of Product, design and Testing  professionals in all phases of custom product solutions delivery (from requirements gathering through build, test phases, QA and  support) for Health care clients.

Summary & Responsibilities
  • Thorough understanding of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) concepts across the Healthcare Industry 
  • Experience in defining requirements, focus on customer needs, maintain and prioritize backlogs/roadmaps, and communicate between development and the lines of business 
  • Expertise in tracking and trending of key competitors and provide key strategic recommendations to the product management teams.
  • Responsible for Initiating new projects as per the company roadmap which includes managing both maintenance and Strategic Projects 
  • Developed a deep understanding of the business objectives of internal and external stakeholders; evangelized the product vision and built trust by maintaining an accurate and achievable roadmap
  • Experienced in Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Documentation of workflows, Product Implementation and User training 
  •  Hands-on experience on Cerner Millennium solutions. Registration, Scheduling, Patient Accounting, Charge Services, Remittance Posting, Insurance and the Patient Billing workflows, EMR and EHR.
  • Have been involved in Requirement Analysis, Test Estimation, Test Strategy/Design, Quality Review, Test Execution, Test/Defect Management, Test Closure.
  • Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing and Regression Testing 
  • Manage and identify dependencies specific to projects/programs that have a tightly controlled timeline with distinct beginning and end. Responsible for coordinating the work cross-functionally as defined by project requirements, performing feasibility and impact assessments 

Project #1(Client: Veteran Affairs, USA)
Managed concept to pull up pharmacy orders and claim  details on to the existing Patient Accounting solution enabling common application for the Billing users to Ease the workflow at client locations. One of the basic product helped to improve user experience for the Veteran client

Project #2(Client: Adventist Health Systems, USA)
Completed delivery of Improved Denial management SaaS solution for faster payment activity and insurance follow ups with automated workflows thus reducing the Manual Touches

Project #3 (Client: Adventist Health Systems, USA)
Led Testing of multiple projects related to claim processing which involves cross-functional teams in anticipating and addressing claim errors upfront to speed up the billing process for clients

Project #4 (Client: Adventist Health Systems, USA)
Ensured products met or exceeded client expectations. Excelled at gathering feedback and requirements; communicating needed changes to development team; and overseeing seamless testing with automation(web, API, Desktop). 

 

Education

Jun 2008
Apr 2012
Bachelor Of Technology in
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Certifications

2020
Certified Revenue Cycle Representative
HFMA
2018
Internal Software Testing Qualification-Testing
ISTQB
Cerner: CHIA, HIPAA and Global Security Overview
Cerner

Achievements

NOTT Award
Awarded NOTT award for my contribution on Ambulatory Variance project where I worked with multiple stake holders across different venues in design and testing thus delivered the quality
Outstanding Associate
Rated as an Outstanding associate for consecutive 4 years in my current Organization for my contribution towards team and Organization success

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