I joined the Health Services department and family a short time after SCCHO was open for business. I think at that time it was a grand total of 8 HS staff in one small cubicle section, responsible for all of the HS activities for Santa Cruz County. It was quite a cozy group.
Barb and I were the two nurse dynamic- duo that did hospital review, UR patient case presentations, reviewed every authorization request, [ think we data entered them as well ] talked with members on the phone, made visits to providers offices, etc.. We certainly were a great team.
With time and expansion into Monterrey Country, the department grew in number of staff, new positions were created, responsibilities increased, there were more State obligations put upon the organization which included frequent visits from them and HEDIS – oh how we loved those HEDIS weekends
All the time our department grew, Barb was the driving force to keep things going forward.
She was a great leader and friend.
Your time was too short on this earth.