One Day in the
Life:
Jessica Kashyap 5:30 AM
Get up, work out for 40-45 minutes, come back home to feed and walk my dogs, Artie and Zuzu.
7:50 AM
Leave for work. It’s about 20 minutes to Community Health Systems. Most days, we work at the client’s offices. Sometimes, for training or meetings, we “hotel” at Deloitte’s office downtown.
8:10 AM
elusive pieces of information that might involve talking to a hospital CFO, then to the controller or the business office manager. You never know what your day will be like. It’s always a fresh series of puzzles to solve—which is fun.
Settle in, get coffee, check emails. As a team (there are about 30 of us) we meet with our senior manager to brainstorm and discuss the day. Some days, I already know what I’ll be working on. Other days, I might be chasing “unicorns”—critical but
9:00(ish) AM
Start evaluating “supports”— documentation received from hospitals to support their financial line items. 52
10:15 AM
Make calls to (and field calls from) local hospitals to discuss their documentation. Typically, I’m dealing with things for 75 different hospitals (at least). Organization is key!