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Aharon (Allan) Hirshey
72/3 Ouziel Street, Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem, Israel, 96424
Phone 642 8726, Cell 054 751 8001
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Qualifications: Thirty-four years continuous service with the U.S. Government – management audits, financial analysis, legal reviews of contracts & leases, analytical studies, Medicare cost report audits, and statistical report preparation.
Personal Skills: Effective writer, trouble shooter, communicator, coach, teacher, interviewer, negotiator, internet researcher, English tutor, & life counselor. Meets deadlines, fast learner, & thinks multi-dimensionally.
| Degrees: | M.S. Human Resources; The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. | 1968 |
| L.L.B. (Bachelor of Laws); The Mount Vernon School of Law, Baltimore, Md. | 1963 | |
| B.A. History; Business Adm, minor; The American University, Washington, D.C. | 1961 | |
| Other: | Refuah Institute (Jerusalem, Israel) – Certified Counseling Diploma | 2007 |
| Netanya English Center – English Tutor Certificate | 2006 | |
| National Tax Training School (Mawah, N.J.) – Federal Income Tax Certificate | 2005 | |
| University of California (San Francisco, Ca.) – Tax Accounting. | 1978 | |
| Loyola College (Baltimore – Accounting, Marketing, and Corporation Finance Courses | 1965 |
Work Experience: 2004 – present. Provide volunteer part time English & business math tutoring to adults, as well as educational, employment, financial, & life counseling to yeshiva students. Developed a basic Business English course for an Israeli teachers’ college. Part-time free lance writer – articles on JANGLO & ETNI blog websites.
1973-1974: Adjunct faculty (part/time), Catonsville Junior College, Catonsville, Md., Lecturer in Business.
1985 – 2004; 1972 – 1980. U.S. Government. Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services & Health Care Financing Administration, Central & San Francisco Field Office locations. Position(s) – Health Insurance Analyst, Accountant, Auditor, Recovery Specialist. Received cash awards for recovering thousands of dollars for Medicare/Medicaid.
- Conducted financial audits & then recovery actions involving Medicare/Medicaid cost reports.
- Conducted legal reviews of State Agency & Medicare contractor management agreements.
- Prepared legal depositions for U.S. Attorney (S. California) for Medicare/Medicaid fraud litigation.
- Evaluated & designed payment systems for a $250 million Medicare outpatient mental health program.
- Prepared analytical studies & option papers, using Excel spreadsheet applications.
- Provided orientation & technical training to new health insurance analysts.
1979 – 1984. U.S. Public Health Service, San Francisco & Central Office locations. Position(s) – Supervisory Financial Analyst, Regional Loan Management Officer. Saved Medicare thousands of dollars by preventing hospital loan defaults.
- Directed & monitored the San Francisco Regional Office’s Hill Burton Hospital loan portfolio.
- Developed marketing strategies to improve financially-troubled hospitals’ cash flow positions.
- Conducted legal reviews of medical office building leases made between Medicare funded hospitals & private physicians, interacting with the agency’s Office of General Counsel.
- Evaluated multi-million dollar hospital Medicare loan application requests & related financial feasibility studies
submitted by Big Eight accounting firms. Provided technical assistance to trade associations/general public. - Supervised & provided technical training to five subordinate financial analysts.
Personal: Married + 4. Dual American/Israeli citizenship. Aliyah – 2004. Mother tongue-English. Interests- tennis, walking, attending NLP workshops, volunteer counseling ,& music. Born Baltimore, Md. U.S.A. 10/03/1937.