October 17, 2026
Dear [Hiring manager's name],
Seventy high-acuity discharges a month move through my desk at Sonoran Vista Medical Center, spread across medical-surgical and telemetry units, and I've come to see readmissions less as a quality metric on someone's dashboard and more as an operations problem with a fixable root cause. That's the lens I want to keep applying somewhere with real appetite for the work it takes.
Starting discharge planning on day one of admission instead of the day before cut 30-day readmissions on my units by 31 percent over three years. Applying InterQual criteria more consistently trimmed avoidable inpatient days 18 percent, saving an estimated $1.2 million annually, and across 9 commercial and government payers I hold a 94 percent first-pass prior authorization approval rate.
CCM and ACM credentials sit behind daily interdisciplinary rounds with physicians, pharmacy, and therapy, where I build individualized plans directly in Epic. Two earlier years in utilization review and three in community case management, including 38 permanent housing placements in 24 months for people experiencing homelessness or chronic illness, mean I read a case from the clinical side and the payer side at the same time.
A sample caseload, your current readmission goals, or a straightforward conversation with your care management team, [Health system name] can pick whichever gets us moving fastest, and I'll make time for it.
Sincerely,
Taylor Harris, CCM
