MICHAEL ABRAMSON

1235 Saffell Road * Reisterstown, MD 21136

Cell 410-952-8680 * Home 410-833-6434
ma52b4dc@westpost.net
CORPORATE AUDITOR
Healthcare Experience * Sarbanes-Oxley Expertise
Extensive experience planning and supervising operational, compliance and financ
ial audits for multi-billion dollar national corporations * Superior quantitativ
e and analytical skills * Skilled at developing procedures and internal controls
to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness * Broad background in impl
ementing the requirements under Sarbanes-Oxley 404 * Excellent communication sk
ills and the ability to work well across all levels of the organization.

CORE COMPETENCIES
* Industry & Institutional Audits * Expert at identifying, planning and supervis
ing operational audits * Experienced in auditing corporate departments, regional
offices, institutional and retail pharmacies, hospitals and long-term care skil
led nursing centers * Skilled at conducting effective risk assessments with mana
gement, to identify high risk areas for inclusion on the annual audit plan * Ba
ckground in improving timeliness of completion of audits and distribution of aud
it reports.
* Corporate Management * Highly experienced at producing well written audit repo
rts and presenting results to senior management and board audit committees * Bac
kground in serving as internal audit representative on management committees, in
cluding Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Compliance Data Monitoring, Laborato
ry Compliance and the Audit Committee.
* Efficiency Improvement & Workflow Optimization * Systematically managed the im
plementation of an effective audit improvement program, incorporating all outsid
e regulatory requirements to insure high-risk areas are monitored * For Neighbor
Care, created and implemented an audit tool for pharmacies to perform self-asses
sments.
* Federal & State Regulations * Adept at assuring that the organization complie
s with all federal and state regulations and other industry standards *Developed
and implemented compliance programs * Ensured compliance of corporate retail ph
armacies, institutional pharmacies and regional business offices regarding Feder
al and State regulatory issues and company policies and procedures including; pr
escription dispensing, 3rd party billing processes, record keeping, and inventor
y security.
* Management and Supervision * Assigned audits and directly supervised staff of
senior auditors * Identified staff development needs and assured appropriate con
tinuing staff education * Completed annual performance evaluations, and set goa
ls for subordinates.
* Sarbanes-Oxley 404 * Part of the management team responsible for implementing
the requirements under Sarbanes-Oxley 404 * Developed process documentation to i
dentify financial, operational and compliance key controls; established procedur
es for testing key controls.

MICHAEL ABRAMSON -2.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHAN Healthcare Auditors, St. Louis, MO 2008-Present
Audit Manager
Responsible for the development and execution of the annual audit plan for Saint
Agnes Hospital. Completed a revenue charge capture audit, identifying $275K in
missed charges to be re-billed and captured.
University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD 2005-2007
Internal Audit Manager
Developed and managed internal and compliance audits of six major hospitals with
in the University of Maryland Medical System (Net patient revenue: $2.5 billion)
.
NeighborCare, Inc., Baltimore, MD (Previously a subsidiary of Genesis)
2003-2005
Director of Internal Audit
Directed internal audit department of the second largest pharmaceutical provider
in the country, with outlets in 34 states and DC and $1.6 billion in annual rev
enues; supervised 8-11 staff directly.
Genesis Health Ventures, Towson, MD 1992-2003
Manager of Internal Audit
Directed financial, operational, and compliance audits of all Genesis Eldercare
Centers, NeighborCare Pharmacies, Genesis Eldercare Rehabilitation Services and
Genesis Eldercare Physicians Services.

EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD * B.S. Journalism, Accounting Minor
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD * Accounting Certificate

AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) * Member, Baltimore Chapter