State of California, DHCS Provider Portal

2023 - Present, Associate Design Director, IBM Consultant

Designed a new system facilitating the migration of California Medicaid, Medical providers, submitters, and drug manufacturers to the DHCS Provider Portal. Ensured a smooth transition and enhanced user experience throughout the process.

My contributions:

  • Led UX design of five applications:

    • Drug Rebate - Generated $1.5 billion yearly

    • Access the Every Woman Counts Detecting Early Cancer (DETEC) system

    • Internet Professional Claim Submission

    • General Eligibility

    • Behavioral Health

  • Directed and delivered UX design efforts for two development squads, averaging 12 - 15 team members per squad.

  • Evaluated and prioritized design work in Program Increment (PI) Planning, refined problem statements, evaluated epics, wrote design stories and acceptance criteria.

  • Led stakeholder Enterprise Design Thinking workshops, design reviews and showcases.

  • Developed and implemented a design system based on the State of California CAMMIS style guide.

  • Wrote UI helper text, alert banners, notifications and emails, documented logic and business requirements.

  • Collaborated with the design team and development team to maintain alignment and consistency in design system roll-out.

  • Designed low and high-fidelity wire frames, Created design components in Figma.

  • Created Minimum Viable Products (MVP’s), road maps, user journeys, user stories, flow maps and defined features.

  • Contributed to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by packaging design stories, acceptance criteria, and wire frames for Pharmacy Benefits Division user testing stakeholders.

  • Tracked biweekly feedback and implemented changes to correct defects.

  • Conducted user research surveys.