Assisting organizations in the healthcare and human services communities to become and remain sustainable.
We have extensive success assisting organizations with every aspect of the Grant Funding Life Cycle: program development, prospect research, proposal writing, submissions, and reporting. We assist organizations undertake and manage small and large projects where internal capacity is not available. We can assist you in building realistic plans for programmatic growth while considering financial feasibility, payment models, and the technology that is required.
SRS takes a wholistic approach to compliance, quality, licensing, and accreditation. First, we recommend assessing your current state of readiness by looking at strengths and challenge that exist within your organization related to this work. Then we provide a roadmap to success that often includes working with you on a plan that may include developing compliance, quality and/ or licensing & accreditation strategies simultaneously.
We utilize a best practices approach to EHR selection, implementation, utilization, and optimization. We have experience accomplishing this with several EHR vendors and multiple service models. Our goal is to assist you to identify an EHR that will meet your needs and help you develop the internal capacity to optimize its utilization.
SRS Strategic Associates is a firm focused on health and human services. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed. First, we listen. Then, our team works hand-in-hand with you to meet your goals.
Shelley Samuels has 35+ years of experience as a leader in human services and healthcare organizations. Ms. Samuels has provided consulting in the areas of program development, workflow assessment and enhancements, project management, as well as quality, licensing, and accreditation. She has expertise in electronic health records (EHRs), fee for service and transition to multiple payment models. She has assisted organizations across the US in developing successful service delivery and funding strategies to meet the needs in their communities. Samuels has secured and managed more than $100 million in grants and contracts, including foundations, local, county, state, and federal government awards. Samuels was COO and Compliance Officer for a national autism organization. Prior to that, she was the Chief Program Officer of Easterseals New Jersey while concurrently serving as the COO of Easterseals Solutions, an EHR system administration entity for multiple nonprofit organizations. Ms. Samuels has an MPA in Public Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Finance from Rutgers University. She completed an Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and a program at New York University Stern School for Executive Education in Finance and Accounting
Judith Samuels, MBA, PhD is currently the CEO of The Samuels Group, an active consultancy to Philanthropies, Global NGOs, Nonprofit Organizations and Government Agencies. The Samuels Group specializes in developing tools and measurement strategies to transform the third sector and maximizing impact. Dr. Samuels has undergraduate training in Engineering, an MBA with a concentration in Finance, and a PhD in Public Administration from NYU. She brings to her consulting practice, expertise in evaluation and research, finance, and methodology, extensive statistical and analytic techniques, and systems technology. Dr. Samuels’ policy and services research has been in health, human services, housing, policy and interventions. She has held a tenured position at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, and as an Assistant Professor at the NYU Medical School and Adjunct Professor positions at two NYU graduate schools. Dr. Samuels has served on numerous nonprofit Boards and research advisory boards nationally and in New York City.
Denise Majka has 30+ years of experience in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations serving individuals with a variety of disabilities and special needs. Her experience spans direct service, administration, operations and senior leadership. Ms. Majka has been responsible for managing multi-million dollar budgets on a state and national level. She has been instrumental in growing both established and start-up organizations, involving licensing, accreditation and policy and procedure development. Additionally, Denise has been highly successful in overseeing several software implementations, including CRMs, EHRs and contract management. Ms. Majka has participated in several provider groups providing training on best practices in operations and implementation of electronic health records. Ms. Majka earned a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University.
In the past five years, Mrs. Palmeri-Thielmann has secured over $27 million in grant funding for a range of non-profit organizations across the United States. During this time, Palmeri-Thielmann has procured grants from over 40 unique agencies including but not limited to the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), including HRSA’s prestigious Special Project of National Significance (SPNS), Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, the Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as well as a variety of state and local government grants and private foundations.
Nick has 20+ years of experience in direct service, administration, and clinical experience in healthcare. He provides support to integrated healthcare environments; and serves as an Advanced Implementation Specialist for SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network. Nick is the former Assistant Vice President of Addiction and Recovery at the National Council for Behavioral Health and Director at the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions. He served as the Director of Behavioral Health for a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). He utilizes implementation science to maximize clinical pathways to better care; and delivers technical assistance, and training toward bi-directional integration of behavioral health and primary care, substance use disorders, medication assisted treatment (MAT), Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), measurement-based care, and population health management. He earned his master’s in social work from Rutgers University.
Jane Kaye has 25+ years of experience in healthcare financial management and consulting. Jane’s consulting practice focuses on strategic financial planning, revenue cycle improvement strategies, and financial management of healthcare entities and social service agencies. Ms. Kaye is also an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Health Administration program at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Ms. Kaye was a Chief Financial Officer at two health systems Ms. Kaye is the current Board Chair of the Healthcare Employees Federal Credit Union and Board President of the Freehold Borough Library. Her past Board membership includes The Arc of Monmouth and the New Jersey Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Jane Kaye holds a Master of Business Administration from Boston College and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sandee Miller has 25+ years senior leadership experience in non-profits serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as working in colleges and universities. Ms. Miller has her MS in Higher Education, with a concentration in Personnel Administration from Syracuse University. She has stewarded strategic and business planning initiatives executing major systems changes including transitions to fee for service and implementation of electronic health record management systems. She has guided agencies through independent licensing and accreditation reviews as well as assessed departments and made recommendations for improvements in staffing and practices creating more cohesive and inclusive environments. She is a Certified Trainer for Therap Services.