Lt. Cmdr. Jodi Phillips, Navy Medicine East (NME) Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) department head, was honored July 13 with the Department of the Navy's Financial Management and Comptroller Award for outstanding achievement in fiscal readiness and management.

"This award confirms what we already know, that Lt. Cmdr. Phillips' leadership and ongoing support to her team are critical in ensuring fiscal responsibility and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars," said Rear Adm. Kenneth J. Iverson, NME commander. "She has raised the bar of expectation."

The award recognized Phillips for her exceptional contributions to the region's performance in financial improvement and audit readiness, and in preparing the NME FIAR team for the regional assessment that kicks off in fiscal year 2018.

Phillip's efforts involved the testing of more than 200 financial transactions each month, improving performance in the financial processes as well as taking the lead in reimbursable work order compliance. In order to increase NME's audit performance from 80 to 93 percent, she designed and implemented 153 corrective action plans. She also developed questionnaires and compiled data that is now used by the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA). As a result of her efforts, NME outperformed all other regional commands in DHA.

Phillips has been invited to an awards ceremony at the Pentagon in August where Dr. Susan Rabern, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller will present the award.

NME oversees the delivery of medical, dental and other health care services to approximately 1 million patients across almost 100 facilities in six countries: U.S. (East and Gulf Coasts), Spain, Italy, Greece, Cuba and Bahrain. Additionally, its public health activities extend globally.

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