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Debra Beauregard has served as President of Med Direct Executives, a California-based healthcare advisory firm, since 2000. Med Direct ’s client base has grown considerably because of its positive reputation and strong relationships that have culminated throughout Debra ’s career in healthcare management. Debra possesses a blend of medical practice management, hospital management and healthcare consulting experience which offers solid expertise and service to her clients. Debra ’s clients include physician groups, hospitals and non-profit healthcare organizations, with primary focus on program and medical practice operations, strategic business planning, service line development, revenue cycle enhancement and managed care contract negotiations. Debra served as Executive Director of the CHOC Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty group based at Children ’s Hospital of Orange County from 1993 to 2000. During her tenure, she developed and administered full-scope practice management services for the 16 specialty groups which included financial management, physician billing and accounts receivable management, managed care contract negotiations, clinical operations oversight, and service-line expansion. She implemented divisional/by specialty accounting and reporting for the group and led directorship and affiliation negotiations with all affiliated hospitals. Debra led the physicians and her management team in growth of the group from 35 to 75 physicians. She also guided the group in conversion from partnership to a corporate structure, bringing all physicians in as employee shareholders and establishing systems to managed physician employees. Debra served as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors for the medical group as well as a Department Head at Children ’s Hospital of Orange County. From 1990 to 1993, Debra was the Director of Business Development, Managed Care and Marketing for CPC Santa Ana Hospital, a prominent Orange County psychiatric hospital. During her tenure, the hospital was ranked as one of the top performing hospitals in the national chain. This was achieved through aggressive physician recruitment and retention programs as well as extensive outreach services which included expansion of mobile psychiatric assessment teams. Debra built strong relationships with police departments and emergency rooms and developed creative marketing campaigns, strategic managed care contracting and positive payor relationships. From 1987 to 1990, Debra was a consultant/advisor to medical practices at the Southern California based healthcare advisory firm, Dynamic Health Connections, where she grew her client base through practice management expertise, which resulted in achievement of physician goals. Her focus included managed care contracting, staff management and operations workflow improvements. Debra earned her Master ’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1990 and her Bachelor ’s Degree in Business Management from Simpson College in 1987. Maureen Brooks joined Med Direct Executives in 2006 as a principal and consultant. Maureen brings twenty-five years of healthcare management experience to the Med Direct team.

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