ABOUT US
For over 25 years, Dr. Deborah Walker Keegan has shared her knowledge and expertise with physicians and healthcare professionals. For the past 15 years, Deborah has worked with healthcare clients in all facets of medical practice operations. Prior to that time, she personally managed medical practices, oversaw practice operations, designed ambulatory health care facilities, managed professional fee billing operations, implemented information systems, enabled regulatory compliance, and planned and managed teaching and research programs at leading academic institutions. She is therefore able to bring practical, real life experience to the challenges facing her clients.
Dr. Deborah Walker Keegan
With the changes in the healthcare reimbursement environment, Deborah is actively sought out by clients to help them better position their organization for future success. Clients include:
- Hospitals that are attempting to build or grow their physician base and strengthen their integrated delivery system in the market;
- Medical practices that have not been able to generate the productivity and efficiency gains expected from electronic health records;
- Medical practices that have outgrown their current physician compensation plans and need a new plan, aligned with the changing healthcare environment;
- Faculty practice plans that need to realign their funds flow model and ensure that the governance structures are in place to meet the changes in healthcare today;
- Medical practices that are struggling to create opportunities for physicians who seek part-time and slowdown arrangements; and
- Healthcare organizations that are challenged to optimize revenue cycle performance.
Dr. Deborah Walker Keegan’s Curriculum Vitae
Educational Background and Credentials
- Ph.D. - The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Beta Gamma Sigma
- M.B.A. - University of California, Los Angeles
- B.A. - University of California, Los Angeles, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Fellow, American College of Medical Practice Executives
- Member, Academy of Management
- Member, AcademyHealth: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice
Woodcock & Walker Consulting
Dr. Deborah Walker Keegan also collaborates with Elizabeth Woodcock, a leading expert in medical practice operations. They combine their expertise to assist clients in resolving a wide-range of challenges facing medical practices today. Our consulting services are in demand by industry leaders as they work to enhance practice efficiency, profitability, and achieve and sustain patient satisfaction.
Elizabeth Woodcock
Elizabeth has authored three best-selling books:
Mastering Patient Flow to Increase Efficiency and Earnings, Third Edition, 2007.
Operating Policies and Procedures Manual for Medical Practices Third Edition, MGMA Publishing, 2006 (co-author Bette Warn)
The Physician Billing Process: Avoiding Potholes in the Road to Getting Paid: Optimizing Revenue in Your Medical Practice, May 2004 (co-author Deborah Walker Keegan and Sara Larch).
These books are available at: elizabethwoodcock.com
With rich experience in consulting, training, and industry research, we bring knowledge, expertise, and solutions to clients as they work to align themselves with the changing healthcare environment. We work to ensure that healthcare organizations are not only successful today, but also will continue to meet the future healthcare needs of their communities.