Valora Gurganious, MBA, CHBC serves clients in all medical specialties and provides services related to operations, workflow optimization, compliance, IT, accounting, marketing, and strategic planning. Along with a team of CPAs, JDs and MBAs within DoctorsManagement, she also advises physicians and hospitals on practice valuation, startup, contract negotiation and transition of ownership.
Clients appreciate that she delivers measurable results. Her financial expertise along with extensive experience in medical practice management is the cornerstone of her success. Valora partners with practice leadership to develop and implement strategies to drive revenues, improve operational efficiency, and improve patient satisfaction and retention.
In addition to working with clients, Valora assists in the management of the DM University (DMU). Physicians, practice managers, hospital executives and medical staff use the online educational and credentialing program to better manage the “business of medicine,” maintain excellence in patient care, and prepare to meet the challenges of new regulatory, cost and quality initiatives.
Valora brought significant finance and healthcare management experience to DoctorsManagement in 2008. Valora’s past professional experience includes: 7 years of service as Vice Chair of Finance for a Central Florida health system foundation, COO of an orthopaedic surgical group in the 2000s, and she was recognized as Top Producer and advanced to the position of Senior Vice President with a global investment advisory firm in Boston in the 1990s.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Valora is a Certified Healthcare Business Consultant through the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants (NSCHBC).