Experience

Sutter Center For Psychiatry

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Healthcare Risk Offier

  • Jul 2019 - Present



LeVangie Law Group

• 2021 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95811

• Paralegal

  • Nov 2006 - Jul 2019

  As Paralegal, Debbie oversees all aspects of insurance defense litigation support including factual investigation, medical records review & analysis, organization & management of documents and trial preparation. She performs case investigation including witness interviews, research of potential experts, laws/statutes and verdicts as well as drafts discovery documents and summarizes discovery responses for facts, claimed injuries & damages. She also prepares litigation materials, creates privilege logs, cite-check, and performs pretrial preparation, and legal research or drafting as needed. Moreover, Debbie manages deadlines, filings, and the flow of facts and information, in addition, schedules, organizes, and prepares documents & materials for meetings. She maintains hard copy and electronic filing & record keeping systems, as well as, retrieves & files documents in these systems and maintains logs & reports of said systems. She also procures & analyzes medical records; prepares medical chronologies and summaries; reviews & analyzes billing records and prepares damages charts. Highlights • Encouraged the firm to review the legal assistant positions as well as established written job parameters for paralegal position. Show less



Main Line Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Director, Risk Management

  • Jun 1994 - Jul 1998

  As Risk Management System Director at Main Line Health, Bryn Mawr, Debbie identified & analyzed implications of key changes to the regulatory and policy environment on provider organizations in the areas of risk adjustment and compliance. Moreover, Debbie organized & provided executive, management and front-line initiatives and performance reporting and communication as well as prepared timely and accurate monthly & annual reports. She also coordinated & administered the organization’s risk management program, which was designed to enhance the quality of patient care, reduce patient injuries, prevent patient claims and minimize exposure to liability. Highlights • Spearheaded education of medical residents in communications with patients. Show less



Jefferson Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Risk Manager

  • May 1986 - Jul 1994

  As Risk Manager at TJUH, Debbie supervised a staff of 5 while performing risk identification through evaluation of incident reports & patient complaints and development of a proactive hospital risk management program. She led the risk management program of a large teaching hospital including incident reporting, trend analysis, education and claims management for self-insured trust. She also oversaw the liability claims brought against the hospital and its staff as well as developed policies and procedures to meet legislative changes and address liability risks. Moreover, Debbie developed litigation management guidelines to monitor attorney performance and ensure efficient claims management process as well as collaborated with quality assurance for improvement of the quality of patient care and worked with various hospital committees dedicated to patient safety. She revised the incident reporting process to promote reporting of incidents and near misses. She also handled potentially compensable events to minimize loss and reported same to various stakeholders throughout the organization and insurers above self-insured trust. Highlights • Enhanced relationships and fostered reporting of events by developing & delivering risk management education program to physicians and staff. • Authored multiple articles on legal and liability issues which were published in professional journals & books and spoke at the national risk management association annual meeting. Show less