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Dr. Sharon Deans

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Dr. Sharon Deans is an ICF and PCI certified leadership coach who has coached informally for the last 20 years. Having personally invested in and evolved significantly from executive coaching, Sharon recognizes and believes in the value of coaching and development as a path to career satisfaction, legacy leadership, and overall personal fulfillment. 

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She is commonly called upon to share her journey in the healthcare space; offer guidance regarding the investment in and utilization of an additional degree;  assess pay equity and facilitate the tactical onboarding and transition from bedside clinician to physician executive roles.  Sharon is a transformational and influential change leader, specializing in infrastructure development, process improvement, and change management with an emphasis in turnaround and accelerated growth settings.

Experience

  • Currently serves as Regional Vice President, Senior Clinical Officer, NE Region, Medicaid for Anthem, Inc.

  • Healthcare career spanning greater than 40 years- first as a nurse; 25 years as a practicing clinician; and the last nine years as a physician executive.

  • Began her managed care career in 2013 at Amerigroup, New York as a medical director; and has spent the last seven years in the Chief Medical Officer role. Dr. Deans spent 12 years in private practice and over 15 years of her career has been spent teaching medical students and training resident physicians in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

  • Has held academic appointments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and North Shore Long Island Jewish School of Medicine as a clinical assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She currently holds an academic appointment at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Education

  • MBA, Leadership and Management, Washington University, St. Louis, Olin School of Business, EMBA

  • MPH, Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

  • Doctor of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC

  • Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences/Pre-med, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

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Executive and Clinical Competencies

  • Leadership and Management

  • Healthcare Strategy

  • Business Management and Operations

  • Change Management and Re-organization

  • LEAN Six Sigma- Green Belt

  • Managed Care: Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA Plans

  • Value Based Payment Models

  • Population Health Management

  • Clinical Initiatives

  • Provider Practice Management

  • Provider Engagement

  • Health Policy

  • Medical Management

  • Quality Management

  • Pharmacy Management

  • Behavioral Health

  • CHCQM credentialed

  • NCQA accreditation

  • Payment Integrity

  • Medical coding

  • Reimbursement Policy

  • Cost-savings Analysis

  • Clinical Professor OB/GYN

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