Teri Gatchel, MBA

Consultant and Speaker

As a former practice administrator in both academic and private practice settings, Teri Gatchel understands the daily issues facing physicians and staff in terms of developing and managing effective business systems.

Ms. Gatchel has significant experience in financial management, personnel management, managed care contract negotiation, group development and recruitment, quality assurance and utilization. 

No stranger to compliance issues, Ms. Gatchel has previously held key responsibility for the office compliance plan for in both private and academic practice.  Her knowledge of coding and reimbursement issues is built on a solid foundation at UT Southwestern Medical Center, including significant work to increase the overall cash flow for 16 clinical departments.  Her successful effort to implement a reimbursement appeal systems resulted in $1 million in additional revenue.  Following in the wake of her work in the centralized billing office, she served as the business operations manager for the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UT Southwestern and then succeeded to the position of Administrator of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  

As a member of the KZA consulting team, Ms. Gatchel works with orthopaedic, otolaryngology, neurosurgery, and plasti surgery practices to improve the billing and collection process.  Ms Gatchel also teaches nationally as well as for local specialty societies.

Ms. Gatchel’s healthcare experience also extends into the arena of internal and external marketing.  For her graduate thesis, she wrote a book, “Millennium Marketing” focusing on the changing demographics of aging baby-boomers.

Ms. Gatchel earned her master’s degree in Business/Health Care Administration from the University of Dallas.  She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance from Texas Wesleyan University.