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Bonnie Graham
Associate Director
Ms. Graham came to VAPHS from the New Mexico VA
Health Care System, where she had been serving as
the Clinical Business Administrator since May 2005.
Ms. Graham has 20 years of operational management
experience, including both clinical and
administrative responsibilities, as well as
considerable experience with Advanced Clinical
Access. One of her many accomplishments at the New
Mexico VA Health Care System was the proposal and
implementation of an organizational restructuring,
including improved administrative processes to
better support clinical services.
Before joining VA in New Mexico in January 2004, Ms.
Graham had extensive experience managing health care
in the private sector, including leading medical
group operations of 200 employed physicians and
1,100 staff with
an annual budget of $90 million at
Lovelace Health Systems, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM.
Additionally, Ms. Graham implemented a clinical
pharmacy plan that resulted in savings of $1.3
million in one year and renegotiated contracts for
plant operations, environmental services and food
services which resulted in an annual savings of $1.2 million.Ms. Graham received an MBA from the
University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science
in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University.
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