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Debbie Hall, MSHCA
Chief Operating Officer
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Debbie Hall is currently the Chief Operating Officer for the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH). DCH is responsible for ensuring the availability of health care for more than two million people and administers the Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids™ programs, and State Health Benefit Plan . Issues related to agency operations, health care procurement and grants, grantee/vendor monitoring, statewide health care initiatives, interactions with providers, human resources and process improvement initiatives claim substantial portions of her workday. Ms. Hall’s responsibilities include Human Resources, Office of Health Initiative Programs, Procurement and Grants, Georgia Volunteer Physician Program, State Office of Rural Health, Non-Emergency Transportation, Grantee and Vendor Management, and Support Services.
Previously, Ms. Hall was the Regional Director for Southern Home Care Services, a division of Rescare, Inc., a periodic, in-home services organization for people with disabilities and the elderly. In her role as Regional Director, she held responsibility for all business functions (budgeting, recruitment, operations, community outreach, provider relations) for markets in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia.
Prior to that, Ms. Hall was the Director of Operations for Visiting Nurse Health System, Inc., (VNHS) a diverse provider of post-acute services, including homecare, hospice, infusion therapy, respiratory therapy, medical equipment and supplies. At VNHS, which had over 1000 employees and $70 million dollars in revenues, Ms. Hall was responsible for purchasing, contracts, inventory control, telecommunications, project management, materials management, support services and special projects.
She is a member of Leadership Dekalb; a non-profit community based training ground for future leaders in the public sector. Ms. Hall is active member of Berean Christian Church in Stone Mountain, Ga.
Ms. Hall received her Bachelors Degree from the University of Virginia and her Masters Degree in Health Care Administration from Mercer University. She is married to Lonnie Hall of Fayetteville, North Carolina and is the mother of four: Harrison (25); Carrington (21); Michelle (16); and Hamilton (7). They reside in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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