Physician Integration: Keeping the Marriage Alive After the Honeymoon is Over
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am PT
Hospital acquisitions of physician practices are often likened to a marriage and for good reason. As in marriage, whenever hospitals acquire physician practices, both parties are in for some major changes - some anticipated, others not - that are sure to test the strength of the relationship. The root causes of most conflicts can usually be traced back to a lack of preparedness for the changes that the relationship will bring. This Webinar will explore this theme and provide practical advice on what hospitals and physicians must do in order to prevent the avoidable sources of conflict and mitigate the unavoidable issues.
Specific learning objectives:
- Understand the need to develop an organizational strategy that redefines the enterprise as an integrated health system rather than a hospital-centric organization that just happens to employ physicians.
- Identify the key operational, governance, and relationship issues which must be discussed openly and understood in advance of preparing legal documents.
- Assess your organization’s readiness to be a good partner in the hospital-physician marriage.
- Anticipate the range of issues that can arise from having a mix of employed and independent physicians on your medical staff.
Featured presenters for this session:
Dave Wofford, Senior Manager
Dave has been a consultant with ECG for 12 years. During that time he has assisted clients on a broad range of engagements encompassing physician practice acquisition and employment; physician compensation redesign; hospital-based professional service agreements; and revenue cycle management. Dave’s experience provides him with the skills and perspective to assist clients on a wide variety of topics.
Francine Merenghi, Principal
Francine has more than 20 years of senior-level experience in medical group administration within independent and integrated delivery systems and considerable experience developing and implementing physician-related strategies. Before joining ECG, Francine was Vice President of Operations for a 350-physician enterprise affiliated with a St. Louis integrated delivery system. She was also responsible for physician recruiting, enterprise information technology, corporate health, and retail pharmacies. Earlier in her career, she provided interim executive management services and focused on reengineering, troubleshooting, and implementing best practices within provider and payor organizations.
Chris Clarke R.N., CMPE, LSSBB
Chris has more than 25 years of hands-on medical group leadership experience and has successfully implemented process improvement strategies to improve the overall performance of medical group operations. Over the years, she has designed physician office facilities utilizing process improvement techniques to maximize efficiency, developed standardized approaches to improve administrative and patient throughput processes, and overseen increases in physician and patient satisfaction and financial performance. She has a wealth of experience in medical group operations and the development of governance models, a deep understanding of process improvement science, and a passion for service excellence. Chris is a registered nurse with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and a master certificate in Lean Six Sigma from Villanova University, where she earned the distinguished designation of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Moderator for this session:
Terri Welter, Principal
These sessions are complimentary to our clients, industry colleagues, and other interested parties. ECG reserves the right to deny access to those individuals who may pose a conflict of interest to ECG.
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