ECG was jointly retained by the University of Kansas (KU), University of Kansas Physicians (UKP), and the University of Kansas Hospital (KUH) to design, develop, and implement a new integrated academic health system.
Key project activities completed by ECG included:
The new University of Kansas Health System was born out of the four-year integration process. This contemporary model for KU’s clinical enterprise included the dissolution of the 18 foundations and the establishment of a single, integrated multispecialty physician organization with a lean governance and management structure, as well as new financial arrangements with the medical school and teaching hospital.
Among other features, this new system included a complete redesign of funds flow between the health system and new physician organization as well as the health system and university. The arrangement with the physician organization included the pooling of health system clinical revenue and an internal performance-based payment to the group for quality, productivity, and cost efficiency. The university–health system arrangement included a base and variable component that is tied to the overall performance of the health system.
