State and federal health reform activity, along with a continuing increase in consumerism, have forced the health care industry to focus a bright light on how it intends to respond to the strategic and operational consequences of reform compliance, including:

• Monitoring a population’s health (metrics)
• Reducing the cost per unit of care (utilization)
• Delivering an exceptional patient experience (every time)

Effective clinical integration of hospital-physician systems will be a core element of successful health care delivery. During this webinar, David Rothschiller, Executive Director of the St. Paul Heart Clinic, and Perry Hanson, Wipfli Partner, will examine the circumstances and decisions of a large, urban cardiology practice that disbanded its private group and integrated with two discrete health systems.

Download this webinar to explore the key implementation issues St. Paul Heart Clinic considered in their integration, and get an inside look at some of the lessons learned along the way. We will review how they approached:

• • Current (2009) and future reimbursement environment
  • Group expectations, values, and strategic/operational responses to emerging market realities
  • The decision to integrate and its impact on clinicians and staff
  • Key elements of the negotiations

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