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Strategic Planning
The imperative for health care organizations to engage in rigorous
strategic planning is essential in today's dynamic market. With
limited human, financial and facility resources, health care
systems must clearly establish their vision for the future and
fully assess the alternative strategies for reaching set goals. A
well-managed strategic planning process will establish the
blueprint for annual operational, capital and budget planning.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. believes that a successful
strategic planning process will engage all key stakeholders in the
organization's future and will provide a thorough analytical basis
for evaluating strategies and directions. Through the strategic
planning process, fundamental issues may be addressed, including:
organizational independence and affiliation; scope and depth of
business portfolio; service distribution strategy and models for
medical staff/faculty and hospital collaboration.
Service Line Planning and Business Development
Planning for the clinical and financial enhancement of specific
service lines is necessary to guide organizations in their efforts
to better meet the health care needs of their communities and
advance their institutional mission. Clinical and business plan
development will identify strategies for increasing market share,
improving quality and access, and maximizing the use of human and
other capital for existing services. Thoroughly assessing the
feasibility of potential business opportunities and developing
implementation plans are critical to ensuring a high degree of
future success.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. has extensive experience in
assisting health care organizations develop business plans for
existing and potential lines of business. Specific areas of
expertise include: cancer care planning, cardiac services
planning, women's and children's services planning,
orthopedics/neuromuscular services planning, and surgical services
enhancement planning. We approach all business planning using a
multi-focused impact analysis, which facilitates analyses of the
organizational, operational, facility, financial and medical staff
implications of the service line plan.
Network and System Development
The risks and benefits of formal alignments between provider
organizations continues to emerge throughout the industry.
Articulating what an organization wishes to achieve through
affiliation, assessing potential partners, and structuring the
appropriate network model are essential components of the system
development process.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. has supported many providers in
determining whether to remain independent or pursue affiliation,
evaluate potential partners and negotiate the clinical integration
and business model. Our role is that of a facilitator and
business advisor in the complex task of system formation.
Children's Hospital and Pediatric Services Planning
Children's hospitals and providers of pediatric services are
continually evaluating how to best serve the children of their
communities. As the need for pediatric emergency, specialty,
intensive and ambulatory care resources increase, hospital
providers are critically reassessing their commitment to pediatric
care. Freestanding children's hospitals and "children's hospitals
within hospitals" are evaluating their service distribution
strategy, affiliation network and manpower and facility needs.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. has assisted children's hospitals
and providers of pediatric services develop plans for the future,
including planning for their academic medical school affiliations,
program development and facility needs.
Space Programming and Facility Planning
As clinical practice patterns continue to shift care to the
outpatient arena and the introduction of new technology, coupled
by manpower shortages, require major capital investments,
hospitals will need to renovate, rebuild and expand their physical
plants. Whether stimulated by the introduction of new programs,
or the need to replace obsolete facilities, space programming and
facility planning are priorities for all institutions.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc.'s team of facility planners has
had extensive experience in functional and space program planning
for entire hospitals and for specialized units/facilities. We
bring expertise in facility design, new technology and clinical
practice patterns to the organization, as we provide room by room
space programs and recommended solutions to complex facility
issues.
Hospital/Physician Planning
It is through joint planning between hospitals and their medical
staff members that accessible, quality health care can be provided
to the community. The creation of a Medical Staff Development
Plan provides a hospital and its medical staff members with a
comprehensive perspective of the physician manpower needs of the
market. The development of new programs and services, in
collaboration between the medical staff members and the
institution, affords meaningful allocation of scarce resources.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. has worked extensively with
hospitals and their medical staff members in developing models of
economic collaboration. We have developed a methodology to
project physician manpower needs and identify strategies for
recruitment and retention.
Leadership Retreat Facilitation
It is essential that the leadership of complex organizations meet
routinely to learn about potential changes within the market and
establish consensus on future strategies for success. Leadership
retreats can be educationally focused or working sessions that
create a forum for Board members, management team members and
medical staff members to achieve shared perspective on
organizational priorities.
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. leads over 25 retreats per year,
providing expert facilitation and direction meetings spanning from
several hours to several days. Our years of experience have
provided our team with the skills to manage intensive discussion
of complex issues, and to guide the groups toward consensus and a
common vision.
Academic Medical Centers - Hospital/Medical School/Faculty Contracting
Among the most complex and important institutions in America, academic
medical centers pose special challenges in balancing education,
research and the clinical enterprises. The Katz Consulting Group, Inc.
has worked extensively with these institutions in formulating performance-based
contracting arrangements with their hospital partners. The critical evaluation
of the funds flow between medical schools, faculty practice plans and the
hospital often results in critically assessing the value of faculty services
provided, establishing a sound and defensible methodology for payment and
more equitably redistributing the dollars between organizations.
Financial Turnaround Services
The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. has assisted clients in the development of
turnaround plans for specific clinical programs, and for entire institutions.
Where appropriate, The Katz Consulting Group, Inc. has identified programs
to be discontinued or restructured, has developed strategies for increasing
revenue, has negotiated rate increases from third-party payers, has initiated
partnerships with other providers and has identified sources of temporary
funding to provide cash flow until a turnaround could be accomplished. |
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