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"Physician-Hospital Integration in the 21st Century"

Moderator:

Richard J Hager, MBA, FACHE -Chief Administrative Officer, The Wright Center 

Panelists:

Kevin C. Flynn, MS, FACHE -Clinical Administrator, Albert Einstein Medical Center 

William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE -Chief Medical Officer, Pocono Health System

Anthony D. Aquilina, DO, MBA -Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger-CMC

MHA students at The University of Scranton collaborated with the Eastern Pennsylvania Health Executives Network (EPAHEN), to develop an educational program on physician-hospital integration. Attendees will have the ability to earn 1.5 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Face-to-Face Education Credits.

The relationship between hospitals and their medical staffs has changed throughout the years from independence to interdependence. The current economic environment and healthcare reform have caused a reassessment of physician-hospital integration models. Healthcare reform promotes an expectation that better coordination of care will improve patient outcomes and community health status. With the movement away from fee-for-service payment and toward provider integration there is the belief that better coordination of care will slow healthcare costs by reducing duplication of services, hospital readmissions, and inappropriate use of the emergency department. Strategies to integrate physician and hospital interests are a necessary component to providing quality care and the achieving economic goals for both parties. The degree of integration varies from minimal to full integration or full employment. This program explores physician-hospital integration models and has panelists address their successes and challenges in the process.

Through joining The University of Scranton and EPAHEN for our presentation, attendees will gain insight on the following: 

*Key factors and forces driving physician-hospital integration

*Physician-hospital integration models, successes and challenges

*Strategies for the successful implementation of an integrative employment model

*The financial issues regarding physician-hospital integration, in the view of health reform's new payment models

*Contracting or legal issues that arise with physician-hospital integration 

*Cultural and leadership considerations for physician-hospital integration