This seminar will explore the options for hospital-physician alignment, and examine the strategic decisions that management must make to develop an effective, efficient alignment of interests between physicians and healthcare organizations.

Presenter, Robert Cimasi, MHA, ASA, MCBA, AVA, CM&AA is President of Health Capital Consultants, (HCC), a nationally recognized healthcare financial and economic consulting firm.

Presenter, Todd Zigrang, MBA, MHA, ASA, FACHE, is Senior Vice President of Health Capital Consultants.

Presenter, Anne Sharamitaro, Esq., is a Senior Vice President at Health Capital Consultants.

View the course syllabus.

Who Should Attend

• Professional advisors, i.e., CPAs and other consultants for hospitals/health systems and physician professional practices

What You Learn

• The different models of hospital-physician alignment
• The variety of performance-based compensation models
• The potential tax and legal issues that may arise in a hospital's existing legal structure

Benefits of Attending

• How hospitals with tight alignment with physicians will be able to hone their delivery systems to meet the price, quality, efficiency and community service demands of government, private payers and newly empowered consumers
• How to avoid fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and other potential tax and legal issues in your organization when aligning with other members of the healthcare community
• Understand the options for aligning hospitals and physicians, including employment arrangements, joint ventures, and co-management arrangements.

Program Level: Basic

Prerequisite: Appropriate for holders of advanced degrees, professional designations, or at least two years professional experience

Advanced Preparation: None

This is a group Internet-based offering. The instructional method is lecture with active group participation and visual aids.