Becker's Hospital Review

46 46 CEO/STRATEGY Former Health System Leaders Launch Strategic Advisory Firm: 4 Things to Know By Kelly Gooch H ealth system leaders have a new strategic advisory firm to help them navigate today's healthcare envi- ronment and the switch to value-based care. Here are four things to know. 1. The firm, CSuite Solutions, is led by a team of former health system CEOs and other senior executives. 2. CSuite has a total of seven partners, according to a news release. They are: • Josh Adler, former president of Archimedes Clinical Ana- lytics, formerly a subsidiary of Oakland, Calif.-based Kai- ser Permanente • Jim Burkhart, former CEO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hos- pital • Stephen Jacobs, MD, a board certified internal medicine specialist and former president of Clearwater, Fla.-based Morton Plant Mease Primary Care • Brian Paradis, former president and COO of Florida Hos- pital's Central Region • Jeffrey Rivest, former president and CEO of Balti- more-based University of Maryland Medical Center • Steve Mason, co-founder of CSuite and former CEO of BayCare Health System in the Tampa Bay and central Florida regions • Stewart Schaffer, co-founder of CSuite and former chief marketing and strategy officer at Clearwater-based Bay- Care 3. CSuite offers expertise in revenue cycle optimization and value-based care delivery. The firm's guidance spans ACOs, physician alignment, managed care contracting, patient acquisition, population health, clinically integrated network development and health information technology, among other issues, the release states. 4. "We know the challenges that healthcare leaders are fac- ing because we've sat in those chairs ourselves," Mr. Mason said. "Having an intimate understanding of the decisions our clients face equips us to provide strategic, real-world counsel." n Only 20% of Physicians Are Engaged With Leadership, Survey Shows By Kelly Gooch W hile physician engagement is low, there are ways hospitals and health systems can better link cli- nicians to their workplaces, according to ath- enahealth's 2016 Physician Leadership and Engagement Index. For the survey, athenahealth collected re- sponses in January 2016 from more than 2,000 practicing physicians. e company assessed respondent engage- ment based on reactions to the following statements: "My organization inspires me to go above and beyond what is required", "I am very likely to be working for my current orga- nization three years from now" and "I would recommend my organization to a friend or relative to receive care." Jessica Sweeny-Platt of athenahealth said re- spondents ranked these statements on a scale of 1 to 6, with a six being "strongly agree" and a one being "strongly disagree." Athenahealth considered engaged employees those who answered six for at least two of the questions and no less than a five for all three questions, she said. Here are six things to know. 1. e survey found only 20 percent of physi- cians are engaged. 2. Physician engagement varied with gender. Twenty-two percent of male physicians are engaged compared to 16 percent of female physicians, according to the survey. 3. Physician engagement also varied based on clinicians' workplace. irty-two physicians in physician-owned, independent medical groups or practices are engaged compared to 17 percent of those in hospital- or health sys- tem-owned groups, according to the survey. 4. e survey also found engagement is lowest among primary care and hospital-based phy- sicians. Twenty-seven percent of procedural specialty physicians are engaged compared to 23 percent of pediatricians and 18 percent of hospital-based physicians. 5. Additionally, the survey showed a correla- tion between satisfaction with leadership and engagement. Seventy-four percent of engaged physicians said they were "very satisfied" with their leadership. 6. In her article, Ms. Sweeney-Platt noted multiple opportunities for physician en- gagement improvement, such as "devel- op[ing] high-quality physician leadership" and "build[ing] trust between physician and non-physician leaders." n

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