The skills of reform-era chief executives must blend and balance proven capabilities in leadership, strategy development and execution with the capacity to guide their hospitals and health systems through unprecedented transformational change. A carefully constructed, performance-based incentive compensation program, overseen by an engaged and informed board executive compensation committee, can support success in this role….
Understanding the shift to a consumer-centric model of care delivery and the mindset, education, skills and innovative technologies that can help health care organizations thrive in this environment is the focus of the Center’s most recent publication. In Governance in a Consumer-Centric Health Care Ecosystem, author Bipin Thomas, who leads consumer-centric health care innovation for UST…
About the Authors: Deborah J. Cornwall is Managing Director and Wilmot J. Gravenslund is Director of The Corlund Group LLC, a Boston-based consulting firm focused on assisting organizations with executive leadership assessment and development, governance effectiveness and change management. Overview: While most health care organization governing boards are familiar with their responsibility for CEO succession planning, few may…
About the Authors: Rian M. Yaffe is CEO and chairman and Alexander C. Yaffe is president of Yaffe & Company, which provides non-profit boards and Compensation Committees with independent advice regarding regulatory compliance, governance and other critical board responsibilities, including: executive compensation and contracts, goal-setting and performance evaluation, succession planning, leadership development and CEO transition. Yaffe & Company…
About the Authors: Fredric J. Entin and Janice A. Anderson are partners in the Health Care Industry team and Katherine S. O’Brien is an associate and member of the Health Care and Energy Industry teams and the Business Reorganizations practice at the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP. The firm has offices across the United States and…
About the Authors: William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, is a Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor and David D. Rowlee, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President of the Engagement Opinion Survey service line with Integrated Healthcare Strategies, which provides consultative services and people-based solutions to clients across the health care spectrum, including community and children’s hospitals, academic…
About the Author: Susanna E. Krentz is President of Krentz Consulting; Cathy Sullivan Clark and Scott B. Clay are Senior Principals and Dennis V. Kennedy is a Principal at Noblis Health Innovation, which offers advisory services, applied research and innovative solutions for health care providers and the broader health care community. Overview: In the current economic climate, the disparity between capital availability…
While nonprofit health care boards exist to serve community stakeholders, the nature of their accountabilities and the mechanisms for demonstrating fulfillment of them are not always completely clear or understood by every board member. In The Evolving Accountability of Nonprofit Health System Boards, authors Larry Prybil, Ken Ackerman, Doug Hastings and John King, explore the multiple accountabilities…
About the Author: Internationally-recognized strategy consultant Rita E. Numerof, Ph.D. is President and co-founder of Numerof & Associates, Inc. (NAI). Working globally across the health care industry with clients in delivery, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, payers, and policy, NAI brings significant experience with current and alternative business models within the health care industry, ensuring clinical and…
About the Authors: David A. Bjork, Ph.D., is Managing Director, and Dan Fairley, J.D., is Senior Vice President, with Clark Consulting Healthcare Group, a firm that helps health care organizations build better relationships with their executives, physicians, trustees, and employees. Services include compensation planning for executives, physicians, and employees; management succession and leadership transition planning; laborrelations; employee surveys;…