Case studies

A community-intensive assignment involved both an assessment of policy options on behalf of the joint City/County owners of a public hospital in Las Cruces, NM. The business arrangement resulted in a long-term partnership between the City/County ownership and the new operator of the hospital, [...]

Portneuf Medical Center, a county-owned hospital in Pocatello, Idaho, had been formed several years ago through a combination of the two hospitals in the county. The combined entity had embarked on an ambitious program to expand one of its campuses to accommodate the merged hospital. Severe [...]

When the St. Vincent Regional Medical Center Board asked Newpoint to assess its growth strategy and options for affiliation, St. Vincent was already a high-functioning medical center, founded in 1864 and well-supported by its wealthy community. This hospital faced no severe financial crisis, [...]

Henderson Memorial, having served East Texans since 1928, decided to seek an affiliation while still in a strong financial and operating position. Joe Lupica and Paul Bergeron helped the Henderson leadership and physicians establish their “must haves” and conduct a thorough evaluation process [...]

Newpoint advised the Shore Health System Board on an options process that would produce a strong outcome, and preserve the support of its local patient base. The conventional wisdom made it a given that Shore would merge with an excellent nearby system who had a keen interest in sweeping [...]

Audrain Medical Center, a 49-bed acute care “tweener” hospital struggled to compete with larger hospitals in nearby cities. While AMC developed creative service line solutions, its pension liability proved too costly, and more expensive programs like the Cancer Center were not attracting [...]

The board of directors of St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, requested support in analyzing the hospital’s continued independence in light of growing competition and St. Vincent’s commitment to expansion into an underserved community. The Background St. Vincent was [...]

A 300-bed hospital jointly owned by the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Doña Ana County had seen its performance and financial footing sinking in the face of competition from a new hospital in this small community. By the time a decision had to be made, the hospital was losing $1 million a [...]

A multi-state hospital system wanted to assess its ability to quickly build a risk-based product in one region. The hospital system desired to capture market share and control health care costs [...]

A major, university-affiliated health system with an 800-bed hospital, 3 community hospitals, regional trauma center, comprehensive network of ambulatory care services, and a 1,110 member [...]

Inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates forced a major safety-net children’s hospital system to assess its ability to continue providing primary care to low-income children. The Background At the [...]

A large, multi-state, east coast managed care plan was directed by senior management to create a business plan to prepare for healthcare reform and expand services to include publicly funded [...]

Looking well into the future, even prior to the passage of the ACA, a highly regarded, 279-bed pediatric hospital wanted to redesign its ambulatory services to better meet the community’s needs. [...]

A major, university-affiliated medical center with a 400–bed hospital, regional trauma center, and comprehensive network of ambulatory care services made a strategic decision to become the health [...]

A private, non-profit, primary care medical home in Denver serving low-income underserved individuals began offering limited behavioral health services as an adjunct to its other services. They [...]

A multi-state hospital system wanted to assess its ability to quickly build a risk-based product in one region. The hospital system desired to capture market share and control health care costs [...]

Seven community-based providers formed a Regional Care Collaborative (RCC) to offer care management and medical homes to an enrolled population based on the Triple Aim Goals. Their primary [...]

A major, university-affiliated medical center with a 400–bed hospital, regional trauma center, and comprehensive network of ambulatory care services made a strategic decision to become the health [...]

With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the advent of healthcare reform, a large, urban Medicaid health plan sought guidance on the impact of these transformational [...]

A large, multi-state, east coast managed care plan was directed by senior management to create a business plan to prepare for healthcare reform and expand services to include publicly funded [...]