A Message from the Chairman

Mike Farris, CEONavvis Healthcare was founded in 1990, primarily as a physician alignment consultancy.  Soon thereafter, the company expanded its strategic planning and service line development capabilities to better meet the needs of our clients as they faced ever-increasing competitive challenges. Over the years, Navvis Healthcare has evolved into a firm with expertise in strategy aimed at building successful health care systems, forging strong physician alliances, optimizing organizational performance and driving bottom line results. 

The creation of Navvis & Company has been an interesting journey.  It started with The Farris Group, a firm that facilitated medical practice acquisitions aimed at developing strategic models to streamline medical staff integration and improve organizational relationships with physicians.

Then, a strategic business opportunity took me on an unusual detour.  I assumed the position of President and CEO of LaserSight Incorporated in Orlando, an early player in LASIK technology.  LaserSight developed corneal refractive surgery lasers and traded on NASDAQ.  Through that endeavor, I had the opportunity to travel the world, setting up distribution overseas of Lasersight technology. During this same period, I also acquired and led MEC Health Care, Inc., a successful managed care company within the vision care segment with over a million insured lives in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States.

In 2004, I opted to return to health care consulting, and established Navvis Healthcare, LLC.  Guiding principles of discipline, competency and value inspired me to continue developing new divisions within Navvis that met the diverse and ever-changing needs of our clients. By adding expertise in many areas such as finance, regulatory compliance, physician integration, utilization forecasting, service line planning, facility development and more, we were able to provide a unique value proposition to clients:

  • A thorough, rigorous assessment and understanding of market challenges, based on research and experience;
  • A comprehensive blueprint that set the vision and plan for achieving the most positive outcomes for the organization; and
  • The expertise to execute that plan, or advise the organization in implementing the plan on its own.

The reputation of Navvis & Company has grown as the firm has consistently delivered these essential competencies to clients. Our approach gives C-level executives the confidence to make tough or bold decisions, because of the rigorous fact-finding, data collection and scenario forecasting behind every recommendation.

Today, Navvis & Company remains dedicated to these critical success factors:

  • Discipline – We set a high standard for how we work and what we do. Discipline is a key tenet of our culture.
  • Competencies – Doing the right thing and doing things right is of paramount importance. Competency is key to the value we deliver to clients.
  • Values – We demonstrate the highest level of integrity by how we conduct our business and remain steadfast to the best interests of our client and their related constituencies.

I have had the opportunity to partner with the highest-caliber professionals who demonstrate these critical success factors in delivering strategic advisory services to clients. The entire Navvis & Company team looks forward to helping your organization achieve more collaborative physician-health system relationships, better organizational efficiencies, and a stronger bottom line.

Mike Farris
Chairman and CEO