A Message from the Chairman

The healthcare industry faces the most complex of times, with ever-evolving legislation inherent in healthcare reform and the metamorphosis that is taking place in how healthcare is provided, how services are compensated and how the industry is held accountable.

In times of perpetual change, complexity and uncertainty, there is no better partner than one that provides clarity, focus to the vision of a health system or hospital. That partnership becomes even more indispensible when the partner helps implement and deliver on the vision day after day.

Navvis & Company is that type of partner. We partner with CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs and other senior level administrative and physician executives at health systems and hospitals to strategically position health systems as the best option in their markets to the ultimate benefit of its patients and the health of their communities.

Our executives are highly experienced and well prepared and equipped to serve as thought partners, guiding our clients through the comprehensive array of challenges healthcare executives face today.

"Strategy, Leadership and Performance" represent the fundamental benefits that Navvis & Company delivers to our clients and are also our areas of focus within our operating model.

• Strategy - We assemble multi-disciplinary teams that address diverse client needs using thought leadership grounded in proprietary methods, business intelligence and decision-support tools. We find the right strategies that achieve varied business objectives for health systems and hospitals. We are also able to help our clients with acute challenges, such as with a specific service line requiring a more precise and narrow focus.

• Leadership - We work with the C-suite and with boards and physician organizations of our clients to help the leadership of each health system or hospital develop governance models and structures that are tailored to their specific culture and objectives. These leadership models are often dyads including both an administrative CEO and a physician executive leader, insuring that the clinical perspective is well represented. PELC, which provides physician executive search; MEDI, which provides leadership development and executive coaching; and Navvis Consulting's Governance and Organizational Design functions all are housed within Leadership.

• Performance - We work with our clients to help implement, evaluate, modify and measure the ultimate outcomes that our assessment and strategy derives. Whether executing a deal between a physician group and a hospital; a strategic campaign to reposition a hospital within a market; or helping impact the top- and bottom-lines of an organization, we work hand in hand with our partner client to help achieve the best performance possible.

A New Era

The announcement of Navvis and Company joining Healthways as a wholly owned subsidiary has moved the company to a new era and a new value proposition for our clients. We expect this new relationship with Healthways to greatly enhance Navvis’ ability to partner with health systems to impact the health and well-being of the populations they serve, which is not only core to their mission, but also critical to their success in the era of healthcare reform and increased accountability within the industry. We look forward to bringing these new capabilities to the benefits of health systems and hospitals throughout the country.

Mike Farris
Chairman and CEO