News Releases
Physician Executive Management Center Changes Name
August 10, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Physician Executive Management Center (Tampa, Florida) has changed its name to Physician Executive Leadership Center (PELC).
Physician Executive Leadership Center is the nation’s only executive search firm focused solely on the recruitment and placement of physicians in executive leadership positions. The company was founded in 1983, originally as a joint venture with the American College of Physician Executives, and later became an independent firm. In March 2010, PELC joined St. Louis-based Navvis & Company, a leading consultancy in the health services industry.
The name change marks an important milestone in PELC’s continued evolution. As the healthcare industry undergoes significant change and transformation driven by political and economic reforms, the demands of an aging population, and advances in medical science and technology, physician leaders are even more critical to developing, driving and leading transformation strategies to position health systems for success. Recent studies estimate that 20% of new hires for hospital CEO leadership roles are filled by physician executives. Of the top 14 “honor roll” hospitals listed in the July 2010 US News and World Report, eleven are led by physicians.
“There is increasing interest by healthcare organizations across the US in appointing physicians to all levels of executive and clinical leadership- from CEO to COO/EVP to service line chiefs and chairs,” said Jennifer Grebenschikoff, president of PELC. “The word ‘leadership’ better represents the skills, expectations and roles that physicians play in today’s health care systems.”
“Successful physician leaders are able to cross the chasm between the culture of medicine and the culture of management,” said Stuart Baker, MD, and president and chief operating officer for Navvis & Company, the parent organization of Physician Executive Leadership Center. “Health systems addressing care transformation, physician alignment, clinical quality, safety, and business performance improvement are increasingly seeking qualified physician leaders for C suite, clinical operations and physician enterprise positions.”
PELC’s new name also represents the firm’s integration with Navvis & Company, and symbolizes the synergistic benefits that the partnership brings to healthcare clients. “Our mutual goal,” says Grebenschikoff, “is to help health leaders create high performing, accountable health systems and physician organizations.”
Learn more about Physician Executive Leadership Center at www.physicianexecutive.com.
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Moffatt Joins Navvis & Company as senior vice president for consulting
August 2, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Navvis & Company (Navvis) announced today the appointment of Tracey Moffatt, MHA, BSN, RN as senior vice president for consulting services. In this role, she will provide strategic counsel, planning and implementation support for strategic planning, physician alignment, accountable clinical management and performance transformation engagements.
Prior to joining Navvis, she held the positions of executive vice president for clinical performance and chief nurse executive at St. John’s Mercy Health Care in St. Louis, Missouri. There she provided leadership and accountability for clinical and operational performance in a variety of venues, including direct accountability for clinical and operational performance improvement strategies, public reporting, regulatory compliance, patient safety and quality of care; as well as for multiple organizational and joint venture operations, including pharmacy, nursing, surgical services, long term care and skilled care. She previously held the positions of vice president of clinical operations and director of clinical resource management at Mercy Medical Center in Laredo, Texas, and as manager for clinical pathway development and clinical case management at Mercy Hospital in New Orleans.
Ms. Moffatt holds a master of science in healthcare administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and a bachelor of science in nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Missouri Hospital Association Distinguished Quality Professional in 2009 and the Dr. Ted R. Sparling Award of Academic Excellence in 2001.
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Tim Elliott Joins Navvis & Company as Executive Vice President and General Counsel
June 14, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Timothy L. Elliott has joined Navvis & Company (Navvis) as executive vice president and general counsel. He has worked with Navvis for many years as a practicing attorney. In this new role, Elliott will consult with the firm’s healthcare clients on a broad array of transactional legal issues. He has substantial experience in all aspects of physician-hospital integration, physician-hospital joint ventures, physician recruiting, as well as in establishing managed care entities, and drafting and negotiating related agreements including managed care contracts. He is also experienced in business formation, management and shareholder counseling, mergers and acquisitions, purchasing and licensing of intellectual property, and both profit/not-for-profit joint ventures. Elliott remains a partner with The Lowenbaum Partnership, LLC, a St. Louis based law firm. Previously, he worked with the firms of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and also with McDermott, Will & Emery.
"We are thrilled to have Tim at Navvis & Company in this new, expanded role,” said Mike Farris, Navvis chairman and CEO. “His depth of experience in healthcare and understanding of the complex legal, political and regulatory issues in the health industry will be of great value to our healthcare executive and physician leader clients."
Tim Elliott received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the American Health Lawyers Association.
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Chief Strategy Officers Meet to Address Future of Health Care Systems
April 20, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Chief strategy officers from more than twenty health systems across the U.S. will convene at the Innovator’s Studio May 3 -4, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois to address the implications of health care reform and other emerging market forces on health system design. The Innovator’s Studio was founded in 2007 by Navvis & Company to provide a unique invitational forum where health executives work collaboratively to foster innovations in health system strategy, leadership and performance.
“The first significant overhaul of our nation’s health care system since the introduction of Medicare in the mid-1960s, has health systems deliberating the impact of market and government-led reform initiatives on financing, quality, access, growth and long term survival under the current prevailing business models,” said Karen Corrigan, chief strategy officer for Navvis & Company. “The degree of uncertainty is high, prompting some organizations to take a “wait and see” approach in addressing change. This is a risky proposition at best. The more proactive health systems are more likely to shape the environment in their favor.”
The May work session for health system chief strategy officers will focus on scenario planning as a method to help healthcare leaders make better decisions in the face of uncertainty. Traditional forecasting techniques fail to predict significant impact when change is turbulent and information limited; insights about the future and transformational ideas come from deep, informed strategic conversations among leaders regarding opportunities and possibilities in a future framed by a confluence of market forces including government-mandated reform, advances in science and technology, an aging population, a recovering economy and more.
“The breadth and depth of knowledge and experience represented by these health system senior strategy executives is significant,” said Corrigan. “When they come together in a structured, collaborative and creative environment, the output is phenomenal.”
Guest catalysts for the May meeting of the Chief Strategy Officers’ Innovator’s Studio include Doug Pollei, vice president of Internet Strategy and Corporate Development for IKANO Communications, Inc. a portfolio of Insight Venture Partners NYC (recent investors in Twitter and Yelp); Martyn Howgill, founding executive director of The Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth), a Washington, DC-based non-profit foundation that serves as an objective and authoritative source for research, analysis and education about the social and economic impact of medical devices and diagnostics; Linda MacCracken, vice president of product management at Thomson Reuters, a leading source for business intelligence in the health, financial, legal, media and other industries; Saad Allawi, president of Navvis & Company’s Performance Transformation practice, which provides counsel, project design and execution support for organizational performance improvement and cost restructuring; and Betty Plevney, founder of Plevney and Company and founding member of the Headwaters Leadership Group, a collaborative of leading consultants in strategic and scenario planning, change processes and process redesign.
For additional information regarding the Chief Strategy Officers’ Innovator’s Studio, contact Karen Corrigan at kcorrigan@navvisandcompany.com or (757)640-8515.
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Navvis & Company Acquires Physician Executive Management Center
March 8, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Navvis & Company (St. Louis Missouri), a leading consultancy in the health services industry, announced today the acquisition of Tampa-based Physician Executive Management Center (PEMC).
Physician Executive Management Center is the nation’s only executive recruitment firm focused solely on the recruitment and placement of physicians in executive leadership positions. The company was founded in 1983, originally as a joint venture with the American College of Physician Executives, and later became an independent firm.
Its founding principals – Jennifer Grebenschikoff and David Kirschman – are widely respected experts on physician executive search, career counseling and compensation. They also bring considerable experience in health care management, having served as executives in large physician organizations, health plans and health systems.
“The expertise and capabilities of Physician Executive Management Center will bring enormous value to Navvis & Company clients in addressing the increasing demand for executive physician leadership in health systems and hospitals,” said Michael Farris, Chairman and CEO of Navvis & Company.
Over the next five to ten years, the healthcare industry will undergo significant change and transformation driven by political and economic reforms, the demands of an aging population, and advances in medical science and technology. “Physician leaders are critical to developing, driving and leading transformation strategies to position health systems for success in the complex and ever-changing health industry,” said Stuart Baker, MD, President and COO of Navvis & Company.
“Health systems addressing care transformation, physician alignment, clinical quality, safety and business performance improvement are increasingly seeking qualified physician leaders for C suite, clinical operations and physician enterprise positions,” said PEMC’s Jennifer Grebenschikoff. “We believe our expertise in this area is significantly aligned to the strategy, leadership and performance counsel that Navvis & Company provides to health care organizations.”
St. Louis-based Navvis & Company provides consulting and professional services to health systems, hospitals and physician organizations seeking to create and sustain competitive advantage. The origin of the firm can be traced to the mid 1980s when The Farris Group was founded to support hospitals in the acquisition and management of physician practices.
Over the years, Navvis & Company has evolved into a diversified professional services group with expertise in strategy aimed at building successful health care systems, forging strong physician alliances, optimizing organizational performance and driving bottom line results. Navvis acquired The Strategy Group (Norfolk, Virginia) in 2008 to expand its capabilities in corporate strategy, health system development and brand leadership; and in 2009 recruited performance expert Saad Allawi to lead development of the firm’s Performance Transformation consultancy. That same year, it spun off VisDev Ventures, the company’s facilities development division.
In addition to its St. Louis headquarters, Navvis & Company operates offices in Orlando, Florida, Norfolk, Virginia, and now in Tampa, Florida where Physician Executive Management Center will retain operations.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Dr. CB Rebsamen Joins Navvis & Company's Physician Integration Practice
March 3, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – C. B. Rebsamen, MD has joined Navvis & Company as a senior vice president. In this role, he will provide strategic counsel to health system, hospital and physician organizations on hospital-physician partnerships, physician enterprise development, and physician group practice, leadership and governance.
Dr. Rebsamen comes from Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, Florida where he served as chief medical officer. At Lee Memorial, Dr. Rebasamen had responsibility for development of the health system’s physician enterprise, ambulatory and post acute care operations, managed care strategies and other business ventures involving LMHS’s physicians and strategic partners.
Prior to joining Lee Memorial, he served as president and CEO of the Medical Care Associates of Tulsa, Inc., a 44-physician multi-specialty medical group; as medical director of PruCare Group Model HMO, also in Tulsa; and as medical director for Prudential Plus of Tulsa.
Dr. Rebsamen holds an undergraduate and MD degree from University of Arkansas, and did his post graduate training in internal medicine at the Tulsa Medical Education Foundation. He is certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Medical Management, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Women’s Heart Expert to Present Update on Women and Heart Disease in the U.S.
February 19, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – One of the nation’s leading experts in women’s heart health, Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz, will present a national overview and update on women and heart disease on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12 p.m. EDT during a Women’s HeartAdvantage™ webcast.
Dr. Bairey Merz is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles), medical director for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Women’s Health Program and Women’s Heart Center, and holds the Women’s Guild Endowed Chair in Women’s Health. She has been the clinical co-director for Women’s HeartAdvantage since its inception, and acts as a national spokesperson for the program in order to raise awareness about women and heart disease. Her appearances have included Good Morning America, NBC Dateline and 20/20, and she has been interviewed for the New York Times, US News and World Report and Working Woman, among others.
During the hour long webcast, Dr. Bairey Merz will discuss the latest trends regarding women’s heart health and provide a sneak peek into what the next decade may hold for women and heart disease.
Session topics include:
- An update on clinical trials regarding diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women
- Screenings, diagnostics and therapeutic modalities for microvascular disease in women
- The most appropriate general cardiovascular screenings and diagnostic applications for women
- Heart screenings protocols and practices to engage physicians and women in prevention and self care
- Strategies to create and sustain a women’s heart program as part of an overall cardiovascular service line business plan
Women’s HeartAdvantage is a comprehensive program provided by Navvis & Company to hospitals and health systems seeking to grow and develop their cardiovascular service lines through a powerful, niche initiative targeting women. The program provides consulting, methods and tools to help hospitals and their physicians develop, position and market women’s heart health programs.
For more information about the webcast or Women’s HeartAdvantage, please contact Michele Bordelon at Navvis & Company (telephone 757.640.8515 or email mbordelon@navvisandcompany.com.
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Siddiqui Joins Navvis & Company
February 15, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Feroz Siddiqui has joined the Orlando, Florida office of Navvis & Company as a senior financial analyst. In this role, he will provide financial expertise to support Navvis & Company’s strategy engagements with health systems, hospitals and physician groups nationwide.
Previously, Siddiqui worked with Deloitte & Touche LLP (Orlando FL) in Audit and Enterprise Risk Services, leading and overseeing the day to day operations of audit engagements. He worked with audit clients in an array of industries with an emphasis in healthcare, and is experienced with publicly traded, privately held, governmental and not-for-profit clients. Prior to Deloitte, he was employed by American Express Bank in Treasury and Financial Market Services.
Siddiqui graduated from the Fisher School of Accounting at the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Masters of Accountancy.
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Marketing Innovations Frame March 2010 CMO Innovator's Studio
February 10, 2010 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Health system marketing executives will convene in Chicago, Illinois, March 22-23, 2010 for the first Chief Marketing Officers’ Innovator’s Studio work session in 2010. Navvis & Company’s Innovator’s Studio is an invitational working forum for healthcare leaders seeking to advance the discipline and practice of marketing as a strategy-critical business competency in the health industry.
“2010 marks the beginning of a new decade of significant change and transformation in the health industry,” said Karen Corrigan, chief strategy officer for Navvis & Company and leader of the Innovator’s Studio. “The underlying basis of competition is changing – economics are front and center, creating a compelling case for the growth leadership role that marketers must play in an increasingly competitive industry.”
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Social Media Marketing for Women's Cardiac Services
Harnessing the power of on-line networking to build brand loyalty is the topic of a Women’s HeartAdvantage webcast on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 1:00 pm EST. Participants will learn how the Facebook Fan Page application can be used to reach and engage women at risk for heart disease.
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