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Clarity Health Management and Consulting

“It’s all in the Details of Service”

Financial Development: Providing a complete set of financial data specific to the project:

• Facility revenues
• Operational costs
• Profits
• Assisting in the facility conceptual space plan
• Estimating capital equipment expenditures
• Recommending financing strategies
• Projecting 5 year cash flow statement
• Projecting 5 year profit and loss statement
• Identifying top payers to prioritize contract negotiations
• Offering on-site presentation to physicians and facility partners

Clarity Business Development: Physician Recruitment/Syndication and Legal Documentation

• Identification process of potential partners and their alignment
• Preparation of, and updating if applicable, Syndication Document with supporting financials
• Preparation of, and updating if applicable, Management Agreement
• Establishing pre-syndication meetings, introductions
• Conducting meetings with prospective surgical and medicine groups and individuals
• Facilitating data collection, to include case mix, payer mix, volumes from prospective surgeons
• Collection, accounting and escrowing of funds

Building Site Selection, Design and Development (as applicable)

• Site selection, negotiation and contracting
• Design and building specifications; providing early, as well as ongoing, reviews of architectural plans and space design with client, architect, and contractor
• Serves as construction manager working closely with contractor to ensure timelines, quality standards and budgets are achieved
• Procuring capital equipment in coordinate with physicians
• Establishing equipment cut sheets for the architect and contractor
• Facilitating final facility walk-thru and punch list verification
• Coordination and execution of licensing and accreditation processes

Organizational Structure Development (as applicable)

• Establishing governance structure, governance documents, medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations
• Establishing Board of Managers or Governing Board – insuring minutes are taken early in the process
• Guiding selection of Medical Director, Medical Advisory Committee, QA Committee and key staff
• Guiding mission, vision, goals and objectives statements
• Completing applicable State Licensure and Medicare 855 Certification forms
• Active participation in licensure and certification surveys
• Obtaining business license, if needed
• Assisting in client’s selection of identity, branding, logo and marketing strategy

Operational Systems

• Assisting legal counsel with bylaws
• Hiring on-site Clinical Director
• Assisting Clinical Director in:
• Hiring and training staff
• Setting up employee files
• Developing staffing plans
• Establishing vendor relations with competitive price points
• Developing and implementing employee benefit package
• Designing and drafting policies and procedures
• Overseeing protocols required by State licensing organization
• Preparing staff for Medicare certification process
• Establishing transfer agreements
• Establishing protocols for anesthesia, laboratories, laundry, housekeeping, and other outsourced services
• Guiding client in selection and implementation of management information systems
• Facilitating the integration of systems between facility and group practice(s) to establish economic and systematic efficiency
• Negotiating third-party payor contracting
• Establishing fee schedule for client review
• Developing and implementing recommended credentialing procedures
• Identifying potential Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) arrangements
• Arranging for general liability, malpractice, and contents insurance
• Drafting and implementing clinical, business office, and human resources forms
• Ordering and stocking supply inventories
• Assisting with data entry of inventory variables into management information system
• Developing and implementing physician block schedule
• Coordinating staff in-services on mechanical systems (emergency generator, nurse call system, fire system, security system, etc.)
• Assisting in coordination of the move into and setting up of the center

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