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A New Faculty Practice Administrator for the Department of Surgery Case Analysis Summary Report Kendall Pierce, Megan Querns, Samantha Reasner, Roie Rennert, Erin Royer
Case Presentation
The Department of Surgery at the Wise Medical Center has been successfully competing for business because of the strong visionary leadership and partnership of Dr. Francis and Donald Matthews. However, Donald Matthews recently announced he would be leaving his role as the administrator for the department of surgery at Wise Medical Center to move to a chief operating officer position at another local medical center. Dr. Francis, who is the chair of surgery, asked Matthews to assist in the selection of his successor prior to leaving for his position.
Background
Wise Medical Center is regarded as one of the largest and best-managed hospitals in Eastern City. After appointing Dr. Dante in 2001 as the CEO the medical center has only elevated from financial despair to absolute success. Instilling Dr. Dante’s philosophy of “growth and investment” throughout the medical center, Dr. Francis and Matthews took over as chair and administrator for the Department of Surgery and recruited more than 30 faculty, increased total faculty practice by more than 150 percent and in 2010, the department earned more than $40 million in physician receipts for the first time in its history (Kaplan, 2013). However, both the department and the medical center are recently facing increasing financial pressures as the state and federal government look to reduce funding for Medicare, Medicaid, and other related programs. Simultaneously, the medical center is also grappling with space constraints due to the rapid expansion of all the departments (Kaplan,2013). Therefore, Dr. Dante and the department heads are trying to determine the most effective response to these increased financial pressures such as, creating a plan to address the future reductions in expenditures for each department within such a
Case Presentation
The Department of Surgery at the Wise Medical Center has been successfully competing for business because of the strong visionary leadership and partnership of Dr. Francis and Donald Matthews. However, Donald Matthews recently announced he would be leaving his role as the administrator for the department of surgery at Wise Medical Center to move to a chief operating officer position at another local medical center. Dr. Francis, who is the chair of surgery, asked Matthews to assist in the selection of his successor prior to leaving for his position.
Background
Wise Medical Center is regarded as one of the largest and best-managed hospitals in Eastern City. After appointing Dr. Dante in 2001 as the CEO the medical center has only elevated from financial despair to absolute success. Instilling Dr. Dante’s philosophy of “growth and investment” throughout the medical center, Dr. Francis and Matthews took over as chair and administrator for the Department of Surgery and recruited more than 30 faculty, increased total faculty practice by more than 150 percent and in 2010, the department earned more than $40 million in physician receipts for the first time in its history (Kaplan, 2013). However, both the department and the medical center are recently facing increasing financial pressures as the state and federal government look to reduce funding for Medicare, Medicaid, and other related programs. Simultaneously, the medical center is also grappling with space constraints due to the rapid expansion of all the departments (Kaplan,2013). Therefore, Dr. Dante and the department heads are trying to determine the most effective response to these increased financial pressures such as, creating a plan to address the future reductions in expenditures for each department within such a