• Healthcare Management (hospitals, medical groups, IPAs)
• Quality Metrics and Data Analysis
• Health Information Technology (including HIE development and EHR implementation)
• Financial Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Contract Negotiations
• Marketing
• Governance

Clinical integration done right requires teamwork.  This team has the skills needed to guide hospitals, physicians and staff in accomplishing their goals to improve the quality and efficiency of their health care community.

Associates:

Lori Hack  MBA – IPA Management, HIE Development, Network Development

Jo Ellen Hylind BSN, MNPO – Quality Metrics, Governance, EHR Implementation

Walter Kopp MSHA – Hospital/Medical Group/IPA Management, Clinic Development

Faye Potts  – Network Development, Health Plan Management

David Soffa MD, MPA – Clinical Management/Utilization, Quality Metrics

Susan Montz BSN, MBA – Strategic Planning, Negotiations, Network Development

John Price FCA, MAAA – Financial Analysis, Actuarial, Underwriting

Our team has worked with many hospitals in California to assist them in building successful teams that meet the goals of clinical integration.  To learn more about our team and how we can assist your community to position itself for healthcare reform, please contact me, or any member of our team.

WALTER C. KOPP (415) 488-5786 19 Fern Lane walter@walterkopp.com San Anselmo, California 94960 www.walterkopp.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRESIDENT AND CEO MEDICAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES2/97 – present
• Provides consulting services to physicians, medical groups, hospitals, health plans and others to assist in the development of clinically integrated communities.  Also assists with  affiliations, mergers, acquisitions and corporate dissolutions.  • Provides interim and turnaround executive services for medical groups, hospitals and healthcare organizations• Provides planning, operations and development services for hospitals forming hospital based clinics. • Facilitates Clinical Integration projects to implement ACO and shared risk contracts for medical groups and Health Systems. • Develops market strategies, contract negotiations, and strategic positioning for healthcare organizations including hospitals, medical groups, disease management companies, health plans Health Information Technology companies, and other healthcare organizations.• Assists providers with the selection, implementation and training for Electronic Health Records and Practice Management software.  • Provider clients include(partial list):
Adventist HealthValley Care IPAPalm Drive Healthcare DistrictCalifornia Cancer Specialists Medical Group(City of Hope Medical Group)Cardiovascular Medical GroupAmerican College of SurgeonsMarin Sonoma IPAPremera Health PlanCounty of SacramentoAlameda County Medical CenterSalinas Valley Medical CenterTorrance Memorial Medical CenterSouth Bay Family Medical GroupLovelace Health PlanCal e ConnectCalifornia ehealth CollaborativeMarin Healthcare DistrictSanta Rosa Memorial HospitalSt Joseph’s Heritage HealthcareSKS InvestmentsAlameda HospitalLodi Memorial HospitalBarton Memorial HospitalCascade Healthcare The Permanente Medical Group  El Camino HospitalCalRHIOWellpoint/ Anthem (Blue Cross of California)California Dept of Managed HealthcareBlue Shield of California Alta Bates Medical Group Brown & Toland Medical Group Hill Physicians Medical GroupJohn Muir Health Golden Rain Foundation (Rossmoor Medical Center) Sutter Health  Kindred Healthcare Keenan Healthcare San Mateo Medical Center Laboratory Corporation of America State Compensation Insurance Fund Transitions Rehabilitation Group Avant Inpatient Services West Contra Costa Hospital District California Emergency Physicians Omnicare Medical Group St Luke’s Hospital San Rafael Medical Group Davies Medical Center  Family Doctor Medical Group  Healthguard IPA Bankers Benefits  Partnership Health Plan (Partial Listing) • Technology and Disease Management clients include:    KDH Systems Health Technology Center EHealthcontracts(Concuity) Carepanion Paradigm Health Corporation Resolution Health Strategies
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SUTTER PACIFIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION1/07 – 4/08 Morris Flaum, M.D. CEO Anabel Anderson Imbert, MD, CMO
• Responsible for operations management of multi-specialty integrated medical group affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center. Operating budget of $65 million with 100 full time physicians, 50 part-time physicians and a staff of 185. • Foundation includes outreach sites and ancillaries that operate in 45 locations throughout Northern California and Nevada. Major specialties include Heart, Liver and Kidney Transplant programs, Pediatric subspecialties, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Occupational Health, Family Health Center, Sleep Center and others• Achieved significant operational turnaround with revenue increases and expense reductions. • Improved dashboard performance in financial, compliance, patient, physician and employee satisfaction. • Also managed St Luke’s Health Care Center with 22 physicians and a budget of $11 million. Facilitated significant turnaround with reductions in losses of $5 million.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER MENLO MEDICAL CLINICEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MENLO HEALTH ALLIANCE4/06 – 12/06 Martin Bronk, M.D. CEO
• Retained on a contract to help Menlo Clinic through a transition. Achieved significant operational turn around resulting in reduction in losses, increases in revenue and productivity and reformat of the care model.  Helped to improve relations with Stanford Hospitals and Clinics and dealt with several difficult employee issues. Eliminated several unprofitable lines of business and successfully added to the revenue base with new physicians and higher productivity. • Responsible for operations management of multi-specialty integrated medical group affiliated with Stanford University Medical Center. Clinic has operating budget of $24 million with 35 full-time physicians, 10 part-time physicians and a staff of 225. Clinic includes ancillary services. • Assisted physician leadership to improve the decision making process and the focus and direction of the group. • Reported to MHA Board of Directors which is an independent organization with representation from Stanford and the physicians  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR   BAYCARE MEDICAL GROUP 9/93 – 1/97     Jerome Franz, M.D., President • Built medical group with more than 220 primary care physicians, 500 specialists, 33,000 capitated lives and revenues exceeding $18 million in 1996.• Successfully obtained managed care contracts and expanded group from San Francisco to San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.• Established and managed all aspects of IPA operations including Member Services, UR Case Management, Claims, Credentialing and Contracting. Management staff of 38 FTEs.• Initiated and developed plans for the formation of a new MSO to manage the IPA as well as the physician practices.   ASST. VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR  ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL 1/88 – 8/93      Jack E. Fries, President/CEO • Responsible for physician recruitment, retention, practice support, practice sale arrangements and operations of 140 physician IPA.  • Served as Executive Director of St. Luke’s Physicians Medical Group, Yerba Buena Medical Group and St. Luke’s Physician Home Care. • Restructured hospital-based IPA to form new primary care physician-controlled group with capitated contracts.• Managed 90,000 square foot medical office building including leases, remodeling and operations.• Renegotiated all hospital contracts resulting in a net 18% revenue increase in one year.  MANAGER/ASSOCIATE   LAVENTHOL & HORWATH 9/83 – 1/88     Richard A. Gianello, Partner David S. Kornblum, Manager • Responsible for consulting engagements with leading healthcare clients to develop financial projections, negotiated managed care contracts and conduct educational seminars for HMOs, PPOs, IPAs and insurance carriers.• Conducted operations reviews for accounts receivable, business office management, credit and collections and other areas for hospitals and physician offices.  PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER  NANCY’S NURSES, INC. 5/82 – 2/94     Temporary Nursing Service • Owned and operated temporary nursing service to serve patients in their homes.• Built company to $1 million plus in annual revenue.• Developed all accounting and billing systems. • Responsible for all management functions.  CONSULTANT     ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY 7/81 – 10/83     Robert D. Roberts, C.P.A., Manager        DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS       Randi L. Harry, C.P.A., Manager • Assisted hospitals, physicians and health plans in addressing the rapid changes in managed care.• Led operations reviews of hospitals and physicians’ offices.• Assisted in completion of Cost Reimbursement Reports for hospitals.• Analyzed new Medi-Cal and PPO regulations in California.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESIDENT ALTA BATES HOSPITAL Robert L. Montgomery, Exec. VP David D. O’Neill, Administrator

ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR/ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PLANNING ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO9/80 – 5/81 Susan Brueckner, Acting Director George Stuehler, Vice Chancellor
Assisted senior management team on JCAH compliance, planning projects and the rewriting the USHSC Master Plan.
HOSPITAL ADMIN. TRAINEE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA9/77 – 8/79 SF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS  William B. Kerr, DirectorRotated as aide to Admitting, Medical Records and Emergency Departments to gain a broad exposure to hospital administration
EDUCATIONUniversity of Colorado MSHA., Health Administration 1981University of California, Berkeley B.A., 1977College of Marin A.A., 1974
AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Operation AccessBoard of Directors, Chair, Marin Community ClinicCo Founder/Advisor, California ehealth Collaborative (CAEHC)Conference Developer, Society for Professionals in HealthcareVisiting Lecturer and Internship Sponsor, University of California, BerkeleyConference Developer, HFMA, Northern CaliforniaBoard of Directors, HIMSS of Northern CaliforniaAdvisor, Golden Gate Hospice, Hospice of Marin, 2001 – 2003Conference Developer, TIPAAA, Advisor, Health Technology Center, 2001 Advisory Board, Resolution Health Strategies, 1999 – 2002Advisory Board, Dr-appointment.com, 2000 Advisor, Ridgewood Capital, 1999Co-Chairman, HFMA Managed Care ConferenceChairman, Northern California HFMA Managed Care, 1993-1995Chairman, Managed Care Committee, St. Luke’s MSOBoard of Directors, Northern California HFMA, 1991-1992Board of Directors, National IPA Coalition, 1993-1995Board of Directors, Bay Pacific Health Plan, 1989-1990Finalist, 1981 W. Glen Ebersole Award CompetitionUSPHS Health Man Power Traineeship, 1979-81Instructor, Golden Gate University, Program in Health Services ManagementComputer Supervisor, Ross Valley Medical Group, 1976Chair, Friends of Red Hill Community Park, 2003 – presentCommissioner, Town of San Anselmo, Parks and Recreation CommissionSoccer Coach, West Marin Soccer League 1992- 2001Member Policy Committee, NIPAC, IPAC and CAPGCampaign Staff, Committee to Elect Barry Keene to State Senate, 1978
LECTURES and PUBLICATIONSSpoken extensively on developments in Healthcare Reform and the Northern California Market Place to professional associations including, HIMSS, HFMA, SPH, TIPAAA, NIPAC, MGMA and others. Authored and co-authored numerous articles in leading health care publications.

Contact Walter Kopp 415-457-5023

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This bungalow is roomy and comfortable with a large deck overlooking the river. Pets are welcome in this causal setting.

Just some of the activities in the area include;

• World class wine tasting in the Sonoma wine country. Healdsburg is at the hub of the Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley and Russian River Valley. We are just over the hill from Calistoga and the Napa Valley
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• Shop at the Healdsburg Plaza.
• Eat at some of the best restaurants in Sonoma
• Golf at Healdsburg Golf Course
• Boating on Lake Sonoma
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A group of Healthcare Industry Leaders has come together to assist healthcare organizations prepare for healthcare reform.

Clinical integration done right requires teamwork.  This team has the skills and hands on experience needed to guide hospitals, physicians and staff to build their teams to implement the clinically integrated network that you need for your community.

Clinical Integration Associates:

Lori Hack  MBA – IPA Management, HIE Development, Network Development

Jo Ellen Hylind BS, MNA – Quality Metrics, Governance, EHR Implementation

Walter Kopp MSHA – Hospital/Medical Group/IPA Management, Clinic Development

Susan Montz BSN, MBA – Clinical and Operations management, Network Development

John Price FCA, MAAA – Financial Analysis, Actuarial, Underwriting

Affiliated Advisors:

Faye Potts  - Network Development, Health Plan Management

David Soffa MD, MPA – Clinical Management/Utilization, Quality Metrics

Our team has worked with many hospitals in California to assist them in building successful teams that meet the goals of clinical integration.  To learn more about our team and how we can assist your community to position itself for healthcare reform, please contact us.