Recent Newsletters

• Vision and Viability, 2010 II – Employing Physicians: Planning for Compensation
• Vision and Viability, 2010 I – Financial Analysis in Mergers and Acquisitions: An Anchor in Emotional Currents
• Vision and Viability, 2009 II – Enhancing the Revenues of the Physician Enterprise
• Vision and Viability, 2009 I – Tight Times and Sacred Cows: Uncovering Opportunity in the Financial Crisis

Planning Services

• DGA Services for Chief Financial Officers – Be Convinced - (brochure)
• Access to Capital: Implications for Hospital Consolidation – John M. Harris, Daniel M. Grauman, Christine Martin, Healthcare Financial Management, April 2010 – (article)
• Hospitals 2020: Economics, Clinical Innovation and IT Will Reshape Healthcare Delivery Model – Don Seymour (President of Don Seymour & Associates) and Daniel M. Grauman, Society for Healthcare Strategy, Marketing and Development, September 2009 - (presentaton)
• Health Care Reform: The Impact on Provider-Payer Relationships – John Harris, Principal, Fall Managed Care Conference of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, November 2009 - (presentation)
• Eight Steps to Successful Use of Financial Modeling – (article)
• Financial Planning for Major Initiatives – John Harris, Healthcare Financial Management, November 2007 - (article)
• Financially-Driven Facilities Planning – (article)
• Strategic Action Planning – A Participative Tactical/Strategic Approach - (article)
• Emerging Strategic Issues for Hospitals and Health Systems – (article)

Payer Contracting

• Medicare’s Payment Models – Carole Graham, National PACE Association Conference, October 2008 - (presentation)
• The Payer Landscape: Past, Present, And Future – Daniel M. Grauman, VHA Pennsylvania, June 2007 - (presentation)
• Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Providers – (article)
• Preparing for Pay-For-Performance – (article)
• Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Health Plans – (article)

Managed Care Operations

• Clinical Integration - Step-by-Step – John M. Harris, American Association of Integrated Health Delivery Systems (AAIHDS), Spring Forum 2006 - (presentation)
• Targeting Medical Management Resources – (article)

Business Intelligence

• DGA Business Intelligence Solutions: Answers, Fast – (brochure)
• Planning and Implementing an Integrated IT Solution – Carole Graham, John Harris, Don Keister (Executive Director of Providence Eldercare), National PACE Association Conference, October 2008 - (presentation)
• Introduction to Databases – Jonathan Pearce, HFMA Decision Support Seminar, April 2008 - (presentation)
• Cutting it Fine: How Granular Data Can Help the Bottom Line – (article)
• Data Collaboration – Jonathan Pearce, HFMA Decision Support Seminar, April 2007 - (presentation)
• Getting Answers from your Organizations Data - Successfully – (article)
• Intermediate Spreadsheet Tips and Techniques – Jonathan Pearce, HFMA Decision Support Seminar, April 2006 - (presentation)
• Developing Healthcare Business Intelligence Solutions – (presentation)
• Frequently-Asked Questions about OLAP Cubes – (presentation)

Physician Hospital Alignment

• DGA Services for Physician-Hospital Relationships – Partners for Success - (brochure)
• Accountable Care Organizations – A Game-Changer – John M. Harris, American Association of Integrated Health Delivery Systems (AAIHDS), Spring Managed Care Forum 2010 - (presentation)
• Great Boards Interviews DGA CEO Dan Grauman – The Board’s Role in Compensation Oversight for Employed Physicians, Great Boards, Spring 2010 - (interview)
• Integrated Payment Innovations – Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies, Daniel M. Grauman, New York Society For Health Planning Webinar, March 2010 - (presentation)
• Health Reform, Bundled Payments, and Accountable Care Organizations – Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies, John M. Harris, Webinar Presentation, February 2010 - (presentation)
• Doing the Math on Physician Employment – John M. Harris, H. J. Simmons III and Rudd Kierstead, Healthcare Financial Management, December 2009 - (article)
• Physician Hospital Alignment – Daniel M. Grauman and Rudd Kierstead, Presented at VHA Empire – Metro Third Annual Executive Leadership Education Program, November 2009 - (presentation)
• Choosing the Right Approach to Medical Staff Planning – (article)
• Physician Business Deals: Surveying the New Landscape – John M. Harris and Karin Chernoff Kaplan, Healthcare Financial Management, May 2009 - (article)
• From the Trenches: Physician Alignment Strategies and Models – Daniel M. Grauman, Presented at HFMA Region 2 Conference, at Delaware Healthcare Forum and at Health Leaders of New York, October 2008 - (presentation)

Valuation Services

• DGA Healthcare Valuation Services – Opinions You Can Trust - (brochure)
• Complex Healthcare Business Valuation - No Longer the Vanilla Transaction – Dan Grauman, HFMA Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, April 2010 - (presentation)
• 10 Myths of Healthcare Valuation – J. David Robeson III and Karin Chernoff Kaplan, Healthcare Financial Management, October 2008 - (article)
• Consultative Valuation – Preventive Medicine For Deal Development (article)
• Physician Compensation: Managing the Risks – Daniel M. Grauman, Great Boards, Winter 2007-2008 - (presentation)
• Acquiring Physician-Owned Ambulatory Businesses - Traversing the Minefield – Daniel M. Grauman and J. David Robeson, Healthcare Financial Management, May 2007 - (article)
• Fair Market Value: Preventive Medicine for Physician Contractual Arrangements – (article)