THE ALLIANCE
ACCORD LIMITED, along with four other leading firms, is a founding member of an exclusive alliance designed to better meet the complex needs of our health care clients. Together, members of THE ALLIANCE offer clients an integrated array of services to address and resolve their toughest challenges. By working with firms that we trust and are similar to ACCORD in size and quality, we can broaden our range of services while assuring clients will continue to benefit from the same degree of focus, responsiveness and customization that we strive to provide.
The expanded services now available through THE ALLIANCE include:
- Governance enhancement and board development
- Strategic, business, and service line planning
- Facilitation and analysis of mergers and strategic alliances
- Physician relationships and economic alignment
- Medical staff development and compensation planning
- Financial analysis and modeling of various business initiatives
- Payer contract modeling and support
- Facility planning and programming
- Expert opinion and valuation services of physician practices and healthcare businesses
- Presentations and retreats on environmental trends, governance best practices, quality and patient safety, strategic planning, physician alignment, and leadership development
Thus, ACCORD can now facilitate the provision of new services needed by our clients. The members of
THE ALLIANCE have agreed to collaborate as a “virtual company” when advantageous to our clients or to work individually to meet specific needs. We have complete confidence that all services provided by members of
THE ALLIANCE will be performed to the highest standards.
THE ALLIANCE Members
ACCORD LIMITED
Pamela R. Knecht
Edward A. Kazemek
Chicago, Illinois
Edward A. Kazemek, Chairman/CEO
Pamela R. Knecht, President
ACCORD assists its hospital and health system clients to achieve successful organizational change, concentrating on strategy, governance, and management effectiveness. The firm helps clients to: create strategic plans; enhance the performance of their boards through assessment, restructuring, education, and retreats; strengthen organizational culture through planned interventions; and complete mergers and strategic alliances. Ed and Pam are both Faculty Members and Governance Advisors to The Governance Institute in San Diego. Since its inception in 1990, ACCORD has served over 400 organizations. Learn more about ACCORD at www.accordlimited.com
Bader & Associates
Barry S. Bader
Potomac, Maryland
Barry S. Bader, Principal
Bader & Associates helps its clients to strengthen the performance of their governing boards with a comprehensive array of board development services. Barry Bader brings more than 30 years experience as he helps clients to conduct successful board and leadership retreats, education programs, and self-evaluation processes, and to develop or update board policies. He facilitates comprehensive governance assessments, redesign projects, succession planning, strategy retreats, and evaluations of individual directors. Barry is one of The Governance Institute’s Advisors and Faculty Members, and is nationally recognized for his work helping boards fulfill their responsibilities for quality and patient safety. Learn more about Bader & Associates at www.greatboards.org
DGA Partners
John M. Harris
Daniel M. Grauman
Philadelphia, PA
Team Leadership
Daniel M. Grauman, President & CEO
H.J. (Jeff) Simmons III, Principal
John M. Harris, Principal
Jonathan W. Pearce, Director
J. David Robeson, III, Director
DGA Partners has been providing management consulting services in the areas of strategy, finance and data to health care organizations since 1994. DGA’s services include: strategic and business planning, financial planning and modeling; facility planning and programming; medical staff development and compensation planning; care management and operations; payer contract modeling and support; and business intelligence. DGA also provides expert opinion services that help hospitals and health systems address fair market valuation issues on transactions and compensation matters. Learn more about DGA Partners, Inc. at www.dgapartners.com
Don Seymour & Associates
Don Seymour
Boston, MA
Don Seymour, Principal
Don Seymour & Associates provides advice on strategy, physician alignment and governance to senior leaders in hospitals and healthcare systems throughout the United States. Don frequently speaks and writes on subjects related to senior leadership in healthcare organizations. He has served on the faculty for The Governance Institute and ACHE and is Executive Editor of Futurescan. He is past president of several major healthcare strategy and marketing organizations. Learn more about Don Seymour & Associates at www.donseymourassociates.com
Witalis and Company, Inc.
Roger Witalis
Lafayette, CA.
Roger Witalis, Principal
Witalis and Company, Inc. works with healthcare service providers throughout the United States, serving as a resource to leadership with a focus on governance assessment and improvement, planning and performance management and retreat design and facilitation. Witalis also builds “leadership academies” within healthcare institutions to identify and develop merging leaders. Roger Witalis brings to his clients over 30 years of experience serving many of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, medical centers, hospitals, physician organizations and professional associations. Learn more about Witalis and Company, Inc. at www.witalis.com
Learn More
We are excited to be able to bring clients the resources and capabilities of this group of superior companies. ACCORD looks forward to adding their expertise to our own to meet more of our clients’ needs. To learn more, please call Ed Kazemek or Pam Knecht, at 312-988-7000, check out our website at www.accordlimited.com, or send us an email at ekazemek@accordlimited.com or pknecht@accordlimited.com