Testimonials
Robert Hood
Robert Hood is a Senior Vice President, Population Health Management at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center, a 900-bed healthcare system in northern New Jersey. He requires timely data and spot-on analyses to facilitate strategic planning.
Dr. Jim Cremins
Dr. Jim Cremins needed a Practice Assessment for his hospital-run medical practice in Hagerstown, MD. Dr. Cremins was trying to determine whether to take the practice private
Dr. Michael Zittle
Dr. Michael Zittle needed a Practice Analysis for his mobile corporate physical and diagnostic testing service in Central Pennsylvania.
Robert Hood Testimonial
Robert Hood is a Senior Vice President, Population Health Management at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center, a 900-bed health care system in northern New Jersey. He requires timely data and spot-on analyses to facilitate strategic planning.
He previously served as Vice President of Network Management - Northeast US, for United Health Group-Optum, and over the years has served in various executive management positions with non-profit and for-profit healthcare organizations in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Bob Hood “requires timely data and spot on analysis to facilitate strategic planning and coalesce resulting information into some kind of actionable plan.” As the strategic planning needs of his institutions have evolved, Bob Hood has returned to Healthscope again and again. He appreciates that Healthscope provides a good product at reasonable rates.
“It’s not a book you put on the shelf, like some plans,” he says of Healthscope’s analyses and recommendations. “It’s a usable plan that gets straight to the point. It’s practical, and you can implement it. You get a lot of value from Healthscope.”
Bob Hood’s assessment of Brian King: “He is very professional, cuts to the chase, does not say flowery things but says straight out what he thinks you should do, and confronts issues whether they are hard or soft. King is a smart guy and he’s an action-oriented guy. You give him an assignment he gets it done quickly, and it's good quality and makes sense.”
Dr. Jim Cremins Testimonial
Dr. Jim Cremins needed a Practice Assessment for his hospital-run medical practice in Hagerstown, MD. Dr. Cremins was trying to determine whether to take the practice private
Dr. Cremins was referred to Healthscope and Brian King by a former colleague who understood his need for expert guidance. Healthscope reviewed the practice’s financial and production trends and rendered an opinion regarding the feasibility of taking the practice private.
Healthscope was able to offer an assessment and explanation of viable options critical to making this important decision. The financial benefits, expenses and factors in transitioning away from hospital-ownership (space and staffing needs, cash-flow, optimal timing, etc.) were analyzed in depth.
“The directness and efficiency of their approach was appreciated, as well as their honesty in what their initial consultation provided,” Dr. Cremins says. “Healthscope was very professional, and answered questions clearly, directly, and with excellent response time.”
By doing a telephone consultation and remote practice assessment, Healthscope was able to compile useful data and present business scenarios without incurring excessive costs for Dr. Cremins and his partners.
Dr. Michael Zittle Testimonial
Dr. Michael Zittle needed a Practice Analysis for his mobile corporate physical and diagnostic testing service in Central Pennsylvania.
Dr. Zittle had been approached by an interested buyer who made an unsolicited offer for his business. Brian King and Healthscope were recommended to Zittle as an excellent firm to provide a sound Fair Market Value assessment and opinion — an evaluation determining the net worth of the business.
Dr. Zittle needed the tentative value to determine if the price he was extended was a low-ball offer. He asked for a quick turnaround and Healthscope delivered. Within a few days, King came back with an estimate of the Fair Market Value of the business – based solely on electronic data transmissions and telephone discussions with Dr. Zittle – and without the unnecessary (in this case) time and expense associated with a site visit to the Practice.
Ultimately, Zittle decided not to sell. He credits Healthscope with providing an accurate, defensible value assessment tailored to his needs at the time. "Healthscope," he says, "was up front, efficient and worked to foster a long-term relationship."
“The service was excellent, the professionalism top notch, the confidentiality, appropriate. [Brian King] knows the questions - he knows what the buyer is going to ask,” Zittle says.
“Bottom-line, I was completely satisfied with the excellent job that [Healthscope] did for me.”
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