Employee Benefits and Property & Casualty Risk Management and Insurance Strategies and Solutions for Healthcare

As an NCHN partner, Parker, Smith & Feek will support NCHN's mission of supporting and strengthening health networks by providing insurance program auditing, risk management consulting, and insurance solutions relevant to health networks and their members. 

Parker, Smith & Feek is offering NCHN members a free self-insured employee benefits audit that includes a review of their current benefits plan structure compared to industry benchmarks and third-party administration, stop loss, and pharmacy benefits manager re-pricings.

Parker, Smith & Feek’s dedicated Healthcare Practice Group has over 40 years of experience addressing risk management and insurance strategies and solutions to help members examine both the cost and quality of their existing insurance programs. They recognize that tackling such a wide range of challenges for so many types of clients takes a very deep bench of talented risk management and insurance professionals and have assembled a team of experts to serve healthcare organizations. Their Healthcare Practice Group serves a vast array of clients, including assisted living centers, clinics, community health centers, equipment manufacturers, rural hospitals, regional hospitals, hospices, long-term care organizations, mental health facilities, non-profits, and pharmaceutical/medical device companies.

Services

• Employee benefits consulting (fully insured, level funding, self-funding)
• Narrow network design and implementation for improved community steerage opportunities
• Population health and wellness consulting
• Third-party administrator selection assistance   
• Pharmacy benefits re-pricing and contract negotiation
• Enterprise risk management 
• Captive feasibility consulting
• Surety   
• Loss control/risk management 
• Property and casualty insurance brokering
• Workers’ compensation   
• PS&F University – free insurance education for members’ risk management and finance professionals

For more information please contact:
Jim Chesemore 
Senior Vice President, Rural Healthcare
(206) 390-3679
jrchesemore@psfinc.com
Parker, Smith & Feek website

Pinnacle Holdings, Ltd., parent company of Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting, Pinnacle Healthcare Revenue Solutions, Pinnacle Enterprise Risk Consulting Services, TeleNeph, and MRC Global is celebrating 25 years in business. Headquartered in Denver, CO, PINNACLE has a national footprint with regional offices that include Saint Louis, MO, Indianapolis, IN, Memphis, TN and Phoenix, AZ.

Founded in 1998, PINNACLE has achieved incredible success and seen explosive growth over the past two and a half decades. With a team of more than 200 talented professionals that span five affiliated companies and seven service lines, PINNACLE has become a well-recognized consulting firm delivering industry-leading solutions to hospital systems, medical practices, kidney care companies, value-based entities, ambulatory enterprises, nonprofit organizations and life science companies nationwide.

While PINNACLE’s footprint has significantly changed over the past 25 years, its mission and vision remain the same. Mission: deliver high value healthcare advisory and consulting services that help clients manage risk, improve performance, and achieve strategic objectives. Vision: create a dynamic organization that thrives on solving problems with lasting solutions for clients, while providing a professionally fulfilling, supportive and rewarding work environment for the team.
Some of our Healthcare Consulting Solutions include:

• Business Valuation & Co-Branding FMV
• Clinical Affairs & Compliance Services
• Coding, Compliance & Revenue Cycle Services
• Compensation Valuation & Provider Arrangements
• Enterprise Risk & Healthcare Operations Management Support
• KOL Certification & Rate Sheet Development
• Physician, Hospital Alignment & Integration
• Quality Management Systems
• Real Estate Consulting
• Regulatory & Submission Services
• Rural Hospital Nephrology Partner
• Strategy, Operations & Marketing Support
• Value-Based Care & ACO Development
• Supply Chain, Operational and Cost Reduction
• Medical Group Operational Assessment
• Performance Improvement
• Transaction Support Services & Valuation