The following is a transcript of a video circulated to Envision Healthcare Corporation employees on
August 29, 2018:
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Chris
Holden (CEO
& President):
Hello, Brian. Hello, Phillip. Its been a couple of months since we had a chance to catch up with everyone at Envision and talk about where we are, and what the priorities are, and
whats important. And Ill talk a little bit about the future. So I want to spend a few minutes with you today and go through a couple of quick questions.
I know we had the leadership from KKR in last week. Im just curious from those conversations, really, what your major takeaways were, and whats
got you excited. So with that, Phillip, Ill let you lead us off.
Phillip Clendenin (EVP
& President-Ambulatory
Services):
Weve been talking about it and talking about how much we like that team. And for them to meet Jim and Max firsthand, I think, was just really good. So they heard quality, and that resonated. They heard growth. They heard the
same things that weve been talking about that we work on. And they also heard from a group that has a lot of health care experience.
Chris Holden (CEO
& President):
Absolutely. Brian, how about you?
Brian Jackson (EVP
& President-Physician Services):
Yes, Id echo that as well. I think it was a tremendous opportunity for
our physician leaders and the operators to see our KKR teammates firsthand. Tremendous, tremendous insight and focus from their health systems experience, which, I think, is certainly going to help us in the future. And then I think the other key
piece is theyre really coming in and reinforcing the strategy that weve already been embarking on. I think what well see from that is some accelerated growth come from that as well with that focus.
Chris Holden (CEO
& President):
Through all that, I mean, I was just really struck by how down to earth they are, and how they
really recognize that health care is a relationship business. Its a people service. You could tell that theyve been through it enough to really, truly become health care people. I think thats going to resonate well as we move into
our next chapter of our journey.
So with that, Id really transition to get your perspectives. I know in physician services we have a lot of things
going on, a lot happening in the ASC space. And Brian, lets just turn it over to you. Whats top of mind these days? Where is Physician Services focused?
Brian Jackson (EVP
& President-Physician Services):
Really proud of Dr. Gerry Maccioli and his quality team in their
efforts both in coming up with analytics and reporting around our quality data. And certainly, it put us in a great position with our leadership, with our MIPS and Macro work thats been done there. Another key area has been Dr. Becky
Parkers great work in bringing the voice of our physicians to Washington, DC. As you know, shes advocating strongly with our Patients First message out there in front, taking that to both the state and federal level to continue to push
the ball forward on that.
Becky and her team are doing a great job in reducing and creating focus on the opioid epidemic, as we all have kind of seen our
ability to influence that as a multispecialty provider in a unique way that nobody else can do out there right now.
Chris Holden
(CEO
& President):
I know thats top of mind for everyone, and we have such a key role in helping to bend that curve. Thats a high priority.
Phillip, how about on the surgery center side?