SENHOC Partner Retreat Questionnaire

Your answers are confidential, known only by you and Paul Huebner, Congruiti’s consultant, unless you decide otherwise.

Your answers will be combined with others and shared anonymously with your SENHOC partners to prepare for the upcoming Partner Retreat Meeting scheduled the morning of May 2nd.

Your COMPLETED Questionnaire is DUE April 16th.

Please write down the FIRST THINGS that come to your mind.

Do NOT use one-word answers.

Write only ONE idea per answer (for example, if you need to use “and” in your answer, you probably are listing more than one idea).

The main topic of the partner's retreat meeting scheduled May 2nd, is to decide how to address a request from one of your partners to reduce their days in clinic from 4 to 3 days and remain on full time status.

Another important goal and opportunity of this meeting will be to reach agreement on the definition and meaning of being a full-time partner.

An agreed and prioritized list of decision criteria will help you and your colleagues consider and make decisions about this request, and its potential implications.

Instructions
Please review the list of decision criteria below, then answer the questions that follow.

Decision Criteria - how will our decisions about this request...
(A) Enhance patient care, outcomes and safety
(B) Be fair for all partners
(C) Improve physician work / life balance
(D) Improve partner compensation fairness
(E) Improve financial results
(F) Facilitate good relations among partners
(G) Increase referrals
(H) Enhance our reputation
(I) Enhance working conditions for our staff
(J) Help us build and operate our new cancer center

In your opinion, how might physician scheduling need to change if this partner request is approved?

Instructions
In the Response box below, write the first things that come to mind.

In your opinion, how might physician compensation need to change if this partner request is approved?

Instructions
In the Response box below, write the first things that come to mind.

In your opinion, how might practice operations need to change if this partner request is approved?

Instructions
In the Response box below, write the first things that come to mind.

Are there any other potential changes or affects you would like to mention?

Instructions
In the Response box below, write the first things that come to mind.

Now, please review again the Decision Criteria listed BELOW, and your answers to the Questions above.

Decision Criteria - how will our decisions about this request...
(A) Enhance patient care, outcomes and safety
(B) Be fair for all partners
(C) Improve physician work / life balance
(D) Improve partner compensation fairness
(E) Improve financial results
(F) Facilitate good relations among partners
(G) Increase referrals
(H) Enhance our reputation
(I) Enhance working conditions for our staff
(J) Help us build and operate our new cancer center

Instructions
1) In the Response box below, choose and list by letter (e.g. A, B, etc.) the 4 Most Important Decision Criteria in your opinion.

2) Next, RANK the 4 criteria you chose by distributing 100 points across ALL 4 criteria, giving the most points to the most important criteria.

YOUR ANSWER should look like the following EXAMPLE:

A-50 (points), B-15, E-20, G-15

Please answer the additional questions below in the Response boxes provided. Thank you.

How might this partner request be addressed differently? For example, could this request be addressed as an exception?

Instructions
Write the first ideas that come to mind.

In your opinion, what are the best reasons for approving and implementing this partner request?

Instructions
Write the first things that come to mind.

In your opinion, what are the best reasons not to approve this partner request?

Instructions
Write the first things that come to mind.

Instructions
If you have any other thoughts or comments you did not mention above, please write them in the Response box below. If not, you can skip this section.

Thank you for completing this confidential questionnaire. I look forward to reviewing your answers, and working with you and your colleagues in the upcoming SENHOC Partner Retreat Meeting, Saturday morning, May 2nd.

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