Module 11

Question 1

How should non profits think about partnerships?

Answer 1

Partnerships should help achieve shared goals

Question 2

What are the four primary categories of partnerships

Answer 2

Collaboration: involves working together on shared goals without significant structural changes. It emphasizes joint efforts to achieve an outcome

Administrative consolidation: focused on combining administrative functions, such as back office operations, to improve efficiency and lower costs

Joint programming: organizations combine and collaborate to deliver specific programs or services

Corporate mergers/acquisitions: most integrated form of partnership where to or more organizations combine fully, including governance, operations, and programs to form a single entity

Question 3

What are the core challenges and opportunities for nonprofit parternships

Answer 3

Making proper matches
Managing everyone’s expectations
Staff time
The return/value delivered by the partnership
Cost savings, which require standardization and replicability
The imbalance of resources available to non-profits to support partnership establishment and success

Question 4

What are some of the myths about mergers?

Answer 4

That they should produce cost savings
That a CEO must be fired

Question 5

What is one of the primary leadership traits needed to establish a joint venture?

Answer 5

Resilience rooted in a focus on patient and addressing patient needs

Question 6

What is one of the effective mechanisms used to develop a shared vision?

Answer 6

A Steering committee - that ensures transparency and representation. They measure and manage performance, research, operations.

Question 7

What were the findings of the study on hospital M&A?

Answer 7

Decline in the patient experience (HCHAPS)
No change in readmissions
No change in mortality
Slight improvement in clinical process