Health Care Consulting Service

General Overview of Components

Recognizing the rapidly evolving health care landscape, Brown & Weinraub is diligent in monitoring state and federal policy and regulatory changes, predicting trends, and identifying new opportunities or potential challenges, as well as developing strategies on how to adGeneral Overview of Components

Recognizing the rapidly evolving health care landscape, Brown & Weinraub is diligent in monitoring state and federal policy and regulatory changes, predicting trends, and identifying new opportunities or potential challenges, as well as developing strategies on how to address those challenges or opportunities.  Our firm provides the following comprehensive consulting services to our health care clients.

Strategic Planning

• Assist in the review and development of short, medium and long range strategic business plans for health care providers, care systems, payers and other stakeholders, including but not limited to: clinical, demographic, utilization and financial factors;
• Identify and evaluate initiatives responsive to federal and state health reform;
• Assess, cultivate and make recommendations on potential partnering opportunities (public and private) relating to strategic alliances, mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, joint ventures, affiliations, divestitures/sales;
• Program and financial restructuring and valuation analyses;
• Market area and service assessment including competitors and in/out-migration; 
• Provide advice on regulatory matters and processes;
• Interface with governmental entities as appropriate to identify and remove early on obstacles to successful strategic plan execution;
• Present in public forums;
• Other assistance as needed.

Transactional Matters

• Assist in the review and formation of appropriate capital investment and feasible financing strategies;
• Provide guidance and recommendations including cost/benefit of refinancing and new  debt/leasing options;
• Maintain relationships with the lending community;
• Interface with the NYS Dormitory Authority and investment bankers regarding its financing alternatives;
• Assess options for credit enhancement such as FHA Insurance, letters-of-credit, bank loans, private placements, obligated groups;
• Explore potential equity sources such as grants, philanthropy and internally generated funds; 
• Assess appropriate debt to equity ratios;
• Provide advice on regulatory matters and processes;
• Present in public forums;
• Other assistance as needed.