Building the Bridge Between Ambulatory Strategy and Operations
Our Mission
We founded Laurel Associates on the principle of providing expert consulting services by senior healthcare executives at a competitive price. In partnership with each individual client, Laurel Associates develops the strategy, designs the operations, and implements the changes.
Our Industry-Based Experience
Laurel Associates' principals are experienced senior hospital/ambulatory care administrators with extensive careers in both community hospitals and academic medical centers directing:
Hospital-based ambulatory operations including imaging, lab and other ancillary services
Multidisciplinary clinical programs including oncology, cardiac services, orthopedics, women's health, and behavioral health
Physician practice management organizations
Primary care and multispecialty physician networks
Satellite clinics, urgent care, and occupational health centers
New facility development
Our Consulting Niche: Ambulatory Care
Laurel Associates' principals are experienced healthcare consultants who work with a national client base and specialize in ambulatory care:
Comprehensive assessment, benchmarking, and operational/financial improvement
Strategic planning and implementation
Operational process design and change management
Development of patient access programs and processes
Comprehensive specialty program development (including behavioral health, oncology, cardiac services, urgent care, occupational health, orthopedics) and program operations design
Development, consolidation, and privatization of hospital-employed physician networks
Financial improvement for physician practices
Development of physician-hospital relationship programs including recruitment and retention initiatives and other alignment strategies
Contact Us
Laurel Associates,LLC
1324 West Thorndale Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660