Howard University News October 2, 2014 Howard University and Paladin Healthcare Sign Management Service Agreement Howard University announces today that it has signed a Management Service Agreement (MSA) with Paladin Healthcare, a firm with a proven track record of successfully reengineering operations at urban hospitals to produce value added outcomes. The collaboration with Paladin brings to Howard University Hospital (HUH) a team of highly experienced senior executives and other hospital managers who, effective October 6, will assume responsibility for day-to-day operations of the hospital under the oversight of a joint Howard University and Paladin Healthcare Management Committee. Under the MSA, Howard University will continue to be the licensed operator of HUH. "The Paladin relationship is the latest and most intensive of a series of proactive and deliberate steps taken by the University over the past 18 months to enhance our Hospital's operational efficiency, achieve fiscal viability, advance our historical academic health sciences mission, and continue to provide vital access to care for the thousands of District of Columbia's residents who depend upon us and whom we are privileged to serve," said Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick, M.D., MBA. Paladin Healthcare is led by a team of professionals with strong track records and extensive experience in the areas of hospital operations, ambulatory care operations, payor relations, information technology, and finance. In addition to their inhouse team, Paladin will appoint key personnel from Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group, LLC (part of a leading global professional services firm that delivers performance improvement, turnaround management and business advisory services) to serve in senior executive roles for HUH. "We are very excited to be selected to undertake this important opportunity," said Joel Freedman, President of Paladin Healthcare. "We recognize the importance of Howard University's mission and legacy, and are passionate about and firmly committed to working with the University, Faculty Practice Plan, and hospital staff to favorably address the challenges associated with providing access to quality healthcare services to urban populations during this unprecedented time of transformation in the healthcare industry." An explicit goal of the collaboration between Howard and Paladin is to advance the University's vision for establishing a comprehensive and integrated community health, ambulatory care, and in-patient delivery system. "We understand that, in the modern context of health care delivery, our academic and service missions require a new clinical infrastructure comprised of a portfolio of connected health services that can produce value for all stakeholders,"said Dr. Frederick. "Paladin's interest in and commitment to this agenda was a key determinant in choosing them as our collaborator. This is an important step on our journey, and we are confident there will be other developments to report in the months to come." To learn more about Paladin, visit http://www.pldn.com/ SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!