THE BECKHAM COMPANY
Strategy and leadership in health care
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and planning models are compatible with the concepts advocated by Jim Collins in Built to Last and Good to Great as well as those advocated by Robert Kaplan in The Balanced Scorecard (sometimes called the Five Pillars). We are also well-versed in Baldrige and Six Sigma criteria and methods.
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Why Engage The Beckham Company?
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High levels of involvement with our clients. The Beckham Company brings "partner level" expertise to every project. We never hand off work to junior level consultants. Because of their higher overhead structure and the need for partners to constantly sell new business in large consulting firms, senior experts often dedicate little time to client projects. We are intentionally small and we accept a limited number of engagements. As a result we're able to stay involved in all aspects of the projects we conduct. What you see, is what you get.
National recognition for contributions to strategic planning. Dan Beckham is widely known for his articles and speeches related to business strategy in health care. Since 1983, we have helped more than 150 hospitals and physician groups develop and implement market-based strategic plans We are nationally recognized for contributions to strategy and strategic planning.
Pioneering development of integration models. We have published award winning articles on the challenges of creating integrated delivery systems and speak often on the topic. We have helped clients nationwide build new integration models for delivering care. Many our clients are recognized as benchmarks for meaningful integration as well as for superior clinical quality and service excellence.
Intimacy with the needs of physicians. Each year, we conduct personal interviews with hundreds of physicians. This interaction has helped develop a strong understanding of the needs and concerns of physicians. We have worked shoulder-to-shoulder with physicians nationwide to develop an organized response to the challenges and opportunities they face. Some of our clients include America’s most respected group practices.
Deep experience with physician integration and group practices. We have had a long involvement with group practice having heralded its ascendancy several years ago in well-read articles. We undertook a widely-based study of the most successful group practices in the United States. We have consulted to the Mayo Clinic. Our clients have also included other large multispecialty group practices.
We are experienced. We have broad national experience working with more than 150 hospitals and health systems over the past 20 years in more than 19 states. Our clients have included large urban medical centers and small rural institutions, nonprofit as well as for profit organizations, academic medical centers and suburban university hospitals. We have worked with county hospital districts. We have also worked with several large multispecialty group practices. We have worked with urban, suburban and rural hospitals. Our clients include hospitals ranging from 100 beds to over 1,000. We have worked for academic medical centers and community providers. See Clients for the complete list of organizations.
Long involvement with managed care. Through our work for clients in markets dominated by managed care like Minnesota, Florida and California, we've developed an in-depth understanding of the drivers for success in the kind of environment likely to characterize health care economics within the next three to four years.
Strong understanding of hospitals. The destiny of hospitals and physicians is highly related. Effective management of the cost, quality and access requires attention to be focused across both the hospital and the physician's practice. Both Dan and Lise were executives of hospitals prior to entering health care.