Why HealthPoint Should Be A Part Of Your Professional Future.

HealthPoint Medical Group, Inc. is a nationally recognized medical group that offers an unparalleled professional opportunity for primary care physicians in the Tampa Bay area. The medical group has been recognized for superior performance by state and national organizations such as Florida Medical Business Journal and the Medical Group Management Association. HealthPoint’s position as a superior performer and as one of the largest primary care groups in the region has enabled the Group to recruit high quality physicians and staff, obtain favorable managed care contracts and achieve a position as a financially successful organization.

The Medical Group is governed by a board of directors with equal representation of Partner physicians and health system appointed directors. The primary force behind HealthPoint is the desire on the part of our Partner physicians to retain a leadership role in shaping the future of healthcare and in preserving the opportunity for clinical and professional self-determination.

What Are The Advantages Of Joining A Physician Group?

• Greater control over your professional destiny through the leverage and clout of a large group.
• Relief from the increasing complexities of practice management and regulatory requirements through HealthPoint's centralized management and finance capabilities.
• Coding education and support through group sponsored education classes and individual training.
• Competitive Compensation Program and opportunity for income growth based on individual lifestyle choices.
• Opportunities for improved quality of life through the Group's enhanced practice coverage, CME, vacation and scheduling arrangements.

What Are The Specific Benefits Of Joining HealthPoint?

• A competitive compensation package, including a comprehensive benefits package.
• Participation in a practice model that is preferred by managed care organizations and patients.
• Superior practice management including:

          - Collection rate in excess of 98% for 3 consecutive years
          - Lower than national average practice site overhead rate
          - Professional financial and accounting services
          - Human Resources and benefits management
          - Ability to leverage the size of the group to obtain favorable managed care
             contracts
          - Practice Development support for practice growth
          - Involvement in a locally owned and controlled organization with historic and
             ongoing ties to the community.

How Does The Structure Of HealthPoint Help Ensure Viability And Competitiveness For A Participating Physician?

National studies show that patients prefer groups for care and physicians prefer groups for practice, leading to higher levels of satisfaction for both entities.

The organization of the HealthPoint Medical Group, combined with its role as a primary care physician base in a vertically integrated delivery system, positions it extremely well to compete in both the current and future environments.

What Form Of Management Support Does HealthPoint Provide?

HealthPoint Medical Group is supported by a comprehensive management services organization (MSO), which provides cost-effective support. This support includes professional management expertise, state-of-the-art information systems, centralized billing and collections, managed care contract negotiations, human resources and employee relations, facility maintenance, purchasing and group contracting. The MSO has historically maintained net collection rates at or above 98%, successfully renegotiated managed care contracts, and was awarded as the "Best Physician Practice Management Company", "Best Practice Administrator", and "Best Physician Business Leadership" in Florida by Florida Medical Business Journal.

To What Extent Are Physicians Involved In Directing HealthPoint?

HealthPoint physicians comprise half of the membership of the Board, and the majority of Board appointed committees. Committees include the Clinical Management Committee that drives the clinical decisions facing the Group, the Managed Care and Operations Committee that focuses on the business-related issues of the Group, and the Physician Compensation and Credentialing Committee that develops and maintains the Compensation Program for Group physicians. The Board and these committees develop the strategy for the Group's ongoing direction, and ensure its continued financial success.

How Does HealthPoint Compare With Other Practice Model Options?

There are alternatives to HealthPoint that offer the benefit of employment but forfeit the opportunity to work in a physician-directed, physician-centered organization. Likewise, you can choose an alternative that requires high start-up expenses and provides little managed care leverage such as solo practice. Among your alternatives, HealthPoint alone offers both the leverage as well as the personal lifestyle benefits of employment in a large group practice, the security of continued financial viability, and the ability to practice in a physician-directed environment.

How Does HealthPoint's Compensation Program Work?

HealthPoint's Partner Physicians have developed an innovative and competitive compensation program designed to reward and enhance the values important to group physicians. The Partner Compensation Program is productivity-based and includes opportunities to enhance the physician's base compensation with performance measures such as practice site cost-efficiency, coding, meeting attendance and patient satisfaction.

Do Other Practice Options You're Considering Offer These Benefits?

• Primary Care Leadership in the Tampa Bay area
• Managed Care contracting leverage of a large Group
• Membership in a financially stable group practice
• Opportunities for income growth balanced with lifestyle choice
• Self-Determination, Self-Governance
• Competitive Compensation
• Generous Benefits Package
• Retirement Benefits
• Easy-Entry – No Practice "Buy-in"
• Local Community Focus
• Desirable Practice Model
• Experienced practice management support
• Membership in a nationally recognized primary care group
• How Does HealthPoint Reward Physicians For Tenure?

HealthPoint's success is driven by the loyalty and dedication of its physician members. Because of that, physicians are brought into the Group as an "Associate" level physician, and at the point in time (typically two to three years) the physician has built up to a full practice and has demonstrated a commitment to the Group's success, the Group offers the Associate physician status of "Partner".

One More Reason Why HealthPoint Should Be A Part Of Your Professional Future.

The healthcare delivery system as we know it is undergoing significant change. As with any change, you can influence the future by being part of a well-positioned and successful group practice. In the Tampa Bay area, this group practice is HealthPoint Medical Group.

On the most fundamental level, HealthPoint gives you an opportunity to be part of an organization that is proactively addressing the changing dynamics of healthcare, through its high-quality physicians, staff and innovative management resources.

Above all, our physicians and staff represent the most important reason to be a part of HealthPoint Medical Group ... our dedication to the care of our patients.