Dr. Emad Rizk Releases Roadmap for Bringing Together Healthcare's Power Players in New Book

A world renowned healthcare industry expert, Dr. Rizk brings over 25 years of experience working with payors, physicians, hospital systems and pharmaceutical organizations. He provides the healthcare industry, both the commercial and government sectors, with transformational strategies and operational execution expertise through healthcare information technology. In 2008, Dr. Rizk was named one of the “ 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives ” in the U.S. by Modern Physician and one of the nation’s top 25 leaders in disease management by Managed Healthcare Executive. Dr. Rizk serves on boards of numerous healthcare organizations such as the National Quality Review, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, and the International Disease Management Alliance; and is a Senior Scholar Professor at Jefferson Medical College.

“I wrote this book because payors and providers realize that the old ways of doing business are unsustainable. Leaders on both sides of the table are seeing the urgent need to work together toward the mutual goal of improving healthcare efficiency and quality,” said Dr. Rizk. “The term I use for this coming together is “alignment” and this book shows how to develop alignment and apply it in your local community to make an immediate and meaningful difference.”

“As a long-time industry visionary, physician and senior executive at McKesson, Dr. Rizk is singularly qualified to speak to the issues of improving alignment between payors and providers,” said Scott B. Ransom, DO, MBA, MPH, president of University of North Texas Health Science Center. ”Given the current economic state and the changes to come from the new administration, the insights in this book are more valuable than ever for the healthcare industry.”

Dr. Rizk’s book presents several strategies for payors and providers working toward better patient care and more equitable compensation, such as:

• Establishment and funding of technology including portals and electronic health records to enhance information sharing
• Ideas for incentive-based payment programs that engage rather than penalize physicians
• Tips for streamlining, enhancing and better aligning clinical, administrative and financial processes and goals

With this new level of innovative alignment, providers can improve care for their patients, decrease time spent on administrative chores and be paid for providing quality care; while payors will benefit from lower costs, better results, and an improved ability to track and assist in a patient’s care.

“This piece is much more than my brain-child as it draws upon the wisdom of countless payor and hospital executives, physicians, nurses and patients, with whom I have had the honor of interacting with over the years,” said Dr. Rizk. “I see the book as a tool to be kept and re-read by those in this industry committed to influencing the changes that will improve the healthcare landscape for everyone.”

About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 15th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. McKesson has been in continuous operation for more than 175 years, making it the longest-operating company in healthcare today. Over the course of its history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients. For more information, visit us at www.mckesson.com