1. FY15 High-Level Finance Goals
Operate within the Partners financial framework
Manage the Partners and Entity budget processes, and develop accountability and support structures to ensure that Partners and the institutions achieve their operating margin targets
Manage capital investments within envelope of available funding and facilitate decision making regarding an appropriate portfolio of projects
Manage framework challenges, including prioritization of capital projects and balancing the allocation of capital and debt between well capitalized and undercapitalized institutions
Actively support the following Partners-wide efforts
Partners Strategic Plan
Patient Affordability
Support Patient Affordability efforts through identifying key cost drivers and recommending system-wide efforts to reduce cost and improve productivity to the Patient Affordability Executive Committee.
Population Health and Redesign of “Patient Journey”
Support Patient Journey Committee in developing recommendations to optimize eCare impact on care coordination across the System
Healthcare Reform/Payment Reform
Develop a risk based contracting strategy that supports our covered lives, quality and affordability objectives
Develop a strategy to prepare for likely CMS adoption of episode bundles and bundled payments to support population health
Develop an Insurance Strategy that supports our covered lives, referral, cost management and mission objectives
Partners eCare program
Ensure that BWHC/PHH goes live successfully on all Epic applications, while continuing to stabilize and optimize the Epic system and workflows for NWH and MGH

2. FY15 High-Level Finance Goals
Drive and sustain Human Capital Development for both Finance and Partners HealthCare
Diversity & Inclusion
Strengthen awareness & understanding; Sustain mentoring program; Align with Partners HealthCare Diversity & Inclusion strategy
Professional & Skills Development
Drive process improvement across Partners HealthCare through PI Project Management Office & GE engagement
Recruiting & Retention
Execute social media strategy
Communication & Employee Engagement
Complete action plans; Roll-out follow-up employee engagement survey
Performance Management
Continue focus on Partners HealthCare Values; Complete training; Implement Partners HealthCare performance strategies for FY15
Sustain Important Ongoing Efforts
Management Development : Sustain MDI & Marilyn Award; Align with Partners HealthCare Leadership Development strategy
Service Excellence: Sustain training, survey and recognition efforts; Continue departmental efforts

3. FY15 High-Level Finance Goals
Expedite progress toward common information systems and business processes utilizing continuous process improvement for key financial functions
Continue development of enterprise data warehouse to support a more effective, rapid and efficient set of analytics to support business decisions . Standardize data and processes where appropriate.
Develop a routine corporate-wide approach to process improvement that yields measurable ROI.
Continue integration of existing and new entities into PHS Revenue, planning, managed care and Cost Reporting processes
Support system-wide and entity business and payer strategy planning efforts with timely, high quality analytics
Primary care and ambulatory service plans
Other Delivery system and service development to support population health and referral strategy development
Pricing and contract strategy for referral business
Monitor insurance, competitor and new “entrant” trends and assess potential impact on PHS and implications for strategy