Presented by: Alan J. Huber, CFP

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• Presented by Alan J. Huber, CFP
• President Business of Birth International Inc.

Physician-Hospital-Investor-Midwife Involvement
in Private Birthing Facilities
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Kingston, Jamaica
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U.S. Based Private Facility
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In the U.S, private birthing facilities have
generally meant Birth Centers? Have they been
successful?
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Reasons Birth Center haveNOT been Successful

• Business plan GUARANTEED FAILURE
• Marketing practices that dont work
• Adversarial relationships w/ physicians and
  hospitals

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What could be aSuccessful Model?

• 100 births/month in metro area
• Not in hospital, but can be on hospital property.
• Generally follows existing law standards.
• Gives personalized care.

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Advantages Over Hospital

• Construction Costs
• Nursing Staff / Costs
• EMTALA
• Patient Compliance
• Operating Costs

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Ownership and Operations

• Physician / Hospital Joint venture
• Midwife managed
• Investor / MCO

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Advantages forHospital in Joint Venture

• Licenses name for marketing benefit
• Removes Hospital Assets from liability (Normand
  Pizza, Esq., partner Milling Benson Woodward,
  LLP)
• Patient gets best impression
• Profitable

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Advantages forPhysician in Joint venture

• Reduce workload while receiving income
• Not liable for birth center patients
• GYN referrals
• May not have to have OB privileges
• Can backup without liability
• Profitable

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What is Midwife Managed

• Can be partner
• Can buy in
• Can invest
• Can structure any agreement they want!
• Profitable

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Remember!!
The only thing sacred about birth is
birth.... Everything else is just like any other
business
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• Just to Show That I Can
• Be Warm and Fuzzy
• Baby Photos I Have Taken!

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• THANK
• YOU!!!