• Thomas Enders

    Senior Managing Director
    Manatt Health Solutions
    tenders@manatt.com
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    New York
    Direct: 212.790.4508
    General: 212.790.4500
    Fax: 212.790.4545

    Education

    Yale School of Management, M.B.A., 1988

     

    University of Chicago, A.B., 1983

    Languages
    French, Spanish, Italian
    • Profile
    • Representative Matters
    • Honors & Awards
    • Publications
    • Memberships & Activities
    • Speaking Engagements

    Profile

    Thomas Enders is a senior managing director of Manatt Health Solutions (MHS), the interdisciplinary policy and business advisory practice of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.  For over 20 years he has worked to improve the management and delivery of healthcare, and has worked with leaders and physicians throughout the country to create innovative solutions on a broad range of challenging issues, including improving operating results, developing creative program initiatives, addressing the goals of health reform, and strengthening the ability of organizations to meet the demands transforming healthcare.  Mr. Enders is a leading consultant to the country's academic medical centers and medical schools, integrated delivery networks, children's hospitals, health systems and associations.  A skilled facilitator, his areas of focus include strategic and financial planning, organization development, formation and management of new delivery systems models (including Accountable Care Organizations), Medicaid policy and provider delivery transformation, payment and reimbursement reform, mergers and acquisitions, and information technology strategy. 

    Prior to joining MHS, Mr. Enders was a senior partner and managing director with Computer Sciences Corporation's (CSC) Global Health Solutions practice.  He was responsible for CSC's East Region Health Delivery practice, which included strategic services, clinical systems implementation and optimization, revenue cycle, technology and integration services, performance improvement, and outsourcing for leading healthcare providers.  Mr. Enders is also deeply versed in health information technology, having led CSC's initiative to support states in responding proactively to the opportunities presented for health improvement utilizing health information exchange.  Prior to CSC, he was a partner with APM, a healthcare management consultancy, leading projects related to strategy development, organization change, and performance improvement.

    Representative Matters

    Mr. Enders' recent engagements include:

    • Worked with a West Coast hospital association and its academic medical center members to define a sustainable graduate medical education financing system.
    • Developed an enterprise strategic plan for a leading academic medical center, encompassing its research, educational, and clinical missions.
    • Completed a "roadmap to integration" for an 11-hospital system in the Midwest, including developing recommendations for a new governance and corporate structure to support its implementation.
    • Established a Medicaid reform initiative with a leading children's hospital and pediatricians throughout its state.
    • Supported joint venture development for the implementation of an integrated service line.
    • Completed an enterprise IT strategy for a leading academic medical center.
    • Designed a clinically integrated network, including a children's hospital, pediatricians, and pediatric specialists.
    • Prepared a multi-party business and investment plan for a regional accountable care organization.
    • Prepared a strategic and financial plan for a statewide NGO that is building a research data warehouse and related analytical tools.
    • Developed an informatics and reporting strategy for a major national association of providers.

    Honors & Awards

    Publications

    Coauthor, AAMC Readiness for Reform Case Study Series.

    Coauthor, "Bold, New Choices for Children's Hospitals: Pediatric Accountable Care and Payment Reform," CHCA,  Fall 2011.

    Coauthor, "Readiness for Reform, National Assessment Results," AAMC, February 2011.

    Coauthor, "ACO Management Depends on IT," HealthLeaders, November 19, 2010.

    Coauthor, "Health Information Requirements for Accountable Care," CSC Emerging Practices, October 2010.

    Coauthor, "Towards Coordinated Care, Healthcare Payment Reform," CSC Emerging Practices, November 2009.

    Coauthor, "Integrative Leadership and Health Care Reform,"  Conference Proceedings, AAMC, October 2009.

    Memberships & Activities

    Speaking Engagements

    "Clinical Integration - Success Factors, Best Practices, and Risks," Multiple physician forums at clients throughout 2012.

    "Readiness for Reform, National Assessment Results," Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2010 National Meeting, November 7, 2010, Washington, D.C.

    "Pediatric Integrated Care & Payment Reform (Accountable Care for Children's Hospitals)," Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA) 2010, Annual CEO Executive Dialogues Meeting, New York, NY.