There won’t be an official announcement, but word will go out to employees tomorrow – the long-pending York-MCMC deal is done.
I spoke at length with a (very) senior York executive earlier today; this person did not want his/her name used, not to maintain confidentiality, but to keep the focus where the company wants it to be – on MCMC and Wellcomp and management of those organizations.
MCMC will remain intact, as will Wellcomp, York’s medical management subsidiary. Mike Lindberg will continue to run MCMC and Doug Markham stays in the top spot at Wellcomp with no changes to management or operations at either organization. Unlike other “business as usual” pronouncements we’ve read of late (TechHealth, Genex among them), I take this at face value. The parent company is looking to enhance MCMC’s offerings with services provided by Wellcomp and vice versa, the idea being prospects and customers can get a broader array of services from the overall entity.
From an organizational standpoint, both MCMC and Wellcomp will report up to the overall holding company.
One concern I’ve heard is that York will pull MCMC back from some of their carrier/TPA relationships, this will NOT happen. First, it makes no sense financially; a lot of MCMC’s revenue comes from other payers. Second, York currently provides claims and other services to lots of insurance carriers and other payers; MCMC’s diverse client portfolio sort of mimics York’s.
What does this mean for you?
Back to the lede – no official announcement is coming because York and MCMC don’t want to raise concerns about potential changes. That’s also one of the main reasons they didn’t hurry to get it done so it could be announced in Las Vegas; it isn’t about creating a PR buzz, it’s about stability.
From what I hear from people I trust, there shouldn’t be concerns.
