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Corporate Finance including accounts payable, payroll, general accounting, purchasing and supply chain, practice management billing and management engineering 8. Internal Audit and Compliance 9. Practice management operations including physician recruitment and physician management 10. Human Resources 11. Administrative including Executive office, Hospital Support and risk management 12. Legal Counsel 13. Information Technology and Medical Technology Services (MTS) Description of Services: 1. Specialty staffing a. Provides non union staffing services for various specialties to the hospitals, offsite ancillary locations and the Fishkill Medical Mall 2. Lab management includes oversight of the outsourced lab services for each hospital 3. Pharmacy management includes oversight of all pharmacy departments 4. Revenue Cycle - a. Health Information Management functions includes coding and transcription of medical records for all 3 hospitals b. 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Managed Care functions include contract negotiations and analysis of contract terms f. Decision Support functions include cost accounting reporting, maintenance of HBI (Horizon Business Insight) reporting and the contract management system 5. Facilities - a. Courier service provides delivery services internally throughout the HQ system and bank deposit drop offs b. Construction and property management functions include contracting services for Health Quest projects and property management of all HQ facilities c. Facility operations include management oversight of the engineering departments for the hospitals d. Hotel Management functions include management oversight of food and nutrition departments for the hospitals e. Security functions include management oversight of all facilities to ensure the safest environment 6. Business Development - a. Strategic Planning functions include CON submissions, market data analysis and assistance with business plans b. 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