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Q &A Larry Taylor CEO, NORTH mEmORiAl HEAlTH CARE James Welters, md, Northwest family Physicians; irfan Altafullah, md, medical director; larry Taylor, CEO; Amy kolar, md, Chief of Staff; Craig matticks, md President, North Collaborative Care; Andrew Houlton, md, medical director Q What is the biggest impact healthcare reform is having on your organization and your physicians? A: Healthcare reform is forcing healthcare systems and physicians to realize that old ways of thinking about physician alignment are going to be our undoing, especially with the speed at which healthcare delivery is changing. One of the first things I did as CEO at North Memorial was direct my senior leadership to come up with a new model that better aligned us with our doctors. We changed our decisionmaking matrix and began including our physicians in all aspects of our operations. As a result, we provide much better coordinated care for patients and found we have improved patient ABouT lARRy TAyloR Prior to becoming CEO of North memorial Health Care, larry Taylor (photographed center) held a variety of executive positions in the energy industry, including President of the Commercial Category at bracknell Corporation and President of xcel Energy delivery. before joining xcel/ NSP, Taylor served five years of active duty in the united States Navy in the nuclear submarine program. Taylor holds a bachelor of Science degree from the united States Naval Academy and a master of business Administration degree from the university of minnesota. 34 | Twin Cities MD News ■ MdNewS.CoM