Commitment to Enhanced Integration Sample Clauses

Commitment to Enhanced Integration. Section 1.1.1 The Parties intend for OLHS-NL to function as a clinically, financially, and administratively integrated entity so that the clinical activities and financial incentives of OLPG, the Hospital Subsidiaries, Ochsner Physicians, and their associated clinical activities, are aligned to the greatest extent possible for the ultimate benefit of the AMC. At the same time, LSU and Ochsner realistically recognize that, as of the Effective Date, (a) the Hospitals’ infrastructure is not sufficient to fully support either the clinical needs of HSC-S Physicians practicing through OLPG or the education needs of the Medical School, and (b) the OLPG’s infrastructure is not sufficient to fully support the Hospitals as competitive participants in the health care marketplace. The Parties will, therefore, strive to operate and grow the Collaborative in general, and OLHS-NL in particular, as an integrated health care delivery system capable of providing the full range of physician, hospital and ancillary services in a market-competitive manner, but also recognize the importance of each AMC Component’s independent financial viability to the overall financial viability of the AMC. (1) A goal of the Collaborative is to provide the full range of physician, hospital and ancillary services within the Service Area first and primarily through the OLHS Facilities, and the Parties will assure that ▇▇▇▇-NL evaluates opportunities that arise at non-OLHS Facilities but within the Service Area in light of that goal, but also with the understanding that improved financial and administrative stability for OLPG and the Hospital Subsidiaries, and enhanced educational opportunities for the faculty, fellows, residents and students of HSC-S, can enhance the Shared Mission and the financial and educational status of the AMC. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that collaboration within the Collaboration Area will also contribute to the success of the Shared Mission and the financial and educational status of the AMC. Accordingly, the Parties will assure that whenever applicable and practical, the OLHS Entities evaluate opportunities within the Service Area and the Collaboration Area and make strategic decisions affecting the OLHS Entities with respect to such opportunities in an integrated manner. (2) To facilitate integration among the Parties, subject to the Carve-Out Services and the provisions set forth in Section 1.3.4 and Schedule 1.3.4, the preferred option for addressing (...