The new corporation faced their share of challenges, such as completing all unification tasks on a tight timeline. Investments were made in September 2012, and PediaTrust operations began in January 2013. Simultaneously, the group implemented a new electronic health record system. Another challenge was the limiting of new overhead to practices.
"While centralizing certain functions, we needed to be mindful of how to manage these costs," Ms. McTigue said. "For example, we transferred qualified billing staff from the local offices to the central billing office."