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Healthcare Consulting
We assist clients in resolving a wide-range of challenges facing healthcare organizations today. Our consulting services are in demand by hospitals, integrated delivery systems, private medical practices, and academic practices.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Practice operations assessments
- Revenue cycle assessments
- Physician-hospital integration
- Physician compensation plan development
- Strategic planning and organizational evaluation
Each consulting engagement is tailored to the individual client. We offer recommendations to enhance the ability of organizations to achieve “best practice” performance in critical areas that impact strategy and operations, including governance, productivity, efficiency, and financial management. Key areas that are frequently addressed with our clients include:
Practice Operations Assessments
- Align the practice with the changing healthcare environment
- Improve patient access and manage physician supply and patient demand
- Streamline the patient flow process and improve provider efficiency
- Improve facility design and facility utilization levels
- Staff the medical practice to optimize efficiency
- Improve practice operations, including telephone and scheduling systems
- Integrate electronic health records into patient flow
Revenue Cycle Assessments
- Optimize patient financial clearance and front-end billing processes
- Manage consumer-driven health plans and optimize point of service collections
- Evaluate payment posting and reimbursement
- Manage and prevent claim denials
- Improve account follow-up performance
Physician-Hospital Integration
- Evaluate physician-hospital alignment
- Develop governance and organizational structures
- Design funds flow models
- Design physician compensation plan architectures
Physician Compensation Development
- Benchmark current productivity and compensation
- Design new compensation plan architecture and conduct financial modeling
- Develop plans for physician slow-down and retirement
- Develop transition and implementation plans
Strategic Planning and Organizational Evaluation
- Develop strategic and tactical plans
- Develop new governance and organizational structures
- Design improved communication methods
- Define decision-making processes and methods