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M. Davis Creech, Director, has over fifteen years of experience in physician network management, hospital/physician relations, and consulting. He is knowledgeable and skilled in strategy-focused manpower planning; physician recruitment and retention strategies; physician employment, education and development; performance improvement; and marketing strategies for physician practices.
He holds Master’s Degrees in both Hospital and Health Services Administration and Business Administration from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Economics and Management from Centre College, Danville, Ky.
In recent years, the number of physicians employed by hospitals has exploded, and the size of those employed networks have seen equal amounts of growth. Often, an employed network may have doubled or tripled in size from 30 providers to 100+ providers. In many cases, the management and executive talent required to lead these multimillion [...]
The 2017 MGMA DataDive Cost and Revenue Report indicates an economic advantage for effectively incorporating non-physician providers (NPPs) into the care delivery model. The evolving physician shortage points to the inevitable need to progressively incorporate NPPs into the care delivery model. Patients are progressively receptive to NPP care. Why then do many of us have [...]
Summary More than 1,000 patients at SCMG have discontinued chronic opioid use, which represents more than 30% of identified patients using ongoing prescriptions. Challenge Located in eastern Kentucky, SCMG’s population is situated in the heart of one of the largest regions of opioid addiction and overdose – and had scarce resources available to address the [...]
Summary Aultman Medical Group is a not-for-profit healthcare system that employs 140 providers across 19 specialties with locations that span six counties in Canton, Ohio. Challenge Aultman Medical Group sought to optimize its revenue cycle operations to help address internal structural factors impacting the organization financially. The leadership also was determined to standardize its processes [...]
Background Senior leadership of a hospital system was growing increasingly concerned over mounting losses and a general lack of operational efficiency in the employed physician network. It was apparent to them that the management infrastructure and talent had not kept pace with the needs of the rapidly growing network. The hospital requested assistance from HSG [...]
Employed physician networks have become an integral part of the overall strategy for hospitals and health systems. Whether your network consists of 40 or 240 providers, having the right executive leadership at the helm is critical. And the operational and financial expertise required to effectively manage these multimillion dollar entities has grown with the network’s [...]
Rapid growth in the size and complexity of multi-specialty, multi-site, employed physician networks has created significant management challenges, frequently outstripping the knowledge and skills of existing network leadership. Today, these multi-million dollar organizations require the leadership abilities of CEO-level talent, coupled with an in-depth, working knowledge of physician practices. And the talent pool for this [...]
HSG’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Terry McWilliams and Senior Manager Davis Creech attended the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration’s (ASHHRA) 2016 annual meeting. Below is a link to HSG’s presentation poster titled “Enhance Your Employed Physician Network”. The poster focuses on four of the eight key elements in building a high-performing, employed physician network, the [...]
A few questions to start. Are the schedules in your physician network always full? Is there difficulty in booking new patients in a timely manner? Is network revenue cycle and production suffering because of issues with front office staff? Are you utilizing the front office staff in your practices to maximum efficiency? Is it time [...]
Background: A 300-bed hospital in the southeast engaged HSG to perform an operational assessment of their rapidly growing employed physician network. Leadership was concerned that the infrastructure of the network had not kept pace with the growth. After reviewing the findings, the senior executive team decided to make a change in the management of the [...]
