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Aultman Medical Group (AMG) Revenue Cycle Improvement & Redesign Case Study
Aultman Medical Group sought to optimize its revenue cycle operations. HSG’s assessment and implementation led to 3% revenue cycle lift or a $2.5 million cash improvement and a 20% decrease in A/R.
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Physician Employment and the Board
Numerous clients have asked HSG for assistance in providing board education regarding physician employment. Driving this request are the frequent questions they receive from board members about why the hospital […]
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Physician Network Management: Insights from an Interim Executive
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 […]
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Case Study: Shared Vision Positions Employed Medical Group for Success
Challenge The employed medical group of a highly successful hospital system in northeast Ohio requested assistance with catalyzing enhancement of its physician leadership and charting its future course to ensure […]
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From Operational Chaos to High-Performing: The Right Path for Your Physician Network
Over the past few years, most hospital and health system physician networks have been in an accelerated growth mode – some in an all-out buying spree, taking all comers. These […]
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A Comprehensive Strategy for Physician Network Referral Management
For hospitals with large employed physician networks, we commonly see referral management/patient referral capture as an issue. Out-of-network referrals lead to decreased productivity, declining market share and lost practice and […]
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Two Paths to Greater Practice Revenue and Productivity
Searching for ways to increase practice revenues and productivity? The 2017 MGMA DataDive Cost and Revenue Survey provides some helpful insight. The Survey indicated that practices with higher staffing-to-physician ratios […]
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Shared Vision: Unique Application of the Process
Care coordination among PCPs, hospitalists and ED physicians is a challenge for most hospitals. Recently, the medical leadership of two health system hospitals decided to tackle this problem by using […]