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Implementing a Patient-Centered Care Model to Reduce Opioid Usage
St. Claire Medical Group (SCMG) in Morehead, KY, has drastically reduced the number of chronic and acute pain patients who receive opioid prescriptions.
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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 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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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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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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Webinar: Assimilating Advanced Practice Providers in Your Practice
The evolving physician shortage points to the inevitable need to progressively incorporate APPs into the care delivery model. Why then do many of us have difficulty incorporating APPs into our care delivery model?
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MACRA Impressions – Fact or Fiction
Now that everyone has sufficiently recovered from submitting 2016 PQRS and Meaningful Use data and thoughts have turned to earnest MACRA preparation and participation, we thought this would be a […]
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Case Study: Avoid Stark Issues via Contract Management
This case study shows how a physician contract management system can help hospitals uncover Stark issues and smooth the contract negotiation process. Background A community hospital in the Northeast was […]