As risk is shifted to providers, growing pressure on margins demands close attention to operational processes and practices. At the same time, government and third-party payers are scrutinizing quality and outcomes in many areas of healthcare. Our comprehensive operational analyses help health systems fully realize the benefit of their physician enterprise by helping them move from simple aggregation to integration.

We can help providers achieve alignment and integration through comprehensive operational analyses focused on:

• Patient access
• Patient, physician, and information flow
• Clinical and related health services mix
• Cost containment
• Geographic footprint
• Human resources
• Financial management and accounting
• Managed care contracting
• Staff and provider productivity
• Physician enterprise annual funding justification
• Comprehensive and limited operational assessments
• Acquisitions and due diligence
• Dashboard development
• Design and deployment of operational, quality, and continuous improvement programs
• Ambulatory clinic consolidation and/or contraction
• Activity-based costing, budgeting, and financial improvement
• Alternative practice management option analyses
• Implementation assistance