Shrinking reimbursements and rising costs threaten every physician group practice in the nation. Countering the effects of these factors on the delivery of high quality healthcare and the fiscal health of your practice requires a constant vigilance and continual assessment of every clinical and non-clinical function. Crucial issues such as technology upgrades, patient flow, practice growth, receivables management and staffing mix often go beyond the responsibilities of the office administrator and fall increasingly on the shoulders of the managing physicians. These additional obligations compete for the time needed to do what dedicated health professionals do best — provide the finest quality care to their patients.

Integrated HealthCare (IHC) can assist you in optimizing your healthcare delivery and operational processes to effectively increase compensation-per-physician and lower operating cost-per-patient. Most important, our initiatives and the resulting outcomes are always driven by your goals.

The IHC Process

IHC can conduct a comprehensive assessment of your practice by examining the following functions.

Managed Care
  • Reimbursement Analysis
  • Panel Participation
  • Negotiations with carriers
Staffing and Human Resources
  • Staffing Appropriateness
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Compensation and Benefits
Daily Operations
  • Compliance Planning and Review
  • Registration and Appointment Scheduling
  • Patient Flow
  • Billing and Collections
  • Management Protocols
  • Telecommunications and Information Systems
 Financial Management
  • Physician Compensation Modeling
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Payor Mix
  • Expense Management
  • Cash Control
Marketing
  • Advertising and Promotion
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Referral Management
  • Affiliation Planning and Strategic Alliances

Active Participation in the Change Process

IHC can be directly involved in operational re-engineering with our experienced implementation specialists facilitating on-site change management.

Following each engagement, IHC will continue to monitor healthcare industry development and practice issues that may affect your ongoing performance. We believe that it is our responsibility to maintain open communication and collaboration going forward to ensure your continued success.

Our involvement begins with a discussion of how our capabilities and expertise can improve your operational effectiveness.

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