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Equipment Maintenance 
(Savings—15‐40%) 
Telecommunication Management 
(Savings—20‐25%) 
Ancillary & Support Services 
(Savings—7‐25%) 
Client advocate business model
featuring vendor neutral solutions
that are custom configured by
integrating strengths of current
resources with industry Best
Practices™.
Resources include telecommunica-
tion procurement, financial audits,
overpayment recovery, and
telecommunication & broadband
funding.
Includes hands-on operational
expertise and a broad range of
consultative and advisory services
focused on laundry/linen; food &
nutrition; lab/pharm; environmental;
facilities management/engineering.
Supply Spend Solutions 
(Portfolio of cost savings solutions) 
Provides access to nationally &
regionally aggregated contracts in
all areas of spend that are
leveraged to optimize cost savings.
Includes but not limited to food,
pharmacy, office supplies & more.
MDR’s™ team of nationally recognized healthcare business advisors understands
the unique challenges confronting rural and community hospitals, including Critical
Access Hospitals. MDR™ offers a comprehensive array of revenue and spend
management Best Practices™ creating solutions that support Organizations in
optimizing financial and operational performance. By focusing on the needs of our
clients, Best Practices™ are organized into key “Pillars of Service” and skillfully used
by our team of experts to deliver measurable, meaningful, and sustainable results.
R U R A L & C O M M U N I T Y H O S P I T A L S O L U T I O N S
B E S T P R A C T I C E S ™
Copyright 2015 MDR™
559-447-4488
www.MDResources.net
For Further Information
Please Contact MDR™
Labor Management & Productivity
(Savings—4-8%; At least 10:1 ROI)
Compensation Integrity & Benefits
(Savings—at least 15%)
Features a customizable labor & productivity management system that
provides performance improvements and cost savings. Highlights: Peer
benchmarking; Management education; Implementation support;
Ongoing monitoring and education; Productivity and budget alignment.
Specializes in the design and management of life & disability insurance and
absence management programs. Provides access to special risk pool for
disability and life providing economies of scale for over 300,000 employees.
Resources include HR consulting & support and integrity audits.
Revenue Cycle Management & Technologies
Provides revenue optimization through proprietary analytical processes, technologies and services which include: Revenue Cycle Assessments &
Advisory Services; Centralized Business Office (“Outsourcing”); Patient Access; Self Pay/Early Out Collections; Cash Acceleration; Patient Payment
Management; Clinical Documentation Improvement; DRG Transfers; Pharmacy Reimbursement Eligibility; Payer Search; Bad Debt Collections; Secon-
dary Insurance Billing; Aged Insurance Follow Up; Interim Staffing; “Virtual CFO”; RAC Consultation/Review/Appeals; ICD-10 Assessment & Training;
Remote/Backlog Coding; Proprietary Client Clinic Billing System which optimizes Coding, Billing, Collections, Cash Posting & Denial Management.
SPEND MANAGEMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE LABOR & BENEFITS REVENUE CYCLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
Provides implementation
support, leadership develop-
ment, training and coaching to
help organizations achieve
optimal results in patient ex-
perience. Includes HCAPHS
(Hospital Consumer Assess-
ment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems) strategies.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT 
Provides proprietary analytical
processes and consulting
services which drive empirically
based business decisions
focused on improving physician
economics. Includes Patient
Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
Advisory Services, and Physician
Leadership & Coaching Services.
Provides comprehensive Health
Information Management & Technol-
ogy support services including
system selection & implementation;
Staffing; Interim/Virtual CIO;
Transcription/Speech Recognition
Technologies; Disparate System
Integration Platform; Patient Engage-
ment & Communication Technology.
HEALTHCARE IT 
PHYSICIAN ECONOMICS 
Hospital Service Line Development Business Advisory Services
Includes Hospital Based Interventional
Pain Program; Addiction Detoxification
Program; ASC Management
Development & Physician Partnership
Strategies; Heartburn Treatment
Centers; Wound Management.
Includes Interim & Virtual C-Suite
Support including CEO, COO, CMO,
CIO Executive Support Strategies,
Peri-Operative Assessment & Service
Optimization, and other advisory
services.
Financial Resources & Strategies
Includes Capital Asset Financing,
Asset Monetization Solutions, and Tax
& Business Incentives.
Enterprise Resource Platform 
(Supply Chain Management) 
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 
(Minimal to no cost to provider) 
e‐Payables 
(Pays industry high rebate on spend) 
Provides real-time integrated and streamlined
purchasing, inventory control and A/P
processes. Facilitates business intelligence and
analytics objectives through customizable
engine and data-extraction capabilities.
Includes cost effective easy-to-use EDI solutions
that allow Healthcare organizations to
participate in e-commerce with no software
purchase or installation.
Automates the A/P process from payment to
reconciliation through proprietary software that
enables organizations to pay bills more
efficiently, reduce costs and receive “cash at no
cost”.

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Rural_and_Community_Hospital_Solutions--Margin_Development_Resources

  • 1. Equipment Maintenance  (Savings—15‐40%)  Telecommunication Management  (Savings—20‐25%)  Ancillary & Support Services  (Savings—7‐25%)  Client advocate business model featuring vendor neutral solutions that are custom configured by integrating strengths of current resources with industry Best Practices™. Resources include telecommunica- tion procurement, financial audits, overpayment recovery, and telecommunication & broadband funding. Includes hands-on operational expertise and a broad range of consultative and advisory services focused on laundry/linen; food & nutrition; lab/pharm; environmental; facilities management/engineering. Supply Spend Solutions  (Portfolio of cost savings solutions)  Provides access to nationally & regionally aggregated contracts in all areas of spend that are leveraged to optimize cost savings. Includes but not limited to food, pharmacy, office supplies & more. MDR’s™ team of nationally recognized healthcare business advisors understands the unique challenges confronting rural and community hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals. MDR™ offers a comprehensive array of revenue and spend management Best Practices™ creating solutions that support Organizations in optimizing financial and operational performance. By focusing on the needs of our clients, Best Practices™ are organized into key “Pillars of Service” and skillfully used by our team of experts to deliver measurable, meaningful, and sustainable results. R U R A L & C O M M U N I T Y H O S P I T A L S O L U T I O N S B E S T P R A C T I C E S ™ Copyright 2015 MDR™ 559-447-4488 www.MDResources.net For Further Information Please Contact MDR™ Labor Management & Productivity (Savings—4-8%; At least 10:1 ROI) Compensation Integrity & Benefits (Savings—at least 15%) Features a customizable labor & productivity management system that provides performance improvements and cost savings. Highlights: Peer benchmarking; Management education; Implementation support; Ongoing monitoring and education; Productivity and budget alignment. Specializes in the design and management of life & disability insurance and absence management programs. Provides access to special risk pool for disability and life providing economies of scale for over 300,000 employees. Resources include HR consulting & support and integrity audits. Revenue Cycle Management & Technologies Provides revenue optimization through proprietary analytical processes, technologies and services which include: Revenue Cycle Assessments & Advisory Services; Centralized Business Office (“Outsourcing”); Patient Access; Self Pay/Early Out Collections; Cash Acceleration; Patient Payment Management; Clinical Documentation Improvement; DRG Transfers; Pharmacy Reimbursement Eligibility; Payer Search; Bad Debt Collections; Secon- dary Insurance Billing; Aged Insurance Follow Up; Interim Staffing; “Virtual CFO”; RAC Consultation/Review/Appeals; ICD-10 Assessment & Training; Remote/Backlog Coding; Proprietary Client Clinic Billing System which optimizes Coding, Billing, Collections, Cash Posting & Denial Management. SPEND MANAGEMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE LABOR & BENEFITS REVENUE CYCLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT  Provides implementation support, leadership develop- ment, training and coaching to help organizations achieve optimal results in patient ex- perience. Includes HCAPHS (Hospital Consumer Assess- ment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) strategies. QUALITY MANAGEMENT  Provides proprietary analytical processes and consulting services which drive empirically based business decisions focused on improving physician economics. Includes Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Advisory Services, and Physician Leadership & Coaching Services. Provides comprehensive Health Information Management & Technol- ogy support services including system selection & implementation; Staffing; Interim/Virtual CIO; Transcription/Speech Recognition Technologies; Disparate System Integration Platform; Patient Engage- ment & Communication Technology. HEALTHCARE IT  PHYSICIAN ECONOMICS  Hospital Service Line Development Business Advisory Services Includes Hospital Based Interventional Pain Program; Addiction Detoxification Program; ASC Management Development & Physician Partnership Strategies; Heartburn Treatment Centers; Wound Management. Includes Interim & Virtual C-Suite Support including CEO, COO, CMO, CIO Executive Support Strategies, Peri-Operative Assessment & Service Optimization, and other advisory services. Financial Resources & Strategies Includes Capital Asset Financing, Asset Monetization Solutions, and Tax & Business Incentives. Enterprise Resource Platform  (Supply Chain Management)  Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)  (Minimal to no cost to provider)  e‐Payables  (Pays industry high rebate on spend)  Provides real-time integrated and streamlined purchasing, inventory control and A/P processes. Facilitates business intelligence and analytics objectives through customizable engine and data-extraction capabilities. Includes cost effective easy-to-use EDI solutions that allow Healthcare organizations to participate in e-commerce with no software purchase or installation. Automates the A/P process from payment to reconciliation through proprietary software that enables organizations to pay bills more efficiently, reduce costs and receive “cash at no cost”.