The document discusses what good managers do to sustain success. It provides tips on running a practice like a business by focusing on cash flow, productivity, capacity, staffing, patient satisfaction, monitoring and communication. It emphasizes the importance of strategic planning, utilizing benchmarks, and practice dashboards to monitor key metrics like collection ratios, denial rates, and days in accounts receivable. Implementing these best practices can result in less bad debt, faster collection of receivables, and higher patient satisfaction.
Understand what kind of practice you have
Real life examples of how to be more profitable
Specifics on what and how to implement at your practice
ZHC Dashboard & Benchmark Tool
This document discusses defined benefit plans as a tax strategy for individuals with self-employment income or small business owners. It provides an overview of defined benefit plans, compares them to other retirement plans, and highlights how they can maximize tax-deferred retirement contributions and savings. The document then presents several hypothetical examples of how defined benefit plans could benefit different types of medical professionals, including solo practitioners, married couples, small group practices, and those with fluctuating incomes. It also reviews eligible compensation, key dates, fees and the process for establishing a defined benefit plan.
This document discusses next generation receivables management. It outlines the typical receivables management process used, noting that it does not work well. It recommends changes to improve the process to minimize collection risks and ensure practices collect money owed. The presentation provides takeaways on improving the receivables process and completely changing how practices handle receivables. Contact information is given for follow up questions.
Introduction & EHR Benefits RealizationDave Shiple
Divurgent is a healthcare consulting firm that helps clients realize benefits from their EHR investments. They have experts who previously served as CIOs and provide services around IT strategy, meaningful use, benefits realization, and clinical integration. Hard dollar ROI from EHRs is possible but requires planning and accountability. Benefits realization exercises should focus on a few high-value metrics that are easy to measure, such as reductions in wait times, costs, and staff. Ensuring process owners are engaged from the start and accountable for benefits is key to success.
Health Decisions Webinar: The Five Levers of Management Control for Your Heal...Si Nahra
As every employer knows, health plan costs are one of their largest and fastest growing expenses. Like any business expense, health plan costs must be managed strategically and proactively. This webinar is for employers and their health plan fiduciaries, executives, managers, administrators, and their advisory teams. The presentation is structured around the "Five Levers of Management Control" that encompass all the health plan management options available to employers.
For more information, please visit: http://www.healthdecisions.com
Proactively manage quality and outcomes readmissionsBrenda Aulinskis
The document discusses challenges in healthcare around reducing preventable hospital readmissions and the financial penalties providers face; it presents SAS's readmission analytics platform which uses data integration, predictive modeling, and clinical decision support to identify at-risk patients, determine the interventions most likely to prevent readmissions, and optimize outcomes. The platform aims to help providers engage patients, make evidence-based decisions, and lower readmission rates and costs.
NBCC, NAADAC, CAADAC, and California Board of Behavioral Sciences approved Mental Health continuing education and addictions counselor training series. Narrated versions and CEUs available at http://www.allceus.com
Understand what kind of practice you have
Real life examples of how to be more profitable
Specifics on what and how to implement at your practice
ZHC Dashboard & Benchmark Tool
This document discusses defined benefit plans as a tax strategy for individuals with self-employment income or small business owners. It provides an overview of defined benefit plans, compares them to other retirement plans, and highlights how they can maximize tax-deferred retirement contributions and savings. The document then presents several hypothetical examples of how defined benefit plans could benefit different types of medical professionals, including solo practitioners, married couples, small group practices, and those with fluctuating incomes. It also reviews eligible compensation, key dates, fees and the process for establishing a defined benefit plan.
This document discusses next generation receivables management. It outlines the typical receivables management process used, noting that it does not work well. It recommends changes to improve the process to minimize collection risks and ensure practices collect money owed. The presentation provides takeaways on improving the receivables process and completely changing how practices handle receivables. Contact information is given for follow up questions.
Introduction & EHR Benefits RealizationDave Shiple
Divurgent is a healthcare consulting firm that helps clients realize benefits from their EHR investments. They have experts who previously served as CIOs and provide services around IT strategy, meaningful use, benefits realization, and clinical integration. Hard dollar ROI from EHRs is possible but requires planning and accountability. Benefits realization exercises should focus on a few high-value metrics that are easy to measure, such as reductions in wait times, costs, and staff. Ensuring process owners are engaged from the start and accountable for benefits is key to success.
Health Decisions Webinar: The Five Levers of Management Control for Your Heal...Si Nahra
As every employer knows, health plan costs are one of their largest and fastest growing expenses. Like any business expense, health plan costs must be managed strategically and proactively. This webinar is for employers and their health plan fiduciaries, executives, managers, administrators, and their advisory teams. The presentation is structured around the "Five Levers of Management Control" that encompass all the health plan management options available to employers.
For more information, please visit: http://www.healthdecisions.com
Proactively manage quality and outcomes readmissionsBrenda Aulinskis
The document discusses challenges in healthcare around reducing preventable hospital readmissions and the financial penalties providers face; it presents SAS's readmission analytics platform which uses data integration, predictive modeling, and clinical decision support to identify at-risk patients, determine the interventions most likely to prevent readmissions, and optimize outcomes. The platform aims to help providers engage patients, make evidence-based decisions, and lower readmission rates and costs.
NBCC, NAADAC, CAADAC, and California Board of Behavioral Sciences approved Mental Health continuing education and addictions counselor training series. Narrated versions and CEUs available at http://www.allceus.com
The document discusses how offering gap coverage and voluntary benefits can help employers and employees save money and better manage rising healthcare costs as deductibles increase, noting that gap coverage provides fixed cash payments for medical expenses and voluntary benefits increase employee loyalty and satisfaction while saving employers and employees money.
With many employees relying on defined contribution savings as their primary source of retirement income, Retirement Annuity Accounts (RAAs) offer employers a benefit plan option to provide employees guaranteed retirement income on an annuity basis.
With many employees relying on defined contribution savings as their primary source of retirement income, Retirement Annuity Accounts (RAAs) offer employers a benefit plan option to provide employees guaranteed retirement income on an annuity basis.
Cost of Poor Employee Health: Measuring and Recovering Productivity in the Wo...HealthFitness
Employers give keen attention to their health claims costs as a measure of employee health. But the hidden costs of lost productivity are harder to calculate.
Here, HealthFitness’ Chief Medical and Wellness Officer Dennis Richling, M.D., and Debra Lerner, M.S., Ph.D., professor of medicine and psychiatry and senior research scientist at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, discuss a comprehensive approach to address productivity—and recover some of its costs—as part of a larger strategy for population health management.
Revenue Cycle Risk Mitigation White Paper December 1 2010 Ver 1 2Phil C. Solomon
This document discusses strategies for healthcare providers to mitigate revenue risk and improve their revenue cycle performance. It recommends leveraging operational business intelligence tools to gain real-time insights into revenue cycle metrics and key performance indicators. This allows providers to identify negative trends early and make timely decisions. The document also stresses the importance of continuous benchmarking against performance metrics and communicating goals to all staff involved in the revenue cycle process. The overall aim is for providers to optimize revenue capture and cash collection in the complex healthcare environment.
Empowerment to Control Your Healthcare & Related Costslorraines
Consumer Care Solutions offers a bundled suite of healthcare services including customized high deductible health plans, health savings accounts, and a web-based platform called DirectAccess that provides tools to help members manage their healthcare and spending. The document discusses how these services work together in a consumer directed healthcare model, highlighting the potential savings from high deductible health plans and the tax benefits of health savings accounts. It also provides an example comparing the costs of a traditional health plan to a Consumer Care Solutions high deductible plan.
This seminar covered several aspects of health care reform relating to employer mandates and requirements. It discussed how to determine if an employer is a large employer subject to requirements, including how to calculate full-time employees. It explained the penalties employers may face if they do not offer affordable minimum essential coverage to substantially all full-time employees. Finally, it provided examples of requirements that apply to self-insured plans versus those that do not.
The document summarizes a workshop agenda on workplace wellbeing. The agenda includes presentations on why organizations should invest in workplace wellbeing, the impact of stress and an aging workforce on workers' compensation, challenges in measuring return on investment for wellbeing programs, survey findings on current wellbeing practices, and an open discussion period. Key topics discussed are the business case for wellbeing, common health issues faced by employees, strategies for preventing stress claims and managing an aging workforce, approaches for measuring the impact of wellbeing programs, and barriers to implementing such programs.
The document discusses a presentation given by The HIT Community on workflow reengineering for electronic health record (EHR) implementations. It provides an overview of workflow reengineering and healthcare processes impacted by EHRs. It also gives an example of reengineering the diagnostic test ordering workflow, identifying the original process, data, roles, EHR functions, and benefits of changes. The presentation aims to provide guidance on conducting workflow analyses and redesigns to improve EHR implementation success.
El documento ofrece una definición de paradigma en sentido amplio y estrecho, sugiriendo que los paradigmas son marcos teóricos que explican descubrimientos o teorías sin precedentes y que, una vez ampliamente aceptados, se convierten en criterios generalizados que obligan a cambiar creencias científicas establecidas. Además, proporciona cuatro sugerencias para trabajar con paradigmas: conocerlos, ubicarlos contextualmente, y aceptarlos, rechazarlos o enriquecerlos de manera consciente.
PSYCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUEL- RUSS LORDDan McKinney
1. The document provides an introduction to sport psychology concepts for a college baseball team. It includes definitions and explanations of topics like attention, leadership, motivation, and cognitive dissonance.
2. The coaching staff developed the manual to help players understand mental skills that can enhance performance, both on and off the field. While there is no exam, the coaches expect players to understand how the concepts apply.
3. The manual covers various sport psychology principles and gives examples of how they relate to baseball. The goal is for players to take one thing from the manual and build upon their mental approach.
El primer blog describe cómo la alimentación es fundamental para la salud ya que proporciona la energía necesaria para las actividades diarias y cómo una mala alimentación puede conducir a enfermedades como la obesidad, diabetes e hipertensión arterial. El segundo blog presenta entradas sobre perros entrenados para detectar ataques diabéticos, una píldora contra la eyaculación precoz y la sinestesia.
The document discusses the difference in exit velocity between baseballs hit off bats certified by the BBCOR and BESR standards. It notes that the BBCOR standard was implemented in 2011 to reduce exit velocities for safety reasons and to make the game more similar to wood bats. An experiment is described that measured the exit velocity of baseballs hit off each type of bat by college players, finding a statistically significant difference and higher exit velocities from BESR bats, rejecting the null hypothesis. Limitations of the study are discussed.
Este documento presenta un proyecto para mejorar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes en el colegio San Juan Bosco. El proyecto involucra crear una ilusión óptica utilizando materiales como hojas de acetato, cinta adhesiva, marcadores, reglas y una rondana. Se llevará a cabo durante noviembre y se evaluará si el proyecto logra crear la ilusión óptica planeada.
The document discusses the Kusuma Trust UK's work in India to improve education opportunities for disadvantaged children and youth. It summarizes the Trust's activities in 2014-2015, which included providing scholarships to 693 students, improving school facilities, delivering accelerated learning programs to over 5,466 students, and building the capacity of 610 teachers. The Trust also conducted research to inform its work and transform education systems in its focus areas.
1) La reproducción, tanto asexual como sexual, permite que los seres vivos generen nuevos organismos, tejidos y órganos. 2) La reproducción asexual utiliza la mitosis para dividir células y no requiere de un padre y una madre, mientras que la reproducción sexual sí los requiere y usa la meiosis. 3) La mitosis divide el núcleo en dos células con copias idénticas de cromosomas, mientras que la meiosis reduce a la mitad la cantidad de cromosomas en cuatro células hijas.
The document discusses how offering gap coverage and voluntary benefits can help employers and employees save money and better manage rising healthcare costs as deductibles increase, noting that gap coverage provides fixed cash payments for medical expenses and voluntary benefits increase employee loyalty and satisfaction while saving employers and employees money.
With many employees relying on defined contribution savings as their primary source of retirement income, Retirement Annuity Accounts (RAAs) offer employers a benefit plan option to provide employees guaranteed retirement income on an annuity basis.
With many employees relying on defined contribution savings as their primary source of retirement income, Retirement Annuity Accounts (RAAs) offer employers a benefit plan option to provide employees guaranteed retirement income on an annuity basis.
Cost of Poor Employee Health: Measuring and Recovering Productivity in the Wo...HealthFitness
Employers give keen attention to their health claims costs as a measure of employee health. But the hidden costs of lost productivity are harder to calculate.
Here, HealthFitness’ Chief Medical and Wellness Officer Dennis Richling, M.D., and Debra Lerner, M.S., Ph.D., professor of medicine and psychiatry and senior research scientist at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, discuss a comprehensive approach to address productivity—and recover some of its costs—as part of a larger strategy for population health management.
Revenue Cycle Risk Mitigation White Paper December 1 2010 Ver 1 2Phil C. Solomon
This document discusses strategies for healthcare providers to mitigate revenue risk and improve their revenue cycle performance. It recommends leveraging operational business intelligence tools to gain real-time insights into revenue cycle metrics and key performance indicators. This allows providers to identify negative trends early and make timely decisions. The document also stresses the importance of continuous benchmarking against performance metrics and communicating goals to all staff involved in the revenue cycle process. The overall aim is for providers to optimize revenue capture and cash collection in the complex healthcare environment.
Empowerment to Control Your Healthcare & Related Costslorraines
Consumer Care Solutions offers a bundled suite of healthcare services including customized high deductible health plans, health savings accounts, and a web-based platform called DirectAccess that provides tools to help members manage their healthcare and spending. The document discusses how these services work together in a consumer directed healthcare model, highlighting the potential savings from high deductible health plans and the tax benefits of health savings accounts. It also provides an example comparing the costs of a traditional health plan to a Consumer Care Solutions high deductible plan.
This seminar covered several aspects of health care reform relating to employer mandates and requirements. It discussed how to determine if an employer is a large employer subject to requirements, including how to calculate full-time employees. It explained the penalties employers may face if they do not offer affordable minimum essential coverage to substantially all full-time employees. Finally, it provided examples of requirements that apply to self-insured plans versus those that do not.
The document summarizes a workshop agenda on workplace wellbeing. The agenda includes presentations on why organizations should invest in workplace wellbeing, the impact of stress and an aging workforce on workers' compensation, challenges in measuring return on investment for wellbeing programs, survey findings on current wellbeing practices, and an open discussion period. Key topics discussed are the business case for wellbeing, common health issues faced by employees, strategies for preventing stress claims and managing an aging workforce, approaches for measuring the impact of wellbeing programs, and barriers to implementing such programs.
The document discusses a presentation given by The HIT Community on workflow reengineering for electronic health record (EHR) implementations. It provides an overview of workflow reengineering and healthcare processes impacted by EHRs. It also gives an example of reengineering the diagnostic test ordering workflow, identifying the original process, data, roles, EHR functions, and benefits of changes. The presentation aims to provide guidance on conducting workflow analyses and redesigns to improve EHR implementation success.
El documento ofrece una definición de paradigma en sentido amplio y estrecho, sugiriendo que los paradigmas son marcos teóricos que explican descubrimientos o teorías sin precedentes y que, una vez ampliamente aceptados, se convierten en criterios generalizados que obligan a cambiar creencias científicas establecidas. Además, proporciona cuatro sugerencias para trabajar con paradigmas: conocerlos, ubicarlos contextualmente, y aceptarlos, rechazarlos o enriquecerlos de manera consciente.
PSYCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUEL- RUSS LORDDan McKinney
1. The document provides an introduction to sport psychology concepts for a college baseball team. It includes definitions and explanations of topics like attention, leadership, motivation, and cognitive dissonance.
2. The coaching staff developed the manual to help players understand mental skills that can enhance performance, both on and off the field. While there is no exam, the coaches expect players to understand how the concepts apply.
3. The manual covers various sport psychology principles and gives examples of how they relate to baseball. The goal is for players to take one thing from the manual and build upon their mental approach.
El primer blog describe cómo la alimentación es fundamental para la salud ya que proporciona la energía necesaria para las actividades diarias y cómo una mala alimentación puede conducir a enfermedades como la obesidad, diabetes e hipertensión arterial. El segundo blog presenta entradas sobre perros entrenados para detectar ataques diabéticos, una píldora contra la eyaculación precoz y la sinestesia.
The document discusses the difference in exit velocity between baseballs hit off bats certified by the BBCOR and BESR standards. It notes that the BBCOR standard was implemented in 2011 to reduce exit velocities for safety reasons and to make the game more similar to wood bats. An experiment is described that measured the exit velocity of baseballs hit off each type of bat by college players, finding a statistically significant difference and higher exit velocities from BESR bats, rejecting the null hypothesis. Limitations of the study are discussed.
Este documento presenta un proyecto para mejorar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes en el colegio San Juan Bosco. El proyecto involucra crear una ilusión óptica utilizando materiales como hojas de acetato, cinta adhesiva, marcadores, reglas y una rondana. Se llevará a cabo durante noviembre y se evaluará si el proyecto logra crear la ilusión óptica planeada.
The document discusses the Kusuma Trust UK's work in India to improve education opportunities for disadvantaged children and youth. It summarizes the Trust's activities in 2014-2015, which included providing scholarships to 693 students, improving school facilities, delivering accelerated learning programs to over 5,466 students, and building the capacity of 610 teachers. The Trust also conducted research to inform its work and transform education systems in its focus areas.
1) La reproducción, tanto asexual como sexual, permite que los seres vivos generen nuevos organismos, tejidos y órganos. 2) La reproducción asexual utiliza la mitosis para dividir células y no requiere de un padre y una madre, mientras que la reproducción sexual sí los requiere y usa la meiosis. 3) La mitosis divide el núcleo en dos células con copias idénticas de cromosomas, mientras que la meiosis reduce a la mitad la cantidad de cromosomas en cuatro células hijas.
El gran avance de la Pediatría en el siglo XX fue el tecnológico, pero en el siglo XXI el gran avance se encuadra dentro de lo que denominamos como Humanización de la atención o atención centrada en la familia. Hay que estimular la creación de un hospital orientado al paciente, apoyándose en todos los movimientos conocidos de humanización.
Este documento habla sobre la creatividad humana y sus características. Explora cómo el ser humano tiene la capacidad innata de crear cosas a partir de su afectividad y racionalidad, y cómo la motivación hedónica impulsa la creatividad y la búsqueda de soluciones a los desafíos. También menciona que la creatividad mejora con el estímulo de las facultades sensitivas y la imaginación, y a través de la creación de herramientas y el desarrollo del método.
El documento describe el STAXI-2, un inventario que mide el estado y rasgo de la ira y su expresión. Contiene subescalas para medir el estado de ira actual, expresión verbal y física de la ira, y rasgos como el temperamento de ira y reacción a la ira. También mide la expresión externa e interna de la ira y el control externo e interno de la ira. El inventario contiene 49 preguntas con escala de Likert y es aplicable para adolescentes y adultos.
I CURSO NACIONAL DE OFTALMOLOGÍA PEDIÁTRICA, un curso avalado por la Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria (AEPap), por la Sociedad de Pediatría Extrahospitalaria y Atención Primaria (SEPEAP) y por la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología Pediátrica (sedOP).
Un curso organizado por el Servicio de Oftalmología y el Servicio de Pediatría del HGUA, con el liderezgo de la Dra. Raquel Moral, y cuyos objetivos son:
a) Objetivo general:
- Adquirir conocimientos y habilidades para la exploración y conocer los criterios de derivación al oftalmólogo
- Familiarizarse con la patología oftalmológica pediátrica más prevalente
b) Objetivos específicos
- Tomar la visión a los niños y saber leer las prescripciones del óptico
- Realizar una exploración básica en sospecha de estrabismo
- Diferenciar la causa del ojo rojo
- Manejar bien la obstrucción del lagrimal y técnica de masaje
- Conocer la importancia del lagrimeo ocular
- Remarcar la importancia de la leucocoria y pauta de actuación
Prezentacja na temat działań Gminnej Biblioteki Publicznej w Jaśle związanych ze zdrowym trybem życia, przedstawiona podczas kongresu „Biblioteka: więcej niż myślisz!” (13 - 14 października 2011).
Este documento presenta un cuestionario de 24 afirmaciones sobre los sentimientos y emociones de una persona. El cuestionario evalúa tres componentes de la inteligencia emocional: percepción, comprensión y regulación emocional. Se pide al participante que indique la frecuencia con la que se identifica con cada afirmación utilizando una escala del 1 al 5. Posteriormente, se ofrecen rangos de puntuaciones para cada componente que indican si una persona necesita mejorar, tiene niveles adecuados o excelentes en cada área.
This document provides an overview of negotiating managed care and payer contracts. It begins with a disclaimer noting the information is meant to offer basic information based on the presenter's experience and training. Next, it outlines key takeaways including learning proactive steps to take charge in negotiations and leverage knowledge to improve positioning and negotiating power. It then describes the current popular process many practices use which involves simply sharing information with payers. It concludes by providing contact information for follow up questions.
Health Decisions Webinar: October 2012 Things an Effective DEA Should IncludeSi Nahra
Dependent Eligibility Auditing has become a more common practice among organizations striving to keep health care benefits affordable. As more and more companies are choosing to conduct dependent audits, more and more vendors are offering audit services, but with varied methods, approaches, and fee structures.
This free webinar reveals those aspects of a dependent eligibility audit service that are most important for success. Judy Mardigian, CEO of Health Decisions, Inc., shares statistics, case studies, and anecdotes from the many dependent eligibility audits the company has done over the past 15 years.
For more information, please visit: http://www.healthdecisions.com
Hcr strategies for hr february 2013 wi_combined_2 7 13 mahncfshrm
This document discusses the role of HR in health care reform and reevaluating total rewards strategies. It outlines key considerations of the Affordable Care Act for employers, including the option to "pay or play" by providing health insurance or paying a penalty. It also discusses how health care reform is impacting workforce management goals and the importance of aligning total rewards strategies with business objectives to attract, engage, and retain top talent.
The document discusses the future of physician payments and the transition away from fee-for-service towards value-based and accountable payment models. It outlines emerging accountable care organization models including single-provider, multi-provider, insurer-led, and insurer-provider partnership models. It also summarizes Medicare and private payer initiatives focusing on shared savings programs and population-based payment approaches. Finally, it provides best practices for physicians and practices to position themselves for success under new payment reforms.
The document discusses strategies for veterinary practice growth provided by McGaunn & Schwadron, a CPA firm that works with veterinary practices. It outlines internal and external growth models, as well as strategies for search engine optimization, social media marketing, wellness plans, and ensuring high quality CEO leadership for sustained practice growth. The firm provides consulting services to help practices develop strategic growth plans and systems.
10 Things Credit Union Executives Need to Know about Pensions and 401(k)s (We...NAFCU Services Corporation
This document discusses 10 things credit union executives need to know about pensions and 401(k) plans. It covers topics such as how interest rates impact defined benefit and defined contribution plans, the risks of bad tax reform proposals, how fiduciary outsourcing can save time and money, and that the primary source of fiduciary risk is plan administration rather than investments. It also discusses how most plans can cut costs by at least 20% through lower fees, ways to run a plan that is above reproach, steps fiduciaries can take to mitigate liability, issues with fee disclosure requirements, the complexity of how pension costs affect financial statements, and developing a proactive plan to terminate a pension in the lowest risk and cost manner.
Core Promise: A Simple Driver of Healthy, Resilient, High-Performancemarsha shenk
With increasing competition for relevance to key audiences, and increasing pressure from relentless change as well as diminishing resources, the ability to design superior value with minimal investment – quickly – has become mission-critical for reliable performance.
These pages invite you to a new approach to organizational achievement: applying the power of new design thinking to Strategic Planning and Organizational Design.
Our company provides voluntary benefits to help employees cover unexpected medical costs. Voluntary benefits can protect employees' savings and retirement from expenses like accidents and illnesses. They are affordable options to fill coverage gaps, are owned by the employee, and have no direct cost to employers. We help set up payroll deductions and educate employees on options like accident, critical illness and life insurance.
You are paying up to 30% of your payroll for benefits and pensions. Are you getting full value? Have you considered different funding arrangements? Have you considered flexible spending accounts? How about considering an ASO plan if you are over 100 employees? How about integrating a wellness program into your benefits program and receive a 20 to 1 payback in terms of reduced benefit costs, increased productivity, improved lost time, and increased employee health?
This document discusses the benefits of early return to work programs for injured employees. It notes that return to work is critical for risk management and claim costs, with indemnity benefits alone accounting for 42% of total claim costs. Early return to work programs can get injured workers back to full duty 30 days faster, and save employers an average of 30% in lost time costs. Employers also save $3-10 for every $1 spent on return to work programs due to lower medical costs, staffing needs, and higher productivity. The document provides tips for creating a successful return to work program, including establishing a team, focusing on employee abilities, acting urgently to obtain early light duty releases, continuously progressing workers, using
Democratizing innovation, decisions, and equityRoleyAnderson
This document proposes a program called D.I.D.E. (Democratizing Innovation, Decision-making, and Equity) to address issues with top-down decision making and lack of employee ownership in healthcare organizations. D.I.D.E. aims to empower employees by allocating time for independent experimentation, establishing forums for voting on initiatives, and tying compensation to employee and patient satisfaction metrics. The goals are to increase innovation, employee motivation and retention, and improve patient outcomes through more engaged care. Potential barriers to implementation include resistance to change, executives reluctant to share control, and difficulty organizing participation.
This document discusses an integrated wellness solution that identifies risks, plans incentives, and measures outcomes. It analyzes data to identify cost drivers and provide money-saving solutions. The solution assists with establishing wellness programs that incentivize participation and health improvements through premium adjustments. It provides services like biometric screenings, online tools, and support with appeals and regulations to implement effective wellness programs.
Tech-Enabled Managed Services: Not Your Average OutsourcingHealth Catalyst
The document discusses tech-enabled managed services (TEMS) as an alternative to traditional outsourcing. TEMS aims to reduce costs for health systems while maintaining performance, employees, and culture. It achieves this through specialized partnering, alleviating financial pressures, and ensuring dependable performance using a combination of people, processes, technology, and data. TEMS rebadges existing employees and takes on open positions to prevent workforce reductions. It also maintains existing processes while implementing new technology. This model is said to create wins for Health Catalyst through new employees, the health system through reduced costs and governed performance, and employees through continued work and an improved experience.
BenefitDeck is a benefits consulting company that helps companies design and manage their benefits plans. It offers services like benefits plan customization, benchmarking, renewal analysis, wellness programs, and drug cost management. BenefitDeck prides itself on being independent and working for the best interests of its clients. It guarantees access to insurance company decision makers, specialization in benefits, accountability in claims payment, transparency, and independence from insurance providers.
Watermark Benefit Consulting Inc. is an employee benefits consulting firm that provides comprehensive solutions for group health plans, retirement savings plans, executive compensation, and corporate governance. They work with clients to design innovative and cost-effective benefit plans, negotiate competitive insurance rates, and ensure regulatory compliance. As independent consultants, they can obtain multiple bids from insurance providers to find the best package for clients' budgets and needs.
The document presents strategies and services from Advanced Benefit Design Institute for reducing employer healthcare costs. It promotes replacing traditional insurance with self-insured plans that refund unused claim funds to employers. The company also offers population health management tools, wellness programs, and consulting services to help lower costs through improved employee health and reduced medical spending. Contact information is provided at the end.
This document summarizes the benefits of voluntary benefits and telemedicine programs that can be offered by employers to employees. It states that voluntary benefits can help fill coverage gaps, protect income from illness/injury, and avoid debt. Popular voluntary benefits include accident, critical illness, hospital, and life insurance. Telemedicine offers convenient access to doctors by video/phone for non-emergency care with no copays. These voluntary programs are fully employee-funded and provide value to employees while requiring no direct costs for employers.
Health Decisions Webinar: December 2012 union trustsSi Nahra
Every major reform has winners and losers. Obamacare is no exception. With all the talk about state health exchanges, new fees, and pay-or-play, the opportunity for union trusts to be big winners can be easily overlooked. This webinar will present that perspective. We start by exploring the differences between union trusts and other self-funded plans. Those differences afford union trusts the ability to offer their members a health coverage experience that can be more attractive and less costly than traditional employer-controlled coverage. Those differences, if pursued by union trusts, can also assist in recruiting union membership and countering the impacts of right-to-work and other anti-union initiatives. While not inevitable, the perspective shared in this webinar is as probable as the predictions of doom and gloom that so permeate the discussion around health reform.
For more information, please visit: http://www.healthdecisions.com
This document provides branding guidelines for Kantar Health. It defines the brand essence as "The catalyst for successful decision making in the life sciences industry." It establishes the logo, color palette, typeface, imagery, and templates to be used across marketing materials. The guidelines cover appropriate uses of the logo, primary/secondary colors, correct font choices/sizes, and templates for PowerPoint, email signatures, literature, and advertising. The goal is to present a consistent brand identity.
The document provides an overview of how to set up and use the PECOS Surrogate Program. It discusses registering provider and user accounts in I&A, setting up profiles and connections, and the proper use of surrogate access for tasks like provider enrollment, EHR registration and attestation, and NPPES updates. The surrogate program allows compliant access to carry out these activities and ensures quicker processing when a surrogate manages the activities on behalf of a provider.
This document discusses maintaining compliance with PQRS and Meaningful Use audits. It provides an overview of PQRS and Meaningful Use reporting requirements, who is eligible, and how to report. It emphasizes the importance of being proactive and preparing thorough documentation for potential audits, including maintaining records for 6 years. Mock audits and detailed documentation of all systems, reports, security practices, and attestations are recommended to survive an audit.
This document discusses the future of physician payments and accountable care models. It provides an overview of recent observations in healthcare such as the growth of accountable care organizations and transition away from fee-for-service payments. It also summarizes emerging opportunities like meaningful use incentives and accountable care organization initiatives from Medicare and private payers. Key trends in payment reform like the transition to risk-based payments and the role of consumers are also predicted.
The document discusses what good managers do to sustain success. It provides tips on running a practice like a business by focusing on cash flow, productivity, capacity, staffing, and patient satisfaction. The document emphasizes monitoring key metrics and benchmarks, having a strategic plan and budget, and utilizing practice dashboards to evaluate performance and identify areas for improvement. Good managers ensure the future success of their practice through constant monitoring, evaluation, and process improvement.
This document discusses how healthcare providers can get paid for services that are often considered unbillable. It outlines common unbillable services across specialties like family practice, dermatology, and physical therapy. The document recommends that providers be proactive in communicating financial policies to patients, collecting payments at the time of service, and establishing processes to accurately determine patient responsibility and billing. Following steps like understanding payer contracts, addressing payment concerns, and monitoring billing performance can help providers improve their ability to get paid.
This document provides information on appealing denials, including:
1) It outlines the multi-level Medicare appeals process including redeterminations, reconsiderations, administrative law judge hearings, and federal court review.
2) It notes the time limits and amount in controversy thresholds for each appeal level.
3) It also briefly discusses managing private payer appeals by following their guidelines and utilizing specialty society and other resources.
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