The right care, in the right place, at the right pace
Hospital Physician Advisors (HPA) is a national health care consulting firm focused on supporting the efforts of health systems to intelligently deliver care at any level with operational and financial solutions.
Working collaboratively with your designated team, our HPA subject matter specialists and physicians will provide innovative solutions to improve overall performance in Patient Status Determination, Observation Management, patient throughput and emergency department operations
Patient Status Determination & Observation Management
Our team of physicians, nurses, and operational managers provide innovative solutions to accurately determine patient status allowing for rapid placement from the Emergency Department. The delivery of patient care is of the utmost importance, in order to ensure the best possible outcome for that patient and the hospital which performs the services. But determining an appropriate patient status can significantly impact net revenue and overall efficiency.
Emergency Department Consulting Services
Our Emergency Department consultants give your ED the tools it needs to rapidly improve ED quality and address organizational values and challenges. Our team has extensive experience in improving ED efficiency and managing emergency department overcrowding, improving LWBS costs and improving door-to-doctor times. We can help improve emergency department patient satisfaction and maximize employee satisfaction. We can identify waste and improve emergency department efficiency, improving your bottom line.
Physician Group Practice Transition Services
HPA offers hospital executives, emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists a pathway to independence and operational success. Many hospitals are faced with the dilemma that their existing group lacks the resources necessary to succeed in today’s complex marketplace but do not believe that hiring a regional or national contract management group is the best solution.
Overview of our services
HPA’s proven approach to patient status determination and observation management can deliver:
- Increased revenue and bed capacity.
- Educated staff and physicians in effective OBS management an
- Hospital focus care management roles on the floor and in the ED.
- Improved multi-disciplinary communication.
- Staffing model for maximum efficiency.
- Reduced gap in clinical / financial communication.
- Determination of feasibility of an observation unit.
- Real-time metric development
- Meaningful reports/ dashboard development
- Physician Advisor program enhancement and interim coverage
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HPA’s emergency department consulting services:
- Reduce decision-to-departure time
- Increased nursing and physician productivity
- Achieve rapid patient throughput
- Decrease “left without being seen”
- Improve patient satisfaction
- Interim Medical Direction/Leadership
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HPA Physician Group Practice Transition Services:
HPA offers hospital executives, emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists a pathway to independence and operational success. Many hospitals are faced with the dilemma that their existing group lacks the resources necessary to succeed in today’s complex marketplace but do not believe that hiring a regional or national contract management group is the best solution.
- Transitions Existing Practices to independence
- Board-Certified Emergency Physician Transition Team Coverage
- Recruiting and Practice Operations
- Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Payroll Administration
- Billing, Coding and Revenue Cycle Management Over-site
- Bench Marking
- Governance and Strategic Planning
- Human Resources and Legal
- Incentive Compensation Modeling
- Contract Acquisition
- Credentialing and Enrollment
- Information Technology Services
- Benefit Plan Development
- Risk Management and Litigation
- Managed Care Contracting Strategy
- Malpractice Insurance Negotiations
- Hospital Subsidy Negotiations
- Real-time metric development
- Meaningful reports/ dashboard development
- More Detail