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Community Health Needs Assessments

HealthTech assists in completing CHNAs and development and implementation of plans to meet prioritized community health needs.

HealthTech’s approach is highly interactive and focused on understanding the needs of your community including social determinants of health.

SUCCESS RATE 98%
CLIENT SATISFACTION 98%
POSITIVE RESULTS 100%

Lean Culture Consulting

Creating a Lean culture provides the common language and tools necessary to reframe how an organization thinks about problem solving at all levels.

  • – Development and implementation of departmental lean projects
  • – Developing educational programs Certifying yellow, green and black belt practitioners
  • – Training for instructors
  • – Establishing monthly virtual educational opportunities and access to network resources for instructions and lean executive champions

Care Coordination

A Medicare Care Coordination program that is incorporated into the primary care practice workflow can both increase reimbursement and position the practice for population health.

We assist with implementing a care coordination model by:

– Assessing the current primary care practice workflow and evaluating the Medicare revenue potential for the practice
– Assisting with the developing of a plan for implementation of team-based care focusing on Chronic Care Management, Behavioral Health Integration, Annual Wellness Visits, and Advance Care Planning
– Assisting with the implementation of the CrossTX communication and tracking tool, including application setup, policy and procedure development, and training to allow the practice to bill for chronic care management
– Providing ongoing support, networking and education to care coordinators in the practice

Care Coordination Physician Practice

A care coordination program that is incorporated into the primary care practice workflow can both increase reimbursement and position the practice for population health.

HealthTech can assist with implementing a care coordination model by:

– Assessing the current primary care coordination workflow
– Assisting with the development of a plan for implementation of team-based care focusing on chronic care management, annual wellness visits, and advance care planning
– Assisting with the implementation of the CrossTX communication and tracking tool, including application set-up, policy and procedure development, and training to allow the practice to bill for chronic care management
– Providing ongoing support, networking and education to care coordinators in the practice

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement

HealthTech consultants can provide an assessment of your QAPI program and based on the review, work with you to develop an improvement plan.
Our review includes:
– Improvement framework and methodology
– Organizational and departmental quality initiatives
– Data collection, analysis, and reporting including reporting to external organizations such as CMS, TJC, or MBQIP
– Governing board and medical staff participation
– Quality committee roles and responsibilities

Continuous Survey Readiness

HealthTech provides mock surveys to assess survey readiness with respect to regulatory standards including: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), and State requirements. We provide surveys and assistance with plans of correction for:
– Hospital, PPS and CAH
– Surgical Center
– Home Health
– Hospice
– Skilled Nursing Facility
– Long Term Care
– Rural Health Center
– Behavioral Health

Compliance Program

HealthTech provides compliance consulting services including program assessment, implementation support, and education. The assessment includes a review of the 8 essential elements of a compliance program:
– Standards of Conduct & Policies
– Oversight
– Prevention
– Education & Training
– Monitoring & Auditing
– Reporting & Investigation
– Enforcement & Discipline
– Program Review
Based on the assessment, customized consulting support can be provided including implementation support for individualized compliance elements and educational programs for staff and governing board members

Swing Bed Program

Swing beds are an important service line for critical access hospitals and are a key service line for meeting both community needs and enhancing financial performance.
Unfortunately, in many critical access hospitals, swing beds are under-utilized. This may be the result of staff not understanding swing bed criteria, or lack of aggressive marketing to capture referrals from acute care hospitals, or both.
Our consultants assist in developing a swing bed program or improve an existing swing bed program that is designed to meet the hospital’s volume, financial and patient satisfaction goals.

Physician Practice and Clinic Assessment

HealthTech offers a variety of consulting services related to provider clinics and employed physician practices including:
Assessment of clinic operations including:
– staffing productivity with benchmarks
– patient access
– business and clinical workflow
– facilities and front office practices
Practice governance and organization
Physician compensation review

Strategic Planning Services

Strategic planning is about creating and maintaining competitive advantage. It is the process of making difficult choices among competing priorities and focusing the organization’s human and capital resources on those areas with the greatest long-term benefit.  HealthTech’s planning cycle focuses on developing the strategic direction by engaging participants, gathering pertinent information and communicating.  The facilitated process utilizes the following phases:

– Determine Readiness

– Define the Planning Process

– Perform Situation Analysis

– Identify Strategic Direction

– Formulate Strategies

– Develop and Monitor the Implementation Plan

– Measure Results

– facilities and front office practices

The facilitated process results in a realistic and achievable strategic plan that communicates to the stakeholders how to execute the mission and reach the hospital’s vision. 

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