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27‐1 Effective Management of Physician Practices AICPA Health Care Industry Conference Nashville, TN November 18, 2016 Steven H. Burkett Sr. Vice President, Physician Services Erlanger Health System Chattanooga, TN

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Effective Management of Physician Practices

AICPAHealth Care Industry Conference

Nashville, TNNovember 18, 2016

Steven H. BurkettSr. Vice President, Physician ServicesErlanger Health System

Chattanooga, TN

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Erlanger Health System

Erlanger University Hospital

Children’s Hospital at Erlanger

Erlanger North Hospital

Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital

Erlanger East Hospital

Erlanger Health System

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Strategically located access points and geographical coverage create distribution channels, specialty expansion and paths of least resistance for referrals

Health System Service Area

South Pittsburg

17 Locations

Performance Highlights – FY16  Overall Admissions increased by 8%

Overall Commercial discharges increased by 10%

Surgical volume exceed 32,000 procedures

Inpatient surgical volumes increased by 3%

Outpatient surgical volumes increased by 10%

Orthopedic inpatient surgery up 12%

Neurosurgery inpatient up 11%

Da Vinci robotic procedures up 65%

Cardiac catheterization procedures up 20%

Births up 5%

Total Emergency Department visits increased to 155,000 (new record)

Erlanger East Hospital Emergency Department up 19%

Erlanger North Hospital Emergency Department up 15%

Dunlap Emergency Department up 16%

• Neonatal ICU patient days increased by 7%

Erlanger Physician Practice visits increased by 22%

Air ambulance flights increased by 10%

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Snapshot of Physician Enterprise

Medical Staff Members

– Approximately 940

Employed Physicians approximately 240

–Medical Subspecialties: 33

– Adult Hospitalists: 38

– Pediatrics: 42

– Adult Primary Care: 54 

– OBGYN: 7

– Surgical Subspecialties: 18

Independent Physicians/Groups 700

– Active approximately 500

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Effective Management of the Physician Practice

What is required to effectively manage the Physician 

practice/enterprise in today’s market conditions?

What we share is based on

– Lessons Learned in acquisition experience at Erlanger

– Small practices – six to ten providers 

– What we see and encounter in the market

– Our collective professional experience, and 

– The needs and demands of patients, insurers and health systems

The constant is change

– Only the pace is at question

Suggest strategies and tools

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1.  Forces Driving Change  

Forces Driving Change

Forces – both initiators and recipients

Changing culture ‐ consumer and societal demands

Rapid evolution in technology

Changing economy and changing reimbursement

Changing skills required to effectively manage a practice

Supply and demand of medical & healthcare manpower 

Consumers Physicians& Practices

Government& Financiers

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Changing Culture

MD less likely to be revered as best educated members of 

society

Patient consumers are changing

– They have become active consumers

• Physician shopping & interviewing physicians

– Plethora of medical & health information available

– Importance of timeliness of access

– Importance of patient experience

– High demand for “hospitable bedside manner”

20001990 2011≈ 13% ≈ 20% ≈ 30%

Percentage of Americans with a bachelor’s degree

Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch …

EVERYDAY

Significance of Culture

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Evolution in Technology Clinical

– Electronic health record – on a chip or (credit) card

– Patient texting & telemedicine (actually old technology)

– Electronic visits – Google, You Tube, FB, Zoc Doc

– Web MD  ‐ example of instantly available medical information

• The “Doctor Veil” has been removed

Business

– Web site development – consumer patient preference

– Patient texting capability ‐ economic consequences

Consumer

– Airlines, hotels, why not consults and electronic visits

– Watson project & consumer awareness

Changing Economy and ReimbursementMacro – Consumer

– Health care expenditures as % of the GNP – increasing

– Patients seek “value” for their time and money

Macro – Physician Practice

– Change from FFS to Value Based requires new alliances

– Traditional methods for building a successful practice 

challenged

– Practice management increasingly challenging 

Managing change

– Identify opportunities to create advantages around quality care 

and consumer preference

– Data mining with the EMR  

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Skills Required for Effective Management

Recognition of need for required skills and ability

Knowledge of domains

– Financial Management

– Human Resource Management

– Marketing

– Technology

Ability to compete

– Change management

– Commitment to service culture

2.  The Basics  

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Financial Management Traditional financial management

– Financial statements, cash flow, borrowing & financing, revenue 

cycle and contract negotiation, internal control structure

Reimbursement

– Payment bundles

– Episodes of care

Management of advisors – management companies

– Physician managing partners often have limited experience

Recognition of hidden costs

– Efficiency of operations in workflow, e.g.

• Phone traffic

• Time for segments of operation

• Overtime

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management

– Selection of practice manager

– Recruiting and personnel management

– Knowledge of rules regarding exempt and non‐exempt personnel and management of OT

– Training

• Technology

• Customer service

– Manpower availability

• Clinical – practice at top of license

• Non‐clinical – define the needs and skills carefully

– Interpersonal & communication skills

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Marketing

Access to patient populations

– Network structure & access to patients

– Network inclusion criteria

– MD scorecards

Location, hours of operation

Power of the web‐site – web presence

– Referrals by friends

– Consumer choice for information – read the review

Competitors

– Urgent care

– Colleagues or competitors

Availability and affability still apply– Communication skills remain important

Technology Clinical

– The “Doctor Veil” has been removed

– Opportunities to meet patient consumer needs

– Understanding efficacy of treatment – devices and pharma

Business

– Web site development – consumer patient preference

– Understanding and using patient practice data

Consumer

– Electronic visits – how can you add these to the schedule 

– How do your patients rate your client – what is the profile

– How do you handle a “poor” online profile or negative 

allegations

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3.  Forces Driving Alignment  

The Senior Leadership Team

“The existing deficiencies in health care cannot be corrected simply by supplying more personnel, more facilities and more money. These problems can only be solved by organizing the personnel, facilities and financing into a conceptual framework and operating system that will provide optimally for the health needs of the population.”

Dr. Robert Ebert, Founder, Harvard Community Health Plan, 1969

Accountable Care ‐ The concept is not new …

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Alignment

Access to patient populations

– Network participation

– Narrow networks

– Physician scorecards

– Quality scores & consumer ratings

Changes in financing

– Assumption of risk, bundled payments & episodes of care

– Requirement for communication, shared data and teamwork

– Access to capital and expertise

Education of Physician & Heath Care Providers

Paradigm shift

– Need to keep patients healthy

Establish a Foundation for the Transition Ahead

Clinical Integration Program

Establishes fundamentals for population health management

Physician Alignment Comprehensive 

Quality Program

Unified IT Platform Performance 

Incentives

Care Transitions & 

Coordination

Streamlined Acute 

Care 

Chronic Care 

Management

Self‐Directed 

Patient CareShared Savings and 

“Risk”

Population Health 

Management

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What Health Systems Need 

Organizational Culture

Data Reporting and Analysis

Medical Management

Health Information 

Patient Engagement 

Largeenoughscaleto manage risk

4.  Strategies and Tools   

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Strategies and Tools

Make sure education is a major part of the services you 

provide

Highly structured, disciplined approach to articulating 

practice and provider goals, aspirations and performance

Connect the dots between practice activities and financial 

results

Help client become a performance driven practice

Identify whatever is necessary for success in “value based 

environment”

Provide insight and counsel regarding “Population Health” 

principles and “Health System Needs” 

The Challenge is to Move 

“Volume” “Value”

From To

Central problem solving

“Service” “Revenue”

Local solutions

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The Case for Rethinking Ambulatory Care

Engage patients in healthful behaviors

Pre-visitPost-VisitVisit

Between Visits

Between Visits

Physicians being asked to have greater influence and assume risk for activities between visits

Outstanding Patient ExperienceRight Care, Right Place, Right Time 

Pre‐Visit

Streamlined & Service‐oriented check‐in 

Visit

Post Visit

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Focus on High‐Value Care 

Hospital  Clinic                                       Home/Work/Play

Most Complexity 

Most Costly

Least patient participation

Less Complexity  

Lower Cost

Moderate patient participation

Least Complexity

Least Costly

Most patient participation

Acute Care Ambulatory Preventive & Chronic Care

Change

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one 

most responsive to change.

Charles Darwin

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5.  Questions