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Considerations for Improving Health Center
Operations
Presented by Michael Holton
Holton Healthcare Consulting, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
www.holtonhealthcare.com
Tennessee Primary Care Association
August 17, 2016
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I. Welcome & Introductions 9:00am
II. Executive Management Overview of
Revenue Cycle as Basis for Operations 9:15am
III. The Impact of Budgeting, Data and
Accountability on Ops Improvements 10:15am
Lunch 11:30 am
IV. Costing for Understanding Provider
Staffing and Services 12:15pm
V. Other Influences on Productivity & Efficiencies
Incentive-Based Compensation
Data Driven Decisions
Other 2:30pm
VI. Discussion 3:00pm
VII. Next Steps & Adjourn 3:30pm
mailto:[email protected]
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How can Executive Management better understand and manage the billing and revenue cycle function.
What are KPIs and how can Executive Management use them to assure that efforts in billing and collections are productive, efficient and meet organizational goals.
Discuss relationships of volume, revenues and expenses to each other.
What is the future if we dont focus on continuous process improvement?
How does productivity affect the bottom line, both directly and indirectly?
Using data to determine our current status and future goals.
Executive Management Overview of the Revenue Cycle as a Basis for Operations
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Revenue cycle performance in healthcare is particularly challenging due to:
The complex nature of services to be billed;
The complex specifications for billing practices;
The number of varied employees that contribute to the process;
The systems and tools used to capture and process billing information;
and,
The unending variation that occurs in each of these dimensions.
Revenue Cycle Management: A Life Cycle
Approach for Performance Measurement and System Justification
2010 Health Information and Management System Society (HIMSS)
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Todays healthcare revenue cycle remains as complex as ever.
Growing need for high performance with changing environment
Cash and cash position increasingly important
Need for results-driven organizations
Working towards goals of ideal outcomes oversight and standards for: Finance Department clean audit; timely reporting; viable operation
Service Providers expectation of high quality services and productivity
Administration federal measures; compliance; board and management performance; community perception; patient satisfaction
Billing???????? Revenue cycle performance????????
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What is the Revenue Cycle?
Appointment
Scheduling
Registration/CertificationPatient Reception
Patient Clinical Visit
Service Delivery
Documentation &
Coding
Charge Processing/C heck Out
Patient Statement &
Claim ProductionClaims & Patient Payments
Processing
Denied Claims
Management
Accounts Receivable
Management and
Collections
The
Revenue
Cycle
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What are some things Executive Management Should Know About the Revenue Cycle?
Billing Issues
Front office competency directly affects billing success
Accurate information and the verification process is key
Training there is frequently high turnover of front desk staff; and thus making
sure that all staff understand their responsibilities is crucial
Eligibility verification explore all internet and system options
Proper completion and entry of registration information is key
Feedback loop with the billing department must be established so that front
desk staff understand the impact of their actions. Oftentimes the best form for
the communication is a facilitated peer-to-peer interaction
Operational Issues
Must know services you offer, plans you accept, operational structure
Excessive wait times can result from slow patient processing
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Billing Issues
Billing cannot fix provider coding issues, but may be able to identify them
Billing may be able to fix some of the front end issues on the previous slide,
but it is more efficient to reduce errors
Your practice management/EMR system cannot correct errors, but it can
minimize them through edit checks and restriction of inputs
Nowadays, completion of the electronic record by providers can affect claims
filing, patient statements and revenue maximization
Patient statements should be mailed monthly. Should be an
acknowledgment or approval that this is done each month. Should
include a contact name and phone number for questions.
Claims should be sent no less that once weekly, more often if a larger
health center. Are you currently receiving any notice each time they are
sent?
Should receive a report showing number of claims sent by payer
Report should show the value of the claims sent, with FQHC Medicare and PPS valued at their cost rates.
Must have a collections strategy for both patients and claims.
Management needs to be sure this is followed. Might want to include
an installment plan system for patients.
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Denial Management Denial management is the process of understanding and monitoring the
denial of claims billed to third parties (e.g. Medicaid, Medicare, privateinsurance).
The objective of denial management is to understand the reasons whyclaims are being denied, and use this information to identify the rootcause of the denial in the billing system, and then correct the underlyingdeficiency.
How is denial management often accomplished? Periodic review of explanation of benefit statements received Appropriate denial information being captured by the practice management system
Things Executive Management Should Know About the
Back End of the Revenue Cycle
How Can Executive Management Better Understand the Billing Process?
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Why Document the Revenue Cycle? Training of new staff is much more effective.
Measuring staff performance is easier when responsibilities are clearly identified.
It is an opportunity to improve systems that may result in more dollars, better productivity and patient satisfaction
Why is Documenting the Revenue Cycle Important to Executive Management? Leadership involves setting clear direction and expectations related to
job performance.
Executive Management will gain an in-depth understanding of the revenue cycle through a documentation exercise.
Reviewing the revenue cycle should include looking at:
Front desk and Appointments
Registration
Exam room (by provider)
Cashier/Appointment scheduling/ Check-out
Billing
Patient Statement & Claims Production
Claims & Patient Payments Processing
Denied Claims Management
Accounts Receivable Management & Collections
FrontOffice
BackOffice
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Consider process flow (or work flow) mapping for documenting the revenue cycle..
Why? One of the fastest ways to lower errors, increase productivity and improve patient service
Flow charts are easy-to-understand diagrams showing how steps in a process fit together. This makes them useful tools for communicating how processes work, and for clearly documenting how particular jobs within the revenue cycle are accomplished.
The act of mapping a process in flow chart format helps everyone clarify their understanding of the process, and identify where the process can be improved.
A flow chart can therefore be used to: Define and analyze processes;
Build a step-by-step picture of the process for analysis, discussion, or communication; and
Define, standardize or find areas for improvement in a process
Also, by conveying the information or processes in a step-by-step flow, you can then concentrate more intently on each individual step, without feeling overwhelmed by the bigger picture.
The process will help reconcile what you think is happening vs. what is actually happening
Documentation of the Revenue Cycle
Patient Registers
Claims sent to payor (non-capitation)
Denials Investigated and Corrected
Patient Seen By Provider
Provider Completes Encounter Form
Patient Released at Front Desk
Claim Report Prepared
Encounter Form Processed
Remittance Received with Payment
Billing Department Reconciles and Posts
Resubmission of Denied Claims
Month Ending Journal Entries Posted
In any sequential process, problems at the beginning flow downstream. To understand these processes, it is necessary to understand cycle time (how long it takes to get done) vs. process time (how long it takes to do an individual step)
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1. Choose a Process Decide what you want to improve. It might be the entire revenue cycle or only a part of it (i.e., registration). Best bet are processes which are time consuming, error prone, and/or critical to success.
2. Assemble a Team - should include staff from the lowest to highest levels directly involved in the operation. Must have an approval process for recommended changes to the work flow in order to be effective.
3. Map out the Way Work is Currently Done diagram each step showing decisions and/or process actions and other important aspects of the current work. This can be accomplished with interviews of staff, having them share documents and other steps needed to accomplish tasks. It is often easier to sketch out individual tasks first, the go back and fill-in the details.
4. Identify Problem Areas areas where staff feel there are current major issues that need addressing, i.e., patient satisfaction, waste or significant delays. If too many, use 80/20 rule: work on 20% of the areas that cause 80% of the problems.
5. Brainstorm Solutions What changes can be introduced to the process to
improve problem areas identified. Hopefully, there is consensus among
those affected.
6. Action Steps - change the flow to establish a set of action steps that
need accomplishing before the process can be modified.
7. Assign Responsibilites assign staff responsibilities for each action step
and set deadlines for completion.
8. Create a Master Plan Summarize responsibility for actions and
deadlines. Distribute plan to participants to make certain it accurately
reflects decisions.
9. Follow Through
Meet every two weeks for progress reports and interaction
If needed, hold another brainstorming session
Adjust master plan when and where appropriate
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Executive Management Needs Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the Revenue Cycle Function
If you do not measure it, you cannot manage it. --W. Edwards Deming
He is regarded as having had more impact upon Japanese manufacturing and business than any other individual not of Japanese heritage.
What is a Key Performance Indicator?
Numerical Factor
Used to quantitatively measure performance
Activities, volumes, etc.
Business processes
Financial assets
Functional groups
The revenue cycle
Source: BearingPoint, Key Performance Indictors
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KPI Introduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business
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Report entitled Revenue Cycle Management: A Life Cycle Approach for Performance Measurement and System Justification.
Addresses revenue cycle issues and establishes performance measures and best practice standards in the following areas:
Upstream Scheduling; patient access; pre-authorization/verification and financial counseling.
Midstream Case management; charge capture/documentation; charge description master maintenance (fee schedule) and Health Information Management.
Downstream Billing/claim submission; cashiering/refunds/adjustments; 3rd
party follow-up/processing/payment posting; customer service and collections/outsourcing
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Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS)
A comprehensive strategy to transform the revenue cycle by helping leaders Measure performance, Apply evidence-based practices for improvement, and Perform to the highest standards.
Addresses revenue cycle standards in four areas: Patient Access
Revenue Integrity
Claims Adjudication
Management
KPIs have been developed for each area
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Healthcare Financial Management
Association (HFMA) MAP Initiative
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Reviewed the HFMA and HIMSS measures and standards Many apply to hospitals Some measures are very sophisticated, such that data may not be available to
health centers Includes services or functions health centers either dont provide or do not
provide intensively enough for establishing KPIs or standards, i.e., case management, pre-authorizations, etc.
Suggest KPIs in the same four areas as HFMA: Patient Access Revenue Integrity Claims Adjudication Management
Health centers should determine additional KPIs as applicable to individual revenue cycle management issues.
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How About Revenue Cycle Key Performance
Indicators (KPI) for FQHCs?
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Some Suggested Key Performance Indicators for
FQHCs
Patient Access Front Office Performance
Key Performance Indicator HIMSS Measure
HFMA Measure
Registration Error Ratio - -
Insurance Eligibility Verification Rate 98%
Point of Service Cash Collected 65%
Returned Mail Percentage < 5%
Medicaid Eligibility Screening -uninsureds
100%
Medicaid Eligibility Screening Medicare Onlys
100%
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Some Suggested Key Performance Indicators for
FQHCs
Revenue Integrity
Key Performance Indicator HIMSS Measure
HFMA Measure
Days to Posting of Charges 85%
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Some Suggested Key Performance Indicators for
FQHCs
Management
Key Performance Indicator HIMSS Measure
HFMAMeasure
Days in AR by Insurance Payer
Days in AR - Patients
Bad Debt - % of Net Revenue
Front Office Cash Collections % to Patient Net Revenue
Case Mix Net Revenue vs. Collections/Payer Type/Visit
Billing Managers sometimes communicate in a foreign language.
There is no Billing Manager school for FQHCs.
Need to expand the Billing Managers responsibility to include management of the revenue cycle.
Have regular meetings with Billing Manager and get more details about things not understood. Ask for acronyms to be explained.
The Billing Managers primary responsibility is to figure ways to get paid, sometimes irresponsibly or without proper knowledge.
Have the Billing Manager participate in any state-wide efforts with billing networks or other billing managers
Should consider having Billing Manager attend seminars, workshops and webinars sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers and your states Primary Care Association.
Be certain to have a succession plan for your billing managers position. Do not simply assume that having an assistant position will necessarily assure continuing operations.
Hold the Billing Manager accountable based on KPIs. All Executive Management staff should be involved, not just Supervisor.
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Sufficient service/patient demand
Provider supply and availability that reasonably match
demand for services
Operating infrastructure (e.g., staff, practice
management system) and processes that facilitate
moving patients efficiently through the system
Volume Revenues Expenses.theyre related.
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Meeting mission, vision & values
Providing the maximum number of services to the maximum number of patients in service population while staying financially viable and building reserves
Patients, services, quality, mission, revenue, cost, regulatory requirements and financial health all combine in a delicate balance. Problems in one area can easily upset the delicate balance.
Environmental pressures are threatening the CHCs delicate balance. Health reform will increase competition for patients who have a
payment source (e.g. Medicaid, private insurance), with the potential to erode an FQHCs -
Payor mix Patient base
Because of health reform, Federal and state governments are taking a new look at the health care financing system, potentially impacting FQHCs - Reimbursement rates
Subsidies for uncompensated care
Primary Care Medical Home
Accountable Care Organizations
The cost of providing healthcare services are increasing. Health centers are trying to improve provider productivity at
varying levels of success.
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF A CHC THE REALITY
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Benchmarking often describes comparing health center performance to national averages or medians
Meeting or beating the national average does not necessarily mean success Because of the delicate balance, a center could meet or exceed benchmarks in
one area but still not have successful overall performance. For example, a health center could have average provider productivity, but because of payormix and/or grant support it could still lose money
What is most important is to determine budget needs, establish plans that best address those needs, and then monitor achievement or lack of achievement, adjusting course if possible.
A centers best benchmark is itself. Performance vs. prior periods is more important than vs. a peer group
Executive management must be in charge of health center operations
Health center management must perform detailed, systematic analyses to
understand operations and how they affect productivity and performance.
Anecdotal information, assumptions, or the way weve always done
things, will give a misleading picture of how a health center functions and
what needs to change to improve performance.
Various tools are available to measure operational performance in each
health center department.
Once management understands its operations, it can begin to develop
effective solutions for improvement.
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Internal Benchmarks Establishing the Annual Operating Budget
Preparation of a carefully constructed annual operating budget allows
management to anticipate and prepare for financial success in the coming
year.
Projecting a budget begins with the determination of assumptions
(internal and external) and a projection of what level of visit volume is
needed to generate sufficient revenues for:
1. Breakeven with anticipated expenses
2. Generation of additional monies to establish sufficient cash reserves
3. Additional profits to cover:
a. Replacement of fixed assets
b. New or expanded services or sites
c. Bonuses/Incentives for providers and other staff
d. Other investments or arrangements
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Projected Visit Report
ABC Health Center - Budgeted Visit Report
Employee Position
Medical
FTE
Average
Visits Site A Site B Site C
Total
Budgeted
Visits
Dr. S. Smith Internist/Medical Dir. 0.4 4,302 1,721 1,721
Dr. B. Scott Pediatrics 1.0 4,056 4,056 4,056
Dr. P. Lee Pediatrics 1.0 2,500 2,500 2,500
Dr. H. Grafton Internist 1.0 3,935 3,935 3,935
Dr. A. Rosen Internist 1.0 4,202 2,101 2,101 4,202
Dr. L. Hanks Geriatrics 1.0 3,815 3,815 3,815
Dr. J. Diaz Internist 1.0 4,200 4,200 4,200
Ann Ramondo Nurse Practitioner 1.0 2,059 2,059 2,059
Leslie Arnold Nurse Practitioner 1.0 2,364 2,364 2,364
Rosa Ferraro Nurse Practitioner 1.0 2,628 2,628 2,628
Total 9.4 10,480 8,400 12,600 31,480
Average Annual Visits Per Full Time Equivalent Provider = 3,349
Payor Mix:
Changes in economy resulting in changes in payor mix
Implementation of Medicaid Managed Care, Child Health
Programs, Family Health Programs
Age of community
Changes in policy, (i.e., welfare reform, State programs -
uncompensated care)
Projected Visit Report
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New Sites and/or Services:
Opening/Closing of a site
Consider whether a new site will shift visits from an
existing site.
Adding new services/departments
Projected Visit Report
Revenue Projection
Patient Services Revenue Projections :
Site A Site B Site C Total
Visits 10,480 8,400 12,600 31,480
Revenue
Patient Services Revenue
Medicaid 451,084$ 239,400$ 399,000$ 1,089,484
Medicaid Managed Care 41,040 63,000 94,500 198,540
Medicare 125,325 63,000 157,500 345,825
Self-Pay 13,470 22,050 22,050 57,570
Other Third Party 29,925 31,500 55,125 116,550
Total Patient Services Revenue 660,844 418,950 728,175 1,807,969
How were determinations made about revenue per visit?
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Bottom Line
Site A Site B Site C Total
Visits 10,480 8,400 12,600 31,480 Revenue
Total Patient Services Revenue 660,844 418,950 728,175 1,807,969
Grants & Contracts 468,150 318,364 521,546 1,308,060
Wraparound 39,670 62,636 93,954 196,260
Interest Income 1,000 500 1,250 2,750
Miscellaneous 855 746 300 1,901
Total Revenues 1,170,519$ 801,196$ 1,345,225$ 3,316,940$
Expenses
Salaries
Direct 375,000 230,000 368,000 973,000
Fringe Benefit 90,000 55,200 88,320 233,520
Supplies 94,800 74,000 114,510 283,310
Total Direct Expenses 726,438 492,796 774,248 1,993,482
Total Indirect Expenses 454,438 297,789 559,691 1,311,918
Total Expenses 1,180,876 790,585 1,333,939 3,305,400
Income (Loss) (10,357)$ 10,611$ 11,286$ 11,540$
Is the $11,540 bottom line enough to meet annual goals?
Cash Reserves at 2-3 months of operating expenses
2 months of $3,305,400 = $ 550,900
Assume equipment depreciation of $50,000 year
Salary increases of 3% will require $75,550 (includes fringe)
Why Might the $11,540 Not Be Enough?
Assumptions for Bottom Line Needs
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Assume building of cash reserves to 60 days over three year
period:
$ 550,900 3 years = $ 185,000/year
Equipment Replacement $ 50,000/ year
Salary increases $ 75,550/next year
Bottom Line Needs = $ 310,550
Current Generation ( 11,540)
Addl Revenue Needs =$ 299,010
Why Might the $11,540 Not Be Enough?
Assumptions for Bottom Line Needs
Addl Revenue Needs $ 299,010
Patient Services Revenue $1,807,969
Wraparound Revenue 196,260
Total Patient Revenue $ 2,004,219
Visits 31,480
Revenue/Visit $ 63.67
Additional Revenue Needs $ 299,010 = 4,696
Revenue/Visit 63.67 Addl Visit
Needs
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Additional Visit Needs 4,696
Original visit projection 31,480
Total Visit Needs for Budget 36,176
Provider FTEs 9.4
New Visit Goal per Provider 3,850
Previous Budget 3,348
Increase 502
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STEP 1
We Must Set our Productivity Goals!
What Level of Productivity can we Realistically Expect to Achieve?
Step 2: Setting Goals for Productivity
The goal for the outcome of the productivity equation should be to maximize the fill rate
If our goal is to see 21 patients per day within a 7-hour clinical time, then the equation calculates as:
21 net result = Filled appointment slots of 21 X 20% (Net No Show Rate ) = 26 filled slots/day X 230 days in clinic = 4830 Visits/FTE
21 per day equates to 3 patients seen per hour
220 X 7 hours/day = 1,540 hours patient time
4,620 1,540 = 3 patients/hour
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21 Patient Visits Per Day or 4,620/FTE/Year
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The goal for the outcome of the productivity equation should be to maximize the fill rate
If our goal is to see 24 patients per day within a 8-hour clinical time, then the equation calculates as:
24 net result = Filled appointment slots of 21 X 20% (Net No Show Rate ) = 29 filled slots/day X 230 days in clinic = 5,520 Visits/FTE
24 per day equates to 3 patients seen per hour
230 X 8 hours/day = 1,840 hours patient time
5,520 1,840 = 3 patients/hour
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24 Patient Visits Per Day or 5,520/FTE/Year
Productivity targets must be clearly communicated and understood by all
parties
Providers, support staff, schedulers, other administrative staff
This includes discussing what happens to the volume when there are no-
shows, schedules are changed without approval, etc.
Productivity includes scheduler productivity as well
The center should establish guidelines for numbers of appointments scheduled by each scheduler just in the same way the center would establish provider
productivity targets
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STEP 2
DATA THAT HELPS PRODUCTIVITY
SYSTEMS
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No Shows by Provider
Walk Ins by Provider
Unfilled appointment slots by Provider
3rd next available appointment by Provider
Patient cycle time
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Consider no shows as anything that disrupts the appointment schedule:
Patients who simply do not show for their appointment with no notice
Patients who call either the evening before or the day of their appointment and cancel
Data Collection & Reporting
Must be calculated daily (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) Must be by provider
If your result is a percentage, what are you using as a denominator?
Filled appointment slots for the day, or
Available appointment slots for the day
Provider Monday Tuesday Wed Thurs Fri Average
Provider 1
22.2% 22.4 18.5 17.8 18.4 19.9
Provider2
20.4% 17.8 18.1 17.9 15.9 18.0
Provider 3
21.9% 21.8 23.4 20.8 24.2 22.4
Provider4
15.5% 14.6 18.4 13.6 15.3 15.5
Provider 5
21.6% 22.0 13.7 23.6 22.3 20.6
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Consider walk-ins as anything that disrupts the
appointment schedule:
Patients who simply show for their appointment with no notice
Patients who call either the evening before or the day of their appointment are worked-in.
Data Collection & Reporting
Must be calculated daily (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
Must be by provider
If your result is a percentage, what are you using as a denominator?
Filled appointment slots for the day, or
Available appointment slots for the day
Provider Monday Tuesday Wed Thurs Fri Average
Provider 1
2.2% 8.4 8.5 7.8 1.4 5.7
Provider2
10.4% 7.8 8.1 7.9 5.9 8.0
Provider 3
2.9% 2.6 3.8 7.8 6.2 4.7
Provider4
7.5% 6.6 7.4 5.6 8.3 7.1
Provider 5
5.6% 4.0 6.7 7.6 3.3 5.4
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Provider Monday Tuesday Wed Thurs Fri Average
Provider 1
20.0% 14.0 10.0 10.0 17.0 14.2
Provider2
10.0% 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Provider 3
19.0% 19.2 19.6 13.0 18.0 3.6
Provider4
8.0% 8.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 8.4
Provider 5
16.0% 18.0 7.0 16.0 19.0 15.2
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Must determine what constitutes a full schedule for
each provider.
How many hours of clinical time are established for each work day? 7 hours? 8 hours?
How many slots are considered a full schedule for an hour of patient time? 2? 3? 4?
How many patient visits do you want to have at days end? 16? 21? 24?
Data Collection & Reporting
Must be calculated daily (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
Must be by provider
Will your PMS give you the data? If not, then what is involved in counting it manually?
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Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5
2/1 4 8 4 2 5
2/2 5 10 4 9 5
2/3 5 9 5 4 4
2/4 2 3 3 3 7
2/7 6 3 2 2 6
2/8 1 11 2 11 8
2/9 7 8 4 10 4
2/10 3 5 3 4 4
2/11 5 5 3 6 5
2/14 0 6 2 5 3
2/15 3 4 2 4 7
2/16 6 0 4 3 4
2/17 4 5 5 6 6
2/18 5 3 4 6 6
Totals 56 80 47 75 74
% Unfilled/Day 19% 27.2% 16% 25.5% 25%
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Defined as average length of time in days between the day a patients makes a request for an appointment with a [provider] and the third available appointment for a new patient physical, routine exam or return visit exam.
Health centers should understand the implications of this measure typically, full patient demand means the 3rd next available appointment is about two weeks
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement (www.ihi.org)
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Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5
2/1 2 1 4 2 5
2/2 3 1 4 1 5
2/3 Same 1 5 4 4
2/4 2 1 3 3 1
2/7 4 Same 2 2 2
2/8 4 Same 2 1 1
2/9 3 Same 4 1 3
2/10 2 Same 3 1 3
2/11 1 1 3 3 2
2/14 Same 1 2 3 2
2/15 3 1 2 2 1
2/16 2 Same 4 1 2
2/17 4 3 5 3 4
2/18 5 2 4 2 1
2/21 1 1 1 1 2
2/22 1 Same 1 2 1
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Consider time patient arrives at reception until they
check out and leave the health center:
Data needs to be captured at each health center site
Should not count those only arriving for prescriptions or refills or for taking labs, or should count separately
Data Collection & Reporting
Must be calculated daily (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
Should be totaled for month and an average determined by patient
Some EHRs now have time stamps for this purpose. May want to start simply by only measuring arrival and departure
times.
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Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5
2/1 95 80 125 75 78
2/2 110 70 110 65 80
2/3 90 105 105 67 85
2/4 125 90 110 58 90
2/7 85 85 95 70 95
2/8 115 88 125 75 80
2/9 99 110 130 55 75
2/10 89 68 115 45 78
2/11 120 100 110 50 84
2/14 100 75 120 80 75
2/15 95 78 125 50 80
2/16 90 80 100 40 66
2/17 100 95 105 45 70
2/18 110 100 110 55 85
2/21 75 65 120 65 58
Average 105 86 114 60 74
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Elements/Milestones in Patient Cycle
Patient Arrival
Registration arrival
Registration complete
Move to exam room
Vitals/specimen taken &
patient ready for provider
Interaction with Provider
Provider-Patient interaction
complete
Move to check out
Check out complete
Patient departure
*Initial Focus if Concept is New to Your Health Center
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Cycle times per health center site should be given to Practice Improvement committee
Goal should be to bring recommendations to the CEO for changes that would increase efficiencies
Consider a Nurse manager in the back office at each health center that would be utilized as a traffic cop
Primary responsibility would be to keep exam rooms full at all times.
Must coordinate with front office, nurses and providers.
Must listen to providers about their needs in developing a productive environment
Doesnt mean they need more nurses Must consider keeping them focused on seeing patients
Step 3
WE MUST ESTABLISH A PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT
FOR OUR PROVIDERS!
Delivery of Patient Service
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Patient Arrives in
Clinical Area From
Registration
Have Exam Room
Cleaned and
Prepped for Next
Visit
Call for Medical
Chart
Medical Record
Available?*
Ancillary
Service
Needed?
Provider
Ready?
Exam Room
Prepared?
Patient Checkout/
Billing Office
*Health Centers with
Electronic Medical Records
eliminate this question.
Patient Exam
YES
NO
YES
NOYES
Patient Waits
Patient Routed to
Ancillary Department
NO
YES
Objective - To prepare facilities and patients for a productive visit with a provider as quickly as possible
Clinical support staff (e.g. nurses, medical assistants) impact patient flow and provider productivity. They should:
Understand and perform their job functions (e.g., retrieve and prepare patients
in a timely manner, prepare exam rooms, maintain exam room supply
inventory);
Have supervision who monitors performance and resolves issues that
negatively influence performance;
Be organized in a workable staffing model (i.e., nurses versus MAs) that has
a sufficient complement. There is not a right staffing model instead health centers tend to equalize the cost of
these staff by the skill level mix (i.e. CHCs with a nurse staffing model tend to have less clinical support staff per provider).
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Role of Providers in Increasing
Productivity
Objective - To provide the highest possible quality of care to the maximum
number of patients
Providers should:
Direct questions/comments/requests regarding appointment scheduling to the
appropriate manager, not the staff person who performs the function.
Discuss schedule changes with the Chief Medical Officer as soon as possible (and
secure approval, as appropriate).
Arrive at work at least 15 minutes before their first appointment each day (everyone
needs prep time).
Resist the natural tendency to treat all the conditions of medically complex patients
who have been noncompliant (e.g., repeat no-shows) during a single visit.
Establish a protocol to identify and then reschedule noncompliant patients.
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Providers should:
Minimize time devoted to non-patient care activities
Occasions requiring long travel times (e.g., between care
sites) during the middle of the day; Consider
benefit/disadvantages of such schedules
Administrative time
Time off during peak volume cycles
Consistently document care, at least sufficiently to support
selected diagnostic and procedure codes, before each patient is
discharged.
Maintain an ongoing dialogue with support staff regarding ways to
increase the teams collective productivity.
Share impediments to increased productivity with management
and jointly conclude ways to eliminate them.
MANAGEMENT
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Management will be most effective when they enable, not dictate, increased productivity
(EVENTUALLY) Implement Incentive compensation
Will encourage increased provider productivity Will not remove operational impediments that suppress it Make start the conversation about, or make the providers
stakeholders in, removing obstacles to productivity
Operating processes that are clearly defined, thoroughly understood and consistently carried out are key
Keep key operating data, i.e., 3rd next available appointment by provider, no shows, walk-ins, patient satisfaction, etc.
ROLE OF MANAGEMENT IN INCREASING
PROVIDER PRODUCTIVITY
Monitoring staff conformity with defined processes is required to ensure continued compliance.
Measure process time
Measure patient cycle time
Identify bottlenecks
Review exam room utilization
Review patient satisfaction surveys
Directly observe patient flow
Identify space needs of operations
Review health center space layout
Establish provider schedules and appointment scheduling
Create a continuous feedback loop that informs ALL parties.
Oftentimes the best forum for communication is facilitated peer-to-peer interaction.
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STEP 4
Utilizing The Appointment Scheduling System to Assure Productivity Levels
Management Must Be Involved in Our Appointment Scheduling System
Step 3: Implementing a Productivity Program
There is a direct relationship between the appointment schedule and the number of visits done at the health center
In turn, this will be reflected in the financial and mission performance of the health center
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The Schedule is either a facilitator of, or an obstacle to access &
productivity
The Schedule is owned by the health center.
The Schedule is a proxy measure for efficiency of resources
Resources including human resources, fixed assets, supplies, etc.
When the schedule is well-designed and adhered to, it will assist patients
in obtaining the health care services they need
Staff will be clear on how to handle patients requests for appointments
Patient satisfaction with the process will be high
The schedule will help regulate the input of patients into the operations of the health center and assist in speeding patient flow
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When the schedule is not well designed, patients cannot
access the center when they need to
Providers have full schedules, yet productivity is not
optimal
The health center may be experiencing financial or
other difficulties
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The final template is a product of trial and error. Must adjust for
Net No Shows.
Ideally, each providers appointment template will be based on their
individual experience with no shows and walk-ins.
Aim is toward maximal productivity on the part of providers along
with ease of accommodating patients in slots
Must test the fact that schedules can be completely filled with
desired number of full slots. If not, then must analyze unfilled
appointment slots and 3rd next available appointment data. There
must be an alignment between number of providers and demand.
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For a 24 visit schedule, assume providers work 8 am to 12 pm, and 1 pm to 5 pm Monday through Friday (or in a 21 visit schedule, maybe 9 am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm.
Provider has 2 exam rooms available for work. Appointments for problems and follow-ups are scheduled
every 15 minutes, across more than one room Physicals are given 2 slots, and are limited to two per
session, one in each room, other room is blocked during this time
The new patient, physical and procedure slots are not restricted if 3rd next available appointments are less than 8 days or if there are consistently unfilled appointment slots based on the data.
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Scheduling staff should make every attempt to schedule the next available appointment that meets patient specifications.
Practice management system should have an built in algorithm that facilitates the identification of next available slots.
On a regular basis, the front office manager and/or business manager should:
Review and monitor the scheduling of patient visits;
Check that appointments are being double/triple-booked, as appropriate; and
Review the impact of special requests on appointment scheduling (e.g., unanticipated provider schedule changes).
Schedulers should fill the full days schedule.
Dont stop scheduling appointments early.
Use same-day appointment to fill open and cancelled appointment slots.
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Conclude provider schedules (i.e., availability) and
scheduling templates (i.e., standard time slots by
provider for each appointment type) as policy
Deviation from this policy should require the Chief Medical Officers or CEOs approval
Dont put Schedulers in the unenviable position of debating scheduling issues with providers
Ultimately, the schedule belongs to the center, not
the provider
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To keep the schedule simple, a health center should try to limit the types of appointments as much as possible
Physicals (new patients and existing patients) are usually the longest types (30 minutes)
Problem Visits -- new and existing patients (15 minutes)
Urgent Care Visits new and existing patients (15 minutes)
Follow Up Visits (15 minutes)
Procedures (if your center does them) (15-30 minutes)
Using these set appointment types will also encourage the utilization of the slots for all kinds of patients on a daily basis those who call in, recall visits at the providers behest, walk-ins, etc.
Limiting appointments by type, i.e., physicals, new patients, can be a barrier to care.
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Pros
Able to calculate no-show rates by visit type easily (e.g., HIV visits)
Helps regulate supply of visits to certain types of care, like
procedures, the HIV example, etc.
Cons
Too much detail can cause the wrong appointment type to be chosen
May unnecessarily restrict access to care
If the specific appointment type is not available for 4 months, should a patient really be kept waiting, especially if other appointment types of the same length are going unfilled?
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Consider Staggering Staff/Provider Hours
The schedule will not work well if the health center opens the front desk at 8:00 a.m. it needs to open at 7:30 or 7:45 to be viable
Support staff also must be in the center ready to work.may need to stagger hours
The provider must also arrive no later than 7:45 everyone needs time to get the day started and to be prepared
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Lunch hour has been provided for in these examples It will always happen that patients run over time, and support staff
will need to adjust accordingly
Managers have to adjust staffing schedules on the fly in order to maintain services
Closing time is also in this example Staffing properly by staggering starting and ending times of staff will
allow for individuals to be available to serve the patients as they
present
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Providers have other things to do that are incident to their direct patient
care
Review of laboratory reports
Writing case reports for other physicians
Phoning Patients for questions, lab results, etc.
Some centers provide set-aside administrative time for these activities (not
recommended)
The most productive providers do this work between patients, around lunch
time, after-hours, etc.
Meetings also take valuable time
These should be scheduled as often as possible in the morning, the evening, and over lunchtime
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Costing for Understanding Provider
Staffing and Services
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Description Worksheet Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5 Provider 6 Provider 7 Provider 8 Provider 9 Totals
Provider Cost
Salary/Contract Amount A 112,500 120,008 101,999 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 115,000 104,000 953,507
Fringe Benefits B 20,813 22,201 18,870 18,500 18,500 18,500 18,500 21,275 19,240 176,399
Nursing Salary & Fringe Allocation C 60,577 96,924 72,693 121,155 121,155 121,155 121,155 121,155 121,155 957,122
Medical Supplies D 14,582 14,489 6,406 15,809 14,318 13,340 6,150 12,416 19,016 116,524
Allocation of Space Costs E 5,602 8,963 6,722 11,204 11,204 11,204 11,204 11,204 11,204 88,510
Other Direct Costs F 5,529 8,846 6,634 11,057 11,057 11,057 11,057 11,057 11,057 87,352
2,379,414
Share of Overhead Costs G 77,984 124,775 93,581 155,969 155,969 155,969 155,969 155,969 155,969 1,232,154
Total Provider Costs 297,587 396,206 306,905 433,693 432,203 431,224 424,034 448,075 441,640 3,611,568
Analysis
Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5 Provider 6 Provider 7 Provider 8 Provider 9 Totals
Provider FTE 0.50 0.80 0.60 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 7.90
Appointments Slots 18/Day X 220 X FTE 1,980 3,168 2,376 3,960 3,960 3,960 3,960 3,960 3,960 31,284
Cost Per Appointment Slot 150.30 125.07 129.17 109.52 109.14 108.90 107.08 113.15 111.53 115.44
Visits 1,878 1,866 825 2,036 1,844 1,718 792 1,599 2,449 15,007
Unfilled Slots 102 1,302 1,551 1,924 2,116 2,242 3,168 2,361 1,511 16,277
Annual Cost of Unfilled Slots 15,330 162,835 200,341 210,714 230,945 244,143 339,227 267,148 168,515 1,839,197
Unfilled Slots @ Revenue/Visit 14,851 189,571 225,826 280,134 308,090 326,435 461,261 343,762 220,002 2,369,931
Lost Opportunity Dollars 4,209,128
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Affordable Provider Cost at Current Fill Level
Total Provider Cost 3,611,568
Filled Slots % of Total Slots Available
15,007 31,284 = 48.00%
Affordable Provider Cost 1,733,553
Average Cost Per FTE Provider
or $ 3,567,130 7.9 FTEs = 451,535
Number of FTEs supported by Current
Provider Productivity 3.84
Current Provider Visits Per FTE 1,900
Required Level Per FTE at Affordable Level 3,960
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Totals Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Totals
Provider 1 0 19 19 19 56
Provider 2 26 26 26 26 26 130 0
Provider 3 23 17 19 59 0
Provider 4 26 26 26 26 26 130 0
Provider 5 26 26 26 78 26 26 52
Provider 6 0 26 26 26 26 26 130
Provider 7 26 26 26 26 26 130 0
Provider 8 26 26 26 26 26 130 0
Provider 9 14 28 26 16 84 28 28
Totals 167 175 52 149 52 0 741 45 45 52 45 52 266
Site One
Provider Template Slots
Site Two
Provider Template Slots
Is Your Schedule Designed Such That it Produces Desired Results?
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Total Weekly Slots Available
MD's (totals for 1 week X 44 weeks) 10,780
Mid-Levels (totals for 1 week X 44 weeks) 33,528
Totals 44,308
Analysis Actual Variance
Ann'zed Visits From Actual
Available Slots X 12 Months = Annual Visits 44,308
X No Show Rate of 35% 15,508
Net Billable Visits from Current Schedule 28,800 15,601 13,199
X Average Collections Per Visit of $145.00 = $4,176,000 $2,262,145 $1,913,855
Excess
% No Show % Fill Rate Revenue Cost (Loss)
Date Day of Week # Providers 8-12noon 12-1pm 1-5pm Totals 8-12noon 12-1pm 1-5pm Totals
Site One - Monday's
1/4/2016 Monday 5.00 43 13 46 102 33 9 35 77 24.5% 78.46% 11,211.20 12,863.50 (1,652.30)
1/11/2016 Monday 5.00 42 15 41 98 32 15 36 83 15.3% 75.38% 12,084.80 12,863.50 (778.70)
1/25/2016 Monday 4.33 31 18 44 93 25 11 33 69 25.8% 82.61% 10,046.40 11,139.79 (1,093.39)
Totals Site One - Monday's 116 46 131 293 90 35 104 229 21.8% 33,342.40 36,866.79 (3,524.39)
Site One - Tuesday's
1/5/2016 Tuesday 3.00 21 19 24 64 21 18 20 59 7.8% 88.89% 8,590.40 7,718.10 872.30
1/12/2016 Tuesday 3.00 16 9 26 51 12 8 22 42 17.6% 70.83% 6,115.20 7,718.10 (1,602.90)
1/19/2016 Tuesday 4.33 19 20 22 61 18 14 19 51 16.4% 58.70% 7,425.60 11,139.79 (3,714.19)
1/26/2016 Tuesday 3.00 11 17 16 44 7 15 14 36 18.2% 61.11% 5,241.60 7,718.10 (2,476.50)
Totals Site One - Tuesday's 67 65 88 220 58 55 75 188 14.5% 27,372.80 34,294.09 (6,921.29)
Site One - Wednesday's
1/6/2016 Wednesday 5.00 32 7 35 74 25 6 31 62 16.2% 61.67% 9,027.20 12,863.50 (3,836.30)
1/13/2016 Wednesday 4.00 26 3 30 59 16 2 28 46 22.0% 61.46% 6,697.60 10,290.80 (3,593.20)
1/20/2016 Wednesday 5.00 43 9 40 92 37 8 37 82 10.9% 76.67% 11,939.20 12,863.50 (924.30)
1/27/2016 Wednesday 5.00 28 6 35 69 22 4 34 60 13.0% 57.50% 8,736.00 12,863.50 (4,127.50)
Totals Site One - Wednesday's 129 25 140 294 100 20 130 250 15.0% 36,400.00 48,881.30 (12,481.30)
# of Patients Scheduled
# of Patients Seen
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January 2016 Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5 Provider 6 Provider 7 Provider 8 Provider 9 Totals
Number Scheduled
Mondays 54 61 41 37 51 51 47 25 60 427
Tuesdays 56 59 53 47 57 71 50 21 95 509
Wednesdays 53 53 56 9 21 0 50 28 72 342
Thursdays 17 55 69 64 67 47 48 34 51 452
Fridays 32 54 55 0 25 0 50 22 67 305
212 282 274 157 221 169 245 130 345 2035
Number Kept (or Seen)
Mondays 40 36 27 27 34 35 34 23 40 296
Tuesdays 44 41 38 24 37 41 22 17 64 328
Wednesdays 41 33 29 7 18 0 39 26 42 235
Thursdays 13 46 40 40 46 25 35 25 31 301
Fridays 32 44 39 0 19 0 37 17 43 231
170 200 173 98 154 101 167 108 220 1391
% Not Kept (or No Show %)
Mondays 0.259 0.410 0.341 0.270 0.333 0.314 0.277 0.080 0.333 0.307
Tuesdays 0.214 0.305 0.283 0.489 0.351 0.423 0.560 0.190 0.326 0.356
Wednesdays 0.226 0.377 0.482 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.220 0.071 0.417 0.313
Thursdays 0.235 0.164 0.420 0.375 0.313 0.468 0.271 0.265 0.392 0.334
Fridays 0.000 0.185 0.291 0.000 0.240 0.000 0.260 0.227 0.358 0.243
Provider
Slots Available Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5 Provider 6 Provider 7 Provider 8 Provider 9 Totals
Mondays 78 78 78 54 78 67 68 74 79 654
Tuesdays 93 86 84 64 90 72 52 83 98 722
Wednesdays 99 96 100 14 96 0 100 97 75 677
Thursdays 26 104 104 98 104 40 104 104 84 768
Fridays 52 104 104 0 104 0 104 104 112 684
348 468 470 230 472 179 428 462 448 3505
Number Scheduled
Mondays 54 61 41 37 51 51 47 25 60 427
Tuesdays 56 59 53 47 57 71 50 21 95 509
Wednesdays 53 53 56 9 21 0 50 28 72 342
Thursdays 17 55 69 64 67 47 48 34 51 452
Fridays 32 54 55 0 25 0 50 22 67 305
212 282 274 157 221 169 245 130 345 2035
Fill Quotient
Mondays 0.692 0.782 0.526 0.685 0.654 0.761 0.691 0.338 0.759 0.653
Tuesdays 0.602 0.686 0.631 0.734 0.633 0.986 0.962 0.253 0.969 0.705
Wednesdays 0.535 0.552 0.560 0.000 0.219 0.000 0.500 0.289 0.960 0.505
Thursdays 0.654 0.529 0.663 0.653 0.644 1.175 0.462 0.327 0.607 0.589
Fridays 0.615 0.519 0.529 0.000 0.240 0.000 0.481 0.212 0.598 0.446
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January February 1/2 March Totals Annualized
Analysis
At 90% Fill rate and: 3,155 2,823 1,672 7,650 36,720
If No Show Rate were 30% 2,208 1,976 1,171 5,355 25,704
Difference from Actual Visits 817 711 393 1,921 9,221
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit $118,977 $103,567 $57,154 $279,698 $1,342,548
If No Show Rate were 20% 2,524 2,259 1,338 6,120 29,376
Difference from Actual Visits 1,133 994 560 2,686 12,893
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit $164,907 $144,674 $81,501 $391,082 $1,877,192
At 80% Fill rate and: 2,804 2,510 1,486 6,800 32,640
If No Show Rate were 30% 1,963 1,757 1,040 4,760 22,848
Difference from Actual Visits 572 492 262 1,326 6,365
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit $83,254 $71,594 $38,217 $193,066 $926,715
If No Show Rate were 20% 2,243 2,008 1,189 5,440 26,112
Difference from Actual Visits 852 743 411 2,006 9,629
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit $124,080 $108,134 $59,859 $292,074 $1,401,953
At 70% Fill rate and: 2,454 2,196 1,301 5,950 28,560
If No Show Rate were 30% 1,717 1,537 910 4,165 19,992
Difference from Actual Visits 326 272 132 731 3,507
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit 47,466 39,622 19,280 106,368 510,567
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If No Show Rate were 20% 1,963 1,757 1,040 4,760 22,848
Difference from Actual Visits 572 492 262 1,326 6,365
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit 83,254 71,594 38,217 193,066 926,715
Current Fill Rate = 58% 64% 67% 62%
At Current Fill rate and: 2,035 2,002 1,236 5,273 25,310
If No Show Rate were 30% 1,425 1,401 865 3,691 17,717
Difference from Actual Visits 34 136 87 257 1,234
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit $4,950 $19,802 $12,667 $37,419 $179,611
If No Show Rate were 20% 1,628 1,602 989 4,219 20,251
Difference from Actual Visits 237 337 211 785 3,768
$ Value @ $145.60/Visit $34,507 $49,067 $30,722 $114,296 $548,621
Actual Patients Seen 1,391 1,265 778 3,434 16,483
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Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5 Totals
Physician Physician Physician FNP PA
4 hours admin. time per provider
4 hours X 44 weeks (220 days 5 days) 176 176 141 176 176 845
Patient Visits - 4 hours admin X 12
visits 528 528 422 528 528 2,534
Cost Per Appointment Slot Unfilled 126.66 126.91 130.03 121.79 121.05 125.09
Total Cost of Administrative Time 66,876 67,009 54,873 64,303 63,914 316,977
Loss Revenue at $ 100/visit 52,800 52,800 42,200 52,800 52,800 253,400
Total Financial Impact of Adminstrative Allowance 119,676 119,809 97,073 117,103 116,714 570,377
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Adj to 100%
Net Net # of Days # of Days Avg. Days FTE Days
Provider Name FTE Total Hrs. Holiday Vacation Sick CME Other Worked FTE Worked In Yr/FTE Off Off
Provider 1 0.06 132.50 18.00 114.50 0.06 14 17 2 35
Provider 2 1.00 2,080.00 88.50 137.50 97.00 38.00 8.00 1,711.00 0.82 214 260 46 46
Provider 3 0.28 583.00 24.00 9.00 10.00 540.00 0.26 68 73 5 19
Provider 4 1.00 2,080.00 96.00 211.00 104.50 16.00 1,652.50 0.79 207 260 53 53
Provider 5 1.00 2,080.00 89.25 150.00 21.00 18.50 1,801.25 0.87 225 260 35 35
Provider 6 0.82 1,696.00 95.50 112.50 107.00 16.00 1,365.00 0.66 171 212 41 51
Provider 7 0.11 224.00 8.00 8.00 208.00 0.10 26 28 2 19
Provider 8 0.51 1,064.00 32.00 80.00 4.50 947.50 0.46 118 133 15 28
Provider 9 0.28 584.00 24.00 4.00 556.00 0.27 70 73 4 12
Totals and Averages 5.06 10,523.50 457.25 730.00 323.00 59.00 58.50 8,895.75 4.28 124 146 23 33
Analysis of Provider Time Off
# of Work Days in Year = 260.00
Avg.Work Days off Per Provider 33.00
Avg Work Days Per Provider 227.00
Outliers
Provider 2 46
Provider 4 53
Provider 5 35
Provider 6 51
Cost of Excess Days
53 Days X Avg Provider Cost/Day of $ 1758 = $93,190
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Excess
% No Show % Fill Rate Revenue Cost (Loss)
Date Day of Week # Providers 5-6pm 6-7pm 7-8pm Totals 5-6pm 6-7pm 7-8pm Totals
Site One
1/4/2016 Monday 2.00 5 8 0 13 4 6 0 10 23.1% 65.00% 1,456.00 1,979.00 (523.00)
1/5/2016 Tuesday 2.00 7 6 0 13 5 4 0 9 30.8% 65.00% 1,310.40 1,979.00 (668.60)
1/7/2016 Thursday 1.00 3 1 0 4 3 1 0 4 0.0% 40.00% 582.40 989.50 (407.10)
1/11/2016 Monday 2.00 5 7 0 12 3 6 0 9 25.0% 60.00% 1,310.40 1,979.00 (668.60)
1/12/2016 Tuesday 2.00 8 6 0 14 5 6 0 11 21.4% 70.00% 1,601.60 1,979.00 (377.40)
1/14/2016 Thursday 1.00 3 3 0 6 2 2 0 4 33.3% 60.00% 582.40 989.50 (407.10)
1/19/2016 Tuesday 1.00 4 3 0 7 2 2 0 4 42.9% 70.00% 582.40 989.50 (407.10)
1/21/2016 Thursday 1.00 3 3 0 6 3 2 0 5 16.7% 60.00% 728.00 989.50 (261.50)
1/25/2016 Monday 2.00 5 6 0 11 5 4 0 9 18.2% 55.00% 1,310.40 1,979.00 (668.60)
1/26/2016 Tuesday 3.00 8 5 0 13 7 4 0 11 15.4% 43.33% 1,601.60 2,968.50 (1,366.90)
1/28/2016 Thursday 1.00 5 5 0 10 5 3 0 8 20.0% 100.00% 1,164.80 989.50 175.30
Totals Site One - January 2016 56 53 0 109 44 40 0 84 22.9% 12,230.40 17,811.00 (5,580.60)
Late Hours
# of Patients Scheduled
Late Hours
# of Patients Seen
Central Office
Patient Services & Other Revenue Visits Rate/Visit Net Revenue Visits Rate/Visit Net Revenue Revenue Visits Net Revenue
Medicare 609 83.52 50,864 628 83.52 52,451 1,237 103,314
Medicare Managed Care 517 83.52 43,180 232 83.52 19,377 749 62,556
Medicaid 1,508 99.62 150,227 396 99.62 39,450 1,904 189,676
Medicaid Managed Care 835 99.62 83,183 232 99.62 23,112 1,067 106,295
Private Insurance/Other 729 76.30 55,623 425 76.30 32,428 1,154 88,050
Self-Pay @ 200% or Above 0 58.08 0 0 58.08 0 0 0
Self-Pay Below 200% 2,882 12.00 34,584 1,656 12.00 19,872 4,538 54,456
Federal Grant Funds 1,110,331 1,110,331
Other Revenue 80,777 80,777
Total Revenue 7,080 417,660 3,569 186,688 1,191,108 10,649 1,795,456
Allocation of CO Revenues 1,036,633 154,475 (1,191,108) 0
Revenue After Allocation of CO 1,454,293 341,163 0 1,795,456
Expenses Personnel
Total Salaries Cost 475,701 213,810 373,171 1,062,682
Fringe Benefits 122,303 54,971 95,942 273,216
Total Personnel Cost 598,004 268,781 469,113 1,335,898
Contract Expenses 54,612 9,566 127,178 191,356
Supplies 36,827 6,562 12,208 55,597
Total Other Expenses 48,445 48,589 120,998 218,032
Total Operating Expenses 737,888 333,498 729,497 1,800,883
Allocation of Central Office Costs 503,353 226,144 (729,497)
Total Cost of Operations Per Site 1,241,241 559,642 0 1,800,883
Revenues Over (Under) Expenses 213,052 (218,479) (5,427)
TotalsSite One Site Two
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Answered Calls January
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Unanswered Calls January
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STEP 5
Are We Meeting Our Goals?
We Must Continue to Monitor Progress Using Data to Evaluate
We Must Make Adjustments When Results Arent Meeting Our Goals
Step 4: Evaluation and Review
Monthly Monthly Variance YTD YTD Variance
Budget Actual Over(Under) Budget Actual Over(Under)
Billiable Patient Visits
Site/Provider #1
Medicare 50 35 (15) 600 650 50
Medicaid 150 134 (16) 1,800 1,820 20
Private Insurance 30 33 3 360 350 (10)
Self-Pay Patients 110 125 15 1,320 1,400 80
Other 10 14 4 120 110 (10)
Total for Site/Provider #1 350 341 (9) 4,200 4,330 130
Site/Provider #2
Medicare 55 50 (5) 660 625 (35)
Medicaid 165 160 (5) 1,980 2,080 100
Private Insurance 35 40 5 420 450 30
Self-Pay Patients 105 110 5 1,260 1,330 70
Other 10 11 1 120 95 (25)
Total for Site/Provider #2 370 371 1 4,440 4,580 140
Total for All Sites/Providers
Medicare 530 540 10 6,360 6,400 40
Medicaid 1,550 1,675 125 18,600 17,900 (700)
Private Insurance 400 410 10 4,800 4,650 (150)
Self-Pay Patients 1,350 1,440 90 16,200 17,500 1,300
Other 200 190 (10) 2,400 2,150 (250) Total for All Providers 4,030 4,255 225 48,360 48,600 240
Walk-ins 20% 25% 5% 20% 26% 6%
No Shows 30% 40% 10% 30% 42% 12%
New Patients
Medicare 6 3 (3) 72 61 (11)
Medicaid 45 38 (7) 540 490 (50)
Private Insurance 3 1 (2) 36 30 (6)
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Provider 1 Provider 2 Provider 3 Provider 4 Provider 5
2/1 4 8 4 2 5
2/2 5 10 4 9 5
2/3 5 9 5 4 4
2/4 2 3 3 3 7
2/7 6 3 2 2 6
2/8 1 11 2 11 8
2/9 7 8 4 10 4
2/10 3 5 3 4 4
2/11 5 5 3 6 5
2/14 0 6 2 5 3
2/15 3 4 2 4 7
2/16 6 0 4 3 4
2/17 4 5 5 6 6
2/18 5 3 4 6 6
Totals 56 80 47 75 74
% Unfilled/Day 19% 27.2% 16% 25.5% 25%
Provider Monday Tuesday Wed Thurs Fri Average
Provider 1
20.0% 14.0 10.0 10.0 17.0 14.2
Provider2
10.0% 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Provider 3
19.0% 19.2 19.6 13.0 18.0 3.6
Provider4
8.0% 8.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 8.4
Provider 5
16.0% 18.0 7.0 16.0 19.0 15.2
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Is your health center environment
structured in a way that ensures the
highest
effectiveness and efficiencies?
What are the components of successful health centers
culture that support an incentive compensation
system?
Accountability
Goal Setting
Provider focused
Productive environment
Incentive Compensation
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Transparency Providers and staff have to understand how the system works, and
how their job duties contribute to the overall performance of the center
Also must know how much they can potentially earn either in dollars, or percent of salary
Customization An incentive system has to be designed to fit the centers
operations
Must have an adequate reporting system on progress or lack there of.
Size of the Center The system should be proportional and realistic
A center with a budget of $5 million probably cannot support a total package of incentives worth $500K it is out of scale with the centers operations
WHAT MAKES AN INCENTIVE SYSTEM WORK?
MAKING INCENTIVES MEANINGFUL
Amount of the incentive
Target incentive compensation must be large enough to be a
meaningful incentive
May mean limiting participants
Linked directly to performance
Incentives cannot be pennies from heaven
Established around distinct criteria
A center should have requirements for participation in the
incentive program
Who participates if everyone gets incentive comp regardless
of individual performance, is there any true incentive?
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POTENTIAL PARTICIPATION CRITERIA
Minimum FTE requirement
e.g., 50% FTE minimum
Minimum length of service, and/or prorated based on length of
service during the year being incentivized
e.g., must be employed minimum of 6 months in the year, then
prorated to actual length of service
Employment status on date of payment
Must be an employee in good standing on the date of payment
Cannot be in a performance plan or on probation
Establishing an incentive system can be a culture change
Providers and staff may have chosen to work in a CHC because of
a (perceived) lack of focus on accountability; may be accustomed
to this type environment
Personnel may consider a helping culture to be more to their
liking
e.g., an example center where 50% of the provider team said
they didnt want incentive compensation, because it would
change the workplace too much
They preferred an environment where the most productive
physician noted that she voluntarily works extra shifts to
assist her colleagues who have children and family
obligations, and the team didnt want to upset that kind of
dynamic
CENTER CULTURE
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A center must develop a system that works within the environment
that exists at the center in terms of its finances, culture, and
operations
Incentive systems ultimately call into question every operating
tenet that the center has
Changes the way the center views teamwork, cost
containment, roles and responsibilities, outreach, customer
service, etc.
With the alignment of goals, expect that outspoken members of the
team will question the activities of coworkers, including senior
leaders, who become more accountable to the rest of the team as to
how their jobs impact the centers performance
IMPLEMENTING AN INCENTIVE SYSTEM
Provider Incentive Funding and
Participation
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Provider eligibility Participation should be based on a minimumFTE standard.
New Hires - providers should be on staff for one quarter prior to
participation to allow providers time to familiarize themselves with
the program and to build up a patient panel.
Threshold - The distribution of the funding for each component is
distributed among participating providers based on the performance
standards set by the organization. Performance standards are set by
determining acceptable minimum thresholds.
Weight of Component Each component carries a percentage
weight that determines the value of each component when
calculating the overall performance rating of a provider.
FACTORS TO CONSIDER PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION
Budget Neutral Approach Minimum or baseline productivity should
balance budget revenue expectations
Ability to Fund Incentive Pool Must have dollars set aside to pay
incentives.
Quality Importance A zero score on quality should have the result of
no incentive/bonus payments
FTE Definition Providers and management must agree on the FTE
definition used to determine productivity.
Agreement on Services to be Included The service areas should be
agreed upon between management and providers that will be used to
assign units for productivity.
Factors to consider prior to plan implementation
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Linking performance to incentive compensation could be executed in the following manner:
A. Risk
1) Cost of living adjustment at 3% to fund the pool
B. Opportunity-Based Increase
1) Group productivity incentive at 20% of net collections over standard
INCENTIVE POOL FUNDING
A. Risk
In lieu of annual salary increases for providers, the cost of living adjustment
can be utilized to fund the incentive compensation plan.
Total Providers 2015 Annual Base Salary $800,000
Expected 2015 Cost of Living Adjustment (3%) $24,000*
Total Providers 2016 Base Salary $800,000
Expected 2016 COLA (3%) $24,000
2016 Incentive Pool Funding $48,000
INCENTIVE POOL FUNDING
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B. Opportunity-Based Increase
Step One: Calculate Total Productivity
Current Target FTEs Annual Visits Annual Visits
Physician Standard Billable Visits 20 4,000 4,200
Mid-level Standard Billable Visits 10 2,400 2,500
(Billable visits count after provider has worked for six months)
Note: Target visits is approximately 5% above current productivity
INCENTIVE POOL FUNDING
B. Opportunity-Based Increase (continued)
Step Two: Calculation of Incremental Visits
Visit Total
FTEs Target Visits
Physicians 20 4,200 84,000
Mid-levels 10 2,500 25,000
Total Visits 109,000
Target Quarterly Visits (109,000/4) 27,250
Billable Visits for Quarter (actual) 29,250
Incremental Visits (Actual Target) 2,000
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B. Opportunity-Based Increase (continued)
Step Three: Calculate an average collection per visit using current billable visits
Evaluation of Collections:
Cash Collected for Quarter: $1,112,500
330 Grant Quarterly Allocation 350,000
Total Collections $1,462,500
Current Billable Visits for Quarter 29,250
Average Collection Per Visit ($1,462,500/29,250) $50.00
Incremental Visit Collections ($50 X 2,000) $100,000
Funding of the Pool ($100,000 X 20%) $20,000
INCENTIVE POOL FUNDING
Incentive Plan Structure
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Goals should be carefully chosen to balance conflicting
priorities, such as encouraging improvement in
provider efficiency and effectiveness while maintaining
a high level of quality of care. Categories of goals
could include:
Productivity
Patient Satisfaction
Quality of Care
Contribution to the Organization
COMPONENTS OF A PROVIDER PERFORMANCE
MONITORING PROCESS
Productivity is a key measure of provider performance. Increasing productivity can:
Maximize patient throughput Realize additional revenue Increase a health centers capacity to meet the needs of the
community
The most effective way to evaluate provider productivity is to use visits to measure financial contribution, and Relative Value Units (RVUs) to measure service contribution.
PROVIDER PRODUCTIVITY
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Providers (both physicians and mid-levels) can be evaluated against benchmarks appropriate for each provider level. Sample quarterly benchmarks are as follows:
Score Standing Score Quarterly Visits per FTE
Exceeds Expectations 4 1,200
Meets Expectations 3 1,000
Needs Improvement 2 850
Does Not Meet Expectations 1 < 750
Based on this example, a provider with 700 visits per FTE would score a 2 (Needs Improvement). Productivity is calculated utilizing billable visits. It is therefore imperative that provider coding patterns are monitored.
PROVIDER PRODUCTIVITY SCORING
Patient satisfaction is critical to maintaining and/orincreasing market share. Efforts to increase productivityand efficiency should enhance rather than mitigate patientsatisfaction. Providers who strive to meet their patientsexpectations should be acknowledged and rewarded.
It is extremely important to extract provider satisfactionfrom the patients overall health center experience.Therefore, factors beyond the providers control, such ashealth center amenities, waiting times not associated withprovider efficiency, front office staff performance, etc.,should not be included in the evaluation instrument.
PATIENT SATISFACTION
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The following issues could be included when selecting goals relating topatient satisfaction:
Medical care received
Ability to communicate treatment/medicine requirements, etc.
Listening and addressing questions/concerns
People Skills
The best way to gather this information is to use a provider-specific patient
satisfaction questionnaire. This questionnaire would be stand for all
providers and can be distributed to patients on a quarterly or on-going
basis.
PATIENT SATISFACTION
1. Do you feel your provider listened and understood your concern(s)?
Not at all ____ Somewhat____ Well____ Very Well____ Does Not
Apply______
2. How well did your provider meet your primary medical needs?
Poor ____ Fair ____ Good____ Excellent ____ Does Not
Apply______
3. How complete was your provider in explaining your condition and treatment
options?
Poor ____ Fair ____ Good ____ Excellent ____ Does Not
Apply_____
4. Would you recommend your physician/provider to family and friends?
Not at all ____ Maybe ____ Likely ____ Absolutely ____ Does Not
Apply_____
PATIENT SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE SAMPLE
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Evaluating a providers performance regarding patient satisfaction can beaccomplished by collecting the completed questionnaires and calculating the totalnumber of points realized by each provider divided by the total possible points.
For example:
How interested is your physician/provider in you and your medical problem(s)?
Not at all ___ Somewhat___ Interested___Very Interested___Does Not Apply ___
Points (0) (1) (2) (3) (0)
Suppose twenty patients completed a 5-question questionnaire for Provider A,resulting in a total of 200 points out of a possible 300 (66.7%).
PATIENT SATISFACTION SCORING
Each of the survey questions will be totaled using the same methodology toderive an overall score as follows:
Score Standing % of Total Point Targets Score
Exceeds Expectations 70% 4
Meets Expectations 60% 3
Needs Improvement 50% 2
Does Not Meet Expectations < 50% 1
Based on this scoring system, Provider A having received a score of 62.5%
would receive a score of 3.
PATIENT SATISFACTION SCORING
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Quality of Care is a tenet of any healthcare organization and is a central component ofprovider responsibility. Providers should be held accountable to provide the highestquality of care to his/her patients. Quality of Care can be measured on many levels.Categories could include:
Prevention/Primary Care
Immunizations/Vaccinations
Vision and Hearing Screening
Cholesterol Screening
Annual Pap Smear
Condition/Disease Specific
Asthma Management (Adult and Pediatric)
Diabetes Management
Hypertension Management
QUALITY OF CARE
Documentation
Accurate Documentation of Medical Record
Match Between ICD-9 and CPT Codes
Up-to-date Problem List
Providers and Management must work together to pre-
determine the specific quality goals within each category as
well as benchmarks that should be used to evaluate the
providers with respect to the achievement of such goals.
QUALITY OF CARE
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Quality of Care can be measured on a PASS/FAIL score. An overall Pass/Fail score for each participating provider
will be assigned based on results from the selected measures.
Because the overall evaluation of participating providers is a weightedaverage of the four component scores, the Pass/Fail score for Quality ofCare must be assigned a numeric value. The Pass/Fail results will be linkedto a numeric score as follows:
Pass/Fail Result Numeric ScorePass 4Fail 1
QUALITY OF CARE SCORING
Providers play an important role in improving operations by ensuring continuity of and access to care, and by actively participating in their communities. These activities often go beyond the job description and should be encouraged and rewarded.
Contribution to the organization/community can be measured in many ways, including the following: Participation in internal and external committees Participation in marketing, outreach and community service
activities which enhance the health centers exposure Participates in teaching, mentoring or research activities either
internal and or external Maintenance of CME requirements Maintenance of academic appointments, participation in teaching
programs, participation in research
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY
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A providers contribution to the organization/community can be evaluated by collecting the completed questionnaires and calculating the total number of points realized by each provider divided by the total possible points.
Example
Response scores for questions may vary. Suppose using a ten question form, Provider A has a total score of 20 points out of a total possible score of 30 points, or 66.7% of total possible points.
% of Total Possible
Score Standing Points Targets Score
Exceeds Expectations 75% 4
Meets Expectations 65% 3
Needs Improvement 55% 2
Does Not Meet Expectations < 55% 1
Based on this scoring system, Provider A would have received a score of 3.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY
SCORING
The Provider Performance Monitoring Process will utilize benchmarks to
score three of the four components. The benchmarks for these components
are linked to the following numeric scoring range:
4=Exceeds Expectations
3=Meets Expectations
2=Needs Improvement
1=Does Not Meet Expectations
The Quality of Care results of Pass or Fail are assigned an automatic
numeric score of 4 or 1, respectively.
OVERALL SCORING
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The overall score of the providers results is determinedby the weight distribution of each component. In theexample below, the sample organization chose todistribute the overall score in the following manner:
Provider Productivity 40%
Quality of Care 30%
Patient Satisfaction 20%
Contribution to the Organization 10%
Total 100%
OVERALL SCORING
Weighted
Component Score Weight Score
Provider Productivity 2 35% .7
Quality of Care 4 25% 1.0
Patient Satisfaction 3 20% .6
Contribution to the Organization 3 20% .6
Weighted Summary Score 100% 2.9
To calculate a total weighted summary score, multiply each component
score by its respective weight and then sum the totals. Below is the
weighted summary score for a sample provider:
OVERALL SCORING
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Compare the total weighted scores amongst providers to determine their
percentage of the incentive compensation pool
Overall Scoring/Payment
Total Weighted
Points
% of Points/ Incentive
Comp Pool
Incentive Comp
Earned
Provider A 2.1 13% 6,334$
Provider B 3.4 20% 9,744$
Provider C 3.6 22% 10,718$
Provider D 1.6 10% 4,872$ Failed quality
Provider E 2.9 17% 8,282$
Provider F 3.1 18% 8,770$
Total 16.7 48,720$
Since a score of 1 is the minimum, measure points above the minimum to
create a greater differential
Overall Scoring/Payment Greater Differential
Total Weighted
Points
Points Above
Minimum
% of Points/ Incentive
Comp Pool
Incentive
Comp Earned
Provider A 2.1 1.1 10% 4,872$
Provider B 3.4 2.4 22% 10,718$
Provider C 3.6 2.6 24% 11,693$
Provider D 1.6 0.6 6% 2,923$ Failed quality
Provider E 2.9 1.9 18% 8,770$
Provider F 3.1 2.1 20% 9,744$
Total 10.7 48,720$
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Provider Distribution Option 2:
Direct Pool Distribution
Total Incentive Compensation Funding - $20,000
Provider Productivity Funding Distribution 50%
Provider Productivity Pool Distribution - $10,000
Quality Required - No
Provider Work
RVUs/FTE
Dist % Pool Distribution
Handler 2,500 31% $3,100
Jeffreys 2,600 33% $3,300
Smith 2,900 36% $3,600
Total 8,000 100% $10,000
Funding Distribution Among Providers
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Total Incentive Compensation Funding - $20,000 Patient Satisfaction Funding Distribution 25% Patient Satisfaction Pool Distribution - $5,000 Quality Required - Yes
Provider Patient
Satisfaction*
Dist % Pool Distribution
Quality
Handler 94% 52% $2,600 Pass
Jeffreys 89% N/A $0 Fail
Smith 86% 48% $2,400 Pass
Total 180%** 100% $5,000
* percentage of total available survey points
** total of applicable providers only
Funding Distribution Among Providers
Total Incentive Compensation Funding - $20,000
Contribution to the Organization Funding Distribution 25%
Contribution to the Organization Pool Distribution - $5,000
Quality Required - Yes
Provider Contribution
Calculation
Dist % Pool Distribution
Quality
Handler 50% 41% $2,050 Pass
Jeffreys 100% N/A $0 Fail
Smith 80% 59% $2,950 Pass
Total 135%** 100% $5,000
** total of applicable providers only
Funding Distribution Among Providers
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Total Incentive Compensation Funding - $20,000
Totals By Provider
Provider Productivity Patient
Satisfaction
Contribution to
the Organization
Total Pool
Distribution
Handler $3,100 $2,600 $2,050 $7,750
Jeffreys $3,300 $0 $0 $3,300
Smith $3,600 $2,400 $2,950 $8,950
Total $20,000
Funding Distribution Among Providers
All staff of the health center will be encouraged to
support:
a highly productive organization
a high quality organization
an organization where patient satisfaction is required
superior customer service
efficiency, attendance, and pitching in
Staff Goal Setting
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All line staff are in alignment when they can clearly
articulate how their job responsibilities can assist the center in
meeting its stretch goals
Because it is usually impractical to consider individual goals
for all staff members, one method is to compare organizational
performance in terms of billable visits per provider FTE for
the whole year
An increase is a good proxy measure for increased revenues
Remember: self-pay visits are considered billable, so there
is no conflict with the health centers mission
Staff Goal Setting
Assumption: Prior year average billable visits per provider
FTE was 3,500
Model: Organization must pass minimum quality standard
and minimum patient satisfaction standard, and the center
meets its target of $400,000 net income (after accruing for
incentive payments).
If these are passed, and billable visits increase by at least 5%
or 3,675 billable visits per provider FTE, staff would be
incentivized as follows:
Staff Incentive Compensation
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Current Year Billable Visits
Per Provider FTE Bonus on Salary
3,675 3,850 1.5%
3,850 4,025 2.5%
4,025 4,200 3.5%
> 4,200 5%
Note that this method would already take into account a pro-rating of an employees FTE
SAMPLE STAFF INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
Data Driven Decision Making
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Process of making choices based on appropriate analysis of
relevant information.
Important because with the right data at the right time,
decisions have better outcomes
Must establish a system of reporting that answers
managements questions.
Must identify benchmarks and performance targets in order to
measure progress.
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There is a danger to solely relying on experience and intuition (this is what
worked last time, or this is how weve always done it) and ignoring performance
measurement data. Gut feeling and seat of the pants decisions can lead to less
than desirable results! This system works less well as an organization grows
There are also dangers to an over-reliance of data for decisions. An enlightened
decision maker will balance data analysis results with their experience.
Of key importance is to establish measures to quickly identify trends
Through annual operating budget and longer-term strategic planning processes,
health center should establish goals and objectives for data and
outcomes.measures that indicate progress or lack of progress.
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Assign limited resources to different business segments of the health
center:
Sites
Departments
Services
Capital (including IT)
Determine how much business volume will be generated and what types
of services will be provided
Establish where to focus efforts on Process Improvement and/or
reengineering
Determine how employees will be compensated and rewarded
DECISIONS:
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Developing the Data
Reporting System
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Helps to find problem areas, success areas, and stagnant areas.
Evaluates where previous decisions are working, or not working.
Summary data will allow leadership to focus on the most critical
elements, however there must be decisions about what critical elements
are important.
Proper construction of data reports and performance measures can
indicate proper support of the mission and vision of the health center.
Data and reporting need to be designed such that those below senior
leadership can make decisions at the safest level. Policies and
procedures also support this design.
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Short and concise
May include graphs and charts
Allows for drill down to the details
Can be designed to show relationship between various factors
Can be approximate, rather than 100% accurate, so as to ensure expediency of review.
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Identify the performance area and audience
Financial Position and Performance - CFO
Clinical Services/Patient Care - CMO
Operations - COO
Other MIS, Compliance, HR, etc.
Everything!!! CEO, Board
Aggregate all measures in each performance area
Identify measures critical to the centers success
Narrow measures down to those that are the most useful at any given point
in time
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Design one-page dashboards that:
Present measures based on a fre