Feb 01

What:…..Surgical Directions’ Executive Forum, “How to Develop and Operate a Great Perioperative Service Line”
When:….March 4th & 5th (Registration Due by February 15, 2009)
Where:…Tuscon, AZ


Surgical Direction’s is pleased to announce our upcoming Executive Forum entitled, “How to Develop and Operate a Great Perioperative Service Line”. This event will take place alongside the American Association of Clinical Directors’ 2010 Annual Meeting on March 4th & 5th and is being held at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, AZ.

Surgical Directions has designed this event specifically for hospital and health leaders that have completed a perioperative transformation and are looking for additional insights and guidance into what other top hospitals and managers are doing to build and maintain market leading perioperative services.

The forum will include educational sessions and workshops on perioperative topics of interest, such as:

  • Impact of Health Reform on Perioperative Services
    • How Health Reform will impact volume and reimbursement
    • What you should do to prepare
  • How to Develop A Great Perioperative Service Line
    • Characteristics of “Better Performing” Perioperative Services
    • What are the benchmarks for “Better Performing” Operating Rooms
    • What will be the future benchmarks
  • Utilizing Sales to Grow OR Volumes – Lessons from the battle field
    • How do you structure and implement sales into perioperative services
    • How do you appropriately incentivize and monitor sales representatives
    • How do you grow OR volume
  • Utilizing Processes to Improve Perioperative Processes
    • How can Lean Six Sigma be utilized to improve scheduling PAT processes
  • Utilizing PAT to establish a competitive advantage for your hospital, grow surgical volume and improve clinical outcomes
    • Presentation of a case study that demonstrations how PAT contributed to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital being designated as “Best Performing” by the American College of Surgeons

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Sep 23

Lee Hedman’s recent article in Anesthesiology News titled “Better Bargaining Is Leveraged by Better Performance” encourages anesthesia group practices to optimize their group’s financial performance before approaching the hospital for new or renewed financial support. Tighter economic conditions have caused hospitals to scrutinize stipend arrangements even more closely. Ensuring that an anesthesia group’s financial practice is optimal, particularly in comparison to industry benchmarks, will give the groups an edge in negotiations. To read the article please go to www.anesthesiologynews.com or contact Lee at lhedman@surgicaldirections.com.

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Questions/comments? Please give us a call 312.239.2967.

Sep 16

Lee Hedman and Amy Bergman’s article “How to get the most out of your anesthesia billing company” has been published by MGMA… check it out here…

http://bit.ly/2g6qxx

Do you regularly monitor your anesthesia billing company’s performance? We’d like to hear from you…

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