HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Americore Health management services are designed to enhance quality, increase efficiency and improve profitability at the facility level. A team of professionals assist all facilities with the following services so our community and physician partners can concentrate on delivering quality patient care in a patient centric manner.
CLINICAL OPERATIONS
- Risk management compliance consisting of benchmarking clinical outcomes
- Survey preparedness for CMS, DNV and Certificate of Excellence
- System-wide clinical service meetings
- Development and maintenance of policies and procedures
- Assistance with licensing and credentialing
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
- Monthly partnership financial report preparation for governing board
- Automated AP workflow processes between facilities and company headquarters
- Cash management
- Annual financial audits
- Tax preparation and filing
- Annual budget creation and performance monitoring
- Financial analysis, performance benchmarking, financial projections
PURCHASING / SUPPLY CHAIN
- Coordination and evaluation of equipment needs for new facility projects, equipment upgrades and facility service line expansions
- Coordination with new physicians on equipment and supply requirements
- Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) data warehousing, compliance tracking and facilitation of national agreements
- Management of national vendor relationships
- Capital equipment procurement services
- Effective communication with all hospitals regarding purchasing opportunities for cost savings
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Facilities interconnected to a leading edge high-speed data infrastructure
- Centralized data management, backup and storage
- Systems integration
- 24-hour automated monitoring of data connections
- Secure remote access to critical data and applications from anywhere
- 24/7 technical support by trained staff
- Staff trained in first and second tier support for all mission critical systems
- Volume purchasing of hardware, software and telecommunications
- Hardware and Software license management
LEGAL
- Litigation support and management
- Regulatory compliance
- Contract Review
- Transactional matters and organizational matters including entity formation and reporting
HUMAN RESOURCES
- Benefit management including health care, flexible spending, 401K and life and disability insurance
- Payroll services including processing, garnishments, time and attendance and employment verification
- Government compliance administration including unemployment claims, FICA, FUTA, SUTA, EEOC, and workplace safety
- Recruitment and selection including applicant tracking, wage and salary data, pre-employment background checks and drug testing
- Performance management including performance appraisals, compensation/incentive plans, supervisor coaching and job description development
CREDENTIALING
- Medical staff management
- Initial appointments and re-appointments
- Credentialing database management
- Credentialing policies and procedures
MARKETING / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Supervision of branding and implementation of marketing and community awareness campaigns
- Implementation of focused promotions using marketing and PR expertise
- Community education programs on specialties and facility service lines
- Healthcare education seminars designed to enhance patient acquisition and increase awareness of hospitals’ services to physicians and patients
- Strategic alliances for co-op marketing and advertising opportunities
CENTRALIZED BUSINESS OFFICE
- Full-time professionals in benefit verification, patient financial counseling, coding, billing and collections.
- Billing support for all hospital facilities
- Setting and monitoring of benchmarks for all hospital facilities
- Participation in revenue cycle improvement initiatives
- Conducts periodic training at the facility
- Strategic alliances for co-op marketing and advertising opportunities