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Staffing Assessments
Hospitals face pressures to achieve improved financial performance through more effective cost management. As a result, the efficient utilization of labor resources has become a top priority for hospitals across the country. BKD National Health Care Group helps hospitals improve efficiency through staffing assessments and process improvement solutions.
Staffing Assessments
- Analyze current productivity levels by department based on worked hours per unit of service.
- Interview department managers to obtain an understanding of the scope and volume of services rendered within each department.
- Establish benchmarks customized for each department’s activity level.
- Quantify the potential annual savings opportunity if the benchmark targets are achieved.
Process Improvement Implementation
Once a staffing assessment is completed, BKD helps implement changes effectively at the departmental level through the following process:
- Observe existing work processes within the applicable department to obtain a better understanding of the current operational structure, use of technology, policies and procedures, staffing schedules, etc.
- Facilitate a structured intervention with several members of the department to identify factors that both inhibit productivity and facilitate productivity. This includes evaluating the impact other departments within the hospital have on the existing department’s operations.
- Assist the department with the development of formal recommendations for improvement that will streamline processes and enhance the quality and efficiency of work performed.
Eddie Marmouget
Eddie Marmouget
National Industry Partner
Consulting
Health Care
Springfield
417.865.8701
Kimberly McKay
Kimberly McKay
Partner
Audit
Health Care
Colorado Springs
719.471.4290
Kevin Gore
Kevin Gore
Partner
Audit
Health Care
Tulsa
918.584.2900
David Kottak
David Kottak
Partner
Audit
Health Care
Louisville
502.581.0435
I have used BKD at two different facilities for a full range of financial services. Their professionals have provided us with audit, tax, coding and billing and cost report services and have assisted us in operations management and revenue enhancement. Routinely, implementation of their recommendations had a positive influence on the financial outcomes of our programs.
— Brooks Miller, Executive Director
Jordan Valley Community Health Center
Springfield, Missouri
The people at BKD are a great asset. Our advisor is easy to work with and very knowledgeable. He is accessible and takes the time to teach and advise, showing he really cares about our business.
— Mina Acquaye, Chief Executive Officer
Excell Home Care
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Catholic Health Partners is an important client—that’s the clear message I get from BKD. From partner interaction to the hands-on involvement and accessibility of senior-level and other personnel, theirs is an adept team effort that works very well. They are highly responsive to our needs. I also appreciate the wide range of BKD services I can use for more complex business issues.
— Scott D. Schitter, CPA
Corporate Director of Reimbursement & Tax Services
Catholic Health Partners
Cincinnati, Ohio
Last year our 60-bed facility census was low, there was no reimbursement and by December we were $100,000 in the red. This is when we hired BKD for the Medicare certification and training. The following fiscal year end we were $98,000 in the black and able to keep the facility running.
— Donna Stelling, Administrator
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Cole Camp, Missouri
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