2006 Medical Group Forum Group Practice Operating Issues Session II C
Pre-Agreement Issues Pre-”Go-Live” Issues Operating Issues
Pre-Agreement Issues ► Structure of Group ► Strategy ► Dispute Resolution ► Corporate Support Services
Structure of Group ► Board of Managers/Directors ► Executive Committee/CEO ► Chief Operating Officer ► Central Decision Making Schema
Strategy ► Payer Contracts ► Ancillary Services ► Pay for Hospital Services ► Expansion
Dispute Resolution ► State (Office) versus Federal (Corp) ► Individual (Physician) versus Group
Central Support Services ► Malpractice Insurance ► Strategic Advice ► Legal Support ► Accounting Services ► Corporate Services
Pre-”Go-Live” Issues ► Corporate Services ► Location of Corporate Office ► Operating Systems ► $$ Issues
Corporate Services ► Contract Negotiations ► Claims Submission and Receipt Posting ► Human Resources ► Accounting
Location of Corporate Office ► Geography ► Electrical Power ► Phone/Data Lines ► Staffing
Operating Systems ► Practice Management System ► Electronic Health Record
Dollar Issues ► Corporate Fee Rate Timing ► $$ Get Where $$ Belong Received by Corporate office Delivered to Care Center/Office
Operating Issues ► Delineation: Corp vs Care Center Functions ► Development of Best Practices ► Consolidation of Core Services ► Transition of New Members
Corp vs Care Center Functions ► Accountability ► Control ► Power
Accountability Issues ► Define Corp v CC Responsibility on Billing and ?Collecting? Management of Info System Accounting/Finance Human Resources Services Other Intersecting Functions
Control Issues ► Define Corp v CC Responsibility on: Employing and Terminating Employees Money Earned v Money Delivered Master Files in Information System Accounting Standards Other Intersecting Functions
Power Issues ► Define Relative Power of CC v Corp on: Procedural Issues Strategic Issues Autonomy
Best Practices ► Find Best Practices Through: Information System Communication Between CC’s Discussions with Payers
Consolidation of Core Services ► Banking ► Accounting ► Malpractice Insurance ► Claims Submission/Posting to Collecting ► Credentialing ► Employee Management ► Purchasing
Transition of New Members ► Add New Members to Payers Information Systems Banking Liability Insurance – General and Medical Operations in General
Outcome ► Trade Surmountable Issues for: Power of Negotiation with Payers Power of Negotiation with Malpractice Carriers Critical Mass for Developing Ancillaries Ability to Influence the Bigger Picture And More to Come