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Bariatric consulting services

Hello There!


Whether you are just starting your bariatric program or ready to boost your practice to the next level, I can help you with a range of consulting services. 


I look forward to learning about your goals and creating a custom action plan to ensure you achieve them. 

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Become a Thriving Bariatric Program!

Establish Goals & Increase Volume

Workflow Design & Practice Development

Operational Support & Process Mastery

  • Establish achievable surgical and medical weight loss projections
  • Develop streamlined, results driven processes 
  • Utilize innovative strategies to increase market-share 

Operational Support & Process Mastery

Workflow Design & Practice Development

Operational Support & Process Mastery

  • Development of a Proactive Tracking Process to increase engagement and throughput
  • Convert more patients from initial consultation to surgery
  • Apply process mastery techniques to decrease time in pipeline

Workflow Design & Practice Development

Workflow Design & Practice Development

Workflow Design & Practice Development

  • Provide full assessment of personnel to create custom staffing models
  • Define job expectations, work standards, cross training and scripting
  • Value Stream Mapping of Current State to Future State to eliminate redundancies and gaps

Process Mastery & Scalability

Quality Control & Clinical Protocols

Workflow Design & Practice Development

  • Improving Electronic Medical Record (EMR) documentation 
  • Billing practices to improve & maximize reimbursement for comprehensive services provided
  • Refine and streamline processes before, during, and after surgery 

Standardized Scheduling

Quality Control & Clinical Protocols

Quality Control & Clinical Protocols

  • Reverse engineer visit-based, protected blocks to maximize time for all clinicians
  • Allow ease of scheduling for staff
  • Decrease variability in availability

Quality Control & Clinical Protocols

Quality Control & Clinical Protocols

Quality Control & Clinical Protocols

  • Review patient selection criteria 
  • Create pathways to enhance recovery and outcomes after surgery
  • Provide high quality and cost conscious care

1st impressions are everything! Build a call center designed to engage & convert new patients!

1st impressions are everything! Build a call center designed to engage & convert new patients!

1st impressions are everything! Build a call center designed to engage & convert new patients!

1st impressions are everything! Build a call center designed to engage & convert new patients!

1st impressions are everything! Build a call center designed to engage & convert new patients!

1st impressions are everything! Build a call center designed to engage & convert new patients!

Dynamic Call Center

Benefit Verification

  • Accurately determine coverage
  • Navigate insurance requirements
  • Financial counseling to review estimated out of pocket expense

Lead Processing

  • Ensure all leads are received and processed
  • Promptly and systematically contact interested patients
  • Improve referral networks and relationships

Bariatric Scorecard

  • Develop a transparent reporting system
  • Distribute patients based on defined surgeon capacity
  • Regular report out system with all stakeholders

MBSAQIP FACILITY ACCREDITATION

MBSAQIP accredits inpatient and outpatient bariatric surgery centers in the U.S. and Canada that have undergone an independent, voluntary, and rigorous peer evaluation in accordance with nationally recognized bariatric surgical standards. This accreditation not only promotes uniform standard benchmarks, but also supports continuous quality improvement. 

Complete Review of Standard Manual

  • Prepare for MBSAQIP site visit
  • Development of Committee with quarterly agenda items
  • Understand all requirements to ensure safety and accreditation 

Hospital-Wide Education

Includes 3 Required Training Modules:

  • Identification of Complications
  • Ergonomics - Mobilizing the Patient with Obesity
  • Sensitivity 

Data Collection & Quality Improvement Projects

  • Assessment of the data collection process
  • Analyzing and communicating real-time metrics to decrease ER visits, readmissions, reoperations, reinterventions, morbidity and mortality 
  • Appropriately staff data abstractor and coordinator positions
  • Develop systematic, data guided initiatives to improve clinical care, patient safety, and healthcare operations
  • Safeguard your program is in alignment with evidence based best practices
  • Identify and prioritize potential areas for improvement 

Equipment & Facilities Design

  • Ensure all amenities are designed to accommodate patients with obesity 
  • Develop and maintain readily available written or electronic system to ensure that weight appropriate equipment is available 
  • Review all outpatient and/or inpatient requirements and assist with purchasing, if needed

MBS Committee & Clinical Pathway Development

  • Compile protocols to achieve predetermined outcomes (i.e., same day discharge)
  • Evaluate current practices and target areas of weakness with defined results 
  • Operationalize and communicate new value-based initiatives  

Learn impactful & effective strategies to popularize bariatric surgery

Learn impactful & effective strategies to popularize bariatric surgery

Learn impactful & effective strategies to popularize bariatric surgery

Learn impactful & effective strategies to popularize bariatric surgery

Learn impactful & effective strategies to popularize bariatric surgery

Learn impactful & effective strategies to popularize bariatric surgery

Market LIKE A PRO!

Marketing Campaigns

Marketing Campaigns

Marketing Campaigns

  • Improve patient engagement to elevate experience
  • Explore opportunities for growth
  • Boost brand awareness

Social Media

Marketing Campaigns

Marketing Campaigns

  • Build your interaction across multiple platforms
  • Leverage popular hashtags 
  • Connect with the Bariatric Community effectively 

Website Design

Marketing Campaigns

Website Design

  • Frictionless, simplified navigation
  • Increase visibility and traffic
  • Design call to action (CTA) to get started now with your practice

Virtual & Digital Resources

Utilize technology to improve access to care

Telemedicine

  • Improve access to care with virtual group and individual consultations before and after surgery
  • Remote delivery of comprehensive services
  • Conveniently provide accessible care

 

Support Groups

  • Create virtual live support group content calendar 
  • Provide support group leadership training
  • Creating and maintaining an interactive, private, Facebook Support Group

 

Patient Educational Resources

  • Ensure comprehensive and multi-disciplinary information is accurate, up-to-date, and convenient
  • Digital information delivery
  • Utilizing multimedia 


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