Case Study: Hospital Improves Revenue Through Reliable Anesthesia Coverage

A California hospital was experiencing sub-par revenues, due mainly to its incumbent anesthesia group. The group was not providing sufficient competent coverage to support both the hospital’s OR and OB, leaving the busy OB without adequate coverage. The hospital discovered that because its existing anesthesia team was negatively affecting patient and surgeon satisfaction, it was unable to attract and recruit the best surgeons in order to improve revenue.

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Somnia Anesthesia Services was brought on-board to improve the how the hospital was maintaining its anesthesia services. Some of the steps required included:

  • Creating a transparent anesthesia subsidy;
  • Improving MD and CRNA staffing;
  • Improving communications among the hospital, surgeons and the anesthesia group; and
  • Developing a QA program to track surgeon and patient satisfaction as well as other procedure data.

After one year of the new system, the hospital achieved a 30 percent increase in revenues

Read the complete case study on improving revenue through better anesthesia management (pdf).

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