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Care Services Franchises

If you currently have, or are planning, an ambulatory surgery centre, then health care services offers consulting and management services that can ensure your success. They have years of experience in the care management field, along with a network of care professionals, a huge database of information and statistics, and a supply of relevant case studies with which to analyse your facility.

For existing facilities, they can conduct audits of your existing systems, from materials management to staffing to customer service, and analyse their performance and efficiency. They can send in a management team to overhaul your services and get your facility running at a higher level of efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

For new facilities, they can assist with every phase from planning clear through construction and licensing. They can assist with securing permits, designing an efficient facility with good customer flow, supervising the construction, acquiring medical equipment, setting up and implementing information systems, staffing issues, and preparation for inspection for licensure and accreditation.

Health care services offer professional, objective planning and management of your ambulatory surgery centre.

hey offer a valuable service to the medical community. They bring the business management aspect to your surgical centre, so you can concentrate on good patient care. They provide experience and expertise, to help develop or revitalise your ambulatory surgery centre. Our approach includes management, development, staffing, profitability and patient satisfaction.

They have a proven track record of excellence and success with facilities nationwide. They are currently working with facilities in 26 different states, and have senior management experience with more than 100 facilities.

They employ a network of health care professionals to consult, so they are up-to-date on all the latest developments in the field. They also share their own knowledge and experience, to ensure that they have a good behind-the-scenes understanding of the logistics of running an ambulatory surgical centre.

Development Management

Developing a new ambulatory surgical facility has many aspects, all of which must be attended to properly in order to ensure success. Do you really know everything that creating your new facility will entail?

The answer is, probably not. That's where the health care services comes in. They provide an objective, experienced resource to help you ask and answer the tough questions. Is an ambulatory surgical facility even feasible in your market? Where will the profits come from? What type of management structure do you want? How will you staff your centre? What are the hidden pitfalls to watch out for?

They bring twenty years of management and consulting experience to the table, along with a network of professionals to draw on for information. They can tell you if your plans will work, and if not, what you will need to modify to ensure success.

If you are considering a new ambulatory surgical centre, they will thoroughly review your circumstances: Demand for services; resources available; resources needed; existing competition. They will advise you on the best set-up for your centre, whether you should go with a free-standing facility or hospital-based, and which type of ownership would work best for you: Physician owned, hospital owned, or joint venture. When they are through, you will have a thorough plan for how to proceed that is customised specifically for your situation.

Once the project begins, they can supervise and assist with every phase of construction and development. They can assist with financing both the construction and the facility, designing your facility for optimum efficiency and patient flow, selection and acquisition of necessary equipment, managing construction, securing permits, and preparation of the completed facility for inspection for licensure and accreditation.

Consulting Services

The first stage to any major facility project should be consulting. Whether you are looking to create a new facility, upgrade an existing one, or revitalise a stagnant business, proper consultation can save time and money in the long run.

They offer expert consulting for every stage and type of facility project, from designing and staffing a new centre to overhauling management at your existing ambulatory surgical centre. They offer objective, experienced opinions on your existing situation and your plans for the future. Their years of experience allow us to contribute results from comparable, relevant cases, along with a vast database of information to supply crucial statistical and financial data that will allow you to really compare your facility to others nationwide.

For clients wishing to open a new ambulatory surgical centre, they offer the following services:

* Feasibility studies to determine your prospects in your marketplace

* Facility design and organisation

* Assistance with setting up financial and information systems

* Assistance with staffing

* Strategic planning to determine how to approach your services and care

* Assistance with forming joint ventures between the hospital and the physician partners of the facility

* Assistance with the Certificate of Need Application, so you can proceed with the project

* Contracting

* System implementation to get your facility functional on all levels

* Licensure and accreditation preparation, to ensure your facility can pass inspection

Services offered to existing facilities include:

* Assistance with changing ownership, such as switching to joint venture or free-standing

* Strategic planning to ensure the relevance and profitability of your centre in the future

* Operational audits to determine your facility's efficiency and performance

System audits and redesigns, including:

* Customer satisfaction (patient, surgeon, and employee)

* Scheduling and resource management

* Billing and A/R management

* Information systems

* Materials management

* Anaesthesia coordination

* Personnel, human resources, staff relations

* Clinical processes and quality improvement

* Contracting

* Pre-Operations Management

A successful facility does not just open its doors and have everything fall into place. If you want to hit the ground running, it requires extensive planning and careful management in the days before operation. Care services can assist you with the pre-operations phase of your facility, so that you can open for business more quickly, and be more successful right from the start.

Once construction is complete, what then? You might not even realise all of the components that will be required to ensure that your facility is successful and ready for business on opening day. An ambulatory surgical centre is a far different proposition than running a hospital, in both architecture and outlook, and must be designed and managed quite differently. They supply a turn-key approach to ensure that all facets of your centre are operational on opening day.

Some of the necessary services they provide include the following:

* Developing your operational policies and procedures

* Management of your start-up finances

* Hiring the most qualified staff available for all positions

* Coordinating move-in and set-up

* Setting up information systems and training staff in their use

* Negotiating contracts

* Preparation for inspection for licensing, certification and accreditation

* Don't open your doors before you're ready. Let us help you in the preliminary aspects, so your facility starts off on the right foot!

Transition Management

There is more to an ambulatory surgery centre than just treating the patients. In order to provide the kind of patient care and customer satisfaction that every centre wants, careful planning and management is required. In addition, your facility must be profitable, or it will not matter how skilled your staff is.

If you are considering restructuring your facility, care services can provide valuable expertise and resources. They can help you assess changes in management and structure, including the relative benefits of a free-standing facility vs. a hospital facility or a joint venture. They can help you assess whether or not to bring in new partners to your venture. Whatever your particular situation is, they can supply case studies, statistical and financial data, and years of experience to help you analyse and make proper decisions.

They have experience with dozens of facilities nationwide facing just such questions. For one client, they successfully managed the transition from a hospital outpatient surgery department (high-volume) into a fully-licensed, stand-alone centre -- in just three months! The transition was effected without any disruption to the existing surgery schedule, while maintaining all current employees.

With their assistance, you can achieve whatever transition you are planning with the least trouble and the greatest chance for long-term success.