Freed Associates

By: Chet Stagnaro As seen in Becker’s Hospital Review. Health care organization leaders are working hard to create, update and continuously improve on their processes to align with the Triple Aim initiative. Their top priorities include providing appropriate levels of patient care and patient care quality, as well as learning about patient and health plan member populations and optimizing costs for health care delivery. Continue Reading.

A case study by: Lori T. Moore As with many major health systems, a California health care provider was struggling severely with its inpatient and outpatient registration and utilization review (UR) processes — and losing millions annually across all of its facilities due to unpaid and uncollectible patient debt and UR-related payer denials. The health system engaged Freed Associates to improve its patient access (PA) and UR processes and staunch its financial hemorrhaging. Continue Reading.

By: Carly Dunham As seen in Becker’s Hospital Review. If you’ve ever participated in, or led, a change management effort, you know how difficult it can be to get others (or even yourself!) to embrace the desired change. While change can be incredibly valuable and is a norm for today’s organizations to thrive and survive, researchers estimate that as many as 70 percent of all change initiatives stall, lose focus, or get derailed. In this article, we’ll explore how mindfulness can benefit your organization’s change efforts. But first, it’s useful to understand the fundamental challenges inherent in any change effort. Continue Reading.

A case study by: Carl Reed Through Freed’s direction and support, the client was able to revive and maintain the health of a key mandate project. This was accomplished through such critical actions as replacing the project manager and business analyst, and optimizing in-flight and planned project activities using project management life cycle standards, as established by the client’s new PMO. Continue Reading.