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Our team of health care consultants has the inside track on the many changes and opportunities impacting hospital and health system operational strategies today. Our experience allows us to be a front-line partner to build plans and execute tactics for: Hospitals-within-hospitals and satellite units Multi-campus hospitals and remote locations Micro hospitals Freestanding emergency departments... READ MORE

Geographic reclassification opportunities can help acute care inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals improve their Medicare reimbursement. In fact, approximately 25% of PPS hospitals are eligible to reclassify in this manner. By evaluating a hospital’s average hourly wage (AHW) and wage index value, Hall Render Advisory Services can help ensure proper reimbursement. Our fixed-fee... READ MORE

Owned or leased, real estate is generally a major categorical expense for health care providers, trailing only operations and employee overhead. In-house real estate teams often struggle to find the time and capacity to properly evaluate important real estate decisions that can drive significant cost savings or value creation for the organization, including: Should... READ MORE

Today’s health care technology, security and service delivery landscape is complex and ever-changing. For health care IT organizations, this environment presents specific challenges. IT organizations are being asked not only to support business needs but also to improve operational efficiency within IT itself. IT leadership is under constant pressure to improve quality of service,... READ MORE

Having designed and implemented strategic planning within complex transformational health care organizations, our advisors are uniquely positioned to provide practical advice on how to establish an IT strategic planning process that is flexible and helps IT leaders adapt to the business and technology changes their organizations face. We understand that each health care organization... READ MORE

In today’s ever-changing world of information technology, health care organizations are expected to be leaders in data security and interoperability. Our trained team of IT consultants aims to help our clients with everything from the development of an IT strategy to implementation of medical device security protocol. Our singular focus on the health care... READ MORE

Successful businesses that manage the complexities of mergers and acquisitions between companies in the complex health care environment do so by treating the project as a critical business process and not an IT project. No two health care organizations have the same information systems, nor are technologies or software always compatible. Bringing together IT... READ MORE