Consultants' Corner: Patient Care Processes That Lead to Better Profitability

Our guest today is Patrick Sauer, president and founder of Next Health Innovations, LLC. Patrick is also an MGMA consultant with more than 20 years of healthcare leadership and executive experience with hospitals and healthcare systems. Patrick has earned his MHA, FACHE, CMPE and he’s here today to talk about his healthcare journey, the role of an MGMA consultant, and how to create better patient care processes in healthcare organizations. Resources: MGMA Consulting: https://www.mgma.com/consulting/overview Patrick Sauer: https://www.mgma.com/consulting/meet-the-team/patrick-sauer-mha-fache-cmpe MGMA’s Leaders Blog: https://www.mgma.com/events/medical-practice-excellence-leaders-conference/leaders-blog (Watch www.mgma.com or the MGMA Insights newsletter for a new Leaders Blog post each week. You can find it on the homepage of www.mgma.com.) Sponsor: Social Climb — Are you still asking your patients, “How did you hear about us?” Your great reputation, fantastic website, and amazing advertising campaigns don’t matter if they don’t bring in new patients. If you’re not collecting data on your marketing efforts, you’re wasting your marketing spend. Visit Get.SocialClimb.com/MGMA to learn how SocialClimb’s platform helps you get more patients with data-backed marketing that tracks patients from first touch to a scheduled visit and beyond. We'd love to hear from you. Tell us what you think. Let us know if there's a topic you want us to cover or an expert you'd like us to interview. Email us at [email protected]. The MGMA Insights podcasts are produced by Daniel Williams, Rob Ketcham and Decklan McGee. Allied Medical Waste is the premier medical waste and document shredding company for medical groups all over the United States. On average, Allied helps medical groups save up to 50% on their monthly costs. Allied is known for their great service and impeccable response times. Reach out today for a free quote! Allied has a special offer for all MGMA members: the first 2 months FREE of charge!Connect with us at [email protected] or call (801) 328-8581.