Physician enterprise and access to care

Transform your physician enterprise to achieve and sustain operational and financial excellence. Huron works with healthcare leaders to create strategic alignment, maximize operational efficiency, improve patient access to care, and drive sustainable financial improvement across their organizations.

How we help

 

Create strategic alignment

Assess market needs, geographic expansion, and overall medical group or ambulatory strategy to grow market share and capture new revenue.

Improve access to care

Build a patient-centric care access model by reimagining your contact center and aligning capacity, digital scheduling tools, and referral management strategies to the needs of your patients and community.

Drive cost optimization

Align services and staffing levels with patient volume and community needs to improve efficiency and manage costs.

Elevate the consumer experience

Simplify the physician selection process and improve availability for new patient appointments to meet the needs of your consumers and enhance patient loyalty.

Optimize ambulatory practice operations

Design an efficient operating model by standardizing roles and processes across medical groups and optimizing leadership structures to improve throughput and operational agility.

Improve the physician experience and align compensation models

Increase physician engagement and productivity by aligning provider compensation to performance and organizational goals and building care teams with complementary skill mixes.

Enhance revenue cycle performance

Accelerate cash and reduce avoidable revenue loss by optimizing payor contracting and network management.

Evaluate and navigate mergers and acquisitions

Assess growth and consolidation opportunities that meet your business needs and develop an M&A strategy for successful execution and integration.

Huron helps institutions use AI for higher education and research to drive results that matter. Select examples include:

Getting started with AIDeploy and implementDevelop customized solutions
Facilitating interactive discussions and brainstorming sessions.Evaluating current enterprise technology systems.Developing AI-powered chatbots for student advising and support.
Planning for workforce implications.Developing a detailed implementation plan with timelines, resource allocation, and success metrics.Creating predictive models for student retention and success.
Thinking through resource allocations and spending to create a sound financial model.Providing technical expertise and support for leveraging native AI functionalities.Reducing the administrative burden with automated back-office support.
Establishing data and privacy protections.Incorporating AI solutions into existing technology systems.Enhancing compliance and regulatory management.
Assessing current AI capabilities and pinpointing areas for improvement.Designing and delivering training programs to educate faculty and staff on AI tools.Building AI-driven platforms for alumni engagement and fundraising.
Creating an AI road map based on institutional priorities and mission.  
Prioritizing AI initiatives by impact and feasibility. 

Insights and case studies

Charting the path to a consumer-centric care access model
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Healthcare transformation: Reducing operational complexity
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MGMC completes complex clinic transition to increase alignment
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Northwestern Medicine increases patient access

Connect with a physician enterprise and care access expert

Larry Stuckey
Larry Stuckey
Managing Director, Healthcare Performance Improvement
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Annie Zilius
Annie Zilius
Managing Director, Healthcare Performance Improvement, Physician Enterprise
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Bill Satterwhite
Bill Satterwhite
Principal, Healthcare Performance Improvement, Physician Enterprise
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Kritiya Gee
Kritiya Gee
Managing Director, Healthcare Performance Improvement, Physician Enterprise
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Amanda Kirkland
Amanda Kirkland
Principal, Healthcare Performance Improvement, Physician Enterprise
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