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Hospital Case Management Expert Teresa Marshall Joins Compass Clinical Consulting
Experienced Case Manager Helps Hospitals Reduce Cost of Delivering Safe, Quality Patient Care
Teresa L. Marshall, RN, BES, CCM, has joined Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) as a Senior Consultant. Marshall, a seasoned nurse and experienced case manager, will expand Compass’s team of clinical operations consultants.
CASE MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS DELIVER BETTER PATIENT EXPERIENCE
Improving case management is a proven way to strengthen a hospital’s bottom line while also delivering a better patient experience.
Hospital case management experts can …
- Improve Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and
- Eliminate unnecessary length of stays, which can reduce hospital costs dramatically.
ABOUT TERESA MARSHALL
A skilled manager with over twenty years in the healthcare industry, Teresa Marshall has hands-on experience in many operational environments. Throughout her career, she has faced a range of management challenges, adding to her ability to solve problems by considering the interests of diverse stakeholders. Marshall has primarily specialized in case management, managing a hospital case management department, a hospital-owned physician group practice, a private home health care organization, and a patient registration department.
CASE MANAGEMENT REDUCES LENGTH OF STAY — REDUCES COST
For Compass, Ms. Marshall recently served as Interim Manager of Case Management for a hospital in central Illinois, where she improved reimbursement and reduced its length of stay from 4.8 days to 3.28 days, leading to dramatic reductions in associated costs. Marshall holds a BES from Thomas More College and an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northern Kentucky University.
Prior to joining Compass Clinical Consulting, Ms. Marshall served as the Director of Case Management for Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati, OH, eventually taking on the additional responsibilities of Director of Physician Practices and Director of the Ancillary Clinic.
RELATED LINKS:
“Case Management Reduces Length of Stay” (http://www.better-hospitals.com/2009/06/861/)
“Implementing Force Multipliers to Reduce Hospital Costs” (http://www.better-hospitals.com/2009/06/implementing-force-multipliers-to-reduce-hospital-costs/)
Better Hospitals (http://www.better-hospitals.com) Online Business Magazine
Hospital Accreditation (http://www.hospital-accreditation.com) Online Business Resource
FOX BUSINESS NEWS INTERVIEWS COMPASS CLINICAL CEO KATE FENNER ON THE IMPACT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM ON HOSPITALS
Is Reform Good News for Hospitals?
Fox Business News anchor Dagen McDowell interviews Compass Clinical Consulting CEO Kate Fenner on the impact of the healthcare reform law on the nation’s hospitals.
Compass Clinical CEO Kate Fenner to Present “Medicare Decertification: A Near-Death Experience of a Hospital and Its Impact on the Community,” at the 2010 Congress on Healthcare Leadership
Case Study Presentation Details Severe Financial and Public Relations Implications of the Medicare Decertification Process and How It Can Quickly Lead to Hospital Closure
Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) CEO Kate Fenner RN, PhD, is presenting “Medicare Decertification: A Hospital Near-Death Experience” at the 2010 Congress on Healthcare Leadership at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on March 25, 2010.
THE CRISIS
The presentation includes an analysis of a real-life crisis faced by one hospital and a candid discussion of how the financial and public relations implications of the Medicare Decertification process almost forced the hospital to close.
THE CEO
Compass Clinical CEO Kate Fenner has more than 25 years of experience in senior healthcare leadership roles in university, regional, state and national organizations. A regular keynote speaker throughout the country, Dr. Fenner has authored a leading college text on law and ethics in healthcare as well as co-authored other texts on a variety of healthcare issues.
PREVENT, RESPOND, RECOVER
Dr. Fenner’s presentation outlines steps for implementing a quality assurance program to prevent, respond and recover from Medicare termination and will also address the:
- Serious operational implications that occur by failing to address immediate jeopardy findings
- Impact immediate jeopardy can have on clinical operations and quality of care
- Focused attention, systemic change and commitment by senior leaders that can help hospitals avoid the pain and loss of decertification
LOCATION
Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois.
View the 2010 Congress on Healthcare Leadership brochure. For more information, contact the ACHE Customer Service Center at (312) 424-9400 or contact@ache.org.
ABOUT COMPASS CLINICAL CEO KATE FENNER
With more than 25 years of experience in senior healthcare leadership roles in university, state, regional and national organizations, Dr. Fenner is a regular keynote speaker throughout the country.
ABOUT COMPASS CLINICAL CONSULTING
Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) is a healthcare consultancy founded in 1979 and based in Cincinnati, OH. Compass experts have helped hundreds of hospitals and health systems prepare for accreditation, optimize labor cost management, manage clinical resources, and improve patient throughput and physician relations. Compass also places interim healthcare executives.
How Hospital Leaders Can Take the Fear Out of Hospital Productivity
Creating an Efficient Hospital Through Workforce Engagement
CINCINNATI — February 15, 2010 – Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) released a new white paper today, “Hospital Productivity Without Fear” (http://www.compass-clinical.com/workforce-management) that identifies key steps to improve hospital productivity and healthcare delivery. Based upon interviews with senior executives at hospitals across the country in the not-for profit hospital sector, “Hospital Productivity Without Fear” also outlines some of the reservations expressed by hospital leaders who have been reluctant to tackle productivity projects and how to overcome these fears.
SHAPE THE FUTURE
“Hospital Productivity Without Fear” reveals new thinking about workforce productivity, case management, lean processes and policies. These new perspectives can help hospital leaders make dramatic dents in the cost of delivering safe, quality healthcare in a hospital setting.
FIGHT THE FEAR
Compass Clinical Consulting identified seven key reasons hospitals fail to pursue clinical productivity projects—and how to fix them.
WITH PRODUCTIVITY DESIGN
“Hospital Productivity Without Fear,” describes six guiding “productivity design” principles that ensure every step within every clinical process adds value to the patient experience and improves both patient outcomes and the financial stability of the hospital.
CHANGE THE FUTURE
To learn more about how hospitals can implement productivity initiatives without the fear— including the six guiding principles all productivity projects must follow—read Hospital Productivity Without Fear [http://www.compass-clinical.com/workforce-management/].
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About Compass Clinical Consulting
Compass Clinical Consulting (Compass) is a healthcare consultancy founded in 1979 and based in Cincinnati, OH. Compass consultants have helped hundreds of hospitals and health systems prepare for accreditation, optimize labor cost management, manage clinical resources, and improve patient throughput and physician relations. Compass also places interim healthcare executives. Visit http://www.compass-clinical.com.
Contact information:
Steve Kayser
Media Relations
Tel.: 513.241.0142, Ext. 112
Mobile: 513.487.1951
skayser@compassgroupinc.com
Who Really Benefits from the CMS Acute Care Episode Demonstration?
Medicare’s Acute Care Episode Demonstration Project (ACE) has attracted a lot of attention as a way of encouraging greater physician and hospital alignment – presumably to lower the cost of delivering healthcare. But … every good idea has downside implications.
READ THE COMPLETE STORY “Who Really Benefits from the CMS Acute Care Episode Demonstration?” via Better Hospitals.
Responding to Immediate Jeopardy Findings Before It’s Too Late
23 Days to Fix Everything
The most serious of regulatory deficiencies will result in 23-day Termination Procedures. This means that the hospital will have 23 days from the final day of survey to prove that it has come into compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation. Hospitals should be equipped to react within the timeline set by CMS, while leaving extra time for the realities that accompany the process. For example, CMS estimates that hospitals will be notified of Immediate Jeopardy and the related non-compliance by Day 2.
READ THE FULL STORY: “Respond to Immediate Jeopardy Findings Before It’s Too Late” via “Hospital Accreditation.”
Compass Clinical Consulting Launches New Resource-Rich Website for Hospital and Healthcare System Leaders
Focus on Reducing Cost of Delivering Safe, Quality Healthcare
Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) launched a new resource-rich, Web 2.0 website today.
HOSPITALS 2.0
The new Compass Clinical Consulting (Compass) website is a part of the company’s Web 2.0 strategy to create and share high-value healthcare information, insights and inspiration for hospital leaders.
FOR HOSPITAL LEADERS
The new Compass website targets urgent issues that affect executives from hospitals, health systems, associations, government and medical groups, including CEOs, Trustees, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, Nursing Executives, Compliance and Physician Leaders.
HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE RESOURCE TOPICS
Featured topics and resources include:
- Labor productivity and cost management
- Clinical operations (ED, OR and Nursing departments)
- Patient throughput and case management
- Support for executive leadership, board development and physician relations
- Fund development for hospital foundations
- Placement of interim hospital executives
- Accreditation and regulatory compliance
- CMS recertification
- Immediate jeopardy and never-event guidance
REDUCING THE COST OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
“These are very challenging economic times for hospitals and healthcare systems,” said Cary D. Gutbezahl, MD, President of Compass Clinical Consulting. “Our new Compass Clinical Consulting website accurately reflects and aligns with our focus on reducing costs and improving the quality of healthcare delivery for hospitals and healthcare systems.”
IMPROVING HEALTHCARE QUALITY
Compass has launched a series of new websites to help hospital leaders improve the quality of healthcare delivery, including:
- Compass Clinical Consulting Social Media Newsroom (http://www.compass-clinical.net)
- YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/compassclinical) – Videos
- Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/compasscc) – Microblog
- Facebook (http://bit.ly/1dGoq) – Social network
- Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/compassclinical) – Images
- Better Hospitals (http://www.better-hospitals.com),
- Hospital Accreditation & Compliance (http://www.hospital-accreditation.com),
- Hospital Interims (http://www.hospital-interims.com), and
- Compass Forum (http://www.compass-forum.com).
Each Compass web resource features Web 2.0 sharing and commenting features to help hospital leaders participate in collaborative discussions on the critical issues challenging the healthcare industry.
ABOUT COMPASS CLINICAL CONSULTING
Compass Clinical Consulting helps hospital leaders achieve clinical, operational, strategic, and labor cost optimization, better patient satisfaction, interim executive staffing, and regulatory and accreditation compliance. Corporate headquarters are located in Cincinnati, OH.
Contact:
Steve Kayser
Media Relations
Tel.: 513.241.0142, Ext. 112
Mobile: 513.487.1951
skayser@compassgroupinc.com
Compass Clinical Consulting President Cary Gutbezahl Featured in CEO Refresher Magazine
HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Compass Clinical 
Consulting President Cary Gutbezahl article “Health Care Reform and the Elephant in the Room:Personal Responsibility,” (http://www.refresher.com/acrgpersonal.html) is featured in this month’s edition of CEO Refresher Magazine.
The CEO Refresher has been an on-line source of executive intelligence and insight for over ten years. It features articles, news releases, conferences, book reviews, and links of interest to CEOs, business leaders and students. The focus is – creative leadership, competitive strategy, leading change, and performance improvement.
The CEO Refresher viewers are business leaders, executives, managers and students. The subscribers and viewers are highly educated senior executives, professionals and managers keenly interested in creative leadership, strategy, leading change, performance improvement and personal effectiveness.
Compass Group, Inc., Changes Brand Name to Compass Clinical Consulting
RE-BRANDING ALIGNS FOCUS ON HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS EFFORTS TO CUT COSTS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
Compass Group, Inc., a healthcare consultancy founded in 1979, and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio has changed its brand name to Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com).
REDUCING COST OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
The name change to Compass Clinical Consulting more accurately reflects and aligns with the Company’s focus on reducing costs and improving quality of healthcare delivery for hospitals and healthcare systems.
IMPROVING HEALTHCARE QUALITY DELIVERY
In conjunction with the re-branding focus, Compass has launched a series of new Web sites to help hospital leaders improve healthcare delivery, including:
- Better Hospitals (http://www.better-hospitals.com, an informative, educational Web site featuring topics such as healthcare cost reduction, patient care and experience, accreditation and compliance, conflict and cost management, financial stability and interim executive placement.
- Hospital Accreditation & Compliance (http://www.hospital-accreditation.com), a resource Web site focusing on the regulatory standards of The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- Compass Forum (http://www.compass-forum.com ), a members-only site with Web-based education sessions conducted by accreditation and regulatory experts.
- Compass Clinical Consulting Social Media Newsroom (http://www.compass-clinical.net), which enables journalists and industry analysts to access the latest news and information via a social media newsroom. The newsroom features quick access to Compass Clinical Consulting on:
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/compassclinical) – Educational videos
Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/compasscc) – Microblog updates
Facebook (http://bit.ly/1dGoq) – social network
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/compassclinical) – Images and photos
RSS Feeds – Automatic news updates
Each Compass features Web 2.0 sharing and commenting features to help hospital leaders participate in collaborative discussions on the critical issues challenging the healthcare industry.
ABOUT COMPASS CLINICAL CONSULTING
Since 1979 Compass Clinical Consulting has helped hundreds of hospitals and health systems prepare for accreditation, optimize labor cost management, manage clinical resources, and improve patient throughput and physician relations. Compass also places interim healthcare executives and clinical directors.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Compass Clinical Consulting
Steve Kayser (spokesperson)
513-241-0142, ext. 112
Email: skayser@compassgroupinc.com
Web: http://www.compass-clinical.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/compasscc
Compass Clinical Consulting Launches BETTER HOSPITALS Resource Site
PATIENT CARE, COST REDUCTION, COMPLIANCE, ACCREDITATION, EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, FEATURED TOPICS
CINCINNATI — July 02,2009 – Compass Clinical Consulting has launched the “Better Hospitals” publication, a resource site for hospital leaders, healthcare system stakeholders and professionals who want to see reform strengthen America’s system of hospitals.
IDEAS. INSIGHTS. INSPIRATIONS.
“Better Hospitals” is hosted by Compass Clinical Consulting as a public service to help share ideas, information, insights and inspiration on urgent healthcare operational issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
FEATURED HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE TOPICS
Featured topics will include; healthcare cost reduction, patient care, patient experience, compliance, accreditation, conflict management, cost management, financial stability and interim executives.
HOSPITALS 2.0
The Better Hospitals resource site is a part of Compass Clinical Consulting’s Education and Information Services Department Web 2.0 strategy to share high-value healthcare information, insights and inspiration for hospital leaders.
FOR HOSPITAL LEADERS
Stories featured will target urgent issues that affect Executives from hospitals, health systems, associations, government and medical groups, including CEOs, Trustees, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, Nursing Executives, Compliance and Physician Leaders.
CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors to “Better Hospitals” from Compass Clinical Consulting include;
• Cary Gutbezahl, MD, Clinical Consulting and Physician Engagement
• Kate Fenner, RN, PhD, Leadership and Executive Management
• Shawna O’Neill, RN, MHA, Labor Cost Management
• Eric Dam, MHA, Labor Cost Management
• Ruth Elzer, RN, MS, Accreditation and Compliance
• Mark Hannahan, FACHE, Interim Executive Services
RELATED LINKS
• Private Philanthropy: An Underutilized Resource for Cementing Your Hospital’s Short-and-Long-Term Fiscal Health –White Paper
• Implementing Force Multipliers to Reduce Hospital Costs
• Compass Group Clinical Consulting on Twitter
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