Management Services

Foundation Surgical Hospital Affiliates’ core management services are designed to enhance quality and increase efficiency at the facility level. A team of professionals assists facilities with the following services so our surgeon partners can concentrate on delivering quality patient care in a specialty hospital environment.

Clinical Operations
• Risk management compliance consisting of benchmarking clinical outcomes
• Survey preparedness for CMS, JCAHO and Certificate of Excellence
• System-wide clinical service meetings
• Development and maintenance of policies and procedures
• Assistance with licensing and credentialing

Accounting/Finance
• Monthly partnership financial report preparation for governing board
• Automated AP workflow processes between facilities and company headquarters
• Cash management
• Annual financial audits
• Tax preparation and filing
• Annual budget creation and performance monitoring
• Financial analysis, performance benchmarking, financial projections

Purchasing
• Coordination and evalation of equipment needs for new facility projects, equipment upgrades and facility service line expansions
• Coordination with new physicians on equipment and supply requirements
• Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) data warehousing, compliance tracking and facilitation of national agreements
• Management of national vendor relationships
• Capital equipment procurement services
• Effective communication with all hospitals regarding purchasing opportunities for cost savings

Health Information Technology 
• Facilities joined to a leading edge high-speed data infrastructure
• Centralized data management, backup and storage
• Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
• Systems integrations
• 24-hour automated monitoring of hospital equipment and data connections
• Secure remote access to critical data and applications from anywhere
• 24/7 technical support by trained staff
• All staff trained in first tier support for all mission critical systems
• Volume purchasing of hardware, software and telecommunications
• Hardware and Software license management

Human Resources
• Benefit management including health care, flexible spending, 401K and life and disability insurance
• Payroll services including processing, garnishments, time and attendance and employment verification
• Government compliance administration including unemployment claims, FICA, FUTA, SUTA, EEOC, and workplace safety
• Recruitment and selection including applicant tracking, wage and salary data, pre-employment background checks and drug testing
• Performance management including performance appraisals, compensation/incentive plans, supervisor coaching and job description development

Credentialing
• Medical staff management
• Initial appointments and re-appointments
• Credentialing database management
• Credentialing policies and procedures

Legal
• Entity formation and partnership development
• Real estate transactions and legal compliance
• Contract review
• Litigation management

Marketing
• Supervision of branding and implementation of marketing and community awareness campaigns
• Implementation of focused promotions using marketing and PR expertise
• Community education programs on surgeon specialties and facility service lines
• Healthcare education seminars designed to enhance patient acquisition and increase awareness of hospitals’ services to physicians and patients
• Strategic alliances for co-op marketing and advertising opportunities

Centralized Business Office
• Full-time professionals in benefit verification, patient financial counseling, coding, billing and collections.
• Billing support for all hospital facilities
• Setting and monitoring of benchmarks for all hospital facilities
• Participation in revenue cycle improvement initiatives
• Conducts periodic training at the facility