Emergency Department On-Call Strategies: Solutions for Physician-Hospital Alignment

Emergency Department On-Call Strategies: Solutions for Physician-Hospital Alignment, 2nd Edition
Jonathan H. Burroughs; Martin B. Buser; Roger Heroux, MHA, PhD, FACHE; Richard A Sheff, MD, CMSL

Softbound Book + companion CD-ROM
Size: 8.5" x 11" book plus CD-ROM
ISBN 160146651X
978-1601466518
HCPro, Greeley Medical Staff Institute
August 2009
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Move away from reactive “deals” to shared costs and sustainable physician-hospital alignment. Instead, create sustainable, fair solutions for ED call compensation, negotiation, and ongoing management.

Emergency Department On-Call Strategies: Solutions for Physician-Hospital Alignment provides fully updated strategies, tools, and step-by-step approaches from multiple ED call panel experts. This resource will help you:

Reduce on-call burden
Improve physician coverage
Avoid EMTALA violations
Reduce the cost of ED call
Establish fair market value compensation
Negotiate with staff to secure acceptance of call obligations
Implement mandatory call programs
Use hospitalists and other specialties to meet call needs

The table of contents covers:

ED Call: Defining the Problem
- A Healthcare System in Crisis: The context of today’s ED call challenges
- Legal and Regulatory Obligations
- ED Call and the Organized Medical Staff
Thinking Strategically: ED Call and Physician-Hospital Alignment
- Framing the Problem
- ED Call as a Negotiation: What rules will we follow?
- How to Make ED Call Part of Your Strategic Medical Staff Development Plan
- Creating a Work Plan for ED on Call
ED Call Solutions That Work
- Engage Physicians Where They Are
- Reduce the Burden of Call
- Establish a Task Force
- Measure the Burden of Call
- Establish Principles of Fairness
- Establish Mandatory Call Responsibilities
- Identify and Evaluate Call Compensation Models
- Establish Fair Market Value
- Moving from the Model to the Contract
The “Ist” Movement
ED Call: Driver of new medical staff models

Meet the contributors:

Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACPE, CMSL, is a senior consultant with The Greeley Company, working with medical staffs and boards throughout the country in the areas of governance, credentialing, privileging, peer review and performance improvement, medical staff development planning, strategic planning, and physician performance and behavior management.
Martin B. Buser, MPH, FACHE, is a founding partner of Hospitalist Management Resources, LLC, (HMR) a national healthcare consulting firm based in San Diego, which assists hospitals and medical groups with the development of hospitalist programs, emergency department call panels, and other strategic objectives.
Roger A. Heroux, MHA, PhD, FACHE, is a founding partner of HMR and HMR ED Call Panel Solutions. Prior to forming HMR, Heroux was senior vice president of business development at Cove Healthcare, Inc., and Spectrum Healthcare Services. He was cofounder of Spectrum Emergency Care, Correctional Medical Systems, and was also cofounder and senior vice president of Business Development/Mergers & Acquisitions, Spectrum Partnerships/Primary Care Services.
Richard A. Sheff, MD, CMSL, is the chairman and executive director of The Greeley Company. He brings more than 25 years of healthcare management and leadership experience to his work with physicians, hospitals, and healthcare systems across the country. With a distinctive combination of medical, healthcare, and management acumen, he develops tailored and valued solutions to the unique needs of physicians and hospitals.

Who will benefit? Directors and medical directors of emergency departments, emergency medicine chiefs, medical staff coordinators, medical directors, CEOs, COOs, CMOs, VPMAs, quality directors and managers, directors of physician relations and physician recruitment

Get sustainable, fair solutions for ED call compensation, negotiation, and ongoing management.

With more than 18 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety.

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