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Solutions To Current Financial Pressures In Your Health System

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Oct 14, 2020 9:00:00 AM

The average healthcare system is no stranger to financial pressures. Even back in 2017, Deloitte estimated that over 50% of hospitals would hit negative margins by 2025 due to payer mix changes, regulatory frictions, and rising labor costs (which are primarily fueled by hyper-competitive fields like physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Now, with COVID-19, an accelerated regulatory atmosphere, a shift in practice habits (e.g., the rise of virtual visits), and shaky supply chains, the pressure to build resilient healthcare revenue streams has never been higher.

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Topics: Industry Updates, Facilities & Practices, workforce optimization

How Telehealth is Affecting Rural Hospitals

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Sep 30, 2020 8:30:00 AM

Rural hospitals face multiple challenges in providing care to their patients. Issues such as reliable transportation, an inability to find staff willing to work in their area, and a general lack of resources compared to urban centers can impact patient care. These challenges aren't insurmountable, and healthcare organizations can help mitigate them by turning to telehealth.

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Topics: Industry Updates, Facilities & Practices, Telehealth

How Workforce Optimization Will Support Your Medical Organization

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Sep 17, 2020 4:00:00 PM

In-house recruiters may not be working directly with patients, but the decisions they make regarding the workforce have great potential to influence your medical group’s overall performance.

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Topics: VISTA, Facilities & Practices, Staffing Technology, workforce optimization

Why Your Organization Needs a Workforce Optimization Strategy

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Sep 2, 2020 9:00:00 AM

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. hospitals were already amid historic workforce shortages and shrinking budgets. Coronavirus only exacerbated this growing trend, shining a spotlight on the American healthcare system's challenges and flaws.

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Topics: Industry Updates, VISTA, Facilities & Practices, workforce optimization, Telehealth

Are You Billing Locum Tenens Under The Q6 Modifier?

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Aug 19, 2020 9:00:00 AM

Misinformation continues to surround the use of the Q6 modifier, or the billing for services provided by a locum tenens physician, resulting in mistakes that prove costly or even detrimental to practices, as they may result in audits or further disciplinary action.

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Topics: Industry Updates, Facilities & Practices, Locum Tenens Work, HR

How Healthcare Leaders Can Leverage Workforce Optimization

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Aug 5, 2020 9:00:00 AM

Healthcare leaders have different ideas on what workforce optimization is and why it is essential to their healthcare system. Understanding contingent staffing needs, providing in-demand clinicians to your facilities, and knowing what is costing the healthcare system, can be overwhelming, especially in today's challenging and changing environment. 

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Topics: Industry Updates, VISTA, Facilities & Practices, workforce optimization

Case Study: Cost Containment Through Workforce Optimization

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Jul 22, 2020 9:00:00 AM

VISTA recently embarked on an engagement with a large multi-specialty medical and healthcare management group to discuss the challenges they were facing. These challenges included the following major areas: cost containment, transparency, compliance, and how to reduce the dependency on locum tenens.

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Topics: Industry Updates, VISTA, Facilities & Practices, workforce optimization

How Technology Can Help You Manage the Physician Shortage

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Jul 8, 2020 10:02:23 AM

According to AAMC, by 2032, the American healthcare system will be short almost 122,000 physicians. This ongoing physician shortage is only going to get worse. With the lack of qualified clinicians, it is leaving healthcare systems and facilities scrambling to fill positions and balance the need for continuity of care against the need to control staffing costs.

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Topics: VISTA, Facilities & Practices, workforce optimization

How to Capture More Market Share with Workforce Optimization

Posted by VISTA Staffing on Jun 24, 2020 9:00:00 AM

Patient expectations have never been higher. And it is up to you to create an effective workforce management strategy that will help you meet or exceed these expectations. While plans may vary according to hospital type, they all focus on the strategic utilization of physicians and other hospital employees to meet or exceed customer expectations. 

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Topics: VISTA, Facilities & Practices

5 Ways Workforce Optimization Drives Workforce Productivity

Posted by VISTA Staffing on May 18, 2020 12:11:56 PM

Increasing productivity at a hospital is no small undertaking - especially given the current physician shortage impacting the healthcare industry. If there are too few clinicians available to treat patients, morale sinks, which negatively impacts productivity. But if the supply of clinicians exceeds demand, the resulting inefficiency can erode already-thin profit margins.

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Topics: Industry Updates, Facilities & Practices, HR, Recruiting, Labor Strategy, Staffing Technology, workforce optimization

 

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About VISTA Staffing Solutions

At VISTA we’re dedicated to being our clients’ strategic workforce optimization partner. With our deep industry expertise and exclusive locums MSP technology, we help health systems, hospitals, practices, and government entities build and sustain effective workforce models that ensure patient access to care and organizational stability. Covering more than 60 specialties, we staff physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to help our clients preserve revenue and maintain profitability.