1. Increase Patient Volume & Community Marketing Opportunities

Chronic Pain affects 47% of American Adults, more than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. And, 70% of Americans agree that Pain Management should be one of Medicine’s Top Priorities. A Hospital-Based Pain Management Service awards your Hospital with significant Community Marketing Opportunities, attracting a large population of New Patients who currently travel to far-away […]

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2. Fast Service Line Profitability

Strategically located, actively managed, and well marketed Hospitals-Based Pain Management programs can achieve 50-67% Annual Growth and Profitability over its initial 3 years. V. Gerald Ippolito, Lee Hedman. Chronic Pain Management: An Overlooked Option for Service Line Expansion. Healthcare Financial Management Association, Winter 2012.

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3. Improve Medical Staff Satisfaction & Retention

The Opioid Epidemic has created a great rift between patients and providers. 45% of doctors are worried that prescribing opiods will lead to prosecution and malpractice. 51% of doctors not comfortable prescribing opiods for pain. This creates patients with inadequate pain relief, and disenchanted medical providers with low job satisfaction. Hospital Administrators who implement Hospital-Based […]

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4. Optimize Operating Room & Anesthesia Productivity

With appropriate patient volume, operating room staffing, equipment, and quick turnovers, Pain ConsultTM Medical Professionals average 15-30 Out-Patient Pain Management Procedures per day PER operating room. On average, this generates $44,141 to $132,423 in Facility-Fee Billing each day. This allows a Hospital to optimize Operating Room Effeciency, increase Facility Fee Reimbursement, and maximize Anesthesia Service […]

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5. Boost Internal Referrals & Achieve Cost-Effective Pain Management

Significant Community-Demand exists for Hospital-Based Pain Management. As such, Pain Management is an important avenue for New Customer Recruitment and Retention into a Hospital Service Network. Safe and Effective Pain Management requires daily support from a Hospital’s Laboratory, Diagnostic, Imaging, Anesthesia, Physical Rehabilitation, Medical Specialist, Surgical Specialist, and Behavioral Health services.    Not only do […]

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6. Elevate Patient Safety & Reduce Hospital Risk

Among Out-Patients, drug overdose related deaths have more than doubled since 1999. And in 2011, 30% of Emergency Department overdoses were related to Opioid Analgesics.  Hospital In-Patients who suffer Opioid Related Adverse Events (ORAE) have 55% Longer Hospital Stays, 47% Higher Hospitalization Costs, 36% Higher Risk for 30-Day Hospital Readmission, and 3.4 times Higher Risk […]

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7. Higher Value-Based Purchasing Scores = More CMS Incentive Pay

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made Patient Satisfaction a key part of In-Patient Hospital Reimbursement, now paying 30% of Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) for Patient Experience. Couple this with 20.4 million New Medicaid enrollees over the next decade, “Pain Management” VBP score accounting for more than 3% of Total VBP incentive pay, and […]

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