HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Health Management Systems is a professional management and consulting company providing a wide range of services specifically for the health care community. Our expertise is provided to all sectors of the health community, with a principle thrust to advise physicians and physician groups in private practice and hospital settings. Health Management Systems partners with the physician to effect increased physician income, productivity, financial wealth, and security through proven management techniques and creative uses of personnel and negotiation with other providers in the health community.
CONSULTING SERVICES:
Consulting services have been provided to a wide variety of medical disciplines in private practice and hospital settings. Additionally, services have been provided to private industry, insurance carriers, and other service professionals. A partial list of activities include: mergers and acquisitions, establishment, design and implementation of new single and multi-specialty medical group practices, practice management analysis, computer analysis, marketing programs, strategies for income optimization, practice valuations, initiation of joint service programs, preparation of physician agreements and assistance in the development of business structures, representation and negotiation with third party payors, design and construction oversight and coordination, business financial planning and statistical analysis, and a wide array of educational and training services in all medical practice areas. Major emphasis has been focused on a "reality based planning" approach recognizing that opportunity is always present in the health care market place.
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
Management services have been a key ingredient in the repertoire of benefits provided by Health Management Systems. Since the company's inception, Health Management Systems' administrators have provided direct management services to medical groups in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. These management services are contracted for extended periods of time. The total expertise of the company is available to the client providing top-level management to even the smallest practice. The Health Management Systems' Administrative Management Services places a person in the practice on a regular basis similar to your own management employee. The practice has the assurance of continuity, high-level management expertise, and multiple management support levels to insure optimization of services. Management service clients have been exclusively medical groups in private practice.
SERVICE CONTRACTS:
Health Management Systems will enter into an agreement to provide management services for periods of not less than one year. Health Management Systems will employ a specific person or an existing staff member will be assigned to provide the direct day-to-day management functions. To insure that activities and priorities are achieved one or more of the principals of Health Management Systems will supervise the manager assigned to the practice. In instances where special expertise may be required of the practice manager all of the resources of Health Management Systems will be available to assist in accomplishing the objectives.
It is the Health Management System's philosophy that a practice manager should limit his or her activities to management, not tasks that can be accomplished by lesser skilled individuals. Based on this philosophy, in most instances, management of a medical practice can be accomplished effectively in significantly less time. Further, by utilizing a person with a higher level of management skill and experience, a task also can be accomplished more efficiently.
A practice can grow to require full time management presence. HMS staff is available to offer their experience, expertise, and multiple resources to insure continuity of management, greater levels of professional management performance and experience, and the opportunity to network within our organization to find solutions to problems.
Partial List of Prior Management Experiences:
· Obstetrics and Gynecology
SCOPE OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
Management services are diversified but routinely include complete redesign of office procedures as may be required, implementation or upgrading of internal computerized billing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable systems. Internal and external communication systems are upgraded and we establish a formal organizational structure. Major emphasis is directed toward patient satisfaction to enhance physician income.
The role, responsibility, and guidelines for a medical practice senior manager is to identify the goals and objectives of the group, develop a plan to achieve those goals and to design a system to implement the plan for the future.
PRINCIPALS:
Paul I. Berkley, CMPE – Undergraduate Degree: St. Lawrence University, Post Graduate: Baylor University - Hospital Administration and Union College - Industrial Administration / Operations Research. Hospital administrator: 1964 to 1978. Health Management Systems 1978 to present. Served as technical advisor to Health Subcommittee of House Ways and Means Committee 1973 to 1975. Consultant to Health Care Finance Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services - 1976 to 1990. Member: Medical Group Management Association 1981 to present. Member of: American College of Health Care Executives, from 1970 to 1992. Member American College of Medical Practice Executives 1984 to present. Published articles on communication systems, primary care service delivery, and patient education. Lecturer on financial management, medical group organization, valuation of medical groups, specialty delivery services – pain management, primary care, and a myriad of other topics involving health care services.
Marjorie A. Berkley – Undergraduate Degree: Ohio State University. Post Graduate Degrees: New York University, Administration & Supervision and Farleigh Dickinson University, Business Administration. Educator and Principal 1969 to 1977. Health Management Systems 1978 to present. Member: Medical Group Management Association 1983 to Present. Lecturer on medical group organization structure, continuing education for medical practice staff, income maximization and cost reduction, and a wide variety of operational activities for the medical practice.
HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(973) 316-0180