Healthcare Strategic Services

HBSC is recognized as a thought leader in helping Payers, Providers and Federal and State Governments create innovative solutions to meet today's growing health care challenges. By creating winning strategies and deploying proven best practices, we help organizations improve patient care while reducing the cost of health care. Our multi-disciplinary teams have significant experience in helping health care organizations improve both the business and clinical aspects of health care. We advise both Fortune 1000 health care companies and Government organizations in areas such as Cost of Health Care, Health IT, Program Management, Business Process Improvement and Change Management.

Health Care Service Offerings

Drawing upon a wealth of experience in IT, Business Strategy, Operations and Organizational Design, we help Health Care organizations create economically and clinically viable strategies. Our HSS practice focuses on helping clients evaluate and advance their business strategy, evaluate policies and technologies and transition to a more efficient and effective operating model.

• Health Care IT Practice –  Electronic medical records and other system innovations are transforming Health Care .  Our consultants help design new interactions between patients, physicians and payers to transform the way health care is managed and delivered.  This improves outcomes, reduces administrative inefficiencies, increases access and improves quality of care.

• Government Health Care Practice –  The cost of entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are skyrocketing.  Significant opportunities exist to improve quality, access and affordability of public health care.  Through the use of best practices, innovative technologies, well thought out policies and predictive analytics, we help government agencies improve outcomes while reducing cost.

• Providers, Payers and HMO Practice -  Health Care has become more competitive and consumer focused.   Survival depends on reducing the cost of health care and quickly delivering innovative products to the market. Our focus is on helping clients strike a balance between quality care and cost effectiveness by improving processes, IT infrastructures and analytics.

Each of our health care service offerings help clients understand and articulate opportunities, make intelligent policy and investment decisions and operate more efficiently. We work collaboratively with our clients to assess opportunities and risks, develop business cases, gain consensus and executive mission critical initiatives. Example engagements include:

• Cost of Health Care Assessment – Our team conducted an Operational Assessment for a major health insurance company to reduce the cost of health care.  We created, collected and evaluated key metrics around chronic disease management, wellness and elderly care, recommended cost reduction strategies and executed a cost reduction program. Each of the COHC program initiatives delivered substantial economic value.

• Health Care Quality and Efficiency Advisory – For a large HMO, we rationalized their current service offerings to better target specific customer segments.  Provided advisory services focused on preventive, chronic and acute care, care coordination, processes, reimbursement and administration.

• Health Care IT Assurance – Conducted a strategic assessment of a Payer’s Enterprise Architecture.  We worked collaboratively with senior executives to establish strategic objectives and leverage the power of Service-Oriented Architecture to enable interoperability of disparate health care products and solutions.

The next wave of Healthcare innovation is starting now - A revolution towards operational efficiency, improved outcomes, increased healthcare access and efficient new insurance products. Health Care organizations that lead this revolution will need to leverage both private and public cloud computing and innovative analytical solutions. If you are interested in leading the revolution, the HBSC Health Care Consulting Practice can help. For more information please contact HBSC at 415-508-1541 or send mail to healthcare@hbsconsult.com.