Case Study: Hospital CEO finds solution to call budget unpredictability

Case Study: Hospital CEO finds solution to call budget unpredictability

Summary:

Predictability in budgeting is everything. But for many hospital administrators, the rising cost of call pay and the constant possibility that yet more specialty groups will come forward asking for call pay makes setting a budget extremely difficult. But Bill Caldwell, CEO of Conemaugh Health System in Pennsylvania, has found a solution.

Specifically, he’s tapped into the uniquely innovative Call Pay Solution from MaxWorth Consulting.

Having worked with MaxWorth at two other hospitals before coming to Conemaugh, Caldwell has seen how the solution allows administrators to fix call pay budgets and actually recoup some of the expenditure over time. 

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