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Pathstone partnered with a large academic medical center, which included six additional hospitals throughout the system. After a three-year effort dedicated towards driving benefit across …

Client’s ChallengeA west coast health system engaged our firm to review Wound Care Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBOT) programs across their organization. Hyperbaric Oxygen programs represented a $9M …

A three-hospital Academic Medical Center experiencing financial difficulties identified current agreements that were coming up for expiration. Through this search, it was found that there were multiple agreements for bulk oxygen across each individual hospital location. One of these agreements was up for renewal offering an opportunity to address both contract consolidation and pricing.

Management at a local hospital was concerned with operations at an outpatient location providing Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy due to an increase in staff turnover and productivity issues, missed appointments, and a growing backlog of patients who needed appointments. Pathstone Partners was asked to assist as part of a broader engagement to develop detailed findings about the current state of operations, establish strategies to increase staff productivity, and reduce patient backlogs and the current 30% patient no-show rate. 

A ~700 bed hospital in the Southern U.S. was facing financial challenges and tasked Pathstone’s clinical purchased supplies consultants with examining areas of spend that …