Why Engage a Healthcare Consulting Firm? | E.21
Discover the competitive advantage of working with a boutique healthcare consulting firm, versus a big brand.
Episode Introduction
In Episode 21 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group, and Rich Dormer and Bryan Covert from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they explore why hospitals should consider engaging a healthcare consulting firm.
As Lisa comments: ‘’This is all about helping, supporting, and being in the background. We get the honor and the privilege to support… to be on the business side of healthcare, so they can be on the healthcare side…healing and saving lives.’’
This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hospitals save $758 million since 1999.
Show Notes:
The good rap versus bad rap of healthcare consulting firms. (Hint: Implementation is more important than a big binder).
Discover the competitive advantage of working with a boutique healthcare consulting firm, versus a big brand. ‘’We’re able…to be flexible.. to offer a customized approach…to be more innovative.. and we're highly specialized. We focus on margin improvement and we have this incredible subset specialty around non-labor costs.‘’
How major brands outsource to specialized companies like VIE Healthcare® because they lack the expertise. ‘’ …if a hospital is really looking at managing costs, they need to be cognizant that if a bigger firm is outsourcing to a smaller firm…they're marking those costs up.’’
Why VIE Healthcare® operate on a principle of making it easy to work with us – and why your consulting firm should reduce your workload and help you to achieve more.
The three levels of consultants, the one red flag when hiring a consulting company – and why your hospital’s success should be the consulting firm’s success. ‘’How do they bridge that gap from the binder, from the categorization, to developing real initiatives, to achieving real results?’’
The three essential client outcomes every healthcare consulting provider should deliver.
Connect with Lisa:
📧 lmiller@viehealthcare.com