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Care Team Model Economics: What the Staffing Ratio Actually Costs

Care Team Model Economics: What the Staffing Ratio Actually Costs

by Jason Farmer | May 26, 2026 | Operations

CRNA total compensation rose 21.9 percent between 2021 and 2024. The care team ratio that made economic sense three years ago may not make sense today. Here is how to run the math on your specific case mix. Key TakeawaysCRNA total cash compensation rose 21.9 percent...
What Nobody Warned You About Running a GUIDE Program

What Nobody Warned You About Running a GUIDE Program

by Jason Farmer | May 8, 2026 | Operations

The application is behind you. The operating problems are not. Six years of program obligations start with a set of decisions CMS deliberately left to you. Key TakeawaysCMS specifies no care navigator caseload ratio. The single largest cost variable in a GUIDE program...
Neurology Access and Referral Management: What Long Wait Times Are Actually Costing You

Neurology Access and Referral Management: What Long Wait Times Are Actually Costing You

by Jason Farmer | Apr 8, 2026 | Operations

The neurology wait-time problem is well documented and growing. What is less often measured is the revenue and referral relationship cost it produces inside a practice that is not tracking either. Key TakeawaysA May 2025 AMN Healthcare survey of 15 metro areas found...
Build It or Partner? Choosing Care Management for Your GUIDE Program

Build It or Partner? Choosing Care Management for Your GUIDE Program

by Jason Farmer | Mar 27, 2026 | Operations

Specialized care management companies will run navigation, caregiver support, and reporting on your behalf. Whether that is a good deal depends entirely on numbers most programs never run. Key TakeawaysA capable care management partner supplies the nurses and...
A Full Schedule Is Not a Productive Schedule. Design the Difference.

A Full Schedule Is Not a Productive Schedule. Design the Difference.

by Jason Farmer | Feb 11, 2026 | Operations

Interventional pain practices have two distinct workflows – clinic visits and procedures – that require different staff ratios, different scheduling templates, and different throughput metrics. Most practices manage both with the same system, which is why...
How a DC Legally Integrates an MD or NP: The MSO Structure Explained

How a DC Legally Integrates an MD or NP: The MSO Structure Explained

by Jason Farmer | Jan 15, 2026 | Operations

About 5 percent of chiropractors practice alongside an MD or DO, and those practices collect roughly three times what DC-only practices collect. The structure that makes it legal is the part nobody explains. Key TakeawaysThe corporate practice of medicine doctrine is...
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