Cost Control
— from hfma
managing costs, while maintaining quality of care, shouldn’t have to be a juggling act for your organization.
With so many areas utilizing various supplies, it is easy for costs to add up quickly. The healthcare
financial management association’s (hfma) new Cost Control curriculum provides the necessary training to
help control costs through improvement strategies, effective measuring techniques and real-world scenarios
of organizations that have designed, tested and implemented techniques to effectively reduce costs within
their organization.
Benefits of Cost Control:
The benefits of cost control measures not only can affect your bottom line, but also other areas in your
organization. The Cost Control curriculum can help staff learn how to:
Develop, measure, monitor and implement cost improvement strategies
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Identify areas where patient length-of-stay can be reduced
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Reduce possible medication errors
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Reduce supply expenses
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Reduce labor costs during staff shortages
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Improve productivity to manage labor costs
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Gain an understanding of The Joint Commission’s (formerly JCahO) process improvement standards
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Enhance patient satisfaction
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Designed for a variety of staff — from finance to nursing — each 15 minute e-learning lesson delivers the
tools, information and in-depth knowledge your organization needs to diagnosis, develop and implement cost
control initiatives.
Our content is powered by mC Strategies’ comprehensive learning management system which is specifically
designed for healthcare. Our LmS, the first LmS to carry the HFMA Peer Reviewed designation, not only
delivers and tracks e-learning, but also schedules and generates reporting for all your other learning activities,
including classroom training, outside seminars, skill checks and competencies.
HFMA staff and volunteers determined that this
product has met specific criteria developed under
the HFMA Peer Review Process. HFMA does not
endorse or guaranty the use of this product.
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