Sheridan Healthcare, Inc.
The key challenge within today’s health care industry is change. Providers, hospitals, payers and patients are experiencing these emotional and stressful changes directly. As a result of recently passed health care reform, the next five years will be marked by uncertainty over price controls, rapidly changing reimbursement methods, new clinical operating paradigms and reactionary solutions designed to control health costs and trim governmental budgets.
Health care stakeholders’ reactions to change will differ across the industry. Some may choose a defensive posture intended to protect financial performance by increasing premiums or lowering payments. Others may believe that consolidation and control will provide shelter from uncertainty. Many will put their heads in the sand and ignore change in the hopes of weathering the storm.
Sheridan Healthcare, Inc., is embracing change, anticipating and planning for health care transformation—from reengineering clinical services to augmenting back office support to physicians and allied health providers.
At A GlanceAddressSheridan Healthcare, Inc. ServicesMultistate practice management company providing services in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology and neonatology with pediatric subspecialties VisionTo deliver industry-leading healthcare solutions that demonstrate measurable excellence and value and make us indispensable to our customers EmployeesMedical providers: 1,836 Chairman and CEOMitchell Eisenberg, MD President Anesthesia ServicesGilbert Drozdow, MD, MBA |
Successfully expanding within the health care industry for more than a half-century, Sheridan has been able to continuously evolve and grow by focusing first and foremost on the patient’s well-being and satisfaction. From this strong foundation and professional culture, Sheridan has maintained one of the highest retention rates in the industry, both among providers and clients. Physician led and managed, Sheridan understands the needs of providers and strives to improve their lives through consummate leadership, management support, effective training and positive work environments. These attributes enable providers to focus on what they do best: practice medicine.
Our providers are part of a 58-year tradition. As one of the nation’s largest providers of anesthesia services, Sheridan’s goal is to deliver quality clinical services to our client facilities through the dedication of our accomplished clinical professionals.
Advantages to the Individual
“There are many advantages to the individual anesthesia provider at Sheridan,” said Gilbert Drozdow, MD, MBA, president of Sheridan’s Anesthesia Division. “We offer extensive experience in anesthesia services, a robust business infrastructure and we are sensitive to the professional needs of our providers.”
Lifestyle and the quality of life are important to providers. Sheridan offers extensive benefits to enhance and maintain job satisfaction—from income security to flexible scheduling and travel opportunities.
Sheridan encourages its providers to grow professionally and embrace clinical leadership, both in client facilities and at the corporate level. The Sheridan Leadership Academy is the driving force of professional development at Sheridan, teaching clinical leaders to hone their skills to optimize service, improve clinical care, and lead quality initiatives. Our quality management team includes staff physicians and nurses who also lead quality initiatives and provide a professional outlet for personal development.
Providing Business Benefits
When a client facility outsources its medical and regulatory processes to Sheridan, clinicians are better able to focus clinically. Client facilities benefit from Sheridan’s vast experience in developing health care protocols, improving revenue cycle management, streamlining operating room management, insuring successful accreditation, expediting credentialing and focusing on customer service.
Sheridan is a metric-driven organization, with systems to collect, evaluate and report data effectively. Continuous and timely feedback allows for improvements in efficiency and quality care. In addition to helping providers and clients meet and exceed their professional and strategic goals, clinical data allow Sheridan to prepare for and adapt to changes within the health care industry.
Industry Innovations
Sheridan’s focus on adapting to change includes technological innovations, such as Inspire Health Solutions™.This Sheridan subsidiary is committed to improving provider efficiency and effectiveness. Inspire supports our client facilities and physicians with Web-based features including electronic health records, clinical integration, decision support, revenue cycle management and productivity management solutions. Sheridan providers can rely on a supportive leadership and leverage the company’s content specialists and operations managers to assist them in adapting to new technologies and clinical systems.
“There is always a resource within our Anesthesia Services Division that can apply themselves to any project, regardless of its complexity,” Dr. Drozdow said. “And many times, solutions are readily available because they have already been addressed.”
Growing Anesthesia Services
With a new generation of anesthesia professionals entering a rapidly evolving health care environment, Sheridan remains confident in our ability to be both sensitive and flexible regarding the individual needs of our providers. Sheridan extends an open invitation to individual anesthesia providers and group practices to visit our corporate site, learn more about our history, and examine our supportive and value-enhancing infrastructure.
“Our success has depended upon a dedicated team of physician leaders willing to make a professional and personal investment in Sheridan’s progress,” Dr. Drozdow said. “We will continue to invest in our healthcare providers to build a successful company in our continually evolving industry.”
* “Sheridan” includes Sheridan Healthcare, Inc., and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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