from providers who are hesitant to change patient care.
Ready to recover
Excelsior's surgeons have negotiated bundled payments with local
insurers, meaning they receive a single payment for managing an
entire episode of care, which begins the day surgery is scheduled and
ends at 90 days post-op. They're financially responsible for achieving
positive outcomes, and therefore have a vested interest in making
sure patients enter the OR in prime physical condition. Ms. Yoder
helps to make sure that happens.
The surgeons are thrilled to have her onboard. She even helps the
practice's staff make healthier eating choices. But it's Excelsior's
patients who benefit the most from Ms. Yoder's work. "In order for
patients to undergo complex surgery in the outpatient setting," she
says, "they need to be as healthy and as physically prepared as possi-
ble."
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