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All Star Healthcare Solutions Delivers Staffing Budget Savings
Ask any facility administrator or healthcare recruiter, and they’ll confirm recruiting and retaining highly qualified physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) requires a sizeable investment. However, according to a Kaufman Hall Physician Blast, full-time employed clinicians net facilities nearly $395,000 per provider in just Q3 of last year. Therefore, any possible loss of revenue due to unfilled physician or APP positions can be a big budget buster.
Allocating staffing funds for locum tenens can be a big budget saver. Keep reading to see how partnering with All Star Healthcare Solutions offers an impressive return on your staffing investments.
Compensate for Revenue Loss
If staffing voids cause your hospital, clinic, or private practice to limit services or appointments, the situation can result in a loss of dollars. When All Star matches highly qualified clinicians to available positions, your organization is better equipped to maintain continuity of care, keep appointment calendars full, and keep revenue streams flowing.
Gain Value in Patient Care
As more healthcare organizations migrate toward value-based services instead of fee-based systems, patient satisfaction scores become far more valuable. Operating short-staffed could equate to longer wait times and other conditions that may affect how people rate your facility. All Star can help fill those gaps and boost customer service. Locums providers have more time for direct patient care because they typically have fewer administrative duties incorporated into their shifts. Additionally, a 2023 cohort study concluded no distinguishable difference in mortality or readmission rates among individuals treated by locum tenens providers. Those factors can generate the positive impressions from patients that facilities seek.
Mitigate Staff Callouts
Whether due to illness, unplanned leave, or burnout, being short-staffed due to clinicians calling out can come with unexpected expenses tied to cancelled procedures or clinic visits. While you can’t plan for every occasion that may cause someone to take time off, All Star can help minimize the impact. We are continuously expanding our network of physicians, NPs, PAs, and CRNAs across the country, which empowers us to reach out on short notice if necessary. Our flexibility to fill immediate staffing needs pays off for your patients and permanent personnel.
Enhance Provider Well-being
High caseloads are among the contributing factors consistently cited by individuals experiencing burnout. Multiple surveys indicate healthcare professionals are considering leaving their current job, retiring early, or exiting from the profession altogether. This development can carry a hefty price tag for employers: Per a 2023 study conducted by the American Medical Association, burnout cost the U.S. healthcare industry in excess of $4 billion, primarily due to reduced hours by providers and staff turnover. Introducing locum tenens providers into your staffing strategy can give the support necessary to enable your clinicians the schedule flexibility to attend to their well-being. All Star also can present locums professionals to step in when physicians and advanced practitioners request time off for vacations or to attend conferences, complete continuing medical education requirements, or even take a sabbatical.
All Star Healthcare Solutions Simplifies Staffing for Facilities
In addition to partnering with All Star to meet your temporary staffing demands, our Direct Hire Division assists with recruiting new clinical hires. Our consultants help expand candidate pools and match individuals to your facility’s unique qualifications, thus saving time and resources for your in-house recruiters. What’s more, our Locums and Dire Hire consultants collaborate to satisfy your needs, keeping each other—and you— informed. That’s our “Red Carpet” Service, always going above and beyond.
Start your staffing savings today. Call All Star Healthcare Solutions at 800-928-0229, or contact us online.
