Dr. Mike Valentine opened the presentation by saying the program was not going to be didactic but an interactive case study where the attendees will ...

The President & CEO for MedAxiom Consulting proclaimed, “The healthcare world around us is evolving at a monumental pace.”

Dr. David May, President at Cardiovascular Specialists and Chairman of the ACC’s Board of Governors, opened the presentation by offering that small practices can take advantage of their size and ability to be nimble in response to market forces.

Suzette Jaskie, President & CEO for MedAxiom Consulting, addressed the full open session on a topic very dear to all physicians – compensation. Specifically, about the paradigm shift taking place in healthcare where traditional volume compensation models are making way for new models that are based on “value.”

Suzette Jaskie, President & CEO for MedAxiom Consulting, presented to the pre-conference attendance crowd on team-based care and profitability and opened by sharing benchmarking and trending data from the MedAxiom survey on clinical staff FTE’s per physician pointing out that there have been slight increases in cost and ratios, especially over the last two years.

MedAxiom Consulting, noted that physicians are seeing more patients, working harder and feeling the pressure of these increases.