Affordability

10 Essential Tips for Reducing Supply Waste

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 18:02
Tool Type
Tip Sheets
Format
PDF
Keywords
affordability
supply waste
Topics
Affordability
Performance Improvement
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This poster, which appeared in the November/December 2012 Bulletin Board Packet, offers tips for reducing supply waste.

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Tyra Ferlatte
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10 Essential Tips for Reducing Supply Waste

Format: 
PDF

Size: 
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience: 
Frontline employees, managers and physicians, and UBT consultants

Best used:
Post this tip sheet in a breakroom, or use it as a starting point for team discussions and brainstorming on how to reduce supply waste.  

See how teams have put these tips to use:

 

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PPT: Optical Team Makes Fewer Fixes to Glasses

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 16:54
Region
Southern California
Tool Type
PowerPoints
Format
PPT
Keywords
PDSA
Fontana
small test of change
Redlands
Visions Essential Optical Center
Topics
Service
Role
Frontline Workers
UBT Consultants & UPRs
ppt_optical_redlands

This PowerPoint slide, from the September 2012 Bulletin Board Packet, features an optical team that lowered glasses redo rates.

Non-LMP
Tool landing page copy (reporters)
Poster: Optical team makes fewer fixes to glasses

Format:
PPT

Size:
1 Slide

Intended audience:
LMP employees, UBT consultants, improvement advisers

Best used:
This PowerPoint slide features an optical team that lowered glasses redo rates. Use in presentations to show some of the methods used and the measurable results being achieved by unit-based teams across Kaiser Permanente. 

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PPT: Team's Success Brings in $10 Million

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 15:10
Region
Colorado
Tool Type
PowerPoints
Format
PPT
Keywords
treska francis
Medicare Risk Business Services
Beth Cox
Stephanie White
Topics
Affordability
Role
Frontline Workers
UBT Consultants & UPRs
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This PowerPoint slide highlights a business services team that discovered a glitch, corrected it, and brought in $10 million in Medicare reimbursements.

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PPT: Business services team corrects glitch

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PPT

Size:
1 slide

Intended audience:
LMP Staff, UBT consultants, improvement advisers

Best used:
This PowerPoint slide highlights a business services team that discovered a glitch, corrected it, and brought in $10 million in Medicare reimbursements. Use in presentations to show some of the methods used and the measurable results being achieved by unit-based teams across Kaiser Permanente.

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PPT: Materials Management Cuts Linen Costs

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 15:36
Region
Southern California
Tool Type
PowerPoints
Format
PPT
Keywords
Panorama City
act
Topics
Affordability
Role
Frontline Workers
UBT Consultants & UPRs
Content Section
Postcards to Posters
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lmpartnership.org
PPT_linens_pan_city

This PowerPoint slide features a Materials Management team that found a way to save in linen costs.

Non-LMP
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PPT: Materials Management Team cuts linen costs

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Size:
1 slide

Intended audience:
LMP staff, UBT consultants and improvement advisers

Best used:
This PowerPoint slide features a Materials Management team that found a way to save in linen costs. Use in presentations to show some of the methods used and measurable results being achieved by unit-based teams across Kaiser Permanente. 

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Poster: Materials Management Cuts Linen Costs

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 15:31
Region
Southern California
Tool Type
Posters
Format
PDF
Keywords
PDSA
Plan
Do
Study
Panorama City
act
linens
Topics
Affordability
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Physicians
Frontline Workers
Content Section
Postcards to Posters
Taxonomy upgrade extras
bulletin board packet
poster_linens_pan_city

This poster from the August 2012 Bulletin Board Packet features a Materials Management team that found a way to save in linen costs.

Non-LMP
Tool landing page copy (reporters)
Poster: Materials Management Team cuts linen costs

Format:
PDF (color and black and white)

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster, for use on bulletin boards in break rooms and other staff areas, features a Materials Management team that found a way to save in linen costs.

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Poster: Team's Success Brings in $10 Million

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 14:22
Region
Colorado
Tool Type
Posters
Format
PDF
Keywords
UBT
treska francis
Medicare Risk Business Services
Beth Cox
Stephanie White
Topics
Affordability
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Physicians
Frontline Workers
Content Section
Postcards to Posters
Taxonomy upgrade extras
bulletin board packet
poster_medicare_risk_Colo.

This poster from the August 2012 Bulletin Board Packet highlights a business services team that discovered a glitch, corrected it, and brought in $10 million in Medicare reimbursements.

Non-LMP
Tool landing page copy (reporters)
Poster: Team's Success Brings in $10 Million

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster highlights a business services team that discovered a glitch, corrected it, and brought in $10 million in Medicare reimbursements. Post on bulletin boards, in break rooms and other staff areas.

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Team’s Ongoing Success Brings in $10 Million in Medicare Revenue

Submitted by Jennifer Gladwell on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 16:52
Region
Colorado
Keywords
Colorado
Medicare Risk Business Services
Medicare reimbursement
Topics
Affordability
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Workers
Taxonomy upgrade extras
Lead Your Team
lmpartnership.org
bulletin board packet
regional intranet
Request Number
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The Medicare Risk UBT in Colorado exceeds its initial projections of recovering $3 million in lost Medicare reimbursements, bringing in more than $10 million in 2011.

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Jennifer Gladwell
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The Medicare Risk Business Services unit audits all Medicare Advantage charts in Colorado.
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Poster: Team's Success Brings in $10 Million
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Team’s ongoing success brings in $10 in Medicare reimbursement
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Fixing one error leads to continued improvement
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Colorado’s “small team with the big impact” has surpassed even its own expectations, reporting an additional $7 million in Medicare reimbursements last year. That brings the total capture to $10.3 million for Medicare Advantage visits in 2010.

The Medicare Risk Business Services unit—made up of five auditors, a data analyst and a manager—is in charge of auditing all inpatient Medicare Advantage charts to make sure the agency is billed correctly.

Two years ago, a technical issue with Kaiser Permanente’s partner hospitals in the region resulted in incomplete physician signatures on patient charts—which prevented KP from submitting the bills for hospital stays and procedures to Medicare for reimbursement. The error was corrected, but the team had to review 26,000 hospital inpatient notes for that year.

When it first began correcting the error, the unit-based team predicted collecting an additional $2 million to $3 million for 2010 and team members are pleased that their efforts netted KP an additional $7 million.

“It amazes me what the UBT is able to harness and have such great outcomes,” says management co-lead Treska Francis.

The department has worked through the backlog and is now able to submit bills to Medicare within 10 days of a patient’s discharge.

The small team attributes its ongoing success to:

  • quick huddles
  • holding each other accountable
  • transparent communication

“On a daily basis, we know what needs to be completed for the day, (we) set a goal and we go for it,” says labor co-lead Stephanie White, a Medicare risk auditor and SEIU Local 105 member.

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Powerpoint: X Marks the Spot

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 11:35
Region
Georgia
Tool Type
PowerPoints
Format
PDF
Keywords
Georgia
act
Cumberland
Topics
Affordability
Service
Role
Frontline Workers
UBT Consultants & UPRs
Content Section
Postcards to Posters
Taxonomy upgrade extras
bulletin board packet
ppt_georgia_pharmacy

This PowerPoint slide from the July 2012 Bulletin Board packet highlights a pharmacy that reduced waste and improved service.

Non-LMP
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Powerpoint: X marks the spot

Format:
PPT

Size:
1 Slide

Intended audience:
LMP staff, UBT consultants, improvement advisers

Best used:
This PowerPoint slide highlights a pharmacy that reduced waste and improved service. Use in presentations to show some of the methods used and the measurable results being achieved by unit-based teams across Kaiser Permanente.

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Poster: X Marks the Spot

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 09:54
Region
Georgia
Tool Type
Posters
Format
PDF
Keywords
UBT
Plan
Do
Study
Georgia
act
Cumberland
Topics
Affordability
Performance Improvement
Role
Frontline Managers
Frontline Physicians
Frontline Workers
Content Section
Postcards to Posters
Taxonomy upgrade extras
bulletin board packet
poster_georgia_pharmacy

This poster from the July 2012 Bulletin Board Packet features a Georgia Pharmacy team that reduced waste and improved service.

Non-LMP
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Poster: Busy call center boosts morale with fun

Format:
PDF (color and black and white)

Size:
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Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster, for bulletin boards in break rooms and other staff areas, features a Georgia Pharmacy team that reduced waste and improved service.

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Virtual UBT Fair on Affordability

Submitted by Julie on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 13:38
Tool Type
PowerPoints
Format
PPT
Topics
Affordability
Role
UBT Consultants & UPRs
UBT Co-Leads
UBT Sponsors
Tool_virtual_UBT_Fair_PPT

Power Point slides from a virtual UBT fair held on May 23, 2012 featuring three teams: The Materials Management UBT in Panorama City, The Ambulatory Surgery Reovery team in Moanalua, Hawaii and the Santa Rosa Emergency Department.

Non-LMP
Tool landing page copy (reporters)

Format: 
PowerPoint

Size: 
30 slides 

Intended audience:
UBT co-leads, sponsors and consultants

Best used:
To find out what other teams are doing and adapt their successful practices. 

Download PPT

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http://lmpartnership.org/sites/default/files/VirtualUBTFairAffordability.pptx
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