Anesthesia Consulting
Overview
Our team offers comprehensive operational anesthesia consulting services customized to each client’s specific needs. Our primary offering is an Anesthesiology Department Assessment that focuses on improving anesthesia provider efficiency and reducing hospital costs in the operating room and other anesthesia delivery areas. We help to turn your anesthesia department into partners dedicated to growing your surgery business.
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Each project is customized to meet your individual needs. Our experienced anesthesia consultants can provide some or all of the following perioperative program assistance. Additionally, the Sullivan Team offers implementation support for any and all recommendations made. Explore unrealized revenue potential through our years of experience in partnering with anesthesiologists and hospital leadership.
Overcoming Challenges with Strategic Anesthesia Support
Our anesthesia consultants can help your hospital overcome your specific challenges including:
- Medical Director definition and implementation
- Contract negotiations
- Stipend methodology
- RFP design / management
- Hospital employment model determination
- Efficient perioperative staffing models
- Reduction of anesthetizing locations through efficiency improvements
- Governance and competitive provider compensation determination

Anesthesiology Department Assessment
A broad assessment of your anesthesiology department
During an Anesthesia Assessment, our anesthesia consultants will review subsidy and proposed or current contracts to identify negotiation issues. We will also compare practice data to current MGMA survey data and identify opportunities to increase revenue.
Additionally, our skilled anesthesia consultants will thoroughly analyze:
Support staff expense structure
Call team composition
Quality of data available
Department organization
Anesthesia staffing model

Negotiation Assistance
Assistance negotiating your anesthesia contract
Is your hospital paying a fair anesthesia subsidy? Sullivan anesthesia consultants can help you review the rationale for an exclusive anesthesia contract and identify key issues in preparation for negotiations. Our team can design and manage the RFP process with the validation of market fairness of financial support parameters. We can also assist by reviewing existing contract terms and provide strategic recommendations for change implementation.
Our Clients Say It Best
Case Studies

5 Tips for Increased Anesthesia Program Efficiency
A strong, well-functioning anesthesia program will have lasting gains to keep your OR running on-time and ensure quality metrics will be achieved.

Allina Operational Efficiencies
Learn what happens when teams focus on solving problems in the surgical services department

Northwestern Medicine - Perioperative On-time Starts
Through collaborative team huddles, careful and meaningful tracking with actionable items, and proactive preparation for first case starts as well as all case review, the on time start percentage increased from 37% up to 77% maintaining an average of 72% for 8 months
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