Reducing Physician Variation

William Mohlenbrock, MD, founder and CMO of Verras and a practicing orthopedic surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., discussed physician variation in a recent webinar presented byBecker's Hospital Review. The webinar, titled "Reducing Physician Variation: How to Maximize Cost Savings by Integrating Each Physician's Best Practices with Hospital Case Management," included four clinical case management focus areas to reduce physician variation, improve quality and save costs. For example, Dr. Mohlenbrock said for a 200-bed hospital with a goal of reducing variation by 8 percent in the hospital's major service lines, Verras projected cost savings of roughly $2.4 million.