OHA Corporate Partner Program

Corporations play a vital role in the success of hospitals. The OHA Corporate Partner Program:

- Helps align common needs for the most successful health service delivery
- Provides an opportunity for OHA members to identify and evaluate potential suppliers and consultants
- Allows partners to distinguish their organizations with OHA hospital members

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Anesthesia Healthcare Partners, Inc. (AHP) is a provider of professional anesthesia services to hospitals and surgery centers of all sizes across the country. AHP specializes in managing the daily anesthesia operations, billing for all anesthesia services and recruiting the best permanent and locum nurse anesthetists.  www.ahphealthcare.com  

ApolloMD partners with top-tier hospitals to provide emergency medicine and anesthesia services. Their unique combination of a performance-based compensation model, systemized quality programs, skilled leadership, and the recruitment and retention of top physicians has allowed them to achieve remarkable turnarounds and tremendous success in each of their partner facilities.  www.apollomd.com

ARAMARK Healthcare is a leader in the management of support services for healthcare providers, including food and nutrition services for patients, visitors and staff; general housekeeping and specialized cleaning; plant operations and maintenance; laundry and linen; and patient transportation.  ARAMARK’s services help control costs, enhance patient satisfaction and reduce redundancies. www.aramark.com

Arnett & Foster is a certified public accounting firm serving five state regions including Ohio. Services include audit, reimbursement strategic planning with an emphasis on technical reimbursement issues such as Medicare DSH, medical education and critical access hospitals.  www.afnetwork.com

AVI Foodsystems, Inc.  AVI Foodsystems, Healthcare Division, provides innovative patient dining, retail dining, catering services, and environmental services to hospitals and other related healthcare facilities.  www.avifoodsystems.com

B.E. Smith, Inc.  Founded in 1978, B.E. Smith is a full service leadership solutions firm for healthcare providers. B.E. Smith's comprehensive suite of services includes interim leadership, permanent executive placements and consulting solutions. The company is comprised of veteran healthcare leaders who partner with each client to create a solution that uniquely fits that client's individual needs. In 2008, B.E. Smith placed more than 600 leaders into healthcare organizations worldwide. For more information call 1-877-802-4593 or visit www.besmith.com

BKD, LLP's, Health Care Group consists of 200 strategic planners, reimbursement consultants, professionals with intermediary or clinical experience, health care auditors, improvement managers and tax professionals, who assist more than 2,500 health care providers nationwide. Their consultants advise clients on reimbursement and compliance, technology, operations, health information, managed care and physician matters.  www.bkd.com

Blue & Co., LLC is a regional CPA firm committed to providing quality accounting and consulting services to the healthcare field. The spectrum of Blue's services is wide and ranges from traditional cost reporting and audits to the development of corporate strategy and reengineering of clinical services. www.blueandco.com

CareTech Solutions, Inc., a healthcare Information Technology and Health Information Management services provider, creates value for clients through flexible solutions that contribute to improving patient care while lowering healthcare costs. From implementing emerging technologies to supporting day-to-day operations, CareTech offers clients expert services across the patient data lifecycle.  www.caretechsolutions.com

CHARIS Healthcare offers a comprehensive set of consulting services in the key disciplines driving healthcare strategy today. Their experience has taught that performance optimization occurs when the right plan is executed with the right people following proven methodologies. Their service offerings provide tailored solutions which consistently deliver results while exceeding expectations. Charis utilizes proven methodologies, disciplined processes, standardized tools, and strategic deliverables to provide specific recommendations and reliable outcomes in the following service lines: strategic planning, change management, leadership development, joint venture facilitation, market research and analysis, business development, operational performance improvement, implementation, physician alignment, branding and marketing.  www.charishealthcare.com

Commerce Bank is a leader in automated Accounts Payable transactions in the healthcare industry. Through its offering of ControlPay™ Advanced - you can reduce costs and risk, maximize A/P float, and significantly increase revenue-share (rebate). This solution is easily customized for your hospital. ControlPay™ Advanced (CPA) integrates with your existing accounting systems and provides trouble-free reconciliation while offering your suppliers more acceptance options.  www.commercebank.com

Community Behavioral Health Center (CHBC) is a community-based mental health agency accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health for the provision of mental health services to needy adults and elderly residents in Ohio. CBHC provides mental health services throughout northeast Ohio and Telepsychiatric/mental health services to needy residents living in rural communities in Ohio. 

Community Hospitalists provides a hospital-centric model for hospitalist services. They work as part of the team at their client hospital locations to provide customized hospitalist solutions specifically designed to meet their clients immediate and future needs. They recruit highly talented, well trained physicians who are board certified and understand the specialty of hospitalist medicine. www.hospitalistinfo.com

Corporate Screening Services, Inc. is an Ohio-based provider of global background screening solutions. As a leading consultant to some of the nation's top employers in the health care community, Corporate Screening combines state-of-the-art data gathering technology with in-depth examination and analysis unique to the screening industry. This is why their brand of background screening is coveted by health care employers dealing with vulnerable populations. With offices in Ohio, Florida and California, Corporate Screening utilizes an expanding professional staff of 75 analysts and consultants to offer customized solutions specifically tailored to solve the industry's unique screening challenges.  www.corporatescreening.com

Danis Building Construction Company  This year Danis marks its 91st year in construction. Consistently rated as one of the top healthcare contractors in the United States, in 2006 Danis had sales of $260,000,000 and employed 350 people. Completed work includes renovation and new construction for acute care hospitals, ambulatory centers, specialized care centers and medical offices. Work is managed from offices in Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Florida. Danis is currently working on 13 healthcare campuses in Ohio on projects ranging in size from $10,000 and $200,000,000.  www.danisbuilding.com

DesignGroup is a recognized leader in healthcare architecture, planning and design. Their clients are leading edge, large and small, urban and rural, academic and community, independent and aligned. Healthcare represents more than 75% of the firm's business. DesignGroup's ability to satisfy their customers' needs and create efficient and effective healing environments is why more than 70% of the firm's business is from repeat clients.  www.dgcolumbus.com

For more than 30 years, The Doctors Company / OHIC Insurance has made an unparalleled commitment to providing the most aggressive defense for healthcare facilities. They are on a mission to relentlessly defend and protect the healthcare facilities that support the practice of good medicine. When one of their own is attacked, they take it personally. The Doctors Company loathes litigation, so they work hard to reduce risk in the facilities they serve. They are more than an insurance company. They are The Doctors Company.  www.thedoctors.com 

Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG) is an emergency medicine staffing and management company dedicated to patient care and building strong hospital relationships. EPMG provides care to over 750,000 patients annually and can effectively measure and improve physician-specific patient satisfaction, patient wait-time, diagnosis-specific cost utilization, best practice guidelines, and much more. For additional information please visit www.epmgpc.com, or contact Amy Kerschbaum at 800-466-3764 x380 or at akerschbaum@epmgpc.com.

Pharmacy Systems, Inc. provides Hospital Pharmacy Management and Consulting Services. Their Pharmacy Management Services assure their client hospitals have a competent qualified Director of Pharmacy. They assume day-to-day supervision of pharmacy services and responsibility for implementing defined, proven pharmacy programs. Pharmacy Systems, Inc. manages the professional and technical aspects of pharmacy as a business while their clients retain control.  www.pharmacysystems.com

Physicians Imaging Solutions is in the business of helping their clients improve in two crucial areas: enhanced patient care and the bottom line. Whether you're adding medical imaging, looking to upgrade from mobile to in-house, or just have questions about how to improve, they can help!  www.yourimagingpartner.com

Plante & Moran, PLLC   Plante & Moran is a leading CPA and management consulting firm delivering operational, financial, and strategic solutions to leading healthcare providers who want to grow, stay competitive, and provide quality care in the complex and changing business and regulatory world of health care. They help hospitals in the areas of audit/tax, compliance, reimbursement, resource utilization savings, debt capacity/financial feasibility studies, technology, operational performance and more. Plante & Moran has cutting-edge solutions and the resources to help you and your organization thrive. www.plantemoran.com

Premier Health Care Services, Inc. is your hospital’s Emergency Medicine partner. Since 1987, Premier has provided: quality clinicians, leadership, management, education, customer satisfaction, physician billing, and much more. Enjoy the benefits that their physician ownership model and ED experience have to offer. Visit Premier at www.premierhcs.net to assist you in improving the quality and delivery of care in your Emergency Department.

Quadax, Inc. is the EDI Clearinghouse with the products and the people to move you beyond simply processing electronic transactions, into achieving excellence in healthcare business office management. By supporting a wide range of HIPAA-standard electronic transactions, enabling comprehensive monitoring and analysis, and by providing unparalleled customer support, Quadax delivers the innovation, service, and value that will revolutionize your operations.  www.quadax.com

The Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd., The Quality Management division's confidential services include comprehensive support of administrative/physician leader issues; such as physician and allied health practitioner retrospective peer review, quality concern evaluation and creation of medical staff specific administrative and clinical policies, documents and procedures. Onsite and offsite support is available from a consultant (or team) of actively practicing board certified physicians, healthcare attorneys and nurses with the expertise needed for your situation. Proposals are complimentary and without obligation. The Audit/Compliance division concentrates on coding and billing issues related to compliance in order to meet regulatory requirements. Service lines such as charge description master review, inpatient audits, outpatient audits or educational programs designed to meet the client's need are some of the services offered. PreRAC audits and educational programs are being offered in preparation for the permanent RAC program to be implemented no later than January 1, 2010. When quality of healthcare delivery is a concern, QMCG can assist.  www.qmcg.com

Ryerson Management Associates, LLC is a leading healthcare consulting firm specializing in emergency department, performance improvement and revenue cycle initiatives for clients across the continuum of care. RMA's unique Emergency Department Quick Gains Program focuses on improving processes, patient throughput and revenue capture for ED visits, to enhance the patient experience and optimize charging performance. The core of their performance improvement work includes staffing, patient throughput, process improvement, and organizational redesign. They provide strong support for healthcare revenue cycle operations, including charge master, documentation, coding, pricing, charge capture, billing and collection reviews, as well as the identification and billing of missed charges for surgical services cases.  www.rmasolutions.com

Shook Construction has built over a billion dollars of health care projects since 1926. Their projects range from 10,000 SF outpatient renovations to 650,000 SF new acute care facilities. They are construction professionals dedicated to delivering the greatest quality product to the owner and to the community.  www.shookconstruction.com

Stand Energy Corporation (SEC) has been an energy leader in the natural gas industry since 1984. As a retail marketer of energy, SEC has a proven history of financial strength and experience which allows them to offer you the most cost-effective programs in the industry. Since its formation, SEC has been the customer's advocate on natural gas issues. SEC is committed to fighting for regulations that promote a competitive natural gas marketplace.  www.ohanet.org/energy/  www.stand-energy.com/

TeamHealth is the nation's largest clinical outsourcing organization, providing physician staffing and management services to 500+ hospitals across the country, including 23 emergency departments in the Ohio area. Their physicians and clinicians care for more than 1,000 patients an hour in the areas of emergency medicine, hospitalist/intensivist medicine, and radiology/teleradiology.  www.teamhealth.com

TechSolve  Healthcare Solutions by TechSolve is a not-for-profit process and quality improvement consulting organization focused on serving the healthcare industry. Healthcare Solutions employs Lean and Six Sigma process improvement approaches and best practices to streamline process-driven activities in healthcare while maintaining the highest standards of quality care and patient satisfaction.  www.techsolve.org

TKG Medstaff is the nation's leading physician owned and managed healthcare recruiting firm established by Medical Edge Healthcare Group, an employer of 1,700 providers encompassing 22 specialties. For Medical Edge, hiring recruitment firms that cared more about revenues than successful placements became a losing proposition. Owned by physicians and having the experience of a highly successful healthcare group, TKG Medstaff has successfully filled a void in the healthcare recruitment industry. TKG has access to a wealth of medical resources that provide insight into a breadth of medical industry issues including practice structure and compensation models. And because Medical Edge is on the cutting edge of medical technology, they stay at the forefront of industry knowledge. TKG Medstaff provides a depth of professionalism, dedication and trust that has long been absent. Welcome to a new kind of recruiting relationship. Welcome to TKG Medstaff.  www.tkgmedstaff.com

Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and services, creates ideal environments of care. Trane's business approach links the physical environment to patient outcomes, staff satisfaction and the bottom line. They’ve served as a trusted advisor to the healthcare industry for the past 50 years.  www.trane.com 

Tremco, Inc.   Founded in Ohio in 1928 and headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, Tremco's healthcare division specializes in addressing the unique needs of your facility's sensitive environment. Their services range from facilities asset diagnostics, to preventative maintenance, to repair and replacement projects. They address roofing, facade and windows, parking structures, water remediation, mechanical systems, paving; and provide engineering and architectural design build services and continuing education programs. Tremco's goal is to identify radical productivity improvements around your facility's existing infrastructure spend, reduce your risk and enable your staff to focus on mission critical tasks.  www.tremcoinc.com

URS Health specializes throughout Ohio and across the nation in designing healthcare facilities that make the best possible use of a hospital's assets. Their team excels in both complex renovations and new construction. URS' experience includes surgery, cardiac-heart, cancer, out-patient services, ICU, emergency medicine, radiology, laboratories, and new bed facilities.  www.urscorp.com

William H. Meyer Agency, Inc. specializes in total benefits solutions for the healthcare industry. Innovative benefits design and complete communication and enrollment services are just two of the many reasons they're trusted by so many Ohio hospitals. For group or voluntary benefits, they take the time to listen to your hospital’s needs and meet them exactly.   www.williamhmeyeragency.com

Willis of Ohio, Inc.   is a professional liability coverage company for hospitals and physicians.  www.hrh.com