A Transplant Center Strategic Operational Assessment is crucial for the progressive development and growth of any Transplant Center. Components examined in Guidry & East's Transplant Center Strategic Operational Assessment potentially include:

• Realistic vision of the future for the Transplant Center
• Clinical outcome statistics
• Financial clearance process
• Patient selection process
• Current transplant recipient market share
• Market share analysis, patient referral patterns
• Outreach opportunities development
• Role of the Medical Director
• Role of the Surgical Director
• Role of the Transplant Administrator
• Clinical Transplant Coordinators' role and activities
• Overall staffing levels for the Transplant Center (benchmarking)
• HLA Lab operational issues (when hospital-based)
• Role and involvement with the Independent Organ Procurement Agency
• Documentation requirements for Organ Acquisition Cost Report recoveries
• Managed Care Contract review and assessment
• Assessment of the opportunities and threats that could impact the Transplant Center

If you are an established Transplant Center or one in development, the Strategic Transplant Planning process is critical for your ongoing and future growth and development. Guidry & East recognizes that numerous internal and external environmental issues in healthcare can have a significant impact on a Transplant Center. We have assisted Senior Executive Leadership in numerous Transplant Centers to develop comprehensive and practical Transplant Center Strategic Plans.

Specific areas we are often asked to help clients develop include:

Transplant Organizational Structure
Evaluate management structure (physician and administrative), including appropriate reporting relationships and make recommendations to provide an optimum structure across solid organ programs.

Transplant Executive Leadership
Assess organizational leadership resources and make recommendations on appropriate support required for continued success of the Transplant Center.

Transplant Medical Management
Evaluate patient care model, including physician roles within that model and patient selection, to insure efficient and cost effective clinical outcomes and medical management of the transplant patient.

Transplant Operations
Evaluate transplant clinic patient flow, scheduling, and medical records, and make recommendations to insure efficient and cost-effective care is provided across all solid organ transplant programs.

Transplant Center Physical Space
Assess current capacity of Transplant Clinic and infrastructure support, and determine future needs based on volume projections.

Transplant Staffing
Review current staffing model and functions and provide optimum staffing model, including physician and staff recruitment needs based on volume projections for the Transplant Center.

Transplant Market Development and Transplant Outreach
Review marketing efforts and referral patterns of all solid organ transplant programs and develop plan to enhance volume growth, including volume projections and required resources for growth plan.

Transplant Patient Service
Assess clinic staff interaction with patients, families, and external providers in order to provide recommendations on optimization of patient and referring physician satisfaction across all solid organ transplant programs.

Transplant Research
Assess research productivity and resources, and define opportunities for growth for all research activities related to the Transplant Center.

Guidry & East is a full-service transplant consulting firm specializing in the audit and clinical analysis of Medicare Organ Acquisition Cost Reports. Our transplant consultants have assisted medical centers in developing transplant business solutions specifically designed for growing transplant programs, improving transplant operations, and the transplant financial product line. Additional offerings to transplant centers include the development of transplant strategic plans, transplant outreach programs, transplant feasibility studies, interim transplant management, and review of transplant Conditions of Participation (COP). Guidry & East also provides transplant consulting for hospital-based HLA Labs as well as Independent HLA Labs.