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CASE PROFIT ESTIMATIONS

Taking the ‘estimate’ out of your profits

Empower your facility to avoid unprofitable cases and take on cases with financial confidence.

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The quickest way to calculate case profit margins

Does trying to determine how profitable a case will be ever feel too time-consuming or challenging to figure out?

With HST, surgery centers can automate and simplify case profitability estimations. By looking at their entire case schedule at a glance, ASCs can easily see their profit margin analysis for each case and are empowered to take next steps to improve or avoid unprofitable cases altogether.

Boost Center Profitability

With powerful case profit margin data, minimize unprofitable cases and maximize your center’s profits.

Reduce or Eliminate

If a case will cost you money, avoid it altogether or take proactive next steps such as reducing supply costs.

Empower Leadership with Data

Help your leadership understand case profitability with clear data so they can make an informed decision for their facility.

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How It Works

1. Set Your Cost Assumptions

Input your costs per OR minute for staff and overhead. Also, share your flat supplies costs and what percent of revenue should be assumed for implant costs until a representative submits an estimate.

2. Establish Your Auto-Flagging Settings

Create auto-flagging rules so you can flag when expected profit margins are too low and implant costs are too high. If your implant is too costly, easily reach out to your implant representative via the integration with HST’s scheduling and care communication to see how you can work together to reduce implant costs.

3. Generate Case Profit Margins

Once a case is scheduled, HST’s case profit estimations module pulls your case details from your practice management system to create your case profit estimation. From there, your profit margins are automatically calculated and displayed within seconds. What’s more, you can pull center-specific-Medicare rates via the integration with HST’s patient estimates.

4. Accept or Deny Cases
Choose which cases you proceed with knowing your expected profit margin so you can make the call if you let an unprofitable case through, reduce the case’s supply costs, or reject the case.
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Discover Why ASCs Love HST

It takes us seconds to analyze profitability. That part is amazing. It’s empowering the front office staff to be able to make a decision right away and not have to spend days trying to figure out if we should do a case or not.

KELLIE MAXWELL

Billing Manager
The Center for Urology Surger

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Let’s say I have an ortho physician that does a knee replacement and profits $1,500. But then I have another ortho physician that does the same knee replacement but profits $2,500. It drives those conversations between the physicians to understand what one is doing that the other may not be. It’s really beneficial to have those conversations.

HEATHER COBB

Administrator
Momentum Specialty Surgery Center

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We had a situation with an implant that we thought was reimbursable, but it turns out it was not. We were manually trying to dig in and see why we were losing money but couldn’t pinpoint it. When we saw HST Profit Forecast with our own data, we were able to click into that physician’s revenue and identify the issue immediately. If we had HST Profit Forecast at that time, we would have identified that problem faster, and it would have saved us $305,000.

ANDY BALL

Chief Executive
90210 Surgery Medical Center

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Explore the power of HST’s Case Profit Estimations

Profit Margin Calculator

Quickly predict your case’s profit margin through automation while getting a clear breakdown of case costs and compare against revenue.

Implant Cost Evaluator

Easily set when an implant case should be flagged by either a set implant cost or when an implant cost exceeds a specific percent of revenue.

Implant Case Overview

Cases with implants typically end up being more costly. Take a deeper look at all your implant cases in one single view and compare side by side each case’s profit margin.

Payor Selection

Cases with certain payors may be more financially risky for your facility than others. Select which payors your surgery center should flag so your staff can examine those cases more closely.

Vendor Implant Requests

Expedite implant quotes by reaching out directly to your implant representative within the platform to get an estimate.

Case Flagging

Let your team know when a case needs further review by automatically flagging a case according to revenue, profit margin, implant costs, and payor types.

HST Platforms Integrations

Sync revenue, schedule, and cost data with HST’s surgery center management. Send implant representative assignments and sync with HST’s scheduling and care communication. Also, tie in center-specific Medicare rates with HST’s patient estimate’s module and cost data from HST’s electronic charting.

Cost Assumptions

Efficiently manage your cost settings in one streamlined process. Set a consistent flat cost for all cases, determine your operating room cost on a per-minute basis. Choose a percentage of revenue to assume for implant costs until an official estimate is provided.

Case Approvals

Gain clarity on your day’s profitability with the Full Day Forecast. Evaluate each physician’s daily potential, balancing less profitable cases with the day’s overall financial success.

Case Cost Rules Engine

Build rules that automatically add costs to cases based on physician, procedure, or any combination of them.

Full Day Forecast

Gain clarity on your day’s profitability with the Full Day Forecast. Evaluate each physician’s daily potential, balancing less profitable cases with the day’s overall financial success.

Procedure Cost Builder

Streamline your procedure cost estimates in one spot with the Procedure Cost Builder. Tailor and edit cost estimates for each physician-procedure combination, backed by insightful data.

Payor Performance Comparison

Identify top and bottom payor performers effortlessly. The Payor Performance Comparison quickly reveals deviations from contract amounts, streamlining your financial analysis.

Physician Efficiency Tracker

Compare physician costs per procedure with ease. Pinpoint your most efficient physicians and utilize their data to establish best practices.

Sampled Cases

Enhance your decision-making with a comprehensive understanding of each profit analysis’s reliability, clearly defined by its specific sample size and the number of historical cases informing the analysis.

Manual Cost Mode

Adapt to unique cases with the Manual Cost Mode, allowing you to override estimates and input specific costs. Seamlessly integrate manual and automated forecasts for comprehensive profit analysis.

Custom Tags

Customize your case tracking with Custom Tags. Easily create and assign unique tags to efficiently filter and manage cases for better workflow and profit estimates.

Easy Case Sharing

Facilitate data-driven discussions on the go with Case Sharing. Send case links directly to physicians in a mobile-friendly view, empowering collaborative and informed decision-making.

Optimize Cost Estimates

Refine your cost predictions and choose between leveraging HST’s surgery center management data or setting custom rules to ensure each category reflects the most accurate and useful information.

Manage Multiple Centers

Effortlessly oversee multiple centers with advanced filtering and review capabilities. Tailor configurations and settings for each center, enhancing management and strategic decision-making.

Historical Payment Data

Enhance revenue tracking with historical payment data. Compare actual payments to contracted amounts and swiftly identify significant payment discrepancies.

Profit Margin Filters

Easily categorize and manage cases using profit margin filters. Just like a traffic light, identify and scrutinize ‘yellow’ cautionary and ‘red’ high-risk cases with low profit margins.

Filter Proposed Cases

Specifically designed to streamline your review process, this tool allows you to focus exclusively on potential cases, providing a clutter-free environment to evaluate case profitability without distraction from other cases.

Flexible Revenue Analysis

View expected revenue using average contract rates from the last 3 cases or scheduled
contract amounts—whichever fits your workflow best.

Physician Revenue Summary

See same-day overviews by physician showing case totals for revenue, cost, and profit—helping you make better scheduling decisions.

Case Inbox

Review all flagged cases in one place and decide whether to approve or decline each one.

Smart Costs

Use recent data to estimate supply and implant costs, making profit projections more
accurate.

Forecasting Dashboard

See clear forecasts for revenue, cost, and profit by physician, procedure, and payer—so
your center can make smarter choices.

Contract-Based Predictions

Get more accurate forecasts using scheduled CPT contract amounts instead of old Medicare rates.

Simplified Implant Requests

Send and resend multiple implant requests in just a few clicks, making it easier to work
with vendors.

Quick Case Notes

Add comments to a case to track important updates like insurance problems or scheduling changes.

Loss Avoidance Metrics

See how many cases were declined or approved and the total savings. View data for the last 30 or 90 days, the past 12 months, or all future cases—perfect for board meetings and demonstrating ROI.

Daily Case Snapshot

Get a daily summary of case profit estimates with comparative metrics from the past 10 days.

Case Activity Tracker

Track what’s been done on each case—like approvals, implant requests, tags, or cost
updates—so your staff stays aligned.

Case Activity Tracker

Track what’s been done on each case—like approvals, implant requests, tags, or cost
updates—so your staff stays aligned.

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Integrated with your favorite HST solutions

Surgery Center Management
Electronic Charting
Patient Estimates
Scheduling & Care Communication
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Not on HST Yet?

Share schedule data from other ASC practice management systems, including AdvantX, Amkai, SurgiSource, SIS Office, SIS Complete, and NextGen.

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You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers

Does it work for cases with bundles payments?

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Do the forecasts include implant-related revenue?

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Does it use CPT codes or the HST procedure codes?

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How do cost estimates work and can we use our existing practice management data?

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What if we don’t have enough historical revenue data?

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How does it work if I don't have HST's surgery center management solution?

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How long does it take for the Profit Margin Calculator to generate an estimate?

Profit estimates are calculated and presented within seconds of adding the case to your schedule using HST’s scheduling and care communication or HST’s surgery center management solution.

Do I need to have any other HST solutions or additional platforms to access HST's case profit estimations?

You will need to be either on HST’s surgery center management solution or be using another ASC Practice Management system so we can incorporate your schedule data. In addition to HST’s surgery center management module, we can also pull schedule data from these ASC Practice Management Systems: Advantx, Amkai, SurgiSource, SIS Office, SIS Complete, and NextGen. Revenue forecasts will be more accurate if HST is your billing system.

Is HST's case profit estimations module user-friendly?

HST’s case profit estimations solution is designed to provide clear and simple financial insights. You do not need a data or financial background to quickly make sense of the profit forecasts.

Can I access multiple centers from one user account?

Yes, as long as each center’s Administrator gives access.

Can I use HST's case profit estimations solution to analyze the profitability of past cases?

No. You can look at past cases and see the profit forecast that was produced before the case; however, forecasts are not updated with what actually happened.

What data does HST require to provide accurate profitability forecasts?

The product uses center-specific payer contracts, historical revenue, and cost data.

Can HST account for variations in supply costs?

Yes.  Customers can build rules or use historical cost data to increase the accuracy of supply cost estimates for different cases.

How secure is HST's case profit estimations solution? How does it protect patient and case data?

HST has implemented rigorous security measures.  HST’s case profit estimations module runs on the cloud, leveraging the enterprise, HIPAA compliant infrastructure used by other HST solutions.

Does HST offer real-time profitability updates as variables in a case change?

Yes.  Changes to patient data and schedule data trigger updates to profit forecasts. In addition, changes to payer contracts and ongoing shifts in historical revenue by case will impact profit forecasts.

On a scale from 1 to 10, how awesome is it?

Probably 11.

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