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  • Answering the Call: My Journey to Making a Difference

    | Culture, Leadership

    Many healthcare professionals, including myself, pursued a career in medicine with the desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others. From childhood, […]

  • Meet Some of Sound’s Incredible APPs

    | Culture, Leadership

    Sound Physicians is proud to celebrate National Advanced Practice Provider Week! Across the country, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) provide care for thousands of patients every […]

  • Perspectives as a Woman in Medicine

    | Culture, Leadership

    In the field of medicine, it is no question that women have been historically underrepresented. While today there are promising trends such as the record-breaking percentage […]

  • Maximize Your Anesthesia Career by Practicing at the Top of Your License

    | Anesthesia, Careers

    Erik Rauch, DNP, MBA, CRNA, NSPM-C is a Regional CRNA Director for Sound Anesthesia with over 15 years of experience in a variety of settings […]

  • Telehealth. Is. Health.

    | Policy, Telemedicine

    #TelehealthIsHealth Just ask the 14,000+ patients Sound’s tele-physicians treat every month – in the ICU, inpatient wards, skilled nursing facilities, and at home. As Chief […]

  • Taking the 35k ft. Elevation View as a Physician Advisor

    | Careers, Culture

    Steve Philip, Medical Director of Advisory Services at Sound Physicians, found his way to Physician Advisory Services through a career in Hospital Medicine. He joined […]

  • Transitioning to Value in the New Normal

    | Performance, Thought Leadership

    Throughout the pandemic, the U.S. healthcare community has valiantly and collectively battled one of the most significant healthcare challenges our country has ever seen. After […]

  • DRG Downgrades: Prevent and Dispute Payer Revisions

    | Performance, Policy

    Commercial and public payers are estimated to deny about one in every ten submitted claims, costing health systems up to 2% of net patient revenue […]

  • What are Regional Blocks?

    | Anesthesia, Culture

    For an anesthetist, pain is the enemy. Behind every broken leg that needs surgery is a scared patient who puts their confidence in a provider […]

  • The Incredible “Hidden” Value of a Physician-Led Organization 

    | Careers, Culture

    Twenty-one years ago, when our medical practice filled its first hospitals in the Pacific Northwest with talented, motivated clinicians, we quickly learned that when doctors […]

  • Sound Physicians Earns 2022 Great Place to Work Certification™

    | Careers, Culture

    Sound Physicians is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the first time. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current […]

  • Transitioning Health Systems to Value-Based Care

    | Performance, Thought Leadership

    The transition to value-based care puts costly acute care under a magnifying glass. The United States spends $3.8 trillion on healthcare annually. Astonishingly, acute episodes […]

  • 4 Common Barriers to Telemedicine in SNFs

    | Clinical Innovation, Telemedicine

    Effective telemedicine integration is one of the most powerful advantages a SNF (skilled nursing facility) can invest in. While telemedicine aids nurses and increases the […]

  • Three Key Strategies for Improving Acute Med-Psych Patient Status and Management

    | Performance

    An estimated 30% of individuals have medical and psychiatric illnesses when entering an emergency department. Co-occurrence of medical and psychiatric illnesses is one of the […]

  • 5 Keys to Successful Value-Based Care

    | Thought Leadership

    VBC (Value-based care) was not on Dr. Rob Bessler’s mind when he founded Sound Physicians in 2001. Bessler was focused on another challenge – how […]

  • An APP Leader with an Eye on Quality and Partnership

    | Culture, Leadership

    Meet Nurse Practitioner Cindy Simpkins, one of Sound’s APPs to hold an Assistant Medical Director position. Her role is a shining example of how redefining […]

  • Sound Long-Term Care Management

    | Accountable Care

    Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been around for years – generally focused on community-based Medicare recipients, helping to increase care and coordination of care while […]

  • Home Health Care: Big Challenges, Innovative Solutions

    | Clinical Innovation, Telemedicine

    The Primary Care Problem Now more than ever, evidence proves that care services provided at home rather than at a facility create undeniable value for […]

  • Mandatory Bundled Payments – Are you Ready?

    | Policy, Thought Leadership

    Read the whitepaper here: Instant download CMS introduced bundled payment models over the past decade, including the current BPCI-A program, which has effectively reigned in […]

  • Tactics to Successfully Appeal a Denial Letter

    | Performance, Policy

    When creating an appeal letter, clarity and brevity are essential to increasing success. Now more than ever, overturning denials is critical for hospitals’ revenue cycles. […]