GME Consulting
Partners® has worked to establish or maintain residency programs in over 275 institutions, and over 40 different specialties. We have worked in an educational and/or consulting capacity in 46 of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, two countries and still counting.
Graduate Medical Education Consulting
Partners® has worked with countless community hospitals, health systems, consortiums and universities since 1994. We work with programs and institutions, from small community hospitals to large academic medical centers, by providing custom gme consulting and medical education webinars. We help them to start new GME programs, improve existing programs, or innovate to achieve the best possible Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accreditation results. Partners® has the hands-on GME consulting experts you need.
What sets Partners® apart?
Partners 360 degree approach addresses your immediate accreditation concerns, while thinking strategically to build a better and sustainable program/ institution.
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Tailored consulting for your needs
Existing ACGME Accredited Programs –
Continuous Program Improvement
Partners® seasoned accreditation consulting services will provide a comprehensive assessment, and assistance in completing your ACGME application for continued accreditation. This includes addressing citations, unexpected survey results, unlimited review of the application, with annotated notes and recommendations, review of all required documents, and any other required GME data, including the development of required policies and procedures.
Mock Site Visits
Partners® will first work with you to address citations, unexpected survey results, site visits for cause, ACGME identified areas for improvement, and other areas needing attention or being out of compliance with ACGME accreditation requirements through our application review service (see above paragraph). This includes review of the application and supporting attachments, resident files, and other required GME data. Our hands-on expert GME consulting experts will work with the program to identify the issues and areas of concern, provide you with a report of findings along with an action plan, and roll up our sleeves to help you implement those recommendations.
Following application submission, Partners® will work with your Program Director, Coordinator, Faculty, and Residents to conduct a mock site visit following current ACGME protocol. We’ll ask the tough questions and provide an opportunity for your program to practice responses, ask questions, familiarize themselves with the use of virtual platforms, get out any jitters and fully prepare you for a successful ACGME site visit.
Partners® will first work with you to address citations, unexpected survey results, site visits for cause, ACGME identified areas for improvement, and other areas needing attention or being out of compliance with ACGME accreditation requirements through our application review service. This includes review of the application and supporting attachments, resident files, and other required GME data. Our hands-on expert GME consulting experts will work with the program to identify the issues and areas of concern, provide you with a report of findings along with an action plan, and roll up our sleeves to help you implement those recommendations.
Following application submission, Partners® will work with your Program Director, Coordinator, Faculty, and Residents to conduct a mock site visit following current ACGME protocol. We’ll ask the tough questions and provide an opportunity for your program to practice responses, ask questions, familiarize themselves with the use of virtual platforms, get out any jitters and fully prepare you for a successful ACGME site visit.
Partners® works with you and your PEC to develop a process for your Annual Program Evaluation (APE) to evaluate the effectiveness of your program’s curriculum, address areas of non-compliance and assist with implementation of program improvements based on expected outcomes.
Let Partners® assist you in performing a complete review of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) required policies and procedures at the institution and program levels. We ensure that your policies contain the latest ACGME language, reflect current requirements, and align with each other and your human resources policies.
Don’t have the policies and procedures you need to meet ACGME requirements? We can help with that too!
Are you capturing all the reimbursement your program is entitled to?
Partners® works with you and your Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) to develop a protocol to use for your Special Review Process that meets the requirements, which includes establishing a criteria for underperformance, creating QI goals, implementing corrective actions and developing a system to monitor outcomes.
Partners® seasoned GME consulting experts bring useful, outside perspectives, as well as become an integral part of your team, helping you enhance your ACGME accreditation status, improve and streamline GME operations and management, and provide medical education with real-world guidance.
Our consultants will perform a financial review of the current reimbursement model to identify areas for maximum reimbursement, recommend language for the affiliation agreements to maximize potential CMS reimbursement, and review other funding options for GME. An investigation into the cap and per resident amount will be conducted to identify the financial sustainability of each program.
Sponsoring Institution Improvement
Partners® seasoned accreditation consulting experts will provide a comprehensive assessment, and assistance in completing your ACGME application for continued accreditation. This includes addressing citations, unexpected survey results, unlimited review of the application, with annotated notes and recommendations, review of all required documents, and any other required GME data, including development of required policies and procedures.
Mock Site Visits
Partners® will first work with you to address citations, unexpected survey results, site visits for cause, ACGME identified areas for improvement, and other areas needing attention or being out of compliance with ACGME accreditation requirements through our application review service. This includes review of the application and supporting attachments, GMEC minutes, GMEC policies, and other required GME data. Our hands-on expert GME consulting experts will work with the institution to identify the issues and areas of concern, provide you with a report of findings along with an action plan, and roll up our sleeves to help you implement those recommendations.
Following application submission, Partners® will work with your DIO, GMEC, GME Office, and Residents to conduct a mock site visit following current ACGME protocol. We’ll ask the tough questions and provide an opportunity for your institution to practice responses, ask questions, familiarize themselves with the use of virtual platforms, get out any jitters and fully prepare you for a successful ACGME site visit.
Partners® will first work with you to address citations, unexpected survey results, site visits for cause, ACGME identified areas for improvement, and other areas needing attention or being out of compliance with ACGME accreditation requirements through our application review service. This includes review of the application and supporting attachments, GMEC minutes, GMEC policies, and other required GME data. Our hands-on expert GME Consultants will work with the institution to identify the issues and areas of concern, provide you with a report of findings along with an action plan, and roll up our sleeves to help you implement those recommendations.
Following application submission, Partners® will work with your DIO, GMEC, GME Office, and Residents to conduct a mock site visit following current ACGME protocol. We’ll ask the tough questions and provide an opportunity for your institution to practice responses, ask questions, familiarize themselves with the use of virtual platforms, get out any jitters and fully prepare you for a successful ACGME site visit.
Partners® works with you and your GMEC to develop a protocol to use for your annual institutional review (AIR) that meets the ACGME requirements by identifying the issues and areas of concern, organizing and presenting high-level data, developing SMART goals, and helping you implement the action plan.
Let Partners®’s accreditation consulting services assist you in performing a complete review of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) required policies and procedures at the institution and program levels. We ensure that your policies contain the latest ACGME language, reflect current requirements, and align with each other and your human resources policies.
Don’t have the policies and procedures you need to meet ACGME requirements? We can help with that too!
Self-Studies for Institutions Have Started…Are You Ready?
Self-Study visits are scheduled every 10 years to assess the institution’s success at self-improvement.
Partners® works with you and the requirements of your institution to develop a process for your Self Study in order to assess and demonstrate where you have created and maintained an effective learning and working environment. Your Self-Study should highlight how your institution leads to desired educational outcomes, how you are maximizing your strengths and addressing your weaknesses, along with a plan for improvement that we will help you to implement.
Partners® helps you assess your institutional processes and identify milestones and areas for improvement within the six focus areas (patient safety, health care quality, care transitions, supervision, duty hours and fatigue management and mitigation, and professionalism). We do this through on-site interviews, real-time environment observation, and creating a learning environment action plan.
Partners® will provide a safe environment for your institution’s stakeholders to conduct a SWOT analysis, develop aims, create and action plan and help you to implement the new strategies.
New ACGME Accredited Programs
Partners® seasoned accreditation consulting services will provide a comprehensive assessment and assistance of your ACGME application for a new residency program. This includes unlimited reviews, annotated notes and recommendations, review of all required attachments/documents, and assistance with developing required policies and processes.
Following application submission, Partners® will work with your Program Director, Coordinator, Faculty, and Residents to conduct a mock site visit following current ACGME protocol. We’ll ask the tough questions and provide an opportunity for your program to practice responses, ask questions, familiarize themselves with the use of virtual platforms, get out any jitters and fully prepare you for a successful ACGME site visit.
Our consultants will assess the potential sustainability of your GME program(s). We will compile a report to include the estimated per resident amount, cost of staffing, and estimated DGME (Direct Graduate Medical Education Payment) and IME (Indirect Medical Education Payment). In addition, we can provide a review of additional funding opportunities (grants and philanthropy).
New Sponsoring Institutions
Partners® seasoned consultants will provide a comprehensive assessment, and assistance of your ACGME application to be a new sponsoring institution. This includes unlimited reviews, annotated notes and recommendations, review of all required attachments/documents, and assistance with developing required policies and processes. In addition, we develop Graduate Medical Education Committees (GMEC) and provide direction and guidance as you begin your GME journey.
Following application submission, Partners® will work with your DIO, GMEC, GME Office, and Residents to conduct a mock site visit following current ACGME protocol. We’ll ask the tough questions and provide an opportunity for your institution to practice responses, ask questions, familiarize themselves with the use of virtual platforms, get out any jitters and fully prepare you for a successful ACGME site visit.
Once the initial start-up GME consulting work with you is complete, it doesn’t end there. Partners® builds relationships and supports continuous learning and skill development. We offer online educational products related to the most pertinent topics in GME. Visit our Online Education Page to learn more.
Our consultants will perform a GME feasibility study to assess the ability of your facility to sponsor residency programs. We will interview leadership and faculty, review institution and program data, determine the physical space needed for GME and the resident learning/working environment, and assess your institution’s ability to meet the ACGME requirements as they pertain to the institution, faculty, and specialty-specific standards. We will provide a written report including recommendations, a timeline for achieving accreditation, and an action plan for developing the program(s). Partners® will not only give you the tools, but also help you implement the plan.
Our consultants will work with you to review the application criteria to determine submission feasibility and provide content for the application to include a fiscal plan, residency budget, program development map, curriculum, and information regarding ACGME accreditation.
* The services listed here are examples of the types of services we provide but are not meant to be viewed as an all-inclusive list as we provide custom services to meet your individual needs.
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Starting New Programs / New Sponsoring Institutions
Partners® seasoned GME consulting experts conduct feasibility and financial assessments through review of documents, interviews with GME stakeholders and assess your institution and program resources in compliance with ACGME accreditation requirements. As part of our investigation, we explore potential funding opportunities as well. We provide a written report, financial projections, action plan, and on-site presentations to stakeholders. In addition, we can provide faculty development and educational sessions to prepare new program directors and faculty for the work ahead.
Already know you are ready to start a new residency program? We can help with new applications for sponsoring institutions and programs