What is a Center of Excellence (COE) Program for surgical care?
A COE (Center of excellence) for surgical care is a specialized healthcare initiative that designates specific physician groups as top-tier providers for certain procedures. The BICMD COE program is designed to ensure high-quality, cost-effective care by selecting facilities and surgeons based on strict performance criteria. Highlights of BICMD’s Center of Excellence Program include:
- Surgical expertise
- Excellent patient outcomes
- Low complication rates
- Adherence to best practices
- Surgical Warranty
Why do we need a Center of Excellence program?
The rising cost of healthcare is pushing employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators (TPAs) to seek innovative, outcome-driven solutions. Traditional COE (Center of Excellence) programs primarily focus on cost savings. Often, critical factors are overlooked including surgical quality, patient experience, and return-to-work efficiency. Best In Class MD’s (BICMD) COE program is changing the paradigm in healthcare by delivering physician-led, high-quality surgical care that prioritizes both cost-effectiveness and patient outcomes (i.e. Value).
How is BICMD’s COE program different?
Unlike other conventional COE programs that require travel to distant facilities, BICMD’s program emphasizes local access to top-tier surgeons. This ensures that employees receive expert care close to home, by one of the top physicians in the specialty needed. We do this by leveraging a network of hand-selected, highly skilled specialists who have a proven record of being “Best in Class.” BICMD is able to ensure superior surgical results, done by experts, which reduce complications and optimize recovery times. Our approach not only improves health outcomes but also minimizes downtime, helping employees return to work faster and reducing overall disability costs for employers and for insurance companies.
BICMD’s Value-based Care Model – The Future of Surgical Care:
BICMD’s data-driven approach aligns with value-based care models throughout the healthcare industry, ensuring that surgical decisions are based on evidence, not just cost-cutting. We focus on predictive analytics, preoperative optimization, and post-surgical recovery pathways. The BICMD program enhances patient satisfaction while delivering measurable savings for employers and insurance carriers. We are able to integrate physician expertise, localized care, and outcome-driven strategies. BICMD’s COE program is setting a new standard for surgical excellence—making it the future of high-value healthcare.
What makes our COE program truly “Best in Class?”
The key difference between BICMD and the other COE providers is that our model is built by surgeons, for payor alignment and patient engagement. We ensure that only the top 1% specialists are included in our COE network. Further, while many COE programs prioritize cost over quality, BICMD’s COE program optimizes both cost and quality. Based on our insider knowledge of quality we are able to implement excellence within our program in a cost effective and value based approach. Finally, BICMD ensures that every surgeon in our network is individually vetted. This differs from some programs that may certify an entire hospital where there can be a large variance between individual providers. Our program begins at the root, with proven excellent surgeons and providers.
Eliminating Travel Barriers Creates Higher Utilization:
Traditional Center of Excellence (COE) programs often require patients to travel long distances, leading to low utilization rates and delayed care. Best In Class MD (BICMD) eliminates this barrier by prioritizing local access, ensuring that 90%+ of patients can receive top-tier surgical care within a short drive. When local excellence is not an option, BICMD uses telehealth to bridge travel distances and bring the surgeon into the employee’s home. This approach increases COE adoption rates, allowing employees to access high-quality care without the burden of travel. By making surgical excellence more convenient, stakeholders see the following:
- Improved healthcare engagement
- Better patient outcomes
- Appropriate return-to-work times
BICMD Offers Cost Savings Without Compromising Quality:
It is increasingly established that claims savings achieved through large provider rate cuts can lead to provider access issues and compromised quality of care. Instead, BICMD focuses on long-term cost reduction by doing the following:
- Avoid unnecessary surgeries upfront by utilizing expert second opinions.
- Reduce complications and readmissions by using our top-tier surgical teams
- Optimize return-to-work outcomes.
- Lower long-term employer costs by maximizing recovery and shortening return-to-work timelines
How does BICMD’s Center of Excellence Program help employers?
Many traditional cost-saving healthcare programs focus solely on short-term expense reduction, often overlooking the long-term impact on employee health and productivity. BICMD’s Center of Excellence (COE) program takes a more strategic approach—one that prioritizes outcome-driven care to deliver sustainable cost savings for employers.
We ensure the employees receive the highest-quality surgical care, which gives patients better health outcomes and offers the following benefits to employers:
- Fewer re-injuries
- Minimize repeat procedures for injured workers
- Minimize prolonged recovery times
- Reduce long-term disability claims
- Lower overall healthcare spending by addressing conditions correctly the first time.
- Boost productivity
- Improve workforce well-being
Why should you use BICMD’s Center of Excellence (COE) Program?
The best Center of Excellence (COE) programs go beyond simply cutting costs—they focus on delivering superior patient outcomes that drive long-term savings and workforce productivity. The Best In Class MD (BICMD) Center of Excellent program stands apart by combining physician-led expertise, local access to top-tier surgeons, and a commitment to high-quality care. This ensures better surgical outcomes, faster recovery times, and lower long-term healthcare costs for employers.
