FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
WELCOME TO CURT DEGENFELDER CONSULTING, INC. (CDCI)
CDCI is based in Los Angeles and headed by Curt Degenfelder, a national Healthcare business consultant with 35 years of healthcare experience; 28 years focused on developing financial, operational, and strategic solutions for community health centers (CHCs).
“Unlocking the Financial Secrets of APMs in Healthcare” with guest Curt Degenfelder!
Join us in this enlightening episode as we sit down with industry expert Curt Degenfelder. Together, we explore the finance side of Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) in healthcare, as Curt shares his wealth of knowledge and insights. Gain a deeper understanding of the financial impact, strategies, and benefits of APMs in revolutionizing healthcare financing. Don’t miss this engaging conversation – tune in now to hear from the expert himself!
The Commonwealth Fund (January 19, 2022)
TRANSFORMING CARE: The Perils and Payoffs of Alternative Payment Models for Community Health Centers
Pandemic-Related Budgeting Considerations for Health Center Boards (March 1, 2021)
Written on behalf of National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) by Curt Degenfelder.
Same-Day Billing for Medical and Mental Health Services at FQHCs: Estimating the Fiscal Impact (April 9, 2020)
This analysis was prepared for the California Health Care Foundation by Curt Degenfelder Consulting regarding the fiscal impact in California of same-day billing for medical and mental health services by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). The study uses existing OSHPD data to calculate the financial impact of the PPS Change In Scope, and of incremental billing.
Mergers and Acquisitions: A Practical Guide for Community Health Centers (October 10, 2020)
Curt Degenfelder Consulting was a contributor to the California Health Care Foundation guide to help organizations navigate the process to consummate an effective merger or expansion, including key financial and operational considerations.
Q&A on 40 Hour Intermittent Clinic
Assembly Bill 2204 became effective on January 1, 2019. It increases the weekly hours an intermittent clinic may operate from 30 to 40. We can help your health center work through the strategy and implement this important change.
SERVICES
WHO WE SERVE
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEATH CENTERS
FQHC LOOK-ALIKES
CURRENT OR NEW HEALTH CENTERS SEEKING FQHC STATUS
PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS (PCAs)
HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS
THROUGHOUT CURT’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER, HE HAS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN ALL 50 STATES
“One Community Health first engaged Curt Degenfelder Consulting (CDCI) to develop our APM rates. Our entire team found Curt to not only be a deeply knowledgeable subject matter expert, but he is also a great mentor and coach. Since that first engagement, we now routinely engage CDCI when we have business challenges or when exploring new opportunities. Most recently, CDCI has helped us on key projects including a Change in Scope and setting cost-based charges. On one project, Curt noticed issues in our reimbursement and was instrumental in helping us secure several hundred thousand dollars in back payments. We greatly appreciate the partnership we have with CDCI and see him as an extension of our team.”
“Community Health Partnership of Illinois used Curt Degenfelder consulting to help us complete our three-year strategic plan. Curt’s systematic approach allowed us to use the building blocks we had previously developed to create an effective plan that covers all of the key elements of our organization’s strategic transformation beyond our original migrant and seasonal agricultural worker focus to serve additional patients in our communities. Curt and Kerry had multiple interactions with our staff, refining all of the key elements. Curt also presented at our strategic retreat, to both our Board & leadership team, as well as to all staff, which was lively and well-received by all.”
“Progressive Community Health Centers used Curt Degenfelder Consulting in developing our three-year strategic plan. This effort was greatly complicated by the COVID pandemic. Curt did what he needed to do to understand our operations – visiting all of our sites, meeting with managers, providers, and staff focus groups, and talking to our community partners. He brought together a Strategic Planning Committee made up of key health center staff, with extensive Board member input. Despite multiple interruptions from COVID, Curt was able to help us complete an effective strategic plan in a timely manner. We now have a great tool to chart our future!”
“I was thrilled when my Board approved for me to retain Curt Degenfelder to perform a Medicaid rate analysis. Curt immediately jumped to the heart of the matter and identified two options for us that will place us in a much better financial situation. His proposal stated that he would get the work finalized within 5-weeks and he got everything finalized within 4-weeks, amazing! He did a thorough financial analysis and helped us select the best options for our organization. He also helped us implement the new rate and hooked us up with a peer health center that was able to answer some additional questions to help further speed up the process.”
“Montana loves Curt Degenfelder. He has been a featured speaker for the Montana Primary Care Association for many years. He takes complicated financial issues and models and shows us how to apply them right now. He listens to our members and is able to apply his trainings to the real circumstances in rural and frontier centers as well as our larger centers. Our members always look forward to hearing him speak. We wish he lived here!”
“We hired Curt Degenfelder to help us with a complicated Alternative Payment Methodology Change In Scope. He designed a thoughtful and systematic process towards completing the project. We were able to utilize multiple resources in our center to come up with a good result. Curt worked collaboratively with key stakeholders including the Primary Care Association and the Oregon Health Authority for a successful outcome. Curt has been a real asset to us, and to health centers in Oregon.”
Parktree Community Health Center has relied on the wonderful services offered by Curt Degenfelder in many phases of our development. Curt laid out a financial model that demonstrated the value of becoming a FQHC and assisted us in getting a great PPS rate. Since our inception, Curt has participated in our growth and expansion planning. He worked with us and our partner hospital, to envision both the takeover of a new site, as well as additional capacity to serve the long term needs of the community. Curt is respected by our staff, Board of Directors and is a pleasure to work with. His guidance is so valuable to us!
Curt Degenfelder has twice helped Apicha CHC develop and guide the implementation of our strategic plans and 330 funding applications. Throughout the planning processes, Curt was cognizant of our HIV and LGBT work which assisted in our ability to find the balance between that work and expansion of services in our service area. He sharply sorted out Apicha CHC’s complex business, providing information that were instrumental in our transition from a community-based organization to a community health center.
QueensCare Health Centers has been fortunate to have partnered with Curt to develop its last three strategic plans. Our most recent strategic planning efforts were interrupted by the pandemic. Curt quickly shifted from leading our strategic planning activities to trusted advisor. He helped our leadership team with emergent strategies to respond to the pandemic but also kept them thinking about and planning for the future.
We recently finished our strategic plan. In the meetings, some were reluctant to contribute to the dialogue but Curt has a way of drawing people out and in the end, I felt confident that we were able to align our team around a common vision, goals, and action plan.
His knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry have been a great contribution to QueenCare Health Centers.