Conventional commissioning practices designed to produce high performance health facilities frequently fail to yield their intended results. The newly developed ASHE HFCx process contains additional steps specifically designed to fill gaps in the conventional process. This presentation identifies the unique features of the ASHE HFCx process, its incremental cost as a function of project size and complexity, and its expected benefits including lower energy costs, lower infection rates, and improved clinical outcomes. This session will enable attendees to:

Understand the average U.S. hospital cost structure and the common metrics used by the health facility C-suite including operating income, return on equity, capitalization structure, and cost per admission.
Describe how the ASHE HFCx process can reduce health care costs by increasing energy efficiency, reducing infection rates, reducing patient transfers, reducing medical errors, etc.
Assess the predicted impacts of health care reform (expansion of Medicaid, performance-based reimbursement, individual mandate, etc.) on the average U.S. hospital cost structure.
Discuss how the ASHE HFCx process was specifically tailored to reduce the hospital cost structure, improve HCAHP scores, and improve clinical outcomes.