Revenue Loss in Healthcare
How to protect your patients and your bottom line.
In today’s healthcare landscape, staffing shortages go far beyond patient care and operational efficiency — they also impact revenue. From emergency medicine to primary care, insufficient coverage limits patient flow, reduces bed turnover, and decreases patient satisfaction. Together, these factors can leave significant revenue on the table.
But with proper staffing, your facility can avoid these risks. Learn more about how locum tenens can help impact your bottom line.
Lost Revenue Across All Departments
Staffing gaps cost your facility, no matter where they occur.
The financial risks of being understaffed can create a domino effect. In high-revenue areas like surgery or cardiology, insufficient coverage can lead to canceled procedures and patients seeking care elsewhere. This goes beyond immediate revenue loss — it also means a decline in patient loyalty over time.
In primary care and outpatient services, delays in care can drive patients away, creating missed revenue opportunities and even greater patient dissatisfaction. Whether it’s an empty operating room or understaffed clinic space, resources that go unused cost your facility far more than you might realize.
How Jackson and Coker Helps
Get the support your facility needs.
When full-time clinicians are unavailable, Jackson and Coker can help your facility operate smoothly. Whether you need an ED psychiatrist, a family medicine doctor, or even temporary support to help get a clinic off the ground, we can pair you with the locums that keep patient care moving. By quickly addressing gaps in care, you can improve patient outcomes and satisfaction while also protecting revenue.
“We understand the critical role of proper staffing in healthcare. By quickly addressing gaps in care with locums, you can improve patient satisfaction and make a positive impact on your facility's revenue."
Explore staffing solutions with Jackson and Coker.
We’re committed to helping your facility thrive — and that includes financially. Contact us today to learn more about locum tenens. With our support, you can focus on patient care, and worry less about your bottom line.
Staffing Shortages in the Emergency Department
How psychiatric patients impact your ED revenue.
The emergency department is an area where it’s easy to see how staffing shortages lead to revenue loss. America is calling for greater mental health coverage, and we’re seeing a lot of that treatment playing out in the ED.
Patients with mental health conditions are more likely to seek treatment in the ED than physically ill patients, and they spend more time in the emergency department once they’re there. A study found that 23% of mental health patients spent over six hours in emergency care, highlighting the strain on resources when psychiatric coverage is limited. Use our lost revenue calculator to understand what could be at risk.
Calculate How Much Revenue Your Facility Is Losing
Many hospitals don’t have sufficient psychiatry coverage, and the ED gets back-logged with psychiatric patients waiting to be transferred to another facility. When your ED is jammed, it creates a ripple effect impacting your entire organization. Bed turnover stalls, and your team may have to turn away additional patients.
Use our Lost Revenue Calculator to get a customized look at your facility’s lost revenue without proper psychiatric coverage. See how psychiatric patients impact your emergency department and hospital.
See how coverage gaps impact your organization's revenue.
Connect with us to learn about the impact of staffing gaps across all departments and see how locum tenens can protect your facility’s revenue with a positive return on investment.
