Who is Dr. Jacobson?

I am passionate about driving high-impact clinical quality improvements that translate into measurable enhancements in both patient care and financial performance.


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Who we are

About Jacobson Consults

As a dynamic and results-driven C-level healthcare executive with 20+ years of leadership experience, I excel in optimizing clinical operations, improving population health outcomes, and advancing value-based care models. I have a track record of leveraging data-driven insights, advanced analytics, and innovative care management strategies to enhance quality, streamline workflows, and reduce costs across integrated delivery systems.

With a servant leadership approach, I excel at leading multidisciplinary teams, mentoring physician leaders, and cultivating collaborative relationships with senior executives and external stakeholders. My expertise lies in the design and implementation of evidence-based clinical pathways, value-based care models, and comprehensive credentialing systems that ensure operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.

I am passionate about driving high-impact clinical quality improvements that translate into measurable enhancements in both patient care and financial performance.

“Throughout my career, I have consistently demonstrated the ability to transform healthcare organizations and optimize revenue cycle performance through strategic vision, policy development, and clinical leadership.”

Roy (Jake) Jacobson | MD, PhD, MBA, CPE, CMPC, ACPA-C

Ethics
Quadruple Aim

Bodenheimer T, Sinsky C. From triple to quadruple aim: care of the patient requires care of the provider. Ann Fam Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;12(6):573-6

Biomedical Ethics

A defining responsibility of a practicing physician is to make decisions on patient care in different settings.

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WMA

It is a declaration of a physician’s dedication to the humanitarian goals of medicine

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AMA

The medical profession has long subscribed to a body of ethical statements developed primarily ….

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Maimonides

Thy eternal providence has appointed me to
watch over the life and health of my fellow
human beings.

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Hippocrates

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge..

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Interested in an engagement? This is what you might expect
as a sequence of steps.

Initial remote consultation with the CFO, the VP or Revenue Cycle, or both. Scheduled 1-2 hours of phone or audio-visual call to identify the top issues, problems, pain-points or objectives that you are wanting to address.

No fees for step 1


DETAILS

Follow-up remote consultation with operational staff including directors and senior directors in the relevant areas. By the end of this second conversation, I will be able to define which problems I can realistically address.

No fees for step 2


DETAILS

In the third meeting, a specific proposal would be presented with scope, time-scale and cost.

No fees for step 3


DETAILS


The Engagement

Who We Serve
Stand Alone Hospitals

Stand Alone Hospitals

Hospital
Systems

Hospital
Systems

Academic Medical Centers

Academic Medical Centers

Revenue Cycle Managers

Revenue Cycle Managers

Care
Managers

Care
Managers

Discharge
Planners

Discharge
Planners

Documentation Improvement Specialists

Documentation Improvement Specialists

Coding Departments

Coding Departments

Road Map of Pain



1

Boarding patients in your Emergency Department is bad for


2

Do you ever have patients arrive for elective procedures only to discover that


3

The medical note is the source of all information used in both..


4

Length of stay impacts the cost of care more than


5

Level of care determinations impact your observation ratio,


6

Denials are an inevitable part of inpatient authorization requests.


7

Post-claim denials are difficult to manage, require opening old books


8

Are you having a problem discharging patients in a timely?


9

Transitioning your patient from inpatient to ambulatory


10

Readmissions is a multi-headed monster, notoriously difficult to slay.


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We offer extensive quality, utilization and care-management consultations

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