Bariatric and metabolic programs have found that theirs is a rather unique model. The reason is that bariatric patients are much like Internal Medicine patients. They are often complex, with multiple diagnoses with medical charts full of testing results, diet histories, numerous medications and consultations with specialty providers of all sorts. Compare this to the typical hernia-repair patient in a general surgery practice! Bariatric patients have more face-to face encounters, more phone calls and comprehensive insurance documentation.

BMI will carefully investigate the tasks performed by each person in your department and map out current and proposed responsibilities. We will provide individual job descriptions that can be used to help implement the process changes mentioned above. BMI consultants can help motivate staff productivity by clearly defining roles and responsibilities.

Finally, we can compare your bariatric staffing model to other programs to define the FTE´s required to do the job right! A detailed staff-capacity analysis will show areas of weakness or areas that may have over-capacity, given your particular staffing model and the tasks and duties undertaken to move patients through the pipeline to surgery. There is no one correct and proper way to deliver care in bariatric and metabolic programs, so we blend our knowledge and experience with your program uniqueness to create a staffing model that works!