Healthcare

Hospitals, rehabilitation, nursing care, and related facilities have a critical need to operate in compliance with complex environmental health and safety (EH&S) regulations, while providing high quality patient service that is cost competitive with the industry. Because of the high value that society places on services that are provided by healthcare facilities, scrutiny by regulators – including frequent site visits by the joint commission –is a norm for the industry. HRP, therefore, understands the constant time demands that healthcare providers face, and the need for your consultants to 1) provide proactive EH&S procedures that avoid compliance difficulties, and 2) to be immediately responsive when called upon for service.

At HRP, we work closely with you to understand your facility, or portfolio of facilities, and to develop customized solutions to prioritize and address your short-, medium- and long-term business priorities. Our goal is to ensure that you are in compliance with Federal and State EH&S regulations, as well as the Joint Commission Environment of Care Standards including Safety, Hazardous Materials and Waste, and Emergency Preparedness components.

For nearly 30 years, we have helped healthcare facilities:

• Identify, evaluate, manage, and reduce liabilities
• Operate more efficiently and cost effectively
• Address facility issues as they arise quickly and efficiently, with a focus on completing work in a non-disruptive manner with minimal impact to patient service
• Grow via acquisition of additional facilities, with the need to integrate internal standards within a reasonable time frame
• Comply with lender requirements for new loans or refinancing
• Understand and keep pace with local, state and federal EH&S regulations
• Maintain confidentiality of information obtained
• Divest of properties, when necessary

In addition to compliance and time demands, increased competition within the healthcare industry continuously drives the need for cost effectiveness. HRP helps you address these pressures by providing highly responsive service, personal attention to detail, and software systems to help you manage your facility data and EH&S programs. Representative services that HRP performs for the healthcare industry include:

• EH&S compliance audits
• Assessment and mitigation of asbestos, lead, mold, hazardous materials, and radon including preparation of asbestos O&M plans and IAQ surveys
• Environmental due diligence (Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments)
• Additional phases of investigation and remediation as required including UST/AST removal or replacement
• Energy assessments and energy plans
• Environmental Management Information System software to support compliance and efficient management of EH&S programs
• Solutions to better manage pharmaceutical, hazardous, and mixed wastes in conformance with EPA and DEA directives