Is Your Time Study Program Audit-Ready?

Compliance & Risk Management

Don't wait for an audit to test your integrity. Build a defensible, audit-ready time study program today.

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For Finance & Ops Teams

How it Works

Why it Matters

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Testimonials

19M+

hours studied

+128%

boost in participation rates

+2x-3x

capture of reimbursable hours

Time Study for Finance & Compliance Teams

Is Your Program Built to Be Defended?

Most programs aren't. The gaps that create audit exposure are predictable:

  • Participation records that can't demonstrate statistical validity

  • Methodology that was applied inconsistently across departments or cycles

  • No documented chain from study data to cost report entries

  • Validation that was assumed rather than performed

  • Documentation that passed internally but won't hold under external review

What Audit-Readiness Actually Requires

A Clear Documentation Chain

Finance and compliance need to reconstruct, at any point, exactly how study data became cost report entries.

Participation Standards with Monitoring

Minimum thresholds mean nothing without real-time visibility and a process to close gaps before the study cycle ends.

Validation Built Into the Workflow

Errors caught during administration are a process working. Errors caught in an audit are a liability.

Documented Methodology & Leadership Support

A defensible program starts with executive buy-in , running on clear business rules that are written down, consistently applied, and reviewable—not held in institutional memory.

Why It Matters

Why Audit-Readiness and Financial Performance Are the Same Work

  • Defensible documentation supports maximum reimbursement, not just audit survival

  • Programs built for scrutiny catch errors before they reach cost report submissions

  • Consistent methodology across cycles prevents the internal contradictions reviewers exploit

  • Proactive audit-readiness costs significantly less than reactive remediation

  • Cross-functional ownership closes the blind spots that single-function programs miss

Building an Audit-Ready Time Study Program

What to build, how to structure it, and where your current program likely has gaps.

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  • “Time Study has been of significant help. Having this system in place to automate notifications and reminders to hundreds of team members without me having to do so manually is truly a game changer.”

    ~Director of Operations, Health System, US-Midwest

  • "We've already seen an improvement in our compliance rate in just 3 months, up from 75%. We are now at 96.4% completion since implementing it and our lowest compliance rate has been 92.6%"

    ~Business Manager, Hospital, US-Midwest

  • "I would estimate I am saving at least 20 hours a month since moving from paper/PDF time studies to Time Study."

    ~Business Manager, Academic healthcare center, US-Northeast

  • "We have over 800 providers we collect time studies from. Time Study has made it so much easier for us to collect time reports for our Medicare Cost Report."

    ~Program Administrator, University Health System, >10,000 employees, US-Northeast

  • "We probably save one FTE from this. When you collect quarterly for 2,000 physicians and have to manually key in and track people down."

    ~Senior Director of Budget & Reimbursement, Health System, US-East

  • “Moving to a more automated system was super helpful [and improved accuracy]. We were moving from a manual, time-consuming process to a much more streamlined one.”

    ~Manager, KLAS Report

  • “Things went pretty quick from the time we signed a contract to the time we implemented the product.”

    ~Analyst/Coordinator, KLAS Report

  • “Time Study gives us breakdowns on how provider time is spent [across categories], and we immediately saw outcomes after transitioning from a different platform.”

    ~Manager, KLAS Report

  • “The outcome we expected from Time Study was an increase in the number of people turning in their time studies. That number has changed drastically since we started using Time Study.”

    ~Analyst/Coordinator, KLAS Report

Featured Resources

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The Guide to Automating Time Studies
The Guide to Automating Time Studies
Introduction to Time Studies in Healthcare Services
Introduction to Time Studies in Healthcare Services
Hospital Time Study Benchmarks: High-Performing Programs
Hospital Time Study Benchmarks: High-Performing Programs