All rehab companies strive for clinical excellence. Some have clinical support staff in place, some do not. Of those companies who have clinical support, it is a continuous challenge to find the time and human resources available to produce quality clinical resources and materials for use in the field. Providing onsite consultation, clinical and continuing education is a costly and labor- intensive undertaking.
Below is a financial comparison of one in-house clinical support staff compared to the benefit of a partnership with Clinical Resource Services.
Example of Annual Savings by utilizing Clinical Resource Services
| Average salary of clinical support staff for 20 facilities | $90,000/year |
| Benefits expense at 32% | $28,800/year |
| Total expense | $118,800/year |
Monthly allocation of time spent by clinical support person:
40 hours- monthly newsletter (22% of time)
8 hours- quarterly publication (5%)
40 hours- consultation (22%)
24 hours- clinical audits (13% )
50 hours- material production (28%)
16 hours- seminar presentations (10% )
178 hours per month*
*
173.3 hours are available for work on average during a month, not counting paid time off
What would you do with a 44% savings?
Based on the expense of one clinical support staff at $118,800/year compared to a partnership with Clinical Resource Services
| Time | Average Company | CRS |
| Monthly newsletter | $26,136 | $5,568 |
| Quarterly publication | $5,940 | $1,856 |
| Consulting services | $26,136 | $22,800 |
| Clinical audits | $15,444 | $7,200 |
| Manual/material development | $33,264 | $778 |
| Seminar presentation | $11,880 | $14,400 |
| Total Expense | $118,800 | $52,602 |
This is a 44% savings with Clinical Resource Services.