Obamacare mandates that physicians participating in Medicare or Medicaid have operating compliance programs. Turn the mandate into a strategic advantage.
Author: Mark
The “Company Model:” More Than Just an Anesthesia Problem – Podcast
The so-called “Company Model” of providing anesthesia services at an ASC presents serious kickback concerns. But the problem is far greater than simply anesthesia deals.
Negotiation Ploys – From Autos to ACOs – Podcast
The tactics being used by proponents of accountable care organizations against physicians are eerily reminiscent of those used by auto manufacturers to crush the prices charged by their suppliers.
Harnessing Group Pressure in Negotiation – Podcast
How to apply, and defend against, psychological pressure during your next negotiation session.
Why Discarding Democracy Improves Your Group’s Chances of Success
Discover the need for physician groups to do away with consensus governance for better strategic decision-making and efficiency.
How to Cure Physician Group (Un)Governance – Podcast
Most medical groups are unable to gain strategic advantage due to their own management bureaucracy.
How the Downward Spiral of Fair Market Valuation Will Destroy Your Future – Podcast
Learn how valuation consultants’ refusal to opine at higher than the 75th percentile is taking the fairness out of fair market valuation and robbing you of your income.
How to Navigate the Rising Tide of Aggressive RFPs – Podcast
Listen to Mark discuss how to Navigate the rising tide of aggressive RFPs.
Karl Marx, M.D.
Explore how Marxism influences physician reimbursement based on labor value, rather than considering the value of patient outcomes.
Weaponized RFPs
More and more hospitals are disrupting their longstanding hospital-based group relationships as they seek to cut stipends and get more for nothing. The favored tool? A “weaponized” form of the request for proposal, called a “Fulcrum RFP™, designed to get a group to grovel for the continuation of its contract. Of course, the concept of an…