Employment Archives - Wisdom. Applied. https://blog.weisspc.com/category/employment/ Wisdom Applied - Decoding the Business of Healthcare — Mark Weiss’s Perspective Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:25:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183918279 BOI Rollercoaster: Government Pauses Enforcement of BOI Filing Deadlines https://blog.weisspc.com/boi-rollercoaster-government/ https://blog.weisspc.com/boi-rollercoaster-government/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:37:51 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=31625 FinCEN states that it will issue a new interim final rule by March 21st that extends BOI reporting deadlines, provides new guidance and clarity, and reduces the regulatory burden. 

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/boi-rollercoaster-government/feed/ 0 31625 BOI oh BOI: Reporting Under the Corporate Transparency Act is Back On . . . Sort Of https://blog.weisspc.com/boi-oh-boi-reporting/ https://blog.weisspc.com/boi-oh-boi-reporting/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:16:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=31612 Is the government hard of hearing? Business likes certainty. Apparently, the government heard that as business likes uncertainty. So, although, as I’ll mention in a moment, mandatory BOI reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act is now back on, it might not be for long. The immediately prior nationwide injunction against mandatory BOI reporting, in place...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/boi-oh-boi-reporting/feed/ 0 31612 What’s It Cost? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/whats-it-cost-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/whats-it-cost-audio/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28515 In a personal services business, from medical groups to acute care hospitals, what's more important, your people or your tangible assets?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/whats-it-cost-audio/feed/ 0 28515 Are You Penalizing for the “Wrong” Answer to the Wrong Question? – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/are-you-penalizing-the-wrong-things-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/are-you-penalizing-the-wrong-things-sim/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28424 Take a seat and relax while you ride along with Mark and discuss the problem of expecting a valuable answer to the completely wrong question.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/are-you-penalizing-the-wrong-things-sim/feed/ 0 28424 Does Your Employment Contract Have Teeth? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability-video/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28268 Does your group have a contractual right to enforce standards of behavior?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability-video/feed/ 0 28268 Free $10.6 Million Dollar Lesson on How Not to Fire Physicians – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons-audio/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28055 Here, courtesy of Tenet Healthcare and two terminated cardiologists is a lesson about firing physicians . . . and, when not to.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons-audio/feed/ 0 28055 Government Created Healthcare Shortages Courtesy Of Elected Morons And Bureaucrat Fools – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages-video/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27627 Politicians legislate to correct a problem (and then bask in the glory of having taken action) but never truly consider what problems they create when they enacted the legislation.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages-video/feed/ 0 27627 Government Created Healthcare Shortages Courtesy of Elected Morons and Bureaucrat Fools – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages-audio/#respond Thu, 12 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27631 Politicians legislate to correct a problem (and then bask in the glory of having taken action) but never truly consider what problems they create when they enacted the legislation.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages-audio/feed/ 0 27631 Don’t Pay Attention to This Lesson From Henry Ford: Physicians are Not Produced on Production Lines https://blog.weisspc.com/dont-pay-attention-to-this-lesson-from-henry-ford-physicians-are-not-produced-on-production-lines/ https://blog.weisspc.com/dont-pay-attention-to-this-lesson-from-henry-ford-physicians-are-not-produced-on-production-lines/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:49:18 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27497 Despite many attempts to pretend it’s so, healthcare is not a production line either for patients or for employed or subcontracted physicians.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/dont-pay-attention-to-this-lesson-from-henry-ford-physicians-are-not-produced-on-production-lines/feed/ 0 27497 Government Created Healthcare Shortages Courtesy of Elected Morons and Bureaucrat Fools https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages/ https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages/#respond Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:50:04 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27191 Politicians legislate to correct a problem (and then bask in the glory of having taken action) but never truly consider what problems they create when they enacted the legislation.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/government-caused-healthcare-shortages/feed/ 0 27191 How to Avoid the Independent Contractor Mistake https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-the-independent-contractor-mistake/ https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-the-independent-contractor-mistake/#respond Mon, 24 May 2021 15:31:50 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24452 One needs to do significant planning in advance of engaging anyone, even a physician, as an independent contractor.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-the-independent-contractor-mistake/feed/ 0 24452 Free $10.6 Million Dollar Lesson on How Not to Fire Physicians – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons-video/#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24237 Here, courtesy of Tenet Healthcare and two terminated cardiologists is a lesson about firing physicians . . . and, when not to.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons-video/feed/ 0 24237 Free $10.6 Million Dollar Lesson on How Not to Fire Physicians https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:39:41 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=19883 Here, courtesy of Tenet Healthcare and two terminated cardiologists, is a lesson about firing physicians . . . and, when not to.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-termination-legal-lessons/feed/ 0 19883 Are You Penalizing for the “Wrong” Answer to the Wrong Question? – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/penalizing-for-the-wrong-answer-to-the-wrong-question-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/penalizing-for-the-wrong-answer-to-the-wrong-question-sim/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:09:19 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10917 Take a seat and relax while you ride along with Mark and discuss the problem of expecting a valuable answer to the completely wrong question.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/penalizing-for-the-wrong-answer-to-the-wrong-question-sim/feed/ 0 10917 How to Avoid the Independent Contractor Mistake – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/avoid-independent-contractor-mistake-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/avoid-independent-contractor-mistake-sim/#respond Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:00:01 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7775 Ride along as Mark discusses how you can avoid the penalties of mischaracterizing employees as independent contractors.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/avoid-independent-contractor-mistake-sim/feed/ 0 7775 Venezuela, Rice Farmers and Doctors in Dallas https://blog.weisspc.com/venezuela-rice-farmers-and-doctors-in-dallas/ https://blog.weisspc.com/venezuela-rice-farmers-and-doctors-in-dallas/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4032 Explore the impact of socialism in medicine through the lens of Venezuela's economic challenges and its effects on healthcare.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/venezuela-rice-farmers-and-doctors-in-dallas/feed/ 0 4032 Hospital Merged: Is Your Contract Purged? https://blog.weisspc.com/merged-hospital-contract-risk/ https://blog.weisspc.com/merged-hospital-contract-risk/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:00:48 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6695 What will happen to your hospital contract or to your hospital employment relationship in the event the hospital merges? Will you still be the contract holder? Will you still have a job?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/merged-hospital-contract-risk/feed/ 0 6695 Medical Group Value Walks Out the Door – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy-audio/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:00:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6067 As much actual tension as there is between physician groups and ACOs, they share a common weakness.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy-audio/feed/ 0 6067 Venezuela, Rice Farmers and Doctors in Dallas – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/venezuela-rice-farmers-and-doctors-in-dallas-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/venezuela-rice-farmers-and-doctors-in-dallas-audio/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:00:23 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=5304 Models. No, not the skinny kind in a magazine. But conceptual frameworks. Like global warming "models" or even Obamacare.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/venezuela-rice-farmers-and-doctors-in-dallas-audio/feed/ 0 5304 Physician Employment, the Pareto Principle, and the 99% – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle-audio/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:00:28 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=5184 I've been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the "80/20 rule," and physician employment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle-audio/feed/ 0 5184 Physician Employment, the Pareto Principle, and the 99% – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle-video/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:00:23 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=5207 I’ve been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the “80/20 rule,” and physician employment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle-video/feed/ 0 5207 What Does It Cost? https://blog.weisspc.com/what-does-it-cost/ https://blog.weisspc.com/what-does-it-cost/#respond Thu, 01 May 2014 14:52:24 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4914 Prevent others from fooling you or, even worse, from you fooling yourself.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/what-does-it-cost/feed/ 0 4914 Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-video/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:00:48 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4740 Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-video/feed/ 0 4740 Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-audio/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:00:20 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4794 Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-audio/feed/ 0 4794 Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:40:55 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4586 In common with other businesses, medical groups often assume that deals and decisions are like on–off switches, yea or nay, thumbs up or thumbs down.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare/feed/ 0 4586 Physician Employment, the Pareto Principle, and the 99% https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:00:18 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4450 I’ve been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the “80/20 rule,” and physician employment. By physician employment, I’m addressing that situation in which there is no opportunity for meaningful ownership by the affected physician. So, for example, becoming an employee in a physician owned group in which there is a track to equal ownership...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-pareto-principle/feed/ 0 4450 Does Your Employment Contract Have Teeth? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability-audio/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:00:05 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4177 Does your group have a contractual right to enforce standards of behavior?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability-audio/feed/ 0 4177 Does Your Employment Contract Have Teeth? https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:29 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3214 What happens when one of the members of your group who is assigned to work at different sites, acts out on his or her bias against working at a particular location, perhaps by showing up late, or by making untoward comments to the staff, or by engaging in some other type of disruptive behavior?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-employment-contract-enforceability/feed/ 0 3214 Layoff Doctors – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/layoff-doctors-hospital-employment-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/layoff-doctors-hospital-employment-audio/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:00:10 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2679 Hospital employment provides physicians no more safety than any other type of employment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/layoff-doctors-hospital-employment-audio/feed/ 0 2679 Layoff Doctors https://blog.weisspc.com/layoff-doctors-hospital-employment/ https://blog.weisspc.com/layoff-doctors-hospital-employment/#respond Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:00:30 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2666 Many pundits claim, and many physicians believe, that hospital employment is a more stable career path than independent practice. But is that truly the case?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/layoff-doctors-hospital-employment/feed/ 0 2666 Creating Transformational Contracts – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/transformational-contracts-medical-groups-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/transformational-contracts-medical-groups-audio/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:00:36 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2337 Top level hospital-based groups cannot merely be concerned about maintaining a relationship; they must be concerned about delivering a transformational experience to their relationship partner.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/transformational-contracts-medical-groups-audio/feed/ 0 2337 Creating Transformational Contracts https://blog.weisspc.com/transformational-contracts-medical-groups/ https://blog.weisspc.com/transformational-contracts-medical-groups/#respond Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:00:33 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2284 I’ve described exclusive contract relationships between hospital-based groups and facilities as being Relationship Contracts™, not Transactional Contracts™. To recap what I mean by those terms, Transactional Contracts™ are ones in which the parties negotiate for a deal which, essentially, terminates as of the closing. For example, think about the purchase of a car or the purchase...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/transformational-contracts-medical-groups/feed/ 0 2284 Entrepreneurial Practice vs. Bureaucratic Existence https://blog.weisspc.com/entrepreneurial-practice-vs-bureaucratic-healthcare/ https://blog.weisspc.com/entrepreneurial-practice-vs-bureaucratic-healthcare/#respond Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:19:53 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2144 You couldn’t ask for a better analogy to illustrate the difference between entrepreneurial practice and the bureaucratic world of one size fits all medicine envisioned by many pundits as the preferable world of the future. Dinner at the family-type chain restaurant, Rock Fish. Pleasant but not fancy, yet clean and decorated nicely. We were greeted...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/entrepreneurial-practice-vs-bureaucratic-healthcare/feed/ 0 2144 Medical Group Value Walks Out the Door https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy/#respond Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:58 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1605 Physician loyalty isn’t guaranteed. Without a retention strategy, your group’s real value may walk out and not return.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy/feed/ 0 1605 Hospital Employment is No Panacea for Physicians – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-employment-is-no-panacea-for-physicians-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-employment-is-no-panacea-for-physicians-audio/#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:00:22 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1268 Employment by hospitals is no safe harbor for physicians; in fact, it's quite the opposite.

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