Joint ventures between entities or individuals in the position to refer and the entities or individuals which receive those referrals are often disguised kickback arrangements.
Hospital-Centric Healthcare
Un-Greetings!
I was recently “un-greeted” by a cashier at Home Depot. It was around 6:45 p.m. on a Sunday and this guy’s frown was a monotone rainbow of unhappiness. I once had surgery and the anesthesiologist was yelling at his divorce lawyer in preop. These sorts of people can suck the profit right out of your…
Hospital CEO Gets a Raise. You? We’re Not So Sure.
What are these people being paid for? Won’t someone do it for less?
Physician Subsidiary Entity – Aligned or A’lying?
It’s the same degree of freedom that exists within the giraffe enclosure at the Santa Barbara Zoo: the giraffes can run anywhere they want, except where they can’t.
A Tip About Physician Alignment – Podcast
ACOs: Clinical alignment is a great thing. Complete economic alignment is stupid.
How the Hospital Cut the Stipend and Lost a Bundle – Medical Group Minute
The marketplace for hospital based services is becoming increasingly commoditized.
A Tip About Physician Alignment
It’s not too late to see that unless physicians plot their own future, the hospitals (and the government and, to the extent they will long exist…that’s another topic…health insurers) have a future planned for you.
Ignoring the Perceived Bounds of Weakness – Medical Group Minute
The same relationship of predator and prey plays out daily between your hospital based group, hospital administration and physicians with adverse interests.
Amorality of Institutions – An Additional Argument for Physician Control of Hospitals
Individuals, physicians in this discussion, are capable of morality and my experience is that most are highly moral. Sure, there are some bad apples, there are in any subset of society.
Tough Times = Great Opportunity – Medical Group Minute
Let others bemoan the bad economy. Use your time to take advantage of the opportunities.