The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (the “AKS”) makes it a crime to pay remuneration to induce a referral of a federal health care program patient. Many mistakenly believe that the AKS focuses only on cash remuneration, as in “here’s $100 for the case.” They believe that it’s somehow okay for a referral-receiving physician or group to…
Speed and size are often an advantage, but in some situations, and in some markets, they’re not. For medical groups, the current healthcare market is one of them.
Your predators have an easier time spotting your weaknesses when you’re standing still.
Shh! We’re eavesdropping right now on a discussion between two healthcare executives who’ve just identified an issue that needs to be resolved.
Driving through California’s Central Valley you see, and sometimes cross over, the aqueducts bringing water to the farmland.
Today, many small to medium size medical groups are in an existential battle. They may not realize it, but that doesn’t change the facts.
Reminder to medical group leaders: You need to use the resources of your medical group’s members to advance the group’s strategy through everyday interactions with referral sources, hospital employees and patients.
I recently read that taken together, the value of all airline shares from the beginning of the industry to date would be a net loss. Is anyone surprised?
In the world of publicly-held entities, good governance is often discussed as a balancing of issues, an avoidance of conflicts, and as giving credence to the interests of the providers of capital as well as to notions of “corporate citizenship.” Great. But largely irrelevant to your situation. Instead, try answering these four questions: If the…
The medical group that I was going to see was under pressure. One of its former members had jumped ship and aligned with a competitor. The hospital issued an RFP. The competitor became the golden haired group.