Just as no vote was required for a dictator like Castro to take over Cuba, no medical staff vote, no survey by Press Ganey, no long and drawn out process among “stakeholders,” is required to topple the status quo.
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Criminals Go Phishing in Florida and Catch Unsuspecting Medical Group – Podcast
You don’t have to have read any Hemingway or have had an uncle with a taxidermied marlin on the wall of his den to know about fishing for big ones.
Why Speed Saves – Podcast
Speed kills. I read it on the message board that stretched across the lanes of the highway. (I suppose that reading message boards kills, too, but they aren’t advertising that.)
The Strategy of Power in Negotiations – Podcast
Listen to Mark discuss a topic that you’re probably familiar, if not personally, then at least conceptually, with the notion of “F.U. money” – having enough money that you can simply walk away. That concept, whether you have the money or not, applies directly to your negotiation strategy.
Podcast Compilation Greatest Hits – Manage Your Practice Edition
You can download our most popular podcasts on the subject of managing your practice, all compiled for you in one convenient album.
Time Travel – Podcast
A joke? Or can you do the equivalent right now?
Creating Interlocking Physician-Owned Ventures – Podcast
Hospitals purchased physician practices, employed and otherwise aligned physicians, and pushed into outpatient care.
That Knife in Your Back Has Your Partner’s Fingerprints on It – Podcast
Breaches of fiduciary duty and of contractual commitment within medical groups occur every day. The question is, are those duties enforced?
The Covid Impact on Healthcare Entity Valuation – Podcast
Unless you have developed a unicorn type practice or healthcare business, you need to adjust to the new reality.
The Devaluation of Value-Based Billing – Podcast
“Value based billing” remains dominant in the medical industry news, chiefly from the MACRA angle. Mostly, though, it’s a lie because value is determined by the customer, not by some bean counter at CMS. Sure, CMS may be paying the bill for Medicare patients, but the patients are the actual customers and only they can assess whether value was truly delivered.









