Yes, 4.89 billion reasons for you, if you are a physician who owns or is thinking about owning a surgery center (“ASC”). And, yes, each of them is green. Green as in a dollar bill.
Podcast
What You Need to Know About the High Cost of 15 Minutes of Fame, HIPAA Edition – Podcast
A little bit more than 15 minutes of fame, just cost three Boston area hospitals, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, a collective $999,000.
Why You Must Understand the Intersection of Incentives and Negotiation Strategy – Podcast
When most medical group leaders think about incentives, it’s usually in the context of structuring performance incentives for the group’s physicians, or in the context of incentives that flow to the group; itself pursuant to contracts with payors or facilities.
Sam Walton’s Failure is a Lesson for Medical Groups – Podcast
Has your medical group put themselves in a position where they can be easily taken over legally and cheaply?
How to Put Your Finger on the Scale of Patient Satisfaction – Podcast
Patient satisfaction surveys are becoming a real part of reimbursement, driving a significant percentage of money.
How Walmart’s Latest Healthcare Announcement Can Be Your Key to Higher Prices – Podcast
According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, starting now in January 2019, Walmart is requiring employees needing spine surgery to travel to certain contracted hospitals for their surgery.
Firefighters, Fear, and the Future of Your Medical Group – Podcast
As horrible as a fire is — the danger involved, the risk of loss to the home or business owner — there’s also an inherent opportunity: an opportunity to rebuild, to renovate, and to renew.
Community Hospitals Must Change or Die. Change Presents Opportunity for Entrepreneurial Physicians. – Podcast
Creative destruction is taking aim directly at community hospitals
One Giant Leap Toward Success: Avoid One Simple Misstep for “Fraud-kind” – Podcast
If you’re a physician, it’s all too likely that you’re uncertain about the future, feel the pressure of an all too real governmentally imposed ceiling on your income, and have even less control than ever over your time.
FTC Challenge to Sanford Health/Mid Dakota Clinic Physician Group Merger and the Lesson for You – Podcast
Like a bear emerging from its long winter nap, the Federal Trade Commission is hungry to enforce antitrust law in the healthcare sector.