Market consolidation – that’s what’s impacting medical groups of all stripes and sizes.
Podcast
Why the Hospital’s Idea of Physician Leader Means Follower – Podcast
I recently read an article about hospitals training physicians for “leadership” roles. What those hospitals are really doing is training more physicians to become hospital-employed or hospital-controlled managers.
Why Culture Counts in Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions – Podcast
Depending on whom you ask and whose data is available for analysis, 70 to 90 percent of all business combinations fail to increase owner value.
Pass the Bread and Get the Contract – Podcast
There’s a significant amount of timing involved in respect of the negotiation of agreements between physician groups and hospitals, especially in connection with exclusive contracts.
The “Why” in Hospital Employment – Podcast
Why become a hospital-employed physician?
Medical Group Value Walks Out the Door – Podcast
As much actual tension as there is between physician groups and ACOs, they share a common weakness.
The 4 “P’s” of Medical Group Success – Podcast
Marcus Lemonis of the TV show, The Profit, says that there are three “P’s” to business success.
Medical Monopoly Not a Game: Court Shoots Down Hospital-Medical Group Merger – Podcast
If the hospital can, both through practice acquisition and the expansion of its system, acquire sufficient market power, it can also pressure insurers, individual consumers, and others paying for healthcare to pay more for the same services.
Into the Stream – Podcast
The big muddy. The Mississippi River flows thousands of miles before reaching the Gulf of Mexico. A huge river.
About Brand Extension – Podcast
Extending a brand means to branch it out from one product or service line to another. Like Barbie dolls to Barbie bikes. Or, like Community Hospital to Community Hospital Medical Group.