Your medical group’s most important assets, its physicians and other providers, walk out the door each night.
Showing Up On Time and Negotiation
For physician group leaders, that means showing up on time to meet, in person or remotely, with hospital administrators, to meet with potential deal partners, to meet with your bankers, and so on. Especially if what you’re showing up to is a negotiation.
Are Some Partners Less Equal but Just as Liable? – Podcast
Many medical groups operate as partnerships, generally partnerships of professional corporations.
Disruptive Physician – You Know Who! (He/She Works for You) – Medical Group Minute
I hate taking out the trash.
Why Your Price Has Nothing to Do With Cost
Discover why medical group pricing strategies must be market-driven rather than cost-based to succeed.
Venezuela, Rice Farmers and Doctors in Dallas – Podcast
Models. No, not the skinny kind in a magazine. But conceptual frameworks. Like global warming “models” or even Obamacare.
Idiocy of the RFP Process for Professional Services – Medical Group Minute
Some hospital attorneys and, therefore, some hospital administrators, believe that every contract for professional services should be subject to a request for proposal (RFP) process.
Why Taking Control Is a Smart Contracting Tactic
Take control by taking action in situations. It can enhance your negotiation skills, and lead to better results.
Not a Smart Call – Podcast
As a recent Wall Street Journal article recounts, Japanese manufacturers, once the world’s leaders in electronic goods and especially in cell phone technology, lost big in the switch to smartphones.
TSA Screeners and the Myth of Medical Group Institutionalization of Business Relationships – Medical Group Minute
A congressional study compared the performance of San Francisco International (SFO) Airport’s privately contracted screeners with those of LAX’s TSA staffed screeners. SFO’s staff screened 65% more passengers per screener than the government employed TSA personnel at LAX.