I had a quirky law school professor who, when the Socratic method was leading the discussion either in circles or to nowhere, fast, would throw up his hands and (almost) yell, “Hey, wait, let me drive the bus!” He’d then recenter the discussion to comport with his vision of the lessons to be learned. For […]
For many physicians, the winds of change are of hurricane force. Consider how they can be harnessed.
I recently read an article about a physician who had sold his practice to a hospital. He was quoted as having stated that he had grown disenchanted with running the business end of his own practice, thus he had agreed to “have my practice managed by” the hospital. From the article author’s viewpoint, this signals […]
Yin and Yang. Positive and negative. Heads or tails.
Two sides, inseparably linked.
Just like the far less obvious provisions of any agreement: term and termination.
Mark Weiss interviews Earl Ongman of Sierra Health Services.
Over lunch one day, my son told me that he had recently bought a Subway sandwich from the location on his college campus at U.C. San Diego. He said that when he asked for olives, the guy behind the counter placed three small olive slices across the foot-long sandwich.
I remember watching my mother make bread – she always allowed time for the dough to rise before putting it into the oven; it’s a question of timing. 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. If the […]
Many physicians, even physician group leaders, have trouble with the notion of transformational change because today’s payor and hospital centric status quo is their “normal.”
Over the course of the past decade or so, carriers have ratcheted down payment and have begun a concerted shift away from compensating independent professionals to employing them directly at greatly reduced levels. If you read the prior paragraph quickly, you might think that I was addressing compensation paid to physicians, but you’d be wrong. […]
Several weeks ago, I noticed an acquaintance, “Dr. X,” driving out of the upscale shopping center near my house. I waived hello, but wasn’t sure if X had seen me. Recently, X apologized for not having recognized me that day. He said that he’s uncomfortable when he goes to that shopping area and is so […]
