What policies does your group have? How are they enforced . . . or even, how can they be enforced?
I recently read an article about a physician who had sold his practice to a hospital. The physician was quoted as having stated that he had grown disenchanted with running the business end of his own practice, thus his agreement to “have my practice managed by” the hospital.
I represent physicians in transactions across the country and there are plenty of ways to make a profit and to do the right thing for patients.
Take a seat while Mark discusses how the concept of pricing your customers can be applied to pricing your patients in healthcare.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that being late signals your importance or your power.
The hospital approaches you and says that they are building an ACO – won’t you join with them and become an employee of their sponsored foundation or medical group?
Socialism is alive and well, and I’m not simply talking about the socialistic charade of Hugo Chavez.
Many predicted that the financial behemoths run by the smartest guys in the room would swallow up every physician on the planet.
Every new, and every existing, financial relationship with anyone or any entity with which physicians and other healthcare providers do business must be vetted or re-vetted in light of today’s enforcement reality.
ASCs can be great investments for physicians – as long as they’re real. But if all they are are rainbows, unicorns, and clear blue skies, then you’d better stay away.