ACO Archives - Wisdom. Applied. https://blog.weisspc.com/tag/aco/ Wisdom Applied - Decoding the Business of Healthcare — Mark Weiss’s Perspective Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:28:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183918279 Why Bigger Hospitals May Actually Be More Fragile https://blog.weisspc.com/bigger-hospitals-more-fragile/ https://blog.weisspc.com/bigger-hospitals-more-fragile/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:10:56 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=31801 In healthcare, size used to signal strength. Bigger meant more services, more specialists, more veritas. But what if all that bulk is actually a liability?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/bigger-hospitals-more-fragile/feed/ 0 31801 Picking Off the Fruits of Your Success – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success-audio/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:50:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30662 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?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success-audio/feed/ 0 30662 Focus on the Future – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/break-free-from-healthcare-deal-paradigms-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/break-free-from-healthcare-deal-paradigms-video/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:12:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30153 Imagine that your only menu choice, anywhere, is a Happy Meal.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/break-free-from-healthcare-deal-paradigms-video/feed/ 0 30153 When the First Class Physicians Leave the Hospital, Who’ll Be Left? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/impact-of-physician-exodus-on-hospitals-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/impact-of-physician-exodus-on-hospitals-video/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:17:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30432 There's a growing trend of dissatisfaction on the part of office practice physicians employed by, or otherwise closely aligned with, hospitals.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/impact-of-physician-exodus-on-hospitals-video/feed/ 0 30432 Two Wolves and a Lamb https://blog.weisspc.com/two-wolves-and-a-lamb/ https://blog.weisspc.com/two-wolves-and-a-lamb/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4226 Physicians should be all for collaboration in terms of patient care, collaboration with other providers and collaboration with facilities.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/two-wolves-and-a-lamb/feed/ 0 4226 No More Room for Average – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average-video/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27674 This applies regardless of specialty or whether you are hospital-based or office-based. This applies whether you are in solo practice or with a group.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average-video/feed/ 0 27674 Time Travel – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel-audio/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:01:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27396 A joke? Or can you do the equivalent right now?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel-audio/feed/ 0 27396 From Pigs to Model T’s to Medical Care – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries-video/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27132 Ford focused on keeping things simple, building one model that (had to) suit all, using interchangeable parts that relatively unskilled workers could assemble.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries-video/feed/ 0 27132 From Pigs to Model T’s to Medical Care – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries-audio/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27159 Ford focused on keeping things simple, building one model that (had to) suit all, using interchangeable parts that relatively unskilled workers could assemble.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries-audio/feed/ 0 27159 Hospital CEO Gets a Raise. You? We’re Not So Sure. – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure-video/#respond Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:47:30 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27010 A study found little correlation between nonprofit hospitals’ CEO pay, which averaged almost $600,000 per year, and performance.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure-video/feed/ 0 27010 All Hospitals Should Be Physician Controlled https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-controlled-hospitals/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-controlled-hospitals/#respond Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:14:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24822 It will be decades until society swings back away from “it takes a village” to “it takes a strong individual” and the price we’ll pay in the interim will eventually be rationing, death counseling, and other warm and fuzzy attributes of a so-called communal society. Heck, this makes its opposite, the so-called “greed” of rugged individualists, seem timid in comparison.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-controlled-hospitals/feed/ 0 24822 Focus On The Future https://blog.weisspc.com/break-free-from-healthcare-deal-paradigms/ https://blog.weisspc.com/break-free-from-healthcare-deal-paradigms/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6362 Imagine that your only menu choice, anywhere, is a Happy Meal. It doesn’t matter whether it’s at McDonald’s or at Chez Prétentieux. The Happy Meal is the only thing on the menu. After all, that’s the way things are done. Back to reality, which, for most, it isn’t much different, at least in connection with...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/break-free-from-healthcare-deal-paradigms/feed/ 0 6362 Driverless Cars and the Death of Hospitals – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals-video/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=15613 I've yet to see a driverless car, but I bet that it's headed to the funeral of some hospital.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals-video/feed/ 0 15613 Driverless Cars and the Death of Hospitals – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals-audio/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:02:43 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10972 I’ve yet to see a driverless car, but I bet that it’s headed to the funeral of some hospital.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals-audio/feed/ 0 10972 Laid Off Docs: You’re Heavy and You’re Not My Brother – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics-audio/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:00:18 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=9706 Corporations exist to make a profit. There's nothing wrong with that. It's a fact of life.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics-audio/feed/ 0 9706 Physician Control of Hospitals From the Virus’s Point of View – Medical Group Minute Series https://blog.weisspc.com/from-the-virus-point-of-view-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/from-the-virus-point-of-view-video/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:00:52 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8738 Think like a virus when considering open possibilities in taking control of your future.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/from-the-virus-point-of-view-video/feed/ 0 8738 Should You Amend How to Amend That Contract? – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/amend-amend-contract-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/amend-amend-contract-sim/#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:00:27 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8188 Ride along with Mark F. Weiss as he discusses the issue of how to amend a contract. In particular, he talks about the mistake of setting too high a barrier to amendment of a multi-party agreement, such as a medical group formation document.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/amend-amend-contract-sim/feed/ 0 8188 The Fast and the Dead – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead-audio/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:00:11 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8017 Let's listen in to a series of calls from a potential deal partner to the office of the Smith and Jones Medical Group.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead-audio/feed/ 0 8017 Laid Off Docs: You’re Heavy and You’re Not My Brother – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics-video/#respond Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:00:46 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8008 How long would it take to find a job?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics-video/feed/ 0 8008 Breaking the Chains of the New Normal – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare-video/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:00:24 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7406 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.”

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare-video/feed/ 0 7406 Beware the Government-Hospital Complex – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/beware-the-government-hospital-complex-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/beware-the-government-hospital-complex-audio/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:00:31 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7297 The first time that I saw a computer there were two in the room. One of them took up most of the south side of a floor of the Computer Science Building and the other took up most of the north side.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/beware-the-government-hospital-complex-audio/feed/ 0 7297 When the First Class Physicians Leave the Hospital, Who’ll Be Left? https://blog.weisspc.com/impact-of-physician-exodus-on-hospitals/ https://blog.weisspc.com/impact-of-physician-exodus-on-hospitals/#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:00:35 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7198 When elite physicians exit hospital systems, medical groups must adapt fast or risk losing talent, reputation, and competitive advantage.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/impact-of-physician-exodus-on-hospitals/feed/ 0 7198 From Me to We: From Physician to Provider – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-to-provider-cultural-shift-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-to-provider-cultural-shift-video/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:36:59 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7140 The tides come in and out, ties get wider then narrower then wider again, and society cycles round and round from "me" to "we."

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-to-provider-cultural-shift-video/feed/ 0 7140 Amorality of Institutions – An Additional Argument for Physician Control of Hospitals – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-control-hospital-ethics-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-control-hospital-ethics-audio/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:00:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6897 People, not institutions, are capable of morality. At best, institutions are amoral. At worst, they are immoral.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-control-hospital-ethics-audio/feed/ 0 6897 Accountable Care Organizations: A Reactionary Grasp Not a Revolution in Patient Care – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-reactionary-grasp-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-reactionary-grasp-video/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:00:21 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6538 Proponents of the ACO model argue that this time it’s different, that the model is not about controlling physicians, it’s about clinical issues and getting physicians integrated with other providers, both in respect of macro issues (e.g., establishing protocols, determining best practices and the design of studies) and micro issues (e.g., the coordination of a particular patient’s care).

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-reactionary-grasp-video/feed/ 0 6538 Medical Group Value Walks Out the Door – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy-audio/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:00:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6067 As much actual tension as there is between physician groups and ACOs, they share a common weakness.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy-audio/feed/ 0 6067 Driverless Cars and the Death of Hospitals https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals/ https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals/#respond Tue, 27 May 2014 15:00:25 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=5057 Google’s driverless cars have logged over 100,000 miles without incident. I don’t know how many car drivers will want to give up the control, but I’d bet that large trucking companies are doing the calculations.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/driverless-cars-and-the-death-of-hospitals/feed/ 0 5057 Is Your Medical Practice a Social Service or a Business? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business-video/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:00:50 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4601 These are two entirely different goals and if a definitive answer doesn't immediately pop out of your mouth you're in trouble.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business-video/feed/ 0 4601 The Fast and the Dead https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:00:29 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4659 If a medical group cannot govern itself, if it is structured like a true democracy, one owner, one vote on everything, or if it has a bloated board, it will never be able to make decisions with the speed required for its continued success.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead/feed/ 0 4659 You’re Not Being Managed, You’re Being Employed – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend-audio/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:00:07 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4603 Is there a disconnect between the physician and the hospital?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend-audio/feed/ 0 4603 Hospital CEO Gets a Raise. You? We’re Not So Sure. – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure-audio/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:00:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4404 A study found little correlation between nonprofit hospitals’ CEO pay, which averaged almost $600,000 per year, and performance.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure-audio/feed/ 0 4404 ACOs and Negotiation https://blog.weisspc.com/acos-and-negotiation-power/ https://blog.weisspc.com/acos-and-negotiation-power/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4353 If you believe you can, you’re right. If you believe you can’t, you’re right. It's up to you.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/acos-and-negotiation-power/feed/ 0 4353 Shocking! No Physician Financial Benefit From ACO Participation – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation-video/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:00:21 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4331 Survey reveals sixty-seven percent of physician who participated in an ACO in 2012 realized no personal financial benefit.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation-video/feed/ 0 4331 Hospital CEO Gets a Raise. You? We’re Not So Sure. https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4314 What are these people being paid for? Won’t someone do it for less?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-gets-a-raise-you-were-not-so-sure/feed/ 0 4314 Shocking! No Physician Financial Benefit From ACO Participation – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation-audio/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:00:46 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4098 Survey reveals sixty-seven percent of physician who participated in an ACO in 2012 realized no personal financial benefit.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation-audio/feed/ 0 4098 School Cafeterias. Patient Care. https://blog.weisspc.com/school-cafeterias-patient-care/ https://blog.weisspc.com/school-cafeterias-patient-care/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:00:38 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4070 As hospitals build employed staff models, as they build ACO networks, and as they influence referrals within those “staffs,” will the quality of care go up, or will it go down?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/school-cafeterias-patient-care/feed/ 0 4070 Physician “Alignment” – When $X does Not Equal $X – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-when-x-does-not-equal-x-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-when-x-does-not-equal-x-audio/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:00:57 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4003 Earning $X, net, self-employed and earning $X, net, as an employee are two very different things.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-when-x-does-not-equal-x-audio/feed/ 0 4003 Why Do Medical Society Leaders Assume Failure? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-society-leadership-assume-failure-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-society-leadership-assume-failure-video/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:00:10 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4017 When I read the practice management presentation topics of many organized medical societies, I'm stunned by the degree of victimhood and of loss of choice assumed.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-society-leadership-assume-failure-video/feed/ 0 4017 The Problem of Perception – Healthcare Collaboration – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-hospital-collaboration-perception-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-hospital-collaboration-perception-audio/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2013 15:00:29 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3975 What’s the right way of looking at ACOs, physician alignment, hospital-physician collaboration and other initiatives to bind physicians to hospitals?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-hospital-collaboration-perception-audio/feed/ 0 3975 Why Sometimes the Only Way to Win Is Not to Play at All – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/why-sometimes-the-only-way-to-win-is-not-to-play-at-all-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-sometimes-the-only-way-to-win-is-not-to-play-at-all-video/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:00:55 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4015 Just as in sports, many medical group leaders are motivated by "winning isn't everything – it's the only thing" thinking.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-sometimes-the-only-way-to-win-is-not-to-play-at-all-video/feed/ 0 4015 Time Travel – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel-video/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:19:55 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3964 Time travel. A joke? Or can you do the equivalent right now?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel-video/feed/ 0 3964 You’re Not Being Managed, You’re Being Employed – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend-video/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:58:55 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3928 Is there a disconnect between the physician and the hospital?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend-video/feed/ 0 3928 Laid Off Docs: You’re Heavy and You’re Not My Brother https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics/ https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:00:07 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3881 Corporations exist to make a profit. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a fact of life. One that I am all in favor of. Just keep your eyes open.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/laid-off-physicians-group-dynamics/feed/ 0 3881 Swimming With the Stream or Swimming Upstream? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-strategy-stream-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-strategy-stream-video/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:00:28 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3832 The healthcare tide is strong: pushing forward hospital-centric healthcare, accountable care organizations, and governmental meddling.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-strategy-stream-video/feed/ 0 3832 If Technology (and HIPAA) Drive Independent Healthcare Practice, Why the Need for Physician “Alignment?” – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-physician-alignment-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-physician-alignment-video/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:06:20 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3816 Technological revolution enables the coordination of care across locations, providers, and facilities.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-physician-alignment-video/feed/ 0 3816 Shocking! No Physician Financial Benefit From ACO Participation https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation/ https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:00:31 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3746 Creating additional levels of bureaucracy – more paperwork, more direction, more top-down control – leaves less time for patient care, at least for care that is customized as opposed to cookie cutter. It leads to physician dissatisfaction and less, not more, job security.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/shocking-no-physician-financial-benefit-from-aco-participation/feed/ 0 3746 Who Asked the Patient If She Wants a Hospitalist? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care-video/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:00:39 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3607 What the patient expects is of paramount importance.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care-video/feed/ 0 3607 Picking Off the Fruits of Your Success – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success-video/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:00:42 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3597 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?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success-video/feed/ 0 3597 Do You Really Want This Smaller Future? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/do-you-really-want-this-smaller-future-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/do-you-really-want-this-smaller-future-audio/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:51 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3699 In my work with physician groups across the country, I often encounter this defeatist attitude.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/do-you-really-want-this-smaller-future-audio/feed/ 0 3699 Yin and Yang. Contract Term and Termination – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term-video/#respond Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:35 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3385 Your contract's real term is how quickly it can be terminated.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term-video/feed/ 0 3385 Patient Complications Produce Hospital Profits https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-profit-from-complications/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-profit-from-complications/#respond Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:41 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3491 I argue that hospitals, as institutions, are at best amoral. At the same time, they are driven by profit and their executives bear no true downside risk, no risk of going negative in terms of personal liability.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-profit-from-complications/feed/ 0 3491 Amorality of Institutions – An Additional Argument for Physician Control of Hospitals https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-control-hospital-ethics/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-control-hospital-ethics/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:10 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3322 Individuals, physicians in this discussion, are capable of morality and my experience is that most are highly moral. Sure, there are some bad apples, there are in any subset of society.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-control-hospital-ethics/feed/ 1 3322 Do You Really Want This Smaller Future? https://blog.weisspc.com/do-you-really-want-this-smaller-future/ https://blog.weisspc.com/do-you-really-want-this-smaller-future/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:00:13 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3294 In a nutshell, Reinertsen states that radiologists should reconcile themselves to lower incomes and simply focus on quality.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/do-you-really-want-this-smaller-future/feed/ 0 3294 Top Down Healthcare is Killing Your Business and (Literally) Killing You and Me – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/top-down-healthcare-is-killing-your-business-and-literally-killing-you-and-me-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/top-down-healthcare-is-killing-your-business-and-literally-killing-you-and-me-audio/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:00:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2797 “Conformity medicine” will result in the death of innovation.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/top-down-healthcare-is-killing-your-business-and-literally-killing-you-and-me-audio/feed/ 0 2797 No More Room for Average https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average/ https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average/#respond Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:00:44 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2985 In some instances in life and in business, it pays to wait and see. In other instances, after weighing alternatives, it pays to do nothing. But not with your business.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average/feed/ 0 2985 All Hospitals Should Be Physician Controlled – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-controlled-hospitals-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-controlled-hospitals-audio/#respond Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:00:36 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2595 Why should hospitals be run by nonphysicians?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-controlled-hospitals-audio/feed/ 0 2595 Top Down Healthcare is Killing Your Business and (Literally) Killing You and Me https://blog.weisspc.com/top-down-healthcare-is-killing-your-business-and-literally-killing-you-and-me/ https://blog.weisspc.com/top-down-healthcare-is-killing-your-business-and-literally-killing-you-and-me/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:00:51 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2749 For hundreds of years, innovation has driven improvement in medicine. Innovation in patient care. Innovation in business models. Innovation in treatment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/top-down-healthcare-is-killing-your-business-and-literally-killing-you-and-me/feed/ 0 2749 Beware the Government-Hospital Complex https://blog.weisspc.com/beware-the-government-hospital-complex/ https://blog.weisspc.com/beware-the-government-hospital-complex/#respond Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:00:41 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1987 The first time that I saw a computer there were two in the room. One of them took up most of the south side of a floor of the Computer Science Building and the other took up most of the north side. To the best of my memory, the first time I saw a hospital...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/beware-the-government-hospital-complex/feed/ 0 1987 Breaking the Physician Hospital Paradigm – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/breaking-the-physician-hospital-paradigm-podcast/ https://blog.weisspc.com/breaking-the-physician-hospital-paradigm-podcast/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:00:17 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1965 The paradigm for physician hospital relations is completely at odds with society's other trends.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/breaking-the-physician-hospital-paradigm-podcast/feed/ 0 1965 Swimming With the Stream or Swimming Upstream? https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-strategy-stream/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-strategy-stream/#respond Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:00:02 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1818 The healthcare tide is strong: pushing forward hospital-centric healthcare, accountable care organizations, and governmental meddling. But what way are you swimming toward your future? Are you swimming with the tide or against it? Certainly, some trends are strong and will continue to play out no matter how hard you fight against them. For those interested...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-strategy-stream/feed/ 0 1818 Why Sometimes the Only Way to Win is Not to Play at All https://blog.weisspc.com/why-sometimes-the-only-way-to-win-is-not-to-play-at-all/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-sometimes-the-only-way-to-win-is-not-to-play-at-all/#respond Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:27 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1655 Just as in sports, many medical group leaders are motivated by “winning isn’t everything – it’s the only thing” thinking. But there’s an important corollary to that rule that often goes disregarded to the group’s detriment: Sometimes it pays to lose or to not play at all. How can that be? Well, imagine that your...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-sometimes-the-only-way-to-win-is-not-to-play-at-all/feed/ 0 1655 Medical Group Value Walks Out the Door https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy/#respond Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:58 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1605 Physician loyalty isn’t guaranteed. Without a retention strategy, your group’s real value may walk out and not return.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-retention-strategy/feed/ 0 1605 Yin and Yang. Contract Term and Termination. – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term-audio/#respond Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:54 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1577 Your contract's real term is how quickly it can be terminated.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term-audio/feed/ 0 1577 Potentially Profitable Interplay Between Exclusive Contracts and ACOs https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-contracts-acos-medical-groups/ https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-contracts-acos-medical-groups/#respond Wed, 02 May 2012 16:00:22 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1549 There is a complex interplay between hospital-based group exclusive contracts and ACO-entity payment mechanisms. In addition to making certain that money flows into the group, as opposed to around it, obviously a protective move, there are significant planning opportunities in the play off between the managed care contracting provisions of exclusive contracts and the terms...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-contracts-acos-medical-groups/feed/ 0 1549 Is Your Medical Practice a Social Service or a Business? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business-audio/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:56 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1521 Consistent with the communal notions of the "We" society, physicians are being told by politicians, pundits and the press that you are in social services – do you really believe this?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business-audio/feed/ 0 1521 You’re Not Being Managed, You’re Being Employed https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend/ https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend/#respond Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1430 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...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-agent-physician-employment-trend/feed/ 0 1430 Yin and Yang. Contract Term and Termination. https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term/ https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term/#respond Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:51 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1416 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.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/exclusive-physician-contract-negotiation-timing-term/feed/ 0 1416 Breaking the Chains of the New Normal – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare-audio/#respond Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:00:37 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1378 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.”

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare-audio/feed/ 0 1378 Who Asked the Patient If She Wants a Hospitalist? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care-audio/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:00:32 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1309 The battle between patients' physicians and hospitalists rages on. But who asked the patient?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care-audio/feed/ 0 1309 The Chicken and the Pig and the ACO https://blog.weisspc.com/the-chicken-and-the-pig-and-the-aco/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-chicken-and-the-pig-and-the-aco/#respond Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:26:18 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1311 I recently heard it said that while it takes both a chicken and a pig to make a ham and egg breakfast, the chicken is merely involved while the pig is fully committed. How different is this from the relationship between hospital administrators on the one hand, and physicians on the other, in connection with...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-chicken-and-the-pig-and-the-aco/feed/ 0 1311 Time Travel https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel/ https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel/#respond Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:00:48 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1272 Time travel. It’s a familiar theme in literature and even television. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Quantum Leap. Even Dr. Who.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/time-travel/feed/ 0 1272 Hospital Employment is No Panacea for Physicians – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-employment-is-no-panacea-for-physicians-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-employment-is-no-panacea-for-physicians-audio/#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:00:22 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1268 Employment by hospitals is no safe harbor for physicians; in fact, it's quite the opposite.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-employment-is-no-panacea-for-physicians-audio/feed/ 0 1268 Picking Off the Fruits of Your Success https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success/ https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success/#respond Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:00:34 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1260 Explore effective business strategy options for healthcare professionals and navigate the challenges of joining an ACO.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/picking-off-the-fruits-of-your-success/feed/ 0 1260 Are You Infected with a Hospital-Centric Meme? https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-centric-healthcare-meme/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-centric-healthcare-meme/#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:42 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1229 Physicians are certainly well acquainted with the concept of nosocomial infections, infections acquired by patients during the course of hospitalization and infections acquired by hospital personnel. But physicians are for the most part unaware of another type of infection relating to hospitals: the meme, or mind virus, an accepted cultural idea or paradigm, infecting physicians in...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-centric-healthcare-meme/feed/ 0 1229 Align or “A Lyin’?” https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-vs-control/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-vs-control/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:26 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1192 Physician alignment is all the rage. But of course, as I’ve written before, hospitals use the line “align” when they’re actually a lyin’ to you. That is, unless the meaning of the word align actually is “to control.” However, as is the case with much propaganda, there is a kernel of truth within the concept...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-vs-control/feed/ 0 1192 Is Your Medical Practice a Social Service or a Business? https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:26 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1161 These are two entirely different goals and if a definitive answer doesn’t immediately pop out of your mouth you’re in trouble. A dog may have four legs, but it can only walk in one direction at a time.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-practice-social-service-or-business/feed/ 0 1161 Who Asked the Patient if She Wants a Hospitalist? https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care/ https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:30:35 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1140 Sally hired Beth, the most sought after wedding planner in Centerville to coordinate her wedding at the Community House, a high-end hotel.  Beth planned the flowers, the menu and every other aspect of the ceremony and reception. You see, Sally had hired Beth for her expertise; the Community House was just the place, a nice place, where the event would occur.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/patient-choice-hospitalist-care/feed/ 0 1140 Two Wolves and a Lamb – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/two-wolves-and-a-lamb-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/two-wolves-and-a-lamb-audio/#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:55 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1138 Hospitals and the government have decided that physicians must collaborate financially in order to deliver quality healthcare. Of course, that's a lie.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/two-wolves-and-a-lamb-audio/feed/ 0 1138 Physician “Alignment” – When $X Does Not Equal $X https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-when-x-does-not-equal-x/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-when-x-does-not-equal-x/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:41:45 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1120 Valuation consultants' refusal to opine at higher than the 75th percentile is taking the fairness out of fair market valuation and robbing you of your income.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-alignment-when-x-does-not-equal-x/feed/ 0 1120 The Same Amount of Money as an Employed Physician is Worth Less – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-income-less-fmv-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-income-less-fmv-audio/#respond Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:11 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1085 Not only is fair market valuation resulting in a spiraling down of employed physician income, the same amount of money earned as an employee is worth less than that amount earned if you still owned the practice.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-income-less-fmv-audio/feed/ 0 1085 Breaking the Chains of the New Normal https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare/ https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:00:29 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1076 Physicians must evolve from passive to proactive to avoid being overwhelmed by hospital-centric models and face loss of autonomy.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/escaping-the-new-normal-healthcare/feed/ 0 1076 Harnessing “Me to We” https://blog.weisspc.com/harnessing-me-to-we/ https://blog.weisspc.com/harnessing-me-to-we/#respond Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:00:31 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1047 Shift from transactional to relational: leverage the "we" mentality to strengthen physician-hospital partnerships to resist hospital control.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/harnessing-me-to-we/feed/ 0 1047 Protecting Your Practice in Today’s “WE” Society – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/protecting-your-practice-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/protecting-your-practice-audio/#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:44:36 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1070 In order to thrive in the “WE” society sweeping through healthcare, medical groups must adopt a different focus.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/protecting-your-practice-audio/feed/ 0 1070 The Chicken, the Pig and the ACO – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/the-chicken-and-the-pig-and-the-aco-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-chicken-and-the-pig-and-the-aco-audio/#respond Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:00:21 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1042 Hospital administrators are involved in ACO formation, but physicians are being asked to fully commit.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-chicken-and-the-pig-and-the-aco-audio/feed/ 0 1042 If Technology (and HIPAA) Drive Independent Healthcare Practice, Why the Need for Physician “Alignment?” https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-physician-alignment/ https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-physician-alignment/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:47:54 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=817 30 years ago, in order to practice law on a sophisticated level, you needed to be part of a firm with its relatively large support staff. You dictated and your secretary either took shorthand or transcribed the tape, typing away at a typewriter. Flash forward to today — I’m dictating this post into Evernote on...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/independent-physician-alignment/feed/ 0 817 Is Your Group a Vendor . . . or a Partner? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/vendor-vs-partner-medical-groups-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/vendor-vs-partner-medical-groups-audio/#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:44:48 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=810 If you want your group to have a future, stop being a vendor.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/vendor-vs-partner-medical-groups-audio/feed/ 0 810 Why Do Medical Society Leaders Assume Failure? https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-society-leadership-assume-failure/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-society-leadership-assume-failure/#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:00:28 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=777 Why do medical society leaders assume failure? Learn how defeatist framing weakens physician leverage—and shapes bad outcomes.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-society-leadership-assume-failure/feed/ 0 777 The Problem of Perception – Healthcare Collaboration https://blog.weisspc.com/problem-perception-healthcare-collaboration/ https://blog.weisspc.com/problem-perception-healthcare-collaboration/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:00:21 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=756 What an odd color Mercedes; pink, like cotton candy. But what color is that pink?  The pink in your mind’s eye is different from that in mine, and from that of each other reader. That’s because colors are perceptions made by each of us. *** The three students filed into the room and took seats...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/problem-perception-healthcare-collaboration/feed/ 0 756 From Me to We: From Physician to Provider https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-to-provider-cultural-shift/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-to-provider-cultural-shift/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:20:42 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=749 Understand the modern physician's position amid societal changes that emphasize communal values and collective health.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-to-provider-cultural-shift/feed/ 0 749 From Pigs to Model T’s to Medical Care https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:11:22 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=741 Learn how lessons from other industries reveal hidden paths to efficiency, scale, and innovation in healthcare.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-innovation-lessons-other-industries/feed/ 0 741 Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable to Whom – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-organizations-accountable-to-whom/ https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-organizations-accountable-to-whom/#respond Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:00:14 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=689 The talking heads of healthcare are at it again: A new acronym to save healthcare has arrived, the ACO, an “accountable care organization.”

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-organizations-accountable-to-whom/feed/ 0 689 Negotiation Ploys – From Autos to ACOs – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/negotiation-ploys-from-autos-to-acos-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/negotiation-ploys-from-autos-to-acos-audio/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:49:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=517 The tactics being used by proponents of accountable care organizations against physicians are eerily reminiscent of those used by auto manufacturers to crush the prices charged by their suppliers.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/negotiation-ploys-from-autos-to-acos-audio/feed/ 0 517 Why Hospitals Don’t Want Employed Physicians to (Really) Succeed https://blog.weisspc.com/hospitals-dont-want-employed-physicians-to-really-succeed/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospitals-dont-want-employed-physicians-to-really-succeed/#respond Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:17:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=433 Explore why hospitals don't want physicians to succeed fully, despite investing in their employment and support systems.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospitals-dont-want-employed-physicians-to-really-succeed/feed/ 0 433 Accountable Care Organizations: A Reactionary Grasp Not a Revolution in Patient Care https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-reactionary-grasp/ https://blog.weisspc.com/accountable-care-reactionary-grasp/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:46:19 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=419 Proponents of the ACO model argue that this time it's different, that the model is not about controlling physicians, it's about clinical issues and getting physicians integrated with other providers...

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