As what were hospital cases now flow out to independent ASCs, hospitals are begging to be aligned with physicians. But why allow a hospital to be a partner in your ASC deal?
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Have You Coordinated Your Contracts? – Podcast
Just like your leg bone is connected to your knee bone, many of your contracts are connected to each other even though you might not readily know it. You can obtain significant leverage by making sure the agreements are coordinated.
Beware of False Bilateral Choices – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses two examples of false bilateral choices for physicians and medical groups prevalent in healthcare thinking today.
Hospitals Beg to Be Aligned by Physicians!
Over the past decade or so, hospitals have spent countless hundreds of millions of dollars “aligning” physicians. This so-called alignment has included acquiring physician practices, employing physicians in states without corporate practice of medicine restrictions, and, in states where hospitals can’t directly employ, employment through captive medical groups or foundations. Hospitals claim that the idea…
CVS, Aetna and Your Practice – Podcast
The Wall Street Journal portrays it as causing panic in the streets.
Take A Minute (Clinic) to Consider the Future of Your Medical Practice
Retail clinics are reshaping healthcare delivery. Learn how physicians can adapt and thrive in this evolving landscape.
CVS, Aetna and Your Practice
Silos in healthcare are collapsing. Learn how physicians can adapt their business model to thrive in a permeable care landscape.
Mitigating Against Risk to Physician Groups of Hospital Closure
Explore the impact of hospital closure on communities and healthcare providers amid rising closures across the nation.
When the First Class Physicians Leave the Hospital, Who’ll Be Left?
When elite physicians exit hospital systems, medical groups must adapt fast or risk losing talent, reputation, and competitive advantage.
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.