You’re probably familiar, if not personally, then at least conceptually, with the notion of “F.U. money” – having enough money that you can simply walk away. That concept, whether you have the money or not, applies directly to your negotiation strategy.
Tag: anesthesia
First, it’s important to note that anyone who can pay the filing fee can bring suit and the Biden administration’s FTC under its Chair, Lina Khan, has been extremely aggressive in filing them, with pretty shoddy results.
Even if you have no interest in neuromonitoring, the concepts discussed in the advisory opinion impact business schemes in other referral-based specialties, notably in regard to anesthesia in the ambulatory surgery setting.
Many medical group leaders bemoan their group’s circumstances: caught in the hard place between increasing commoditization, what they believe to be the limitations of independent structure, and the pressure of national group competition.
Responding to any RFP takes considerable time and requires significant investment. So how much should your group charge to provide its proposal?
Years ago, one of my former partners had a case in which a stock broker built up a huge book of business, only to have his clients “reassigned” to a famous heavy-hitter at the firm that took over the brokerage.
Why hospitals are destroying themselves, and setting their CEOs up for termination, when they bring in national groups and “contract management companies.”
The limo driver said that he’d made some bad choices in life. Some things hadn’t worked out as planned.
Usually not considered, a group can choose not to renew the contract.
More and more hospitals are disrupting their longstanding hospital-based group relationships as they seek to cut stipends and get more for nothing.