AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will change throughput, FTE math, and leverage in hospital contracts. Groups that ignore this will lose negotiating ground.
Tag: anesthesiology
The Anesthesia Workforce Shortage Is Your Group’s Negotiating Leverage (If You Know How to Use It)
Nearly 30% of anesthesiologists are projected to leave practice by 2033, creating a workforce shortage hospitals can’t ignore. Mark explores how anesthesia groups can turn that reality into real negotiating leverage — before the window closes.
Is the Prohibition on Physician-Owned Hospitals Worsening the Hospital-Based Specialist Shortage?
Does banning physician-owned hospitals worsen shortages?
The Nation’s Largest Health Care Fraud Bust, Plus Bureaucratic Negligence
It’s been said that people read published lists of disciplined fellow professionals out of a sense of schadenfreude, the pleasure derived from another’s misfortune.
You Must Know the No. 1 Mistake in Exclusive Contract Negotiation
Here’s the number 1 mistake, the Achilles’ heel of the negotiations between a medical group, for example, an anesthesiology group or a radiology group, and a hospital in connection with the terms of an exclusive contract, including related stipend negotiations. I previously shared the 7 Key Steps to Successful Hospital-Based Group Stipend Negotiations. Let’s travel back…
How Medical Group Collaboration Creeps into Fraud—Pass-Through Billing
Hospital-based medical groups, notably anesthesiology and radiology groups, are increasingly turning to creative means to provide coverage and to improve collections.
Why Bigger Hospitals May Actually Be More Fragile
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?
Medical Group Growth Without Recruiting
It’s not news to you that there’s a huge shortage of physicians in many medical specialties, such as in anesthesiology and radiology. With the overall aging of the physician population, shortages in other medical specialties, including those that are office-based, will intensify.
Have You Mistakenly Sold Out Your Future for Stipend Support?
Even in the face of the provider shortage, during which you think that you have substantial negotiating leverage, when a significant chunk of your revenue comes from the hospital, you’re no longer just a contractor. You’re an appendage.
Aetna Health v. Radiology Partners and the Danger of Pass-Through Billing
There are, depending upon the particular arrangement, potential end runs around contractual pass-through billing prohibitions, but they are highly fact specific and technical.