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Tag: anesthesiology
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.
More On Overturning the No Surprises Act
It you haven’t yet read it, see my December 16, 2024, post, Now’s The Time to Overturn the No Surprises Act, for part 1 of this thread.
When that post was published on LinkedIn, my friend James Prudden commented, asking me how patients would be protected if the No Surprises Act were repealed. Here’s my response to James.
Now’s The Time to Overturn the No Surprises Act
Re-frame the issue for what it really is: Surprise physician services stealing. Now’s the time for the No Surprises Act, and each state counterpart, to go.
Probably the Most Valuable Anti-Kickback Lesson of All Time
Although no one is going to do time as a result of thinking that wet sidewalks cause rain, in the case of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, confusion over correlation can put you in jail.