How unlikely is it that in twenty years, the only physician actually in the O.R. will be the anesthesiologist? As surgery becomes more robotic, what difference will it make if the surgeon is actually present? In fact, as surgery becomes more robotic, will surgeons continue to be physicians or will they be specially trained technicians?…
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Independent Anesthesia Group Success in a Segmented Market – Podcast
Independent anesthesia groups must develop strategies tied to the segmenting market.
Independent Anesthesia Group Success in a Segmented Market
It’s estimated that the large national anesthesia companies have around 10 percent of the market. They certainly are on a drive to expand. To a significant degree, this expansion is driven by private equity and in some cases publicly raised money. But outside investors will only stay in the game as long as there are profits. When…
The “Problem” with Healthcare May Not Be the Problem
ACO’s. Competition by hospital employed physicians. Commoditization. Just a few of the “problems” that physician group leaders struggle with. But are those really the problems? Perhaps they are actually symptoms of a different problem or set of problems. For example, the problem of increasing “We” think and, especially, the problem of increasing bureaucratization and centralization…
Is the Traditional Hospital-Based Service Model Dead? – Podcast
Can the traditional hospital-based group service model survive?
The Walking Dead: Is Your Group Actually in Business?
You have been coming into work every day for years. Now there’s no need to come in tomorrow because your group no longer exists. You see, although your group collected over $20 million over the past year, and you and your fellow partners earned a tidy sum, it turns out that your group was simply…
Breaking the Physician Hospital Paradigm – Podcast
The paradigm for physician hospital relations is completely at odds with society’s other trends.
Why Trying to Protect Your Group’s Position Is Destroying Your Future
Over the past five, ten or twenty years, your group has worked long and hard to develop its business. You’ve become successful. But now, you see threats everywhere: threats from the hospital that wants to employ you, threats of forced ACO participation, threats of replacement by paraprofessionals, threats of competition from national groups and the…
It Is What It Is – Podcast
To succeed, groups must strategize for their own desired future and that involves telling the truth about the current state of affairs.
Are You Playing to Win or Just Playing Not to Lose? – Podcast
Does your medical group have a strategy to succeed, or are you simply hoping not to fail?