If you think that exclusive contracts are just for the hospital-based specialties, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, pathology, and radiology, you’re wrong.
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Socialism is Alive and Well Within Medical Groups
Socialism is alive and well, and I’m not simply talking about the socialistic charade of Hugo Chavez. Instead, I’m talking about the employee or subcontracted members of your group who, even though they are being paid every penny due to them pursuant to their employment agreement or subcontract, have the misguided mindset that “there is…
The “Company Model:” More Than Just an Anesthesia Problem – Podcast
The so-called “Company Model” of providing anesthesia services at an ASC presents serious kickback concerns. But the problem is far greater than simply anesthesia deals.
How the Downward Spiral of Fair Market Valuation Will Destroy Your Future – Podcast
Learn how valuation consultants’ refusal to opine at higher than the 75th percentile is taking the fairness out of fair market valuation and robbing you of your income.
How to Navigate the Rising Tide of Aggressive RFPs – Podcast
Listen to Mark discuss how to Navigate the rising tide of aggressive RFPs.
Weaponized RFPs
More and more hospitals are disrupting their longstanding hospital-based group relationships as they seek to cut stipends and get more for nothing. The favored tool? A “weaponized” form of the request for proposal, called a “Fulcrum RFP™, designed to get a group to grovel for the continuation of its contract. Of course, the concept of an…
How to Extract More Than Fair Market Value
Don’t settle for market parity. Learn how physician groups can negotiate terms that exceed fair‑market value for strategic advantage.
Lemons to Lemonade
Explore common problems in physician and hospital relationships and learn how to address them effectively.
JetBlue-ing up Your Practice
How will you prepare for unexpected situations in the workplace, like those by the JetBlue flight attendant who virally went “postal.”
Obamacare – Clarion Call for Stipend Strategy
So, Obamacare passed. While there’s a time and a place to discuss political reactions, this is neither.