Spies. What image just flashed through you mind? James Bond? George Smiley? Aldrich Ames? No, not them, but, rather, the one that you undoubtedly have within your organization. Today, there are criminal cases in which a defendant’s Amazon Alexa has been subpoenaed to allow prosecutors to tap into its memory of what was said at…
Ride along with Mark as he discusses two examples of false bilateral choices for physicians and medical groups prevalent in healthcare thinking today.
Yes, 4.89 billion reasons for you, if you are a physician who owns or is thinking about owning a surgery center (“ASC”). And, yes, each of them is green. Green as in a dollar bill.
Mark discusses how a hospital CEO passes blame to an “aggressive, direct competitor” for the downturn in his facility’s patient volume.
A little bit more than 15 minutes of fame, just cost three Boston area hospitals, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, a collective $999,000.
Over the past decade or so, hospitals have spent countless hundreds of millions of dollars “aligning” physicians. This so-called alignment has included acquiring physician practices, employing physicians in states without corporate practice of medicine restrictions, and, in states where hospitals can’t directly employ, employment through captive medical groups or foundations. Hospitals claim that the idea…
How many compliance related crimes have you or your colleagues or employees committed today?
Patient satisfaction surveys are becoming a real part of reimbursement, driving a significant percentage of money.
What’s your medical license worth?
Was it really their decision? Or have the physician partners realized that they no longer need the hospital?