Over the past several weeks, I’ve seen multiple posts and comments on LinkedIn about the horrors of practicing as a cog in the wheel of Big Medicine, employment schemes facetiously referred to as “medical groups” by their health system or insurance company owners.
By the early years of the 20th Century, hospitals became large healthcare factories due to the size and expense of what was then cutting edge technology…
In an organization we tend to be judged for what we do – not for the decisions that we make not to do something.
From the medical group perspective, a compensation plan is a part, in fact the largest part, of the practice’s system for driving behavior within the medical group.
The hospital approaches you and says that they are building an ACO – won’t you join with them and become an employee of their sponsored foundation or medical group?
Money. Power. Status. Popularity. The four human interest motivators.
I hate it when people lie to me.
There’s a growing trend of dissatisfaction on the part of office practice physicians employed by, or otherwise closely aligned with, hospitals.
If yours is an average group, you’re doing more work for less pay.
Money. Future. Status. Popularity. The four human interest motivators.