At first I couldn’t believe my eyes. It seemed like a plot from the old Divorce Court TV show. But no, it wasn’t a battle of the spouses over the failure of a marriage, it was a battle of a hospital and a medical group over what appears to be the failure of an exclusive […]
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Who’s your competition? The hospital five miles down the road?
In many medical specialties, both hospital and office based, national groups have become significant competitors.
Mark discusses how a hospital CEO passes blame to an “aggressive, direct competitor” for the downturn in his facility’s patient volume.
Someone at a conference asked me what’s the biggest mistake medical group leaders make.
Has your medical group put themselves in a position where they can be easily taken over legally and cheaply?
Like a bear emerging from its long winter nap, the Federal Trade Commission is hungry to enforce antitrust law.
Like a bear emerging from its long winter nap, the Federal Trade Commission is hungry to enforce antitrust law in the healthcare sector.
In a quote qualitatively similar to “my dog ate my homework,” a hospital CEO blamed an “aggressive, direct competitor” for the downturn in his facility’s patient volume. The drop in business led to a significant financial loss, a staff layoff, and a near scrape with Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Many physicians bemoan the fact that we have retail, corporate run walk in clinics, such as the Minute Clinics run by CVS, staffed with nurse practitioners and PAs.