Can the traditional hospital-based group service model survive?
Tag: competition
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…
It’s Human Nature: Incentivizing Performance
In 1919, New York hotelier Raymond Orteig announced the Orteig Prize: $25,000 to the first aviation team to fly nonstop between New York and Paris. In 1996, the X Prize, later named the Ansari X Prize for its major benefactors, offered $10 million to the first private, reusable manned spacecraft to fly into space twice…
Interview with Earl Ongman of Sierra Health Services – Part 2
Mark Weiss interviews Earl Ongman of Sierra Health Services.
Interview with Earl Ongman of Sierra Health Services – Part 1
Mark Weiss interviews Earl Ongman of Sierra Health Services.
Et Tu, Dr. Brute?
I recently spoke with a former group leader, who will go unnamed.
It had taken him years to build up a successful hospital-based practice with dozens of physician providers. Over the course of those years, he worked hard to build what he thought was a strong relationship with the administration of the hospital at which the group provided services. And, over the course of those years, he worked hard to keep competing groups at bay, protecting his group’s tenure at the facility.
Medical Group Termites
Perhaps you’ve carefully structured your relationships with hospitals, referral sources, and other influencers. But did you pay attention to what’s going on inside your practice’s own house?
Physician Success Requires More Than Focus on Patient Care
Discover key elements of a successful medical group strategy that goes beyond patient satisfaction metrics.
The Sole Restaurant Syndrome and Medical Practice Failure
If you owned the only restaurant in town, chances are that even in a recession, business would be pretty good. People would be flocking to you and you wouldn’t have to do much, if anything, to drive business.
Self-Referral of Imaging Studies as Weapon
Study reveals Medicare pays more for imaging to non-radiologists. Radiologists can leverage this to capture more of the imaging market.