Physicians, think that your competitor is Dr. Smith across the street or the hospital and its 185 captive docs? Think longer term.
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Your group needs to portray a unified image.
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?
Years ago, one of my former partners had a case in which a stock broker built up a huge book of business, only to have his clients “reassigned” to a famous heavy-hitter at the firm that took over the brokerage.
Whether one chooses to see it as a pretext or as a context, the FTC maintains that non-competes are a form of unfair competition…
In many medical specialties, both hospital and office based, national groups have become significant competitors.
You can benefit from my teachable moment: As hard as it was for me to learn, in both pizza and CNTCs, less is more.
How much transparency should exist within your group?
No, you’re not Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, but Sam Walton’s ghost can teach you a lesson about your future.
As healthcare entities become larger they appear as formidable competitors in the marketplace.