The No Surprises Act wasn’t about patients. The fine print told a different tale: it was an insurer-protection law.
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Why You Must Understand that the Law is Not Necessarily Your Reality
The law isn’t physics—it’s power, people, and positioning. For physicians and medical groups, the best legal outcomes start with smart planning.
Do You Know What Block Can’t be Pulled From the Deal?
Contracts in healthcare are built like block towers—each deal-point matters. Remove the wrong one, and the entire structure may collapse.
Signaling During Medical Group Negotiations. Dogs and Humans Aren’t So Different.
Dogs wag their tails. Humans do too—just not the same way. In negotiations, your counterpart is sending signals you might be missing. Learn how to spot the “tail tells,” control your own, and use them to your advantage.
Preparation Wins Games and Negotiations
Most healthcare negotiations fail before they begin—because leaders don’t prepare. Learn how physician groups can approach contract talks like elite athletes: with strategy, rehearsal, and a winning mindset.
Non-Competes After the FTC’s Pivot: A Balancing Act for Medical Group Leaders
Medical group leaders: the FTC may have buried its noncompete ban, but it’s sharpening its knives. Your contracts are now targets. Don’t wait to be caught off guard—rethink your agreements now. Tailor them to your market, protect your referral streams, and stay out of the FTC’s crosshairs. Strategic action isn’t optional—it’s survival.
The FTC Buries Its Ban on Non-Competes, But Sharpens its Aim on Violations
FTC ditches a full non-compete ban, but healthcare employers still face targeted crackdowns. Physician groups, take note.
From Kings to Contracts: No Love Lost
Even the strongest physician-hospital relationships are transactional. Survival depends on diversification, not loyalty myths.
The Anti-RFP: Forward and Reverse Auctions for Physician Services
Several years ago, it would’ve been difficult to write too much about the strategy of responding to an RFP, i.e., a request for proposal, for physician services. Today, however, with an extreme shortage of physicians, RFPs are not so much a thing.
You Can’t Lipstick That Pig: Why Physicians Must Carefully Vet Deals
Deals involving management services agreements, consulting contracts, or similar structures can appear completely legal at first glance. But dig deeper, and they might turn out to be elaborate covers for kickbacks or bribes.