The market’s changing rapidly – government intervention, national and regional groups, hospital employment models.
Tag: control
Physician Employment, the Pareto Principle, and the 99%
I’ve been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the “80/20 rule,” and physician employment. By physician employment, I’m addressing that situation in which there is no opportunity for meaningful ownership by the affected physician. So, for example, becoming an employee in a physician owned group in which there is a track to equal ownership…
Where’s the Future?
Some of us feel that we were promised careers that didn’t turn out as advertised. But just like the flying cars, those promises weren’t real promises, they were simply projections.
Act on Company Model Threats as Soon as They Surface – Medical Group Minute
Attack a company model arrangement as soon as the threat surfaces.
Physician Subsidiary Entity – Aligned or A’lying?
It’s the same degree of freedom that exists within the giraffe enclosure at the Santa Barbara Zoo: the giraffes can run anywhere they want, except where they can’t.
The Problem of Perception – Healthcare Collaboration – Podcast
What’s the right way of looking at ACOs, physician alignment, hospital-physician collaboration and other initiatives to bind physicians to hospitals?
Using (and Used by) Public Information – Podcast
What do you know, really know, about the people you do business with?
An Important Lesson From the Insurance Industry – Medical Group Minute
Over the course of the past decade or so, carriers have ratcheted down payment and have begun a concerted shift away from compensating independent professionals to employing them directly at greatly reduced levels.
Don’t Hinder the Ability of Group Leaders to Lead – Medical Group Minute
There’s little question that most, if not all, medical groups should be led by practicing physicians.
There’s No Profit in “Look What They Did to Us” – Medical Group Minute
Many physician group leaders look at events and circumstances impacting their practice as something that is happening to their group.