Ebay and Craigslist have disintermediated the classified section in the newspaper, which used to be the largest moneymaker in that business.
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Direct Contracting – Part 2: Clear Your Mind of the Lies That Bind (Your Thinking)
This post is the second in a series on direct contracting by physicians and medical groups. See Direct Contracting By Physicians and Medical Groups for the first post in the series. Before we get too deep into the subject, let’s ask an epistemological question: If you saw one dead raccoon, does that mean that all raccoons…
Direct Contracting by Physicians and Medical Groups
In healthcare, middlemen abound. Hospital systems are middlemen for their controlled/employed physicians.
Disruptive Physician or Nonconformist Medical Group Asset? – Podcast
Disruptive physicians. But what if the physician isn’t actually disruptive, but simply nonconformist or challenging?
7 Steps to Gainsharing Heaven – OIG Advisory Opinion 17-09
In eerie (or perhaps prescient) follow up to my article about gainsharing in the December 31, 2017, issue of The Advisory E-Alert, From Steelworkers to Surgeons: Gainsharing and Physician Groups, on January 5, 2018, the OIG released an important new advisory opinion (Adv. Op. 17-09 – let me know if you’d like a copy) on…
Disruptive Physician or Nonconformist Medical Group Asset?
What if a physician isn’t actually disruptive, but simply nonconformist or challenging?
How the Looming Explosion From Medicaid Expansion Might Impact Your Practice
If you’re a physician living in a state like California that opted to participate in Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, be prepared for massive cuts in reimbursement or massive tax hikes. Or for both. Another report on the looming impact of the fattening of Medicaid rolls reveals more of what others previously reported: Lured by the…
How to Become a Millionaire – Podcast
“How do you become a millionaire? Make a billion dollars and then buy an airline.” — Warren Buffett
How To Become a Millionaire
“How do you become a millionaire? Make a billion dollars and then buy an airline.” — Warren Buffett
Why Hope and Fear Drive (Stupid) Deals
I see too many deals that are hatched from the evil twins of self-inflicted human nature: fear and hope.