decision making Archives - Wisdom. Applied. https://blog.weisspc.com/tag/decision-making/ Wisdom Applied - Decoding the Business of Healthcare — Mark Weiss’s Perspective Thu, 07 May 2026 20:48:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183918279 Why Fail at Optionality? https://blog.weisspc.com/why-fail-at-optionality/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-fail-at-optionality/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:41:31 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=34506 Although dollars are a lubricant, the real issue is freedom or optionality.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-fail-at-optionality/feed/ 0 34506 Labor Day: Labor of Love or Just Labor? Some Thoughts on Work, Burnout, and Opportunity https://blog.weisspc.com/labor-day-labor-of-love/ https://blog.weisspc.com/labor-day-labor-of-love/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=31363 Many people identify with the concept of “work-life balance,” and it’s valid for them...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/labor-day-labor-of-love/feed/ 0 31363 Money Likes Speed. Has Your Group’s Governance Put the Brakes on Your Future? https://blog.weisspc.com/money-likes-speed-has-your-groups-governance-put-the-brakes-on-your-future/ https://blog.weisspc.com/money-likes-speed-has-your-groups-governance-put-the-brakes-on-your-future/#respond Mon, 20 May 2024 15:45:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30999 That may be true on the highway, but it’s patently untrue in terms of your group’s business. In business you need to be able to make decisions quickly and then act on them.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/money-likes-speed-has-your-groups-governance-put-the-brakes-on-your-future/feed/ 0 30999 How to Avoid a Common Strategy Problem Any Dog Would Know – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-a-common-strategy-problem-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-a-common-strategy-problem-video/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30090 It’s essential that you first consider what’s most important for your group’s success.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-a-common-strategy-problem-video/feed/ 0 30090 The Cancer of Consensus – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus-video/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:22:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30461 The expression lead, follow, or get out of the way has more than a kernel of truth to it.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus-video/feed/ 0 30461 Recession, Elective Surgery, and the Health of Your Medical Group https://blog.weisspc.com/recession-elective-surgery-and-the-health-of-your-medical-group/ https://blog.weisspc.com/recession-elective-surgery-and-the-health-of-your-medical-group/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:43:09 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30360 Healthcare as an industry might be recession-resistant, but it is not recession-proof.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/recession-elective-surgery-and-the-health-of-your-medical-group/feed/ 0 30360 Emotions as Drivers of Contractual Relationships – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships-video/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:12:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=29940 Knowing how to develop emotion-based strategies and how to implement them are simply among the "combined arms" tools that medical groups must develop in order to thrive.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships-video/feed/ 0 29940 Another Medical Group Governance Failure – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/another-medical-group-governance-failure-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/another-medical-group-governance-failure-sim/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28533 Come along as Mark Weiss discusses how a poorly designed medical group governance structure guarantees failure.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/another-medical-group-governance-failure-sim/feed/ 0 28533 Emotions as Drivers of Contractual Relationships – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships-audio/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:53:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28454 People can’t separate emotions from decision-making. They can lie about it and claim emotions are not a factor, but it’s frankly impossible for emotions not to be a major driver of decision-making.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships-audio/feed/ 0 28454 Bastiat, a Teenage Magician and Medical Group Decision Making – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making-audio/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28439 A magic show is about misdirection: that which is seen and that which isn’t seen.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making-audio/feed/ 0 28439 What is Your Medical Group’s Purpose? – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/what-is-your-medical-groups-purpose-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/what-is-your-medical-groups-purpose-sim/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27931 Like life without an underlying philosophy, business without a purpose is simply giving in to the default position.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/what-is-your-medical-groups-purpose-sim/feed/ 0 27931 Just Make up Your Mind! – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/just-make-up-your-mind-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/just-make-up-your-mind-sim/#respond Tue, 24 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27705 Take a seat and listen in as Mark discusses the beauty of making a decision.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/just-make-up-your-mind-sim/feed/ 0 27705 No More Room for Average – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average-video/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27674 This applies regardless of specialty or whether you are hospital-based or office-based. This applies whether you are in solo practice or with a group.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average-video/feed/ 0 27674 How to Avoid a Common Strategy Problem Any Dog Would Know https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-a-common-strategy-problem/ https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-a-common-strategy-problem/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 15:32:15 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27663 It’s essential that you first consider what’s most important for your group’s success.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/how-to-avoid-a-common-strategy-problem/feed/ 0 27663 Why Speed Saves – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves-audio/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27437 Speed kills. I read it on the message board that stretched across the lanes of the highway. (I suppose that reading message boards kills, too, but they aren't advertising that.)

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves-audio/feed/ 0 27437 Don’t Do the Crime if You Can’t Do the Time as Hospital CEO – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics-audio/#respond Thu, 13 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24219 Over the years, I have dealt with many hospital CEOs that I thought were criminals. In fact, I have dealt with some who were indicted, and, in at least one case, a CEO who later became a long-term “guest” in the Gray Bar Hotel.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics-audio/feed/ 0 24219 IBM Might Be Kicking Watson Health to the Curb: The Danger in Big Data – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple-audio/#respond Thu, 06 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24256 Big data and business decision making, especially in your practice, are two very different things.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple-audio/feed/ 0 24256 Don’t Do the Crime if You Can’t Do the Time as Hospital CEO – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics-video/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24213 Watch as Mark discusses the penalties hospital CEOs face for compliance failures. Learn from real cases to protect your leadership and organization.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics-video/feed/ 0 24213 IBM Might Be Kicking Watson Health to the Curb: The Danger in Big Data – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple-video/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24244 Big data and business decision making, especially in your practice, are two very different things.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple-video/feed/ 0 24244 How to Have a Flexible Future: Paging Dr. Gumby – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups-audio/#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=19817 When I was a kid, I had a Gumby. (Did you have one, too?)

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups-audio/feed/ 0 19817 IBM Might Be Kicking Watson Health to the Curb: The Danger in Big Data https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple/ https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:47:17 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=23936 Big data and business decision making, especially in your practice, are two very different things.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/ibm-watson-health-divestiture-impact-ripple/feed/ 0 23936 How to Have a Flexible Future: Paging Dr. Gumby – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups-video/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:00:40 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=19766 When I was a kid, I had a Gumby. (Did you have one, too?)

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups-video/feed/ 0 19766 More Than Short-Term Solution Needed for Medical Group Economic Crisis https://blog.weisspc.com/more-than-short-term-solution-needed-for-medical-group-economic-crisis/ https://blog.weisspc.com/more-than-short-term-solution-needed-for-medical-group-economic-crisis/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:45:53 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=17908 The coronavirus crisis has caused a short term economic crisis for many medical groups.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/more-than-short-term-solution-needed-for-medical-group-economic-crisis/feed/ 0 17908 Why You Need to Conduct a Medical Group Governance Stress Test https://blog.weisspc.com/why-you-need-to-conduct-a-medical-group-governance-stress-test/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-you-need-to-conduct-a-medical-group-governance-stress-test/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=17533 The coronavirus crisis has turned into a governance and structure crisis for many medical groups.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-you-need-to-conduct-a-medical-group-governance-stress-test/feed/ 0 17533 You Get One Opportunity Not to Second Guess – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/you-get-one-opportunity-not-to-second-guess-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/you-get-one-opportunity-not-to-second-guess-sim/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=15678 Ride along with Mark as he discusses the dangers inherent in second guessing medical group leadership decisions, as well as its poor relation, undermining decisions made by others.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/you-get-one-opportunity-not-to-second-guess-sim/feed/ 0 15678 Why Speed Saves – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves-video/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:16:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10882 In business you need to be able to make decisions quickly and then act on them.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves-video/feed/ 0 10882 How to Have a Flexible Future: Paging Dr. Gumby https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:25:29 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10658 When I was a kid, I had a Gumby. (Did you have one, too?)

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-future-strategy-medical-groups/feed/ 0 10658 Physician Misery Index Jumps up Due to Dissatisfaction – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-misery-index-jumps-up-due-to-dissatisfaction-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-misery-index-jumps-up-due-to-dissatisfaction-sim/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:30:59 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10130 Ride along with Mark as he talks the true cause of physician dissatisfaction: Hospital-centric healthcare.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/physician-misery-index-jumps-up-due-to-dissatisfaction-sim/feed/ 0 10130 Medical Group Management – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management-video/#respond Wed, 23 May 2018 16:00:34 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=9689 Every business (yes, your medical group is a business) needs a streamlined way to make day to day management decisions.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management-video/feed/ 0 9689 National Group Loses Business Deal, Will 100 Physicians Lose Their Livelihood? – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/loss-of-exclusive-contract-consequences-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/loss-of-exclusive-contract-consequences-sim/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:00:49 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=9167 Ride along with Mark as he discusses a the issues related to a national anesthesia group's loss of a system-wide exclusive contract.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/loss-of-exclusive-contract-consequences-sim/feed/ 0 9167 Free to Decide Fast! – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/decide-fast-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/decide-fast-sim/#respond Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:54:16 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=9103 Ride along with Mark as he discusses a key concept from his book, The Medical Group Governance Matrix: The freedom that medical group leaders must have to decide, and to decide fast.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/decide-fast-sim/feed/ 0 9103 Don’t Do the Crime if You Can’t Do the Time as Hospital CEO https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics/ https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:00:38 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=9014 Explore the controversial appointment of a criminally indicted CEO at Broward Health and its implications for leadership ethics.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/hospital-ceo-compliance-ethics/feed/ 0 9014 The Cancer of Consensus – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus-audio/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:00:27 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8900 Leaders must lead. They cannot bog themselves down in the morass of consensus building.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus-audio/feed/ 0 8900 How Not Letting Go Leads to Medical Group Management Messes https://blog.weisspc.com/not-letting-go-leads-medical-group-management-messes/ https://blog.weisspc.com/not-letting-go-leads-medical-group-management-messes/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:16:54 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8386 When leaders refuse to delegate or move on, medical groups suffer avoidable dysfunction, wasted resources, and preventable internal chaos.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/not-letting-go-leads-medical-group-management-messes/feed/ 0 8386 The Medical Group Governance Matrix https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-governance-matrix/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-governance-matrix/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:55:33 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8225 Discover the Medical Group Governance Matrix to improve leadership, decision-making, and growth strategies in physician-owned practices.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-governance-matrix/feed/ 0 8225 Mermaids and Medical Groups – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy-video/#respond Wed, 24 May 2017 16:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8116 Are you basing business decisions on the world as you believe it to exist?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy-video/feed/ 0 8116 The Fast and the Dead – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead-audio/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:00:11 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=8017 Let's listen in to a series of calls from a potential deal partner to the office of the Smith and Jones Medical Group.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead-audio/feed/ 0 8017 Medical Group Management – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management-audio/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:00:26 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7939 Properly done, medical group management is neither a collaborative nor a unanimous process. It is a leadership decision.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management-audio/feed/ 0 7939 Bastiat, a Teenage Magician, and Medical Group Decision Making https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:00:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7878 A magician’s trick teaches medical leaders to anticipate unintended outcomes—essential in strategic decision‑making and governance.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making/feed/ 0 7878 Bastiat, Philosophy and Medical Group Decision Making – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making-sim/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:00:59 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7658 Ride along as Mark Weiss and his special guest, Frederic Bastiat (well, just his philosophy), and learn about how to incorporate Bastiat's principles of "that which is seen and that which is not seen" into medical group decision making.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-decision-making-sim/feed/ 0 7658 Medical Group Management https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:00:52 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7183 Understand the challenges of medical group management. Discover how true leadership can break the consensus trap.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-management/feed/ 0 7183 The Advantage Is To . . . – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/the-advantage-is-to-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-advantage-is-to-audio/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:00:34 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6752 Speed and size are often an advantage, but in some situations, and in some markets, they're not. For medical groups, the current healthcare market is one of them.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-advantage-is-to-audio/feed/ 0 6752 House Calls and the Future of Hospitals https://blog.weisspc.com/future-of-house-calls-healthcare/ https://blog.weisspc.com/future-of-house-calls-healthcare/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:00:44 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6812 Are house calls the future of hospitals? Explore how in-home care is reshaping healthcare delivery and what it means for physicians.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/future-of-house-calls-healthcare/feed/ 0 6812 Life Is Easy When You’ve Given Someone Else the Power to Determine Your Future – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future-video/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:00:05 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6602 Have you ever been forced into something? Something you hated? Something you really did not want to do? Something that you’d almost give everything up not to have to do?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future-video/feed/ 0 6602 Mermaids And Medical Groups – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy-audio/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:00:50 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6472 On a January day in 1493 off the coast of the island of Dominica, Christopher Columbus reported seeing three "mermaids" -- in reality manatees. Columbus commented that in real life, mermaids were "not half as beautiful as they are painted."

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy-audio/feed/ 0 6472 Life Is Easy When You’ve Given Someone Else the Power to Determine Your Future – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future-audio/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:00:01 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6191 Market consolidation - that's what's impacting medical groups of all stripes and sizes.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future-audio/feed/ 0 6191 Are We There Yet? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-governance-leadership-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-governance-leadership-audio/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:00:46 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=5288 What parent hasn't heard those words?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-governance-leadership-audio/feed/ 0 5288 Are We There Yet? – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-progress-not-arrival-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-progress-not-arrival-video/#respond Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:00:08 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=5323 What parent hasn’t heard those words?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-progress-not-arrival-video/feed/ 0 5323 Are We There Yet? https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-progress-not-arrival/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-progress-not-arrival/#respond Thu, 15 May 2014 16:00:25 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4991 “Are we there yet?” What parent hasn’t heard those words?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-progress-not-arrival/feed/ 0 4991 Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-video/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:00:48 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4740 Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-video/feed/ 0 4740 Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-audio/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:00:20 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4794 Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare-audio/feed/ 0 4794 The Fast and the Dead https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:00:29 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4659 If a medical group cannot govern itself, if it is structured like a true democracy, one owner, one vote on everything, or if it has a bloated board, it will never be able to make decisions with the speed required for its continued success.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-fast-and-the-dead/feed/ 0 4659 Why Speed Saves https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves/ https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:25:32 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4594 That may be true on the highway, but it’s patently untrue in terms of your group’s business. In business you need to be able to make decisions quickly and then act on them.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/why-speed-saves/feed/ 0 4594 Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare/ https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:40:55 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4586 In common with other businesses, medical groups often assume that deals and decisions are like on–off switches, yea or nay, thumbs up or thumbs down.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/flexible-decision-making-healthcare/feed/ 0 4586 Mermaids and Medical Groups https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy/ https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:24:03 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4425 On a January day in 1493 off the coast of the island of Dominica, Christopher Columbus reported seeing three “mermaids” — in reality manatees. Columbus commented that in real life, mermaids were “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” Just as Columbus was blinded by his expectations, many medical group leaders see things not...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/mermaid-analogy-medical-group-strategy/feed/ 0 4425 School Cafeterias. Patient Care. https://blog.weisspc.com/school-cafeterias-patient-care/ https://blog.weisspc.com/school-cafeterias-patient-care/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:00:38 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=4070 As hospitals build employed staff models, as they build ACO networks, and as they influence referrals within those “staffs,” will the quality of care go up, or will it go down?

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/school-cafeterias-patient-care/feed/ 0 4070 The One Where Christine Roberts Interviews Mark Weiss on the Impact of Obamacare – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/mark-weiss-interview-christine-roberts-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/mark-weiss-interview-christine-roberts-audio/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:00:39 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3968 ERISA attorney Christine Roberts of EFORERISA.COM interviews Mark F. Weiss on the impact of Obamacare.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/mark-weiss-interview-christine-roberts-audio/feed/ 0 3968 Life is Easy When You’ve Given Someone Else the Power to Determine Your Future https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future/ https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:00:25 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3819 Have you ever been forced into something? Something you hated? Something you really did not want to do? Something that you’d almost give everything up not to have to do? Market consolidation – that’s what’s impacting medical groups of all stripes and sizes. Hospital wants to employ you. Other group wants to merge with you...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/preserve-physician-autonomy-future/feed/ 0 3819 Spare Change – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-revenue-leakage-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-revenue-leakage-audio/#respond Fri, 31 May 2013 16:00:56 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3114 If you don’t like the direction of change in health care, start instituting some change on your own.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-revenue-leakage-audio/feed/ 0 3114 The Advantage is To . . . https://blog.weisspc.com/the-advantage-is-to/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-advantage-is-to/#respond Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:02 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3576 Speed and size are often an advantage, but in some situations, and in some markets, they’re not. For medical groups, the current healthcare market is one of them.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-advantage-is-to/feed/ 0 3576 Emotions as Drivers of Contractual Relationships https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships/ https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:26 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3439 People can’t separate emotions from decision-making. They can lie about it and claim emotions are not a factor, but it’s frankly impossible for emotions not to be a major driver of decision-making.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/emotions-as-drivers-of-contractual-relationships/feed/ 0 3439 You Can’t Solve Problems Working on the Fly – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/you-cant-solve-problems-working-on-the-fly-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/you-cant-solve-problems-working-on-the-fly-video/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:47 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3053 Take the time to work on your business, not just in it.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/you-cant-solve-problems-working-on-the-fly-video/feed/ 0 3053 Spare Change https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-revenue-leakage/ https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-revenue-leakage/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:00:16 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=3009 Prohibitions as to new physician owned Medicare certified hospitals stifling you? Start another type of facility or one that’s not aimed at Medicare patients.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/medical-group-revenue-leakage/feed/ 0 3009 No More Room for Average https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average/ https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average/#respond Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:00:44 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=2985 In some instances in life and in business, it pays to wait and see. In other instances, after weighing alternatives, it pays to do nothing. But not with your business.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/no-more-room-for-average/feed/ 0 2985 The Cancer of Consensus https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus/ https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus/#respond Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:21 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=1487 The expression lead, follow, or get out of the way has more than a kernel of truth to it. Leaders must lead. They cannot bog themselves down in the morass of consensus building. As the etymology of the word consensus indicates (with + thinking) it waters down decisions as a result of compromise and giving...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/the-cancer-of-consensus/feed/ 0 1487 Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Acronyms https://blog.weisspc.com/lies-statistics-and-acronyms/ https://blog.weisspc.com/lies-statistics-and-acronyms/#respond Tue, 25 May 2010 16:29:56 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=354 Acronyms can obscure meaning and inflate credibility. Learn to spot the manipulation behind statistical jargon in healthcare policy.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/lies-statistics-and-acronyms/feed/ 0 354 You Can’t Solve Problems Working on the Fly https://blog.weisspc.com/you-cant-solve-problems-working-on-the-fly/ https://blog.weisspc.com/you-cant-solve-problems-working-on-the-fly/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:48:05 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=28 Avoid snap decisions in critical moments. Take time to analyze and plan for better outcomes in your medical practice.

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