Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.
Tag: decision making
The Fast and the Dead
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.
Why Speed Saves
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.
Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby…
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.
Mermaids and Medical Groups
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…
School Cafeterias. Patient Care.
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?
The One Where Christine Roberts Interviews Mark Weiss on the Impact of Obamacare – Podcast
ERISA attorney Christine Roberts of EFORERISA.COM interviews Mark F. Weiss on the impact of Obamacare.
Life is Easy When You’ve Given Someone Else the Power to Determine Your Future
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…
Spare Change – Podcast
If you don’t like the direction of change in health care, start instituting some change on your own.
The Advantage is To . . .
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.