Over the past decade or so, hospitals have spent countless hundreds of millions of dollars “aligning” physicians. This so-called alignment has included acquiring physician practices, employing physicians in states without corporate practice of medicine restrictions, and, in states where hospitals can’t directly employ, employment through captive medical groups or foundations. Hospitals claim that the idea…
What’s the impact on healthcare? What’s the impact on your practice?
Ride along with Mark as he discusses the seeming acceleration of the speed at which hospitals and other healthcare facilities terminate physician and physician group contracts.
Autonomous vehicles may cut accident volume, but they also shift care demand. Physician groups need to rethink model, volumes, and access.
Washington State targets anti-competitive behavior, signaling a broader shift in antitrust enforcement across the healthcare landscape.
Earlier this year, a federal trial court in Idaho struck down, and ordered unwound, a hospital’s acquisition of a medical group on grounds that it violated antitrust law.
Earlier this year, a federal trial court in Idaho struck down, and ordered unwound, a hospital’s acquisition of a medical group on grounds that it violated antitrust law. The case is now on appeal.
Although the devil’s in the details of any contract, consider the impact of the term and termination provisions in a system-wide exclusive contract.
You have been coming into work every day for years. Now there’s no need to come in tomorrow because your group no longer exists.
You have been coming into work every day for years. Now there’s no need to come in tomorrow because your group no longer exists.