The Business of Healthcare

News Flash: Physician Dissatisfaction Highest Among Those Employed by Hospitals and Investor-Owned Entities

Last week (November 20, 2018), I mentioned the increase in the physician dissatisfaction index, which now tops out at 3.95 out of a possible 5. See my Success in Motion video, Physician Misery Index Jumps Up Due To Dissatisfaction. The survey, conducted annually by the data technology firm Geneia, found that 87% of surveyed physicians say […]

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Manage Your Practice

What Does Partnership Really Mean?

What does partnership mean in a medical group? What does it mean to you? What does it mean for your group? What does it mean if you are setting up a medical group? I recently heard from someone (a partner in a law firm) who was recounting a story of another lawyer, who, years ago, […]

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Strategy

Why Tough Times Are Still Fuel for Opportunity 

I was looking back over old posts and came across one written at the height, or depth (that’s my point), of the recession. Times have changed, but for many medical groups economic challenges remain, some from the general economy and others from the tectonic changes within the industry that have taken place, are taking place, […]

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