According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, beginning in January 2019, Walmart is requiring employees needing spine surgery to travel to certain contracted hospitals for their surgery. The paper reports that among the health systems Walmart will favor are the Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, and Memorial Hermann. So what’s that mean for you, […]
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Franchise models exist in medicine as well as in hamburgers. For example, in the urgent care center market.
Do you have the governance structure, policies, employment agreements, and other elements required to shift resources and reduce staff as well as expand it in face of shifting needs?
Driving through the mountain town built around a lake, I couldn’t help but notice the David Isaac empire. (David Isaac isn’t his real name, I’ve changed it for this post.) There was David Isaac Boat Sales. A mile or so away, there was the David Isaac Marina. And, there was David Isaac Toyota. A quick […]
Franchise models exist in medicine as well as in hamburgers. For example, in the urgent care center market.
Physician group leaders often mistakenly think that their options for business organization and for expansion are limited to the models traditionally found in medicine. But that’s simply not the case.