In eerie (or perhaps prescient) follow up to my article about gainsharing in the December 31, 2017, issue of The Advisory E-Alert, From Steelworkers to Surgeons: Gainsharing and Physician Groups, on January 5, 2018, the OIG released an important new advisory opinion (Adv. Op. 17-09 – let me know if you’d like a copy) on…
Ride along while Mark talks about the downside of compliance “plans.” Are they actually hindering compliance?
The Sioux City Journal reported last week (on 12/29/17) that a hospital-physician joint venture ASC, Pierce Street Same Day Surgery, filed suit to enforce covenants not to compete against a number of current and former physician investors. Pierce Street is also suing the medical group, Tri-State Specialists, owned by some of the individual physician defendants….
New Years Day, 2018. Are you prepared to be unreasonable this year? Or would you rather continue to bet on the healthcare status quo, that is, on a hospital-centric system? Or, is being “unreasonable” actually more reasonable? George Bernard Shaw stated that “the reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in…
From Harvey Weinstein to Al Franken to, now, a well known physician at Fenway Community Health Center, the Boston institution known for its pioneering care for LGBT patients, allegations of sexual harassment and bullying are surfacing on what seems to be a daily basis. Even if the allegations aren’t aimed at you, they pose significant…
If a procedure can be performed outside of the hospital, it will be performed outside of the hospital. And, as technology and payor acceptance accelerate, more, even most, procedures will be performed outside of a hospital.
The right question regarding the uncertain future, is to ask is what underlies your profession, your specialty, or its role. What is your motivating desire?
Robby the Robot.
No, not a Da Vinci, but a robot just the same. And, fully functional. Well, at least enough to have co-starred in the 1950’s sci-fi film, Forbidden Planet, a movie about medical groups and their physician leaders.
I recently attended a continuing legal education seminar concerning some very complex organizational structures for healthcare venture development.
Ride along with Mark as he discusses the fact that trends, even those that seem modern, such as home delivery of fully prepared meals, are simply history repeating itself.