Just as conversations help frame contract discussions, conversations help frame the shape of entire industries. Right now the frame in healthcare is greater cooperation between hospitals and physicians: alignment, ACOs, direct employment, collaboration. The result of that frame? Greater control by hospitals over physicians. But there’s no reason why that frame can’t be hijacked to…
Tag: future
Don’t Worry About Your Future – The Hospital Has it All Planned – Podcast
The hospital has written the script for your future. Don’t like it? Grab your own pen.
Stars Don’t Audition. Why Are You Responding to That RFP?
When I first began practice, I worked for a law firm that represented clients in the entertainment industry. One thing that struck me from each morning’s required reading, Daily Variety, was that although it carried many announcements of auditions for minor roles, stars didn’t have to audition at all – in fact, the paper often…
The Group-Physician Relationship – Podcast
Why are group-physician relationships so complicated when the rules are so simple?
Do You See Your Group As It Is or As You Wish It Were? – Podcast
The first step in establishing your group’s future is telling the truth about its present.
Ignoring the Perceived Bounds of Weakness – Podcast
If your medical group signals its weakness, it will become easy prey.
The Healthcare Con-Vergence – Podcast
How will physicians fit within the bureaucratically envisioned healthcare system of the future?
Are You Headed to the Healthcare Factory? – Podcast
Are physicians going each day to a factory . . . a factory of a different kind?
Why Hospitals Don’t Want Employed Physicians to (Really) Succeed
Explore why hospitals don’t want physicians to succeed fully, despite investing in their employment and support systems.
Physician (non)Ownership of Hospitals
Physician ownership of hospitals is increasingly restricted. Explore strategies like board control and non-federal facilities for influence.