Many medical practices operate as if no one is driving the bus.
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Who’s Driving Your Practice’s Bus? II
For many medical practices, it appears as if no one is driving the bus; that is, no one is in charge of the group’s business. Instead, the practice operates like a runaway bus — yes, the providers are seeing patients, but where is it headed?
Swimming With the Stream or Swimming Upstream?
The healthcare tide is strong: pushing forward hospital-centric healthcare, accountable care organizations, and governmental meddling. But what way are you swimming toward your future? Are you swimming with the tide or against it? Certainly, some trends are strong and will continue to play out no matter how hard you fight against them. For those interested…
Are You Playing to Win or Just Playing Not to Lose? – Podcast
Does your medical group have a strategy to succeed, or are you simply hoping not to fail?
Are You Playing to Win or Just Playing Not to Lose?
Is your medical group playing to win—or just avoiding loss? Passive strategy leads to decline. Chart a bold course instead.
Avoid the Error of Measuring Success Only by Action – Podcast
Success is as dependent on what you decide not to do as it is on the action you decide to take. So, why do we measure success only by action?
Yin and Yang. Contract Term and Termination. – Podcast
Your contract’s real term is how quickly it can be terminated.
Who is Driving Your Practice’s Bus?
I had a quirky law school professor who, when the Socratic method was leading the discussion either in circles or to nowhere, fast, would throw up his hands and (almost) yell, “Hey, wait, let me drive the bus!” He’d then recenter the discussion to comport with his vision of the lessons to be learned. For…
Resolving Healthcare Market Pressure – Podcast
For many physicians, the winds of change are of hurricane force. Consider how they can be harnessed.
You’re Not Being Managed, You’re Being Employed
I recently read an article about a physician who had sold his practice to a hospital. He was quoted as having stated that he had grown disenchanted with running the business end of his own practice, thus he had agreed to “have my practice managed by” the hospital. From the article author’s viewpoint, this signals…