Even though many physicians and facility administrators don’t realize it, a revolving door can be a useful analogy for anti-kickback analysis. Or, I suppose, just for kickbacks.
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Increasing financial pressure is causing both for-profit and nonprofit hospital chains to sell off their hospitals.
I remember, as a kid, walking around Disneyland, noticing yellow “no parking” size signs labeled Kodak Moment. They indicated a great vantage point for taking a photo. Yet today Kodak is in bankruptcy, its core film business gutted by the digital camera.
Do you know the secrets of using fear of loss as a tactic in hospital negotiations?
According to 2023 reports, by 2021, nearly 70% of physicians were employed by hospitals or investor-owned corporations.
Even though many physicians and facility administrators don’t realize it, a revolving door can be a useful analogy for anti-kickback analysis. Or, I suppose, just for kickbacks.
I remember, as a kid, walking around Disneyland, noticing yellow “no parking” size signs labeled Kodak Moment. They indicated a great vantage point for taking a photo. Yet today Kodak is in bankruptcy, its core film business gutted by the digital camera.
I’ve written about hospital closures, but before today, I’ve never written about a hospital that turned to crowdfunding to stay afloat.
The financial impact was immediate and momentous: Neither new nor existing claims, nor payment for them, could be processed.
I represent physicians in transactions across the country and there are plenty of ways to make a profit and to do the right thing for patients.