Ride along with Mark as he discusses how the short-term message underlying physician alignment has destroyed hospital-physician collaboration and contributed to the impending death of hospitals.
Tag: loss
Who’s Your Competition? – Podcast
Who’s your competition? The hospital five miles down the road?
Why Hope and Fear Drive (Stupid) Deals – Medical Group Minute
I see too many deals that are hatched from the evil twins of self-inflicted human nature: fear and hope.
CHS Loses $2 Billion. CEO Gets Raise.
CHS lost billions while CEO compensation rose—an extreme case of misaligned incentives in hospital leadership that leadership must avoid.
What’s the Downside Risk for Hospital Executives?
A physician makes a mistake, commits negligence, and what’s the result? It can be horrific. Malpractice suit. Medical staff discipline. Medical board discipline leading even to loss of licensure. Reputation destroyed. Now ask yourself what happens if a hospital executive, say the CEO of a publicly held hospital chain, commits the equivalent type of error,…
Un-Merry Christmas for Another Hospital
Another hospital faces financial turmoil. Learn what physician groups can do to protect their interests amid healthcare instability.
How To Use Red Teams to Strengthen Your Business – Podcast
You can use a red team strategy to discover your medical group’s weaknesses and to correct them before someone else takes advantage of them.
Rightsizing Your Medical Group – Success in Motion
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?
Why You Need to Hack Yourself – Medical Group Minute
Learn why, just like a squirrel that escapes being eaten by a dog today, your medical group’s odds of long term survival might not be so great.
Venezuela, Rice Farmers and Doctors in Dallas
Explore the impact of socialism in medicine through the lens of Venezuela’s economic challenges and its effects on healthcare.




