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Tag: management
Why Hospital-Based Medical Groups Must Exploit Honey Bee Strategy
Considering honey bees have been on earth for between 40 to 150 million years, it pays to consider their hive strategy for success, especially because it maps perfectly onto medical groups.
More On Overturning the No Surprises Act
It you haven’t yet read it, see my December 16, 2024, post, Now’s The Time to Overturn the No Surprises Act, for part 1 of this thread.
When that post was published on LinkedIn, my friend James Prudden commented, asking me how patients would be protected if the No Surprises Act were repealed. Here’s my response to James.
Now’s The Time to Overturn the No Surprises Act
Re-frame the issue for what it really is: Surprise physician services stealing. Now’s the time for the No Surprises Act, and each state counterpart, to go.
“I Thought They Loved Me!” Is No Defense For the Spurned and Burned “Friendly Physician”
The “friendly physician.” Boy, is that’s a term of art or, perhaps better said, of artifice.
Does Your Medical Group Need a CBSO?
Ask yourself this: How many people should actually report directly to your organization’s chief executive officer?
Speak Truth to Numbers – Medical Group Minute
Don’t get your medical group or healthcare business lost in big data.
Money Likes Speed. Has Your Group’s Governance Put the Brakes on Your Future?
That may be true on the highway, but it’s patently untrue in terms of your group’s business. In business you need to be able to make decisions quickly and then act on them.
This Isn’t Medical Practice It’s Employment – Podcast
I recently read an article about a physician who had sold his practice to a hospital. The physician was quoted as having stated that he had grown disenchanted with running the business end of his own practice, thus his agreement to “have my practice managed by” the hospital.
You Can Outsource the Task, but You Can’t Outsource Responsibility – Success in Motion
Sit back and ride along with Mark as he reminds you that billing and collection can be outsourced, but responsibility still lies within your group.