You couldn’t ask for a better analogy to illustrate the difference between entrepreneurial practice and the bureaucratic world of one size fits all medicine envisioned by many pundits as the preferable world of the future. Dinner at the family-type chain restaurant, Rock Fish. Pleasant but not fancy, yet clean and decorated nicely. We were greeted…
Can the traditional hospital-based group service model survive?
Whether it’s the 83% reported in the press or even half of that, many physicians are questioning their career strategies in light of the Supreme Court’s upholding of the individual mandate within Obamacare. It appears certain that an increasing number of physicians will be disappointed with Obamacare and the burdensome requirements of its bureaucracy. From…
The common belief, and it may be quite true, is that change is the greatest cause of stress. But what if it can be used to your group’s advantage? In the mid 1980’s there was a well known West Coast billing service that told its clients that they had only follow three simple rules to…
Consistent with the communal notions of the “We” society, physicians are being told by politicians, pundits and the press that you are in social services – do you really believe this?
These are two entirely different goals and if a definitive answer doesn’t immediately pop out of your mouth you’re in trouble. A dog may have four legs, but it can only walk in one direction at a time.