Ride along with Mark as he discusses the split of physician employment into two segments, one in which employed physicians will never become owners and the other in which a quick track to partnership is offered.
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Many medical group leaders bemoan their group’s circumstances: caught in the hard place between increasing commoditization, what they believe to be the limitations of independent structure, and the pressure of national group competition.
Someone at a conference asked me what’s the biggest mistake medical group leaders make. That’s easy, I told him, it’s not engaging me to represent them. He told me to get serious. I told him that I was. So, he asked me what’s the second biggest mistake. Many medical group leaders bemoan their group’s circumstances. […]
Hospital based medical groups are often faced with a choice upon exclusive contract renewal: The expectation or demand on the part of the hospital that the group must provide its services, perhaps even at a higher level of intensity, for lower or no stipend support.
The initial notion of a hedge fund was that its investment risk was reduced through a “hedge,” an off-setting investment.
In many medical specialties, both hospital and office based, national groups have become significant competitors.
As healthcare entities become larger they appear as formidable competitors in the marketplace.
Seasons come and seasons go and they do this in healthcare, too, where they are called trends or perhaps lean six sigma.
Hospital based medical groups are often faced with a choice upon exclusive contract renewal: The expectation or demand on the part of the hospital that the group must provide its services, perhaps even at a higher level of intensity, for lower or no stipend support.
Ever watch those old black and white B-movie Westerns?