In many medical specialties, both hospital and office based, national groups have become significant competitors.
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As healthcare entities become larger they appear as formidable competitors in the marketplace.
Ever watch those old black and white B-movie Westerns?
The bad guys would ride into town and rob the bank. “Hands up! Give us all the money!” And then off they’d ride carrying bags of cash.
Are you in business or are you just running a club? As the medical marketplace continues to shift, what chance does a club have against a real business?
Bigger or larger or more providers or more locations do not, in and of themselves, make a stronger business.
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.
Bigger or larger or more providers or more locations do not, in and of themselves, make a stronger business.
Right now there’s a storm of uncertainty targeting healthcare. “Where will our patients come from?” “What if our contract is terminated?” “Will the hospital’s ACO exclude us?” “Should we sell our practice?” Many physicians and other healthcare providers are jumping at any deal they can find, believing that they are jumping to safety. But just […]
Eighteen wheelers speed down the highway, the second or third or fourth following way too closely for my comfort as they are sucked along, “drafting” off the the truck in front of them.
Those who are hedging view the world differently. Rather than simply building an insular hedge around their business, they expand outside of that hedge, taking on other business, in some ways both related and unrelated.
