Usually not considered, a group can choose not to renew the contract.
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Ebay and Craigslist have disintermediated the classified section in the newspaper, which used to be the largest moneymaker in that business. The newspaper as middleman has been put to bed for the last time.
Direct contracting can be used as a strategy to deflect the negotiating pressure of payors, especially down-stream middlemen such as IPAs and risk bearing medical groups.
This podcast is the second in a series on direct contracting by physicians and medical groups. See Direct Contracting By Physicians and Medical Groups for the first post in the series. Before we get too deep into the subject, let’s ask an epistemological question: If you saw one dead raccoon, does that mean that all raccoons […]
Ebay and Craigslist have disintermediated the classified section in the newspaper, which used to be the largest moneymaker in that business. The newspaper as middleman has been put to bed for the last time. But in healthcare, middlemen abound. Hospital systems are middlemen for their controlled/employed physicians. Insurance companies, and even more so on steroids, […]
Ebay and Craigslist have disintermediated the classified section in the newspaper, which used to be the largest moneymaker in that business. The newspaper as middleman has been put to bed for the last time.
This post is the second in a series on direct contracting by physicians and medical groups. See Direct Contracting By Physicians and Medical Groups for the first post in the series. Before we get too deep into the subject, let’s ask an epistemological question: If you saw one dead raccoon, does that mean that all raccoons […]
In healthcare, middlemen abound. Hospital systems are middlemen for their controlled/employed physicians.
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.
Yes. Sure. Of course. How many times each day do you say one of those words? It’s as if we’ve been programmed (because we have been) to be agreeable, to want to help. It’s one of the reasons that society works: Joe says yes and cooperates with Sally. Sally says yes and cooperates with Bob. […]
