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.
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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.
Special Announcement on AB 72 for California Physicians or Anyone Afraid This Crazy Idea Will Spread
Would any payor pay a physician or medical group more than Medicare plus 25% if they didn’t have to? Would any payor with the ability to control what its “average” contract rate is, reduce its “average” if that’s all it has to pay to an out-of-network physician or medical group? California’s law known as “AB […]
Over the past few years, 83 rural hospitals have closed. Mark discusses why, although each disrupted employees and the physicians on staff, hospital closures present opportunity for entrepreneurial physicians.
Kickback problems are like approaching traffic. Swerving to avoid them might lead you right into their path.
Would you rather have one marshmallow now, or two tomorrow?
Let’s listen in to a series of calls from a potential deal partner to the office of the Smith and Jones Medical Group.
Would you rather have one marshmallow now, or two tomorrow?
Lead, follow, or get out of the way. A pithy saying with a kernel of truth for many medical groups. As the New Year approaches, have you asked yourself where it is that you’re going? Your business landscape is changing. Exactly how and exactly where it will wind up isn’t completely clear, yet it’s not […]