You may have seen their websites: Anesthesia “practice management companies” that advertise “no stipends!” to obtain facility contracts. Or, you may have seen the RPFs, usually drafted by “consultants” or “management companies” (and others specializing in perhaps unknowingly committing federal crimes) who promise the surgeon-owners of ASCs that they’ll get anesthesia groups to provide a plethora…
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Kickback Disguise Schemes: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave – Podcast
“Psst! Send me some referrals. I can’t pay you directly, so I’ll pay your spouse.”
But Does It Work in the Real World? Second Order Thinking and Perfect Legal Structure – Medical Group Minute
Watch while Mark discusses how you can apply real-world strategic thinking to legal and business decision-making.
What’s the Downside Risk for Hospital Executives?
A physician makes a mistake, commits negligence, and what’s the result? It can be horrific. Malpractice suit. Medical staff discipline. Medical board discipline leading even to loss of licensure. Reputation destroyed. Now ask yourself what happens if a hospital executive, say the CEO of a publicly held hospital chain, commits the equivalent type of error,…
You Have a Spy in Your Organization – Medical Group Minute
There is an unwitting lurker inside your organization. Do you have any clue what it is?
National Group Loses Business Deal, Will 100 Physicians Lose Their Livelihood? – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses a the issues related to a national anesthesia group’s loss of a system-wide exclusive contract.
What You Need to Know About the Flea That (Metaphorically) Killed the Medical Center CEO – Podcast
Listen as Mark explores the facts surrounding the ousting of a CEO by his own organization and takeaways for you.
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…
Being Liked Is Not the Goal of Negotiation – Medical Group Minute
The goal of negotiation isn’t to be liked by your negotiating opposite.
Medical Group Ownership Dichotomy – Success in Motion
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.