Ride along with Mark as he discusses why playing for someone else’s team and by someone else’s rules will hold you back.
Tag: physician
Physician Talks Out of His (not)Mouth – Brags of Kickbacks
It was 9:00 p.m. The restaurant was clearing out. I was eating alone after returning to the hotel following a meeting. There he was at a table seventeen feet away, talking to another man. At first I thought that they were on a date, but then I realized that “G” was trying to charm “X”…
How Not to Destroy Your Medical Group’s Ability to Compete – Podcast
When my kids were small, they used to talk about their super powers. They were convinced that they were real.
Hedge or Hedgehog or ??? – Medical Group Minute
The initial notion of a hedge fund was that its investment risk was reduced through a “hedge,” an off-setting investment.
No, but Thank You. – Podcast
Yes. Sure. Of course. How many times each day do you say one of those words
Medical Group Management Error: Managing for Your Personal Gain
Medical groups, especially first generation medical groups, often suffer from a common management error: Their leaders or board members manage from the perspective of their individual personal success, not from the perspective of the group’s, that is, the business’, success and of its long-term future. For example, the group becomes interested in acquiring other groups…
More on Compensation Plans – Align Rewards With Required Efforts – Podcast
Trust is a rare commodity.
When the First Class Physicians Leave the Hospital, Who’ll Be Left?
I’m seeing a growing trend of dissatisfaction on the part of office practice physicians employed by, or otherwise closely aligned with, hospitals. They’re reporting a significant disparity between physicians who care/physicians with good skills/physicians who want to work, on the one hand, and the much larger majority, who have become satisfied to metaphorically punch the…
Do You Believe in the Myth of Efficiency? We Aimed for the Wrong Thing, but We Scored a Bullseye! – Podcast
Efficiency. Hospital administrators and other bureaucrats say that they want it. Medical group leaders parrot it.
Thoughts on Surgery Center Development and Operations – Success in Motion
Ride along as Mark talks about some issues pertaining to developing and operating a surgery center.