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Tag: physician
Do You Know This About Value?
Value does not follow cost. Cost has nothing to do with value.
An Antitrust Exemption for Physicians?
Health insurers have an antitrust exemption in respect of coordinated gathering of data for ratemaking. The playing field isn’t particularly level. Physicians can’t share pricing information or collectively bargain for payment rates.
About Brand Extension – Podcast
Extending a brand means to branch it out from one product or service line to another. Like Barbie dolls to Barbie bikes. Or, like Community Hospital to Community Hospital Medical Group.
Physician Subsidiary Entity – Aligned or A’lying? – Medical Group Minute
The physician subsidiary entity is a physician alignment model sold as a kinder, gentler, freer alternative to direct hospital employment.
Medical Group – Hospital Contracts: Beware the Open End
Open-ended contracts can expose medical groups to serious risk. Learn how to spot vague terms, protect interests, and negotiate with clarity.
Are You Just Taping Up Problems? – Podcast
The flight was already 3 hours late to take off. And then the flight attendant announced that one of the overhead luggage bins had a broken latch…
For Whom Are Hospitals Built? – Medical Group Minute
For the health of patients or for the financial health and convenience of its operators and staff?
RFP for Physician Services: Really Foolish Proposition
Are RFPs for physician services a foolish proposition? Learn why they often fail, what hospitals want, and how to respond strategically.
Adopt the Company Mindset – Podcast
Like it or not, the practice of medicine is also a business.