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. A group enters into an exclusive contract in order to protect…
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Burgers Must Be Burgers, but Doctors Might Just Not Be Physicians – Podcast
Not enough physicians? State plans to expand role of paraprofessionals.
Yes, I Agree – Medical Group Minute
Stacking the satisfaction odds in your favor.
The Advantage is To . . .
Speed and size are often an advantage, but in some situations, and in some markets, they’re not. For medical groups, the current healthcare market is one of them.
The Chicken, the Pig and the ACO – Medical Group Minute
Hospital administrators are involved in ACO formation, but physicians are being asked to fully commit.
St. Bully Medical Center – Medical Group Minute
We’re not talking Teddy Roosevelt, we’re talking intimidation.
Are Some Partners Less Equal but Just as Liable?
One complication of this type structure is that while all partners are jointly and severally liable for the debts of the partnership, some partners are reaping a much greater financial reward.
Yin and Yang. Contract Term and Termination – Medical Group Minute
Your contract’s real term is how quickly it can be terminated.
How Medical Groups Get Mired Fighting the Last War
It’s no longer business as usual. It is business as unusual. And that requires a new way of thinking.
100% Air Conditioned
Competitive advantages are developed, excluding competitors from the equation. But as soon as one’s competitors catch up, what was once an advantage becomes simply the price of admission.