Is your medical group playing to win—or just avoiding loss? Passive strategy leads to decline. Chart a bold course instead.
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Your Medical Group Has Got to Play More than Defense
Some football coaches are known for their obsession with defense – for stopping the other team from scoring. But that only works as a part of a larger plan that involves their own team scoring. Don’t miss that point yourself. Many medical groups, both hospital based and office based, either operate without any overall business…
Physicians as Antiquated as “Books Printed on Paper”
While on a website obviously aimed at the college student age group, I noticed an ad for a book by a well-known author. Below a picture of the book’s cover were the following words: “All of the words, printed on paper. Classic!” This is an interesting signpost of the impact of what Joseph Schumpeter called creative…
The Impact of Change on Your Medical Practice
The common belief, and it may be quite true, is that change is the greatest cause of stress. But what if it can be used to your group’s advantage? In the mid 1980’s there was a well known West Coast billing service that told its clients that they had only follow three simple rules to…
Using the Scenario Survey Process at the Micro Level
In my podcast How Scenario Surveys Strengthen Group Strategy, or in my article by the same name, I discuss the importance of your use of the scenario tool in setting group strategy. There’s another aspect of the Scenario Survey Process that’s important for any physician group that negotiates with a hospital, the classic example being…
I Just Want a Contract
“I’m just planning my practice’s new business.” “I can’t devote any resources to its structure.” “I just want a contract.” Is it any wonder why physicians are such easy prey for “alignment?” Please do a deal with one of my clients . . . please.
Who is Driving Your Practice’s Bus?
I had a quirky law school professor who, when the Socratic method was leading the discussion either in circles or to nowhere, fast, would throw up his hands and (almost) yell, “Hey, wait, let me drive the bus!” He’d then recenter the discussion to comport with his vision of the lessons to be learned. For…
The Group-Physician Relationship – Podcast
Why are group-physician relationships so complicated when the rules are so simple?
Do You See Your Group As It Is or As You Wish It Were? – Podcast
The first step in establishing your group’s future is telling the truth about its present.
Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable to Whom – Podcast
The talking heads of healthcare are at it again: A new acronym to save healthcare has arrived, the ACO, an “accountable care organization.”