Properly done, medical group management is neither a collaborative nor a unanimous process. It is a leadership decision. The problem is that many groups have created an almost impermeable barrier to true leadership within their entity. They strive for a consensus, which by its very nature is just another way of saying “watered-down decision.” The […]
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In 1919, New York hotelier Raymond Orteig announced the Orteig Prize: $25,000 to the first aviation team to fly nonstop between New York and Paris.
You’ve heard that old expression to the effect that it’s better to do and then ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission in the first place.
Want to make a deal? Sure you do. Perhaps it’s the renewal of an exclusive contract. Perhaps it’s an extension of your office lease. Perhaps it’s a rate increase in a payor agreement.
To paraphrase J.P. Morgan, we always have two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. The claimed good reason to restrict further physician owned Medicare certified hospitals, and the expansion of existing certified physician owned hospitals, is to prevent over utilization due to profit making motives. But traditional hospitals are induced […]
You’ve heard that old expression to the effect that it’s better to do and then ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission in the first place. I’m not sure if that’s always right in a social setting, but in business it often works out in your favor. After all, there’s a lot […]
I see too many deals that are hatched from the evil twins of self-inflicted human nature: fear and hope.
If you’re like most people, you hate shopping for a car. But even if you hate it, you probably follow the rule of negotiating with multiple dealers.
Money. Future. Status. Popularity. The four human interest motivators.
If you’re like most people, you hate shopping for a car. But even if you hate it, you probably follow the rule of negotiating with multiple dealers.
