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.
Tag: regional
Ever watch those old black and white B-movie Westerns?
In many medical specialties, both hospital and office based, national groups have become significant competitors.
As healthcare entities become larger they appear as formidable competitors in the marketplace.
Ever watch those old black and white B-movie Westerns?
The bad guys would ride into town and rob the bank. “Hands up! Give us all the money!” And then off they’d ride carrying bags of cash.
Are you in business or are you just running a club? As the medical marketplace continues to shift, what chance does a club have against a real business?
Eighteen wheelers speed down the highway, the second or third or fourth following way too closely for my comfort as they are sucked along, “drafting” off the the truck in front of them.
Those who are hedging view the world differently. Rather than simply building an insular hedge around their business, they expand outside of that hedge, taking on other business, in some ways both related and unrelated.
Many medical groups appear to be in the process of being sucked down the road to being acquired.
As healthcare entities become larger they appear as formidable competitors in the marketplace.