Does your group have aberrant members that are pissing off colleagues, referring physicians and hospital staff?
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Practicing physicians are for the most part, captives of their training. They’ve been taught that taking risks is dangerous.
Survey reveals sixty-seven percent of physician who participated in an ACO in 2012 realized no personal financial benefit.
Partnership is, it appears, the Holy Grail that, once grasped, results in eternal professional success. But what does partnership really mean?
Survey reveals sixty-seven percent of physician who participated in an ACO in 2012 realized no personal financial benefit.
Many medical groups operate as partnerships, generally partnerships of professional corporations.
Creating additional levels of bureaucracy – more paperwork, more direction, more top-down control – leaves less time for patient care, at least for care that is customized as opposed to cookie cutter. It leads to physician dissatisfaction and less, not more, job security.
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.