Many physicians, even physician group leaders, have trouble with the notion of transformational change because today’s payor and hospital centric status quo is their “normal.”
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I was looking back over old posts and came across one written at the height, or depth (that’s my point), of the recession. Times have changed, but for many medical groups economic challenges remain, some from the general economy and others from the tectonic changes within the industry that have taken place, are taking place, […]
When customer service becomes inconvenient.
Mark Weiss interviews Mike Hicks, the CEO of EmCare Anesthesia Services.
“When you have time to gripe, you have time to wipe. When you have time to lean, you have time to clean.”
What’s the right way of looking at ACOs, physician alignment, hospital-physician collaboration and other initiatives to bind physicians to hospitals?
I’ve sometimes wondered about the amount of importance attached to the arbitrary selection of the date we call January 1, New Years Day, as the date on which to make resolutions about our future behavior.
Mark Weiss interviews Earl Ongman of Sierra Health Services.
Many physicians, even physician group leaders, have trouble with the notion of transformational change because today’s payor and hospital centric status quo is their “normal.”
I recently heard it said that while it takes both a chicken and a pig to make a ham and egg breakfast, the chicken is merely involved while the pig is fully committed. How different is this from the relationship between hospital administrators on the one hand, and physicians on the other, in connection with […]