Laugh about it or cry about it, the bottom line is the same: they are cutting costs by moving all cases that can be moved out of the hospital out of the hospital. Where does that leave you?
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Cooking Time = Negotiating Time – Medical Group Minute
Each negotiation has its own timing, not one set by a standard recipe or by a clock on the wall or on the calendar, but one that can be, and should be, set by you.
Chicago’s Oldest Hospital to Close. Provides Lesson On Not Opening Another One.
Back in October, 2020, I wrote, in a post called City Loses Hospitals Like We Lose Our Keys…
More On What Do You Call a Hospital with Irrelevant ORs Other Than “Bankrupt”? – Medical Group Minute
Quick quiz: If a patient or a payor has the choice of having a procedure performed (A) on a hospital inpatient basis, or (B) on an outpatient basis, then, assuming it’s safe to perform that procedure on that patient in either setting, at which setting will it be performed?
What Do You Call A Hospital With Irrelevant ORs Other Than “Bankrupt”? – Podcast
Evolutionary psychologists say that the reason we see a stick on the trail ahead of us as a snake is that it’s far better for our survival to see sticks as snakes than snakes as sticks.
More On What Do You Call a Hospital with Irrelevant ORs Other Than “Bankrupt”?
Quick quiz: If a patient or a payor has the choice of having a procedure performed (A) on a hospital inpatient basis, or (B) on an outpatient basis, then, assuming it’s safe to perform that procedure on that patient in either setting, at which setting will it be performed?
“Free With Purchase” May Sell Cosmetics, but “Free With Referral” Is a Bad Marketing Idea – Podcast
The coronavirus has closed their office doors, but the U.S. Department of Justice is still prosecuting healthcare crimes and extracting painful settlements.
City Loses Hospitals Like We Lose Our Keys
Chances are, you’ve lost your keys and maybe even your wallet. But have you ever lost a hospital?
“Free With Purchase” May Sell Cosmetics, but “Free With Referral” Is a Bad Marketing Idea – Medical Group Minute
The coronavirus has closed their office doors, but the U.S. Department of Justice is still prosecuting healthcare crimes and extracting painful settlements
Doctor Exclaims, “I Wasn’t The Target, So Why Are They Gunning For Me?” – Podcast
As I always say, think like a carpenter and measure twice (or even thrice), vetting each deal carefully with healthcare counsel, before cutting once, cutting your own neck, that is.