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Does Your Employed Provider Network Need a “Check Up”
Many of our clients are seeking to improve the operational effectiveness of their employed provider networks. Some clients have experienced aggressive growth, which has outpaced their ability to develop the […]
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From Operational Chaos to High-Performing: The Right Path for Your Physician Network
Over the past few years, most hospital and health system physician networks have been in an accelerated growth mode – some in an all-out buying spree, taking all comers. These […]
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Is Your Physician Compensation Plan Holding You Back?
As depicted in the graph below, HSG believes that all hospital-owed physician networks progress along an evolutionary path, from “Novice” to “High-Performing”, with most struggling to emerge from Operational Chaos. […]
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Case Study: Avoid Stark Issues via Contract Management
This case study shows how a physician contract management system can help hospitals uncover Stark issues and smooth the contract negotiation process. Background A community hospital in the Northeast was […]
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Co-Management Checklist: What to Do Before, During and After Negotiating an Agreement
Co-Management Checklist Download a PDF Version to Share With Your Team Co-management agreements have long been used to engage physicians in service line development and are increasingly being used to […]
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Webinar: Transforming Operational Chaos into a High-Performing Physician Network
Physician network losses threaten the financial performance of healthcare organizations and impact their ability to confidently face new market challenges. Diagnosing problem areas and implementing a plan for improvement is […]
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Physician Compensation Stacking—Impacts on Fair Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness
Hospitals and health systems must be cognizant of the risks associated with “compensation stacking”, a term used to describe the cumulative effect on fair market value and commercial reasonableness as […]
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Five Physician Comp Tips for Achieving Success Under Value-Based Purchasing
As reimbursement shifts to value, is your physician compensation plan keeping up with the changes? Programs like Value-Based Purchasing, Readmission Penalties, and Hospital Acquired Conditions Penalties are holding hospitals accountable […]
