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Building Medical Staff Support for Your Recruitment Plan
When hospitals plan the recruitment of new physicians into their community, whether into private practice or employment, resistance from the established physicians is not uncommon. Such resistance can derail one […]
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Integrating with Physicians in a “Fee-for-Value” Environment
If we accept the premise that “fee-for-value” will be the new reimbursement model for public and private payers, then we must also accept the fact that, in order to be […]
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Anesthesia Subsidy FMV
Across the country, many hospitals are relying on a third party to review their anesthesia subsidies. We are seeing this trend because groups are requesting, and even demanding, additional financial […]
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Strategic Implications of Embedding a Physician
Many organizations need to add physicians to their medical staff, but most find that the more they explore, the more confused they become. Our clients most frequently cite that existing […]
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Co-Management: An Option to ACOs
With the anticipated release of the ACO regulations, hospitals were provided with another reason to prepare for the payment reforms that are set to become reality in the next five […]
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Leveraging Your Employed Physician Group for Payment Reform Success
Reimbursement for healthcare providers is continuing to shift towards increased incentives for quality outcomes and cost management, as insurers (particularly CMS) focus on reducing fee-for-service payments and increasing the amount […]
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A Primary Care Solution
Do you have a shortage of primary care physicians? Rarely do we find a client or community where the answer is no. This reality is creating challenges for patients, hospitals, […]
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Increasing the Value of Your Employed Physician Group
Hospitals and systems have mixed results when employing increasing numbers of physicians, that according to the influx of calls we have fielded from our clients. They want to know the […]