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The MACRA Final Rule – Strategic Challenges and Opportunities
Many organizations started preparing for the implications of MACRA implementation when the proposed Final Rule was released at the end of April. However, the numerous changes contained in the October […]
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Building Management Expertise for Your Employed Physician Network
Hospitals and health systems have been aggressively investing in their employed physician networks for the last 10 years or more. Most, however have not developed the leadership infrastructure or acquired the […]
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Sharpening Your Clinically Integrated Network
Health system clients are asking HSG a different set of network planning questions in the face of today’s market challenges. Focus has shifted to building a network that can effectively […]
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The MSO Renaissance
Interest in MSO is surging as the complexity of the market grows and as health systems work to define how to help independent physicians cope with that market. Traditionally, HSG […]
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Advanced APMs and MACRA
You’re right, it is alphabet soup – government style. MACRA is the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 – legislation that replaced the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) as […]
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Best Practices in Physician Network Contract Management
Understanding the best practices in managing an employed network is critical to the health system’s success. HSG’s insights, developed in fifteen years of consulting with hospital-employed physician networks and two […]
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What Your Doctors Need to Know to Prepare for MACRA and MIPS
Numerous interactions with clients led us to the conclusion that there are basically three groupings of physicians when it comes to MACRA and MIPS. The first, and perhaps the largest, […]
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Five Principles for Integrating Independent, Private Practice Physicians
As hospitals mobilize their employed physician groups to effectively deal with the changing market, a common concern is what to do with the independent doctors in private practices. The question […]
