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Is Consolidation Right for Your Hospital?
Continual reimbursement cuts and the uncertainty of reform have many hospitals and physician groups seeking merger opportunities. There’s a lot of discussion about hospitals being unable to survive without X […]
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Improving Hospital-Based Physician Contracts
Due to the nature of services hospital-based physicians provide, no group is more logical or simple to truly “align” with. Their quality is your quality. Their mistakes are your mistakes. […]
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What Your Doctors Need to Know About: Healthcare Reform
To a great degree, your hospital’s success under the Affordable Care Act will depend on your medical staff’s ability to respond to change and embrace a collaborative approach to patient […]
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Interim Management: A Valuable Strategy for Physician Networks
Over the last several years, physician employment has been a strategic focus for hospitals. The reality is that many physicians are unable to maintain a private practice due to declining […]
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Push Coordinated Cancer Care through Co-Management
One of health reform’s goals is to change the way health care is delivered in America. Rather than treating patients in silos, health reform initiatives encourage providers to work together. Cancer care is an […]
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Creating A Rational Employed Network
No hospital CEO ever met a doctor he didn’t want. That may be an exaggeration, but we see many hospitals focused on growing their networks with little regard for the […]
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Three Strategic Planning Missteps
The approach hospitals take to strategic planning is often fraught with problems. And many of these problems relate to physicians. In this article we will focus on three of those […]
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Building a Physician Employment Strategy
Hospitals are increasingly confronted by the challenge of employing physicians. To meet this challenge, hospitals bring a high motivation for success but very little practical experience. In this article, we’ll […]
