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Is it Time to Strategically Rethink Your Physician Compensation Plan?
We’re all familiar with healthcare’s new direction and jargon—”Fee for Value”; “Value-Based Purchasing”; “Patient Centered Medical Homes” and “Value-Based Care Organizations.” What these initiatives have in common are physicians. Employed […]
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Mergers and Physician Alignment
Our consultants see an interesting dichotomy with clients: they believe, almost uniformly, that closer alignment with physicians is crucial to future success, but when evaluating merger partners or acquisition targets, […]
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Consistency Pays Off with Physician Transactions
Hospitals have been purchasing practices and employing physicians for several years, here are keys to successful physician transactions.
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Include Independent Physicians in Your Primary Care Strategy
While hospital employment has become the national norm for primary care physicians, many hospitals still have independent PCPs on their staff. These physicians are worth your time and attention, with […]
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Fair Market Value: Avoiding the Danger Zones
The IRS, OIG and valuation industry have set well-defined standards for FMV (Fair Market Value) in typical physician/hospital transactions. That said, in our consulting practice, we often encounter situations that […]
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Re-Emergence of PHOs
Not everyone needs to become an Value-Based Care Organization (ACO) today. Some hospitals should consider developing a risk-friendly entity such as a Physician/Hospital Organization to address cost reduction targets for […]
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Building Network Value: Are You Asking The Right Questions?
One of the first challenges in wringing value from your employed physician group is to focus your discussions. In developing strategies for these groups, we’ve found paying attention to the […]
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Six Considerations in ACO Strategy
Thanks to the removal of downside risk in the October 2011 final regulations for the Medicare Shared Savings program, many hospital executives are again considering their strategy related to Value-Based […]
