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Case Study: Cutting Physician Network Losses
Background The client was a nine-hospital health system with 14 clinics serving communities in a multi-state market with very limited access to care, poor economic conditions, high unemployment, and a […]
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Case Study: Developing a Clinically-Integrated PHO to Align an Employed Physician Network and Independent Community Physicians
Background A large multi-specialty physician group (wholly owned and operated by a four-hospital health system) took a 25-percent upside/downside risk as a percent of premium on 6,000 Medicare Advantage (MA) […]
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Case Study: Developing a Strategy for a Rapidly-Growing Physician Network
Background A two-hospital system in the Midwest had a 45-provider employed network that had grown tremendously over three years. Much of that growth was unplanned and primarily based on reactions to […]
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Case Study: Creating a Successful Oncology Co-management Relationship
Co-management agreements can be mutually beneficial to hospitals and physicians. They can improve quality, reduce cost, and provide financial benefits to participating physicians. However, proper execution is required to realize […]
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Case Study: Interim Management for an Employed Physician Network
Background Our Midwestern hospital client had a rapidly-growing employed physician network. The network was multi-specialty and was deployed to expand the hospital’s footprint in outreach markets. Developing the group culture […]
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Case Study: Ambulatory Strategy with a Focus on Responding to a Larger Competitor Moving Into the Market
Background Our client was an independent, 250+ bed hospital, located 20 minutes from a large metropolitan area in the Midwest. The hospital was experiencing intense pressure from three tertiary competitors […]
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Case Study: Defining an Appropriate Affiliation Strategy for an Independent Hospital
Background Our client, a standalone 200-bed hospital located in the eastern U.S., had experienced reasonable financial success over the last decade as an independent provider in a rural community. Faced […]
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Case Study: Alignment Strategy for a Medical Community with Both Employed and Independent Physicians
Background In 2009, our hospital client — a 175-bed hospital in the Southeast — had a largely independent physician base and a handful of employed physicians. There was no alignment […]