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Process Improvement Series: Revenue Cycle Management
What key indicators are you using to measure the performance of your physician network? Revenue cycle measures should be at the top of your list, as failure to monitor this […]
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Four Critical Actions When Employing A Large Physician Practice
Employing a physician group is a very complex task and can be daunting even for the most robust healthcare system. Stakes are high, and if the employment process breaks down […]
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Interim Management: When Does It Make Sense?
Some managers equate interim management with the temporary agency they use to fill the empty seat in the billing office until a permanent replacement can be found. This opinion fails […]
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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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Growing Physician Losses and Job Tenure: Are They Related?
Clients are reporting a growing awareness by their Boards of losses per physician in hospital employed networks. With average losses approaching $200K, many systems are finding that shrinking margins and […]
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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 […]
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Producing Value From Your Employed Physicians
Major investments and significant losses are too often the outcome when hospitals employ physicians. But market realities are driving such employment, as private groups struggle economically and hospitals face the […]
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Strategic Considerations in Physician Acquisition
Hospitals are acquiring physician practices at a brisk pace. Driven by the economics of medical practices, the shortage of physicians in some specialties, and a variety of other issues, the […]
