Neal D. Barker is a Partner and Managing Director of Compensation and Compliance at HSG Advisors. In his 22+ years with the company, he’s been instrumental in building the firm’s reputation as a trusted expert for provider compensation-related advisory services and Fair Market Value (FMV) and Commercial Reasonableness opinions to the healthcare industry. Neal and his team assist organizations by prioritizing physician and advanced practice provider compensation plan design (and redesign) that maintains legal compliance and supports top talent recruitment and retention while aligning with an organization’s financial, strategic, patient experience, quality, and other value-based objectives. He and his team also advise hospitals and health systems on strategic planning, physician practice mergers and consolidations, practice and network operational performance improvement, and physician-hospital alignment strategies. The Compensation & Compliance team guides clients through program development, implementation, monitoring, and adjustment to ensure ongoing success.
Neal holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from the University of Louisville, in Louisville, KY. Neal is active in the healthcare industry as a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), a member of the American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals (AAPCP), and a candidate member of the American Society of Appraisers. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and industry events, such as MGMA and AAPCP Annual Meetings, and has been published and featured in numerous publications, including the Journal of Provider Compensation and Modern Healthcare.
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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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Webinar: Laying the Foundation for a High Value Physician Network
The demands on employed physician networks are rising. Boards are demanding to know why practice losses keep mounting. Physicians are demanding to become employed due to rising reform initiatives and operational […]
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Will Your Cancer Program Win?
As recently as ten years ago, cancer care was provided by a number of separate entities and providers. Patients diagnosed with cancer received their chemotherapy at their medical oncologist’s office […]
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Physician Alignment ….Solving The Puzzle, Part 2
In the first installment of this series of articles, we outlined the key questions that your organization should address as you embark on the development of a physician alignment strategy. […]
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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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Physician Compensation – The Secret Contributor To Why Your Employed Network Is Losing Money
In an era of declining reimbursement, decision makers have become more worried that their organizations cannot continue to sustain the losses in their employed physician network. This has lead to […]
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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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Anesthesia Subsidy FMV
Across the country, many hospitals are relying on a third party to review their anesthesia subsidies. We are seeing this trend because groups are requesting, and even demanding, additional financial […]
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