Neal D. Barker joined HSG in 2001 and became a partner in 2015. He came to the firm with several years of managed care and physician practice experience. Neal served as a provider relations representative and physician credential coordinator for a 2,000-member Independent Practice Association and fulfilled various roles within primary care and dental practices. Today, he provides clients with expertise and leadership in: physician practice mergers and consolidations; physician practice operational improvement; physician network development; physician employment and practice acquisition; physician compensation (including independent and employed, medical directorships, and call pay); physician-hospital alignment strategies (including professional service and co-management arrangements) and strategic planning for both hospitals and physician groups.
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Webinar: Transforming Operational Chaos into a High-Performing Physician Network
Physician network losses threaten the financial performance of healthcare organizations and impact their ability to confidently face new market challenges. Diagnosing problem areas and implementing a plan for improvement is […]
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Physician Compensation Stacking—Impacts on Fair Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness
Hospitals and health systems must be cognizant of the risks associated with “compensation stacking”, a term used to describe the cumulative effect on fair market value and commercial reasonableness as […]
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Five Physician Comp Tips for Achieving Success Under Value-Based Purchasing
As reimbursement shifts to value, is your physician compensation plan keeping up with the changes? Programs like Value-Based Purchasing, Readmission Penalties, and Hospital Acquired Conditions Penalties are holding hospitals accountable […]
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8 Keys to Building a High-Performing Employed Physician Network
Building a high-performing physician network takes time and focus. Review HSG’s 8 key elements required to achieve high performance.
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The MSO Renaissance
Interest in MSO is surging as the complexity of the market grows and as health systems work to define how to help independent physicians cope with that market. Traditionally, HSG […]
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Best Practices in Physician Network Contract Management
Understanding the best practices in managing an employed network is critical to the health system’s success. HSG’s insights, developed in fifteen years of consulting with hospital-employed physician networks and two […]
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Effective Revenue Cycle Management in Your Network
Revenue Cycle Management for your physician network has become more complex. Bigger groups increase the scale and complexity of processes, Stagnant reimbursements make it imperative that your practices collect what they […]
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Bipartisan Budget Act’s Impact on Hospital Plans and Strategies
On November 2, 2015, after Congressional and White House budget negotiations, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“the Act”). Section 603 of the Act mandates […]
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