Terrence “Terry” McWilliams is HSG Advisors’ Chief Clinical Officer and Managing Director of the Employed Provider Network Service Line. He utilizes his extensive prior experience as a board-certified family physician and former Chief Medical Officer in his consulting work at HSG. Terry’s expertise spans organizational structure and management, infrastructure design and vision development, provider governance, physician leadership, onsite management support, and network assessment. He has advised hundreds of healthcare leaders on employed network improvement during his 10+ years at the company. Terry also holds a Master of Science in Jurisprudence (MSJ) with a focus on Hospital and Health Law, and he continues to provide guidance on the healthcare regulatory environment. With his breadth of healthcare acumen and clinical insight, he has played a key role in HSG’s growth and expansion as a leading consultancy.
Prior to HSG, Terry served in the U.S. Navy for 24 years, working as a family physician and clinical administrator in a variety of practice environments, including leading multi-specialty clinical operations and physician-hospital alignment. He retired from the Navy as a decorated Captain with multiple awards and commendations. Terry also spent a decade as the Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Newport Hospital, an acute care community hospital in Rhode Island. He earned his MD from the University of Pittsburgh and his MSJ from the Seton Hall University School of Law. Terry has an extensive list of author bylines and published thought leadership pieces and speaks frequently at medical conventions and conferences. He is a member of the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians (USAFP), and member of the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL), and a Fellow in the American Academy of Family Practices (AAFP).
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HFMA’s Final Report on Rethinking Physician Strategies in a World of Value-Based Care
About the HFMA Report on Value-Focused Physician Strategies In February 2014, Healthcare Strategy Group became the sponsor of Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA’s) Value Project Phase 3: Rethinking Physician Strategies […]
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Webinar: Accurately Measuring Provider Productivity
Most hospitals and healthcare systems traditionally measure employed provider productivity by comparing physician wRVUs to national survey data. This one-hour webinar explores new and more accurate ways to measure provider productivity. […]
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Quality: Excerpt from “67 Tips for a High-Performing Physician Network”
Improving care processes and outcomes has never been more important as reimbursement systems and incentives change. Your employed group is the vehicle that can help you drive change throughout your […]
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Setting Up a Physician Advisory Council
As essential components of employed physician networks, Physician Advisory Councils enhance organizational performance by promoting: Active physician involvement, Effective two-way communication, and Physician leadership development for the network. Council Composition […]
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Webinar: Physician Leadership: A Critical Resource for Success
For hospitals and health systems, physician leadership is critical to success. It drives positive outcomes at every level — from the frontline delivery of patient care to board-level strategic planning. […]
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Building Your Physician Network’s Culture
One of the eight keys to a high-performing physician network, culture is the mortar that holds the group together. To be successful, your group must share a common vision and […]
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Has Your Physician Network Outgrown Your Leadership?
As private practitioners, physicians have a firm grasp on practice operations. However, once employed, many physicians abdicate this responsibility and expect the network management team to do it all. Having […]
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Quality Measures for Primary Care Physicians
With healthcare reform and the move to value-based reimbursement from both governmental and non-governmental payers, health systems across the country have been shifting their employed physician compensation models from purely […]
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