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Integrating with Physicians in a “Fee-for-Value” Environment
If we accept the premise that “fee-for-value” will be the new reimbursement model for public and private payers, then we must also accept the fact that, in order to be […]
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Strategic Implications of Embedding a Physician
Many organizations need to add physicians to their medical staff, but most find that the more they explore, the more confused they become. Our clients most frequently cite that existing […]
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Building Mutual Success Through Physician Alignment
Hospitals are focusing intensely on their physician alignment efforts, and our firm is helping many of them with that focus. In thinking about that challenge and the puzzle pieces that […]
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Employer Health Clinics – Threat and Opportunity
There was a time when the jobsite clinic was a band-aid station, a place to assess work-related injuries and get people back to work. These clinics were just marginal players […]
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Ten Questions for Building a Physician Strategy
Few relationships are more central to the success of the hospital than the one between the organization and physicians. And, this relationship only grows in importance as physicians increasingly compete […]
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Growing Threat of Retail Medicine
Retail medicine outlets are exploding across the United States. And retail giants, such as Wal-Mart, are growing their capabilities in this area exponentially. While Wal-Mart had 80 outlets at the […]