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Building Management Expertise for Your Employed Physician Network
Hospitals and health systems have been aggressively investing in their employed physician networks for the last 10 years or more. Most, however have not developed the leadership infrastructure or acquired the […]
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Evolving Your Management Team’s Focus to Meet Your Network’s Needs
Ensuring the management team’s focus and capabilities match the scale and maturity of an employed physician network’s development is a challenge many healthcare systems face today. Many management teams get […]
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The Evolving View of Provider Productivity in Employed Networks
For years, productivity has ruled all when it comes to employed provider networks. The straight salary and net income models of the ‘90s and early ‘00s have gone by the […]
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Case Study: Building a Common Vision with Employed Physicians
Executive Summary St. Claire Regional in Morehead, Kentucky employs over 75 physicians and other providers. As the group expanded, a physician leadership group was created with the objective of integrating […]
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Physician Strategy: 10 Priorities for 2016
This article lays out 10 priorities for improving the performance of employed physician networks during 2016. Reimbursement shifts from CMS and private insurers mean health systems today are facing a […]
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The 21 Components of the Physician Revenue Cycle
Physician revenue cycle seems simple; however, every patient visit has at least 21 critical components that require daily monitoring to keep cash flowing: Pre-visit/patient calls for appointment Entering the patient […]
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Case Study: Avoid Stark Issues with Contract Management
Background A community hospital in the Northeast was struggling to manage its contractual relationships with employed and independent physicians. Hospital leadership did not have a systematic approach to creating […]
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The Battle for Talent: Get Aggressive or Lose
The prevalence of larger, more complex employed physician networks is causing many hospitals and health systems to reevaluate the management infrastructure required to run them. Finding the executive talent to […]
