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Defining a Comprehensive and Proactive Physician Strategy
Hospitals and health systems frequently express the same frustrations when discussing their physician strategies: These dynamics create a physician strategy that is reactive and narrow. The upshot: physician deals that may or may not be in the organization’s best strategic interest and are difficult to manage due to their variability. To be both proactive 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 the right leadership team in place is key to effectively managing employed physician groups. Dealing with a diverse group of physicians under one roof and…
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Eight Proven Physician Strategies for Dealing with Soft Volumes
Almost every health system we work with is experiencing soft patient volumes. Our take is this is largely permanent, and a result of a fundamental shift in utilization. Incentives created by the ACA and actions by CMS that pre-date the legislation are affecting the inpatient/outpatient mix and overall utilization volume – despite the millions of…
