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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 […]
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The Key to Population Health Management for Hospitals: Concentrate on Super Utilizers
The most logical place to begin Population Health Management in any setting is by honing in on an organization’s sickest patients. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality […]
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Extend the Power of Your Physician Network with On-Site Employer Clinics
Nationally, many large employers have opened onsite employee clinics offering everything from acute primary and urgent care to biometrics screenings and life-style risk education for workers with chronic diseases. Onsite […]
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Case Study: Building Relationships Between a Hospital, a Medical Community and Self-Insured Employers
Background Our client, a community health system in the eastern U.S., was experiencing significant competition in its primary market from nearby tertiary health systems. These tertiary systems were particularly aggressive […]
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Creating A Rational Employed Network
No hospital CEO ever met a doctor he didn’t want. That may be an exaggeration, but we see many hospitals focused on growing their networks with little regard for the […]
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Webinar: Strategies for Leveraging Your Physician Network
With the growth of employed physician networks and mounting operating losses, hospital CEOs are asking: How do I get value from my physician network? How do I identify and develop […]
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Under the Thumb of a Competitive Multi-Specialty Group?
Recently, three clients called with concerns about a local multi-specialty practice that represented a major strategic challenge. Clients one and two were in competitive markets, and were being asked to […]