Spurred by the need for better integration, and the need to protect volumes, billions have been invested by hospitals and health systems in physician practices. HSG’s focus is on helping produce value from those investments by evolving your physician network. HSG’s Physician Network Growth Phases Curve defines the stages of your network’s evolutionary progress. As […]
Physician network losses threaten the financial performance of healthcare organizations and impact their ability to confidently face new market challenges. Diagnosing problem areas and implementing a plan for improvement is critical to positioning the organization for success. At this point in their evolution (“Operational Chaos”), networks benefit from a comprehensive operational assessment supported by detailed […]
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 management expertise to effectively manage these networks. HSG has developed a multi-faceted approach to support you in your efforts to build a high-performing network. We […]
Background The client was a nine-hospital health system with 14 clinics serving communities in a multi-state market with very limited access to care, poor economic conditions, high unemployment, and a heavy Medicare/Medicaid/uninsured payer mix. For most of these communities, the system was the sole source of care. Though the clinics were of substantial size (they employed […]
