Thought Leadership Articles
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Adding Value to Physician Compensation Strategy: Gaining Physician Buy-In
Contemplating adding value to your physician compensation plans? Physician involvement in the planning process is crucial. The two essential elements of that involvement: physician education and a collaborative process. Physician […]
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5 Keys to an Effective Geographic Growth Strategy
An effective geographic growth strategy is critical to the long-term sustainability of hospitals and health systems. Healthcare Strategy Group has established five key strategic considerations for evaluating new or existing […]
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Case Study: Developing Physician Leadership for an Employed Physician Network
This case study demonstrates how to develop physician leadership in an employed physician network through creation of a physician advisory council. Background: This Southeastern hospital system serves a county […]
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Building a Clinically Integrated Network? Six Things You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Don’t underestimate the importance of these six key design and due diligence efforts as you develop your clinically integrated network (CIN): Vision & Purpose: Defining the vision upfront provides ongoing […]
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Case Study: Transforming an IPA into a Clinically Integrated Network – Three Levers for Success
Background With only a quarter of early ACOs producing savings sufficient to share in them and uncertainty over how quickly the industry will transition to value-based reimbursement, many hospital leaders […]
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The Role Physician Leaders Must Play in Clinical Integration
The healthcare industry axiom — early, ongoing physician involvement in the strategic planning process predicts positive results — applies just as much to developing a Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) as […]
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Accelerate Clinical Integration with a Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP) ACO
MSSP ACOs offer hospital systems the ability to clinically integrate and enter commercial markets while avoiding many regulatory issues. The Regulatory Catch-22 To successfully contract with payers, hospital systems must […]
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Should You Outsource the Management of Your Physician Network?
Outsourcing is nothing new in the healthcare industry. It’s a tried and true method to reduce costs and improve service delivery and outcomes. Hiring outside management for food service, security, […]
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Case Study: Cutting Physician Network Losses
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 […]
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Interview with Dr. Donald John Stoner, CMO at Halifax Health
In October 2014, Halifax Health officially engaged Healthcare Strategy Group to manage its physician network. In this interview with HSG Partner John Hill, Chief Medical Officer Donald John Stoner, M.D. […]
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Recruiting the Right Physician Network Leader
Finding the right executive to lead a large, complex employed physician network is imperative to the group’s future success and sustainability. The skill sets, expertise and experience required to run […]
