Thought Leadership Articles
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Webinar: Critical Considerations for Merging Physician Networks
In the whirlwind of hospital and health system consolidation, it’s tempting for hospitals to treat their physician networks like any other department, but it’s a unique strategic asset that requires […]
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Three Hospital CEOs on the Top Challenges They Face and the Tough Decisions They Make
Each year the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) sends a survey to over 1,000 hospital CEOs in hopes of learning something new about what’s on the minds of our […]
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Webinar: Healthcare Reform & Physician Compensation: The Changes You MUST Make in 2014
As the ACA implementation continues, hospital revenue will be increasingly affected by quality and outcomes. Initiatives such as Value-Based Purchasing, CPOE, and the Readmissions Reduction Program require that hospitals work […]
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Case Study: Interim Management for an Employed Physician Network
Background Our Midwestern hospital client had a rapidly-growing employed physician network. The network was multi-specialty and was deployed to expand the hospital’s footprint in outreach markets. Developing the group culture […]
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Webinar: Turn Your Physician Network into a Strategic Weapon
Despite the vast investments hospitals have made in physician practices, most struggle with their profitability. Today’s goal may be to stop the bleed, but there’s a bigger-picture issue that also […]
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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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Performing a Practice Assessment
Common to most operational turnarounds, interim management engagements or employed network management contracts, is the need to perform a rigorous Practice Assessment. At Healthcare Strategy Group, we use a four-pronged […]
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Webinar: Employed Physician Networks: 10 Keys to Building A Successful Management Infrastructure
Does your physician enterprise have the infrastructure in place for successful operation and management in today’s rapidly-changing environment? At many hospitals, the employed network has grown an acquisition here, a […]
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Case Study: Ambulatory Strategy with a Focus on Responding to a Larger Competitor Moving Into the Market
Background Our client was an independent, 250+ bed hospital, located 20 minutes from a large metropolitan area in the Midwest. The hospital was experiencing intense pressure from three tertiary competitors […]
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Case Study: Alignment Strategy for a Medical Community with Both Employed and Independent Physicians
Background In 2009, our hospital client — a 175-bed hospital in the Southeast — had a largely independent physician base and a handful of employed physicians. There was no alignment […]
