Healthcare Transformation Articles
Lean into the Weeds
If I hear another colleague or consultant say “Let’s not get into the weeds...we need to stay at a high level...” I am going to scream! As an operations executive focused on health care transformation, I am a strong advocate for not only getting into the weeds...
Accelerating Change with Interim Healthcare Executive Leadership
An Interim Healthcare Executive Leadership strategy can help healthcare organizations and medical group practices to: Accelerate change Catalyze operational initiatives Keep the organization moving forward During the often 6-month plus process for recruiting a...
Medical Practice Consolidation and Physician Practice Viability
Part 1 – Medical Practice Consolidation and Physician Practice Viability of our series Should I Stay or Should I Let It Go? Accelerating Partnerships in a Pandemic details how significant Covid-19’s impact has been on the healthcare system in our country and especially on physicians in practice. To date, in the US there are 28 million Covid-19 cases reported with more than half a million deaths.
Physician Partnering with Others: Traditional and New Options
In Part 2, Partnering with Others, we outline traditional and novel options for physicians to consider when partnering with others. Historically, physicians increasingly moved from practicing independently to becoming employed by other organizations such as hospitals, health systems and even insurance companies.
Physician Partnerships with Health Systems
In Part 3 Physician Partnerships with Health Systems, we discuss the history of physician partnerships with health systems and the pre-Covid dynamics of these ventures. With the arrival and persistent reality of Covid-19, and from a health system’s viewpoint, we highlight the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for medical practice partnerships with a health system today during a pandemic.
Accountable Care and Physician-Health System Partnerships
In Part 4 Accountable Care and Physician-Health System Partnerships, we describe the impact of accountable care and value-based reimbursement on physician-health system relationships.
Decision Making and Next Steps: The Multi-Dimensional Due Diligence Tool
In Part 5, Decision Making and Next Steps: The Multi-Dimensional Due Diligence (MD-DD™) Method we conclude our series with a practical decision-making framework for physicians contemplating their next steps in a potential partnership.