Health System-Owned Physician Practices: Are Any Losses Acceptable?
Health systems that own physician practices should fully address losses those practices incur and take steps to remediate the issues underlying those losses.
Practical Physician Engagement Strategies for Value-Based Care (Part II)
Change management approaches can help health system leaders engage physicians in value-oriented efforts to reduce clinical variation.
Building Trust with Physicians During Times of Disruption
Changing the funds-flow model can disrupt age-old processes at an academic medical center. The CEO of a Wisconsin health system offers advice for physician leaders on how they can align physicians when altering the funds flow and making other cultural changes.
Physician Distribution, Mobility, Fair Market Value and Compensation Surveys
An analysis of regional differences in physician compensation coupled with the general tendency against long-distance relocation shows there is no truly national market for established physicians. Rather, local market conditions must be considered in setting fair market value.
Optimizing Physician Referrals: A Key to Successful Population Health Management
Providers should focus on improving quality, reducing costs, and delivering a positive patient experience to stage a high-functioning physician referral network.
Empowering Physicians to Become Stewards
Texas hospitals are providing physicians with a tool that gives them greater insight into the costs and risks associated with the care they provide, enabling them to lead the way to achieving the goals of value-based care.
Practical Physician Engagement Strategies for Value-Based Care
Specific steps can help hospitals effectively engage physicians in initiatives to reduce clinical variation and, in turn, improve the value of care delivery.
A Comprehensive Approach to Engaging Physicians
Giving physician leaders better tools to conduct annual performance reviews has helped one Canadian hospital provide more meaningful feedback to physicians and improved engagement. More engaged physicians have helped the organization raise its patient satisfaction scores.
Achieving an Aligned Physician Enterprise Through Cultural Transformation
By aligning with physicians and staff members, health system leaders can effect change in their organizations to meet consumer needs and wants.
Ensuring a High-Performing Referral Network
To be able to ensure patients receive high-quality care under value-base payment arrangements, primary care physicians require well-developed specialty networks for patient referrals.