Employed Physician Alignment Lags Hospital C Suite Assumptions
A survey found a 26 point percentage gap between employed physicians reported trust in hospital leadership and what hospital leaders perceive as physicians’ trust in them.
High-Performing Employed Physician Networks
Craig E. Holm and Robert Hill discuss the benefits of adding physicians to employed networks to achieve business goals.
Treating the Mind and Body as One
U.S. health plans are pursuing ways to integrate behavioral health care and primary care with the goal of improving care for patients with mental health conditions.
How First Physician Corp. Turned Around Its Patient Satisfaction Scores
One emergency medicine physician group raised its patient satisfaction scores from below the 20th to the 99th percentile. Leaders credit a variety of strategies, including sharing unblinded physician data every quarter.
Forum Webinar: Developing Meaningful and Actionable Physician Financial Reports
During this Nov. 3, 2016, HFMA Forum webinar, a director of finance shared how his health system developed and implemented a comprehensive framework for meaningful and actionable financial reports to physicians, practice managers, practice service line directors, and health system
Learnings from the Front Lines: Physician Co-Management at Columbus Regional Health
Given the success of its surgical co-management program and employee gainsharing arrangement, the health system is considering a similar program for the ED and is positioning the organization to take on risk-based contracts.
HFMA Executive Survey: Hospital-Physician Affiliation
HFMA recently surveyed hospital CFOs and other senior-level executives about their views on physician employment and alternatives, such as clinical-comanagement arrangements, professional service arrangements, and joint ventures. Topics explored in the research, which was sponsored by McKesson, include projected business landscape, physician employment's role in value-driving efforts, and preferred models for physician performance management.
Tool: Physician Practice Assessment and Checklist for Optimization
Healthcare leaders can use this assessment tool to determine how to improve medical group efficiency and performance.
The Physician Preference Card
Physicians are essentially seeking four things from hospitals, according to Quint Studer, president of Studer Group®, an outcomes based healthcare consulting firm quality, efficiency, input, and appreciation. The Physician Preference Card is one tool that addresses all of these
Ask the Expert: For-Profit or Not-For-Profit?
Should hospitals form a separate corporation to house their physician practices?