Integration & Physician Issues

Note: The following article was first published in The Camden Quarterly, volume XIII, number 2 by The Camden Group, one of the nation's leading healthcare advisory firms. Historically, buying physician practices has not resulted in successful outcomes. Hospital inexperience in…

Like many of hospitals around the country, our non-profit, community hospital has watched intently as ASCs have proliferated. We have noted the increasing interest of surgeons in owning these facilities, and the high rates of patient satisfaction they deliver. Not…

The Medical Group Management Association's Medical Directorship/On Call Compensation Survey: 2009 Report Based on 2008 Data found that hospital compensation provided to independent physicians serving as hospital medical directors was substantially more than when hospitals pay an employed physician for…

We have received numerous comments from administrators that an attorney has recommended the involvement of a valuator during the formation of a hospital-physician venture such as surgery, imaging, cancer, and inpatient rehab centers. While we do not believe the involvement…

As acute care hospitals face growing competition, protecting their orthopedic surgery departments becomes increasingly valuable. Not-for-profit acute care hospitals depend on that revenue to subsidize money-losing services and attract new patients. Reimbursements from public and private insurers for orthopedic surgery…