How to implement a successful flexible health spending plan for your employees.
Read More »Choosing health insurance for your practice
Key questions to ask when choosing a health plan for your employees or when switching plans.
Read More »The emerging role of the hospitalist
Specializing in the management of hospitalized patients, a hospitalist takes over for a primary care physician when it comes time to admit a patient.
Read More »Purchasing provider excess loss insurance
While similar coverage is typically offered with a capitation contract from an HMO, there are clear benefits to securing excess loss coverage from an insurance company.
Read More »Vertical versus virtual integration
Vertical integration, as an asset-based method of organizing health care delivery, has some drawbacks. Virtual integration may be one alternative solution, emphasizing coordination through patient management agreements, provider incentives and information systems, rather than investment in large numbers of facilities and people.
Read More »Characteristics of successful POs
Some of the distinguishing characteristics of future, successful physician organizations are clear: they’re found in the organizations that perform well today. Some predictions of what the best organizations will look like in the second generation.
Read More »Common PO mistakes
Sadly, most physician organizations will fail for what appear to be predictable and correctable reasons.
Read More »Red flags in practice performance
Faced with reduced reimbursement and increasing operating expenses, physicians and administrators are fast discovering ways to adjust their use of staff and ancillary services wisely.
Read More »Cutting overtime compensation
Employers often make mistakes when dealing with an employee’s status as exempt from overtime pay, which can be as costly as they are unforeseen. Some cautionary advice on how to reclassify employees from non-exempt to exempt status.
Read More »Locum tenens physician staffing option
For physicians who wish to practice medicine with great flexibility, the locum tenens option, or temporary physician staffing, may be most appealing. Here are key considerations when selecting the best locum tenens firm.
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