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Healthcare Strategy Group's Physician Strategy News^® is published eight times a year, highlighting trends in hospital/physician relationships and effective strategies for growing and managing those relationships.

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2008

June
- Building a Physician Employment Strategy
  Hospitals are increasingly confronted by the challenge of employing physicians.
- Advanced Manpower Planning
  Most hospital executives are familiar with the basics of physician manpower planning.
- Three Strategic Planning Missteps
  The approach hospitals take to strategic planning is often fraught with problems.

May
- Practice Acquisition – Part 3 The Acquisition is Complete: Now What?
  After months of careful due diligence and challenging negotiations the contract is signed and the hospital finds itself with a new employed physician, financial obligations, employees, management responsibilities, exposure, and opportunity.
- Performance Measures for Physician Practices
  Whether hospital employed or private practice, it is imperative that a practice's performance be measured and monitored on a monthly basis.
- Growing Threat of Retail Medicine
  Retail medicine outlets are exploding across the United States.
- Ten Questions for Building a Physician Strategy
  Few relationships are more central to the success of the hospital than the one between the organization and physicians.
- Practice Acquisition – Part 3 The Acquisition is Complete: Now What?
  After months of careful due diligence and challenging negotiations the contract is signed and the hospital finds itself with a new employed physician, financial obligations, employees, management responsibilities, exposure, and opportunity.
March
- Practice Acquisition Basics – Part 2
  This article addresses the next steps in the practice acquisition process — development of the term sheet and contract.
- Physician Needs Analysis Case Study
  Community Hospital was acquired by a regional health system, with the objective of stabilizing operations and improving access to capital.
- Physician Practice Consolidation Checklist
  In today's healthcare environment there are a myriad of reasons for physician practices to consider consolidation.
- Physicians & Service Line Development
  When hospital executives read these words, they have a variety of reactions.
- Call Pay Solutions
  Call pay is a growing challenge for hospitals.
February
- Growth Through Physicians
  Hospitals around the country are focused on growth, for obvious reasons.
- Practice Acquisition Basics – Part 1
  Many hospitals are faced with the new and unfamiliar challenge of acquiring physician practices.
- Physician Practice "Check-ups"
  As an executive with a hospital that employs physicians, you want to know about the overall health of those practices.
- Maximizing Your Physician Liaison Program
  The New Year presents new opportunities, and now might be a perfect time to re-evaluate your physician liaison program.
January
- Keys to Effective Physician Compensation
  Developing and implementing an effective physician compensation plan for a group of employed physicians is a difficult and complex task.
- Strategic Planning for Practices
  Despite being large, complex businesses, many physician practices never develop a strategic plan.
- The Evolving Landscape of Hospital/Physicians
  The relationships between physicians and hospitals are changing.

2007

October-November
- Developing Physician Leaders
  Strong physician leadership has rarely been more important.
- Interim Practice Management
  As hospitals employ physicians or acquire practices, management of the new entity is frequently a challenge.
- Quantifying Anesthesia Subsidies
  Anesthesia groups are increasingly asking for subsidies as a result of a number of factors, including poor Medicare reimbursement and a tight supply of practitioners.
- Is Gainsharing in Your Hospital's Future?
  As the landscape of healthcare continues to evolve, hospitals and physicians are looking to better align incentives.
August-September
- Three Dimensions of Physician Alignment
  Alignment with physicians is the holy grail of hospital operations.
- The Cons and the Pros of Physician Employment
  Boards and executives in many hospitals are struggling with the concept of physician employment.
- Physician Employment Readiness Assessment
  Has the board received education on trends in physician employment?
May-June
- Creating Synergy Among Your Strategies
  Historically, hospitals have separated strategic planning, physician manpower planning, and physician strategy.
March-April
- Developing a Practice Management Infrastructure
  While hospital executives are very skilled at running hospitals, they often fall short when trying to manage their employed physician groups.
January-February
- Building Medical Staff Support for Your Recruitment Plan
  When hospitals plan the recruitment of new physicians into their community, whether into private practice or employment, resistance from the established physicians is not uncommon.

2006

November
- Case Study: $10 Million Employed Physician Practice Turnaround
  A client healthcare system employed about 90 physicians in 15 practice sites and was losing $12 million a year on those practices.
July
- Ten Questions for Building a Physician Strategy
  Few relationships are more central to the success of the hospital than the one between the organization and physicians.
- Deciding to Employ Physicians?
  Fueled by physician shortages, distribution issues, competition, and the growing financial challenges of private practice, hospitals and health systems are increasingly looking to physician employment to guarantee supply and meet their strategic goals.

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