“Sign this please. Right there. Yeah, there, on the last line. Next to the date.”

“We’ve got to stop ordering roller ball pens. Just order those cheap Bics.”

Where fairness is judged by outcome, not opportunity, it soon takes on a surreal twist.

Are you creating physical touch points for your patients, customers, referral sources and other potential deal partners?

The physician subsidiary entity is a physician alignment model sold as a kinder, gentler, freer alternative to direct hospital employment.

Covenants not to compete. Cultivating new business opportunities.

“We’re screwed. The hospital won’t renew our contract.”

I’m not really one for documentaries, but I recently watched, for the second time, Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

I’ve been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the “80/20 rule,” and physician employment.

In a personal services business, from medical groups to acute care hospitals, what’s more important, your people or your tangible assets?