When I was 17 I worked at a McDonald’s. The store was a franchise location.

Franchise models exist in medicine as well as in hamburgers. For example, in the urgent care center market.

The hospital approaches you and says that they are building an ACO – won’t you join with them and become an employee of their sponsored foundation or medical group?

Where are the flying cars and the metal and glass houses, and the robots walking dogs? I was promised that future and it’s not here and I’m mad as hell.

Are you a Chevy dealer or a doctor?

Is your group being governed or governed? Yes, it’s a trick question. But the answer might just be a joke on you.

Kodak was once the country’s leader in photography. Then along came both Fujifilm and digital photography. And bankruptcy. And a lesson for medical group leaders.

I just read an article on Modern Healthcare’s website about balance billing in the out-of-network context.

We’ll begin boarding in a few minutes.

Although airlines have a lot to learn about customer service, they do serve as a model for pricing strategy in healthcare.

Growth. There’s lots of talk about it.

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal reporting that more states are regulating Medi-Spa ownership and placing scope of practice restrictions on the procedures performed at those facilities.