Many people tend to think within professional silos. Barbers cut hair. Farmers farm. And, doctors practice medicine. Why?

Banks, brokerages, and your medical group or facility’s potential violation of HIPAA?

Most people don’t like throwing good money after bad in a contract dispute.

The first purchase price is the one that the seller receives. The second purchase price is the one that the seller pays by having sold to the wrong buyer.

What policies does your group have? How are they enforced . . . or even, how can they be enforced?

Picture a revolving door.

Even though many physicians and facility administrators don’t realize it, a revolving door can be a useful analogy for anti-kickback analysis. Or, I suppose, just for kickbacks.

I remember, as a kid, walking around Disneyland, noticing yellow "no parking" size signs labeled Kodak Moment. They indicated a great vantage point for taking a photo.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that being late signals your importance or your power.

There are many reasons why contracts are usually contracted -- made compact, that is -- by having them contained within one fully integrated document.

I’ve written about hospital closures, shrinking hospitals, and hospitals that became holes in the ground. I’ve even written an entire book on The Impending Death of Hospitals. But before today, I’ve never written about a hospital that turned to crowdfunding to stay afloat.