Each negotiation has its own timing, not one set by a standard recipe or by a clock on the wall or on the calendar, but one that can be, and should be, set by you. Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

What are you incentivizing your employees or independent contractors to do? And what if those incentives are driving them to not do other things that are far more essential for your business? What if those incentives are driving them to do things that are clearly detrimental to your business? Comment or contact me if you’d like to […]

If your mindset is that spending money on your future is a cost, you don’t have a future. Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

Suppose people who want to sell us driverless cars, or to force us into driverless cars, are right and that we’ll all be driving in them. What’s the impact on healthcare? What’s the impact on your practice? Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

In a recent set of go-rounds with the Department of Justice, the so-called company model of anesthesia services took a major hit: Jonathan Daitch, M.D., just agreed to a $1.718 million civil settlement and Michael Frey, M.D., plead guilty in a criminal prosecution.  Contact me if you’d like to discuss your situation. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

When physicians think about allegations of kickbacks in the context of large insurers, it’s generally related to how a carrier’s internal “claims cops” have alleged that some physician or other provider engaged in a kickback scheme, obviating the payor’s need to pay claims, or, even worse, supporting their demand for repayment. Comment or contact me if you’d […]

Yes, 4.89 billion reasons for you, if you are a physician who owns or is thinking about owning a surgery center (“ASC”). And, yes, each of them is green. Green as in a dollar bill. Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

A little bit more than 15 minutes of fame, just cost three Boston area hospitals, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, a collective $999,000. Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

When most medical group leaders think about incentives, it’s usually in the context of structuring performance incentives for the group’s physicians, or in the context of incentives that flow to the group; itself pursuant to contracts with payors or facilities. Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com

Has your medical group put themselves in a position where they can be easily taken over legally and cheaply? Comment or contact me if you’d like to discuss this post. Mark F. Weiss www.weisspc.com