Partnerships

Rugged individualism has its limits.

Look for alignments with your practice’s mission, values, and strategic priorities.

When physician partners are disputing, their quarrels tend to disrupt the daily operations of their practice. If they are not careful about keeping their disputes between themselves, it can result in the failure of their medical practice.

Whether it is for growth reasons or succession planning, bringing in a physician partner has many advantages

Working in collaboration with physicians, certified PAs provide a continued and expanded commitment to team-based practice in medicine

As payers and providers strive for value-based care, all sides need to contribute their part toward better data sharing, improving patient outcomes and delivering quality care.

Is your Patient and Family Advisory Council a checked box or a meaningful vehicle for collaboration with patients and families?

Health coaching might be the middleman the American healthcare system needs to make reform a reality.

As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, so do funding opportunities.

A merger or acquisition may look perfect on paper, but it’s the people who ultimately guarantee its success - or failure.

Nine areas that every partnership agreement should consider.

Once the deal is signed on the dotted line, it’s make or break time for merging two medical practices. Here’s how to ensure the acquisition doesn’t fall apart.

Owning a medical practice can be stressful. Here are four ways to help you take back your time and focus on what really matters.

Consider buying your medical office building as a way to improve retirement savings beyond 401(k) contributions.

Providers must sign an agreement for how to handle disputes and terminations in the best of times to avoid bitter legal battles in the worst of times.

A thorough valuation can help you position your medical practice as an attractive prospect for potential physicians and investors. It’s also a useful exercise to measure the health of your practice.

There are many ways in which a practice can grow, so it’s important practices expand in a way that’s sustainable to ensure long-term success.

Physicians need to consider what they might need to do in order to repurchase their medical practice-then get those provisions in place before agreeing to the sale.

Any medical practice with multiple owners must have a funded buy-sell agreement in place to protect the partners and their families from the death or exit of a partner.

Five strategies for physicians to ensure patients continue their path to better health after leaving the hospital.

This National Osteoporosis Month, work with patients and staff to identify and manage the disease effectively.

To avoid a transaction failure, practices need to think about integration through every step of the process.

The Optimal Team Practice policy defines the evolution of the PA profession. Here are things every doctor should know about these laws and regulations.

Here’s how to avoid being a gambler in value-based healthcare.

Why are practices merging with others? Here are five common reasons at what's driving this trend.

Bringing primary-care physicians in touch with the local EMS is enabling team-based care in Washington. In turn, they can reduce unnecessary utilization of the ED.

A new model gives practices the resources of a large health system, while allowing them to maintain autonomy.

Practices need to ask some hard questions to determine if an EHR switch is the right move. Here are a few.

Employed physicians-and their patients-are at a true disadvantage in putting restrictions on visits by pharmaceutical firms.

Tips for creating the ideal physician-led team of experts to ensure maximum productivity and enhanced problem solving.