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Healthcare Industry Overview – Reasons for Hospital Integration
Posted On: May 24, 2011Continue Reading >Healthcare reform (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act PPACA), encourages the development of integrated delivery systems through its focus on medical homes, physician-hospital enterprises, accountable care organizations and bundled payment methods. These are all key drivers in considering closer hospital-physician alignment. In A.M. Best’s 2010 Hospital & Health Care Systems Survey, healthcare organization leaders and professionals ranked physician integration as the top strategic challenge facing healthcare organizations.
Here are a few other reasons feeding the integration trend:
1. Uncertainty around reimbursement for both physicians and hospitals
2. Increasing costs and other negative economic pressures on physician incomes
3. Physician expectations for financial support ...
Pinnacle Perspective Newsletter – Valuation. Compensation. Integration.
Posted On: May 24, 2011Welcome to our Pinnacle Perspective Newsletter! For your desired article of interest, please click on link directly. Thank you and enjoy!
In This Issue:
– Healthcare Industry Overview – Reasons for Hospital Integration
– Compensation Physician Integration Perspective
– Business Valuation Perspective – Identifying the Correct Ingredients
– A Pinnacle Group Highlight – Bill Johnson, Senior Consultant
SAVE THE DATE (05-12-2011)! Building Your Healthcare Reform Toolkit: Strategies for Delivering Accountable Care
Posted On: March 28, 2011As the rollout of the Accountable Care Act progresses, your organization faces significant healthcare delivery challenges. Please join Husch Blackwell, Pinnacle, Paragon Health and guest speaker Ford Koles, Executive Director of The Advisory Board Company, for a half-day seminar discussing strategies for responding to healthcare reform. Date & Time Thursday, May 12, 2011 11 a.m. - Noon Registration & Lunch Noon - 5 p.m. Program 5 p.m. ReceptionContinue Reading >Visit The Pinnacle Group at the Upcoming AHLA Law Institute – Las Vegas, NV – February 9th – 11th
Posted On: January 27, 2011The Pinnacle Group is a nationally recognized leader in valuation services, physician compensation, revenue cycle & coding consulting, and hospital-physician integration. Pinnacle supports a wide variety of clients including, but not limited to: hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, physician groups, dialysis providers, medical device and other healthcare companies. Sister companies to Pinnacle provide services related to physician practice management, medical billing and coding, and technology/integration support services, which affords Pinnacle operational perspectives and insights - not typically available through other consulting firms. Pinnacle's services are backed by a professional and responsive team, to help our clients devise solutions to their complex and challenging issues.Continue Reading >The Pinnacle Group Top Reads: Productivity Still Drives Compensation in High Performing Group Practices
Posted On: December 28, 2010Posted By John Kastor On December 20, 2010 @ 11:07 am In All Categories,Health Reform,Innovation,Payment,Physicians
or follow http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2010/12/20/productivity-still-drives-compensation-in-high-performing-group-practices/ to the HealthAffairs Blog.
In July, 2009, President Obama visited the Cleveland Clinic demonstrating that large multispecialty practices have lower cost and higher quality in treating Medicare recipients compared to other practitioners in their regions.
Seasons Greetings From Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting
Posted On: December 18, 2010Continue Reading >From all of us at Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting.
At this holiday season, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible.
The Pinnacle Group Top Reads: 6 Essential Strategies for Physician Integration | Hospital-Physician Relationships
Posted On: December 17, 20106 Essential Strategies for Physician Integration | Hospital-Physician Relationships.
Written by Leigh Page | December 10, 2010
Integrated physician arrangements, aligning clinical and financial interests, will be critical to the success of hospitals and health systems in the future as payment methodologies change, says Mark Grube, managing director at Kaufman Hall in Skokie, Ill. Here he outlines six essential strategies for physician integration.
1. Develop a physician-hospital alignment plan. Such a plan should support the hospital’s strategic goals. The hospital needs to prepare for a new era driven by ...
Compliance Concerns Giving You the Spooks?
Posted On: October 29, 2010About The Physician FMV ProgramDetermining appropriate and compliant physician fair market value (FMV) is complicated. Diverse factors like the Stark Law and inconsistent internal payment policies make it difficult to confidently approach physician compensation negotiations. Until now.Continue Reading >– Access Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Data anywhere there’s an Internet connection
– Generate tailored Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Reports for individual physician relationships
– Track all physician arrangements and payment terms
– Research hospital-physician relationships around the country
– Manage access to the Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) data for others within your organization
The Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Program dramatically ...
Avoid Physician Fair Market Value Distress – Arm Yourself With Physician FMV and Visit The Pinnacle Group Tomorrow at HCCA’s Regional Conference in Denver, CO!
Posted On: October 21, 2010A friendly reminder to visit The Pinnacle Group tomorrow at HCCA’s Regional Denver Conference
HCCA’s Regional Denver Conference
October 22, 2010
Marriot Denver Tech Center
4900 S. Syracuse Street, Denver, CO
8:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m.
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Reminder to Physicians: Join Us Tomorrow for This Complimentary Event! Financial Implications of Practicing Medicine in the 21st Century
Posted On: October 20, 2010Join us tomorrow, Thursday, October 21st for this complimentary physician specific event covering: • Networking • Financial Planning Tips • Legal-Estate Planning / Succession Planning • Business Valuation • Tax Implications • Your Questions Answered Time: 4:30PM – 7:30PM Location: Warwick Hotel, 1776 Grant Street, Denver, CO 80203 We have assembled an expert team of advisors that understand physicians as well as the unique situations and challenges you face. Business issues affect your Practice and personal wealth’s bottom-line. This seminar will give guidance concerning hot topics in your career and touch on important financial themes facing physicians in today’s ever-changing environment. In this seminar, we will give you the tools to advance your wealth and protect your investments.Continue Reading >
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