The New Hospital-Physician Enterprise : Meeting the Challenges of Value-Based Care

Shifting reimbursement models are forcing hospital executives to rethink their approach to physician relationships. New cost and quality demands require hospitals to explore all alternatives including tighter alignment with physicians. This book provides expert advice on structuring and sustaining hospital-physician relationships in the post-reform environment. This comprehensive guide discusses: * The full range of hospital-physician partnership models including accountable care organizations, physician employment, and acquisition of physician practices, clinical joint ventures, and professional services agreement. * The core competencies needed to succeed under the emerging reimbursement models * Strategies for optimizing governance, management, operations of physician-hospital partnerships, and capital allocation * The alignment trends for specific specialties, including cardiology, oncology, and pulmonary medicine * Decisions related to the need for scale and the current capacity of an organization.