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BlogTalkRadio Interview — Is Hospital-Physician Alignment Sustainable?

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Why have hospitals increasingly been buying physician practices?  Are these marriages based on true love or convenience? Will these marriages survive?

To address these questions, let’s take the long view (50–100 years) and revisit 7 assumptions that have driven us to today’s healthcare non-system:

  1. Healthcare payment systems have rewarded piecemeal work.
  2. Despite uneasiness, hospital-physician relationships have been cooperative.
  3. Physicians can function effectively in small/medium size practices.
  4. The healthcare mindset: built on control, not collaboration.
  5. Barriers to sharing patient info and coordinating care are high.
  6. The hospital has been the economic bedrock of the community.
  7. Health plans are the bad guys.

For more details and discussion, tune in to tomorrow to BlogTalk Radio. Host and ACO guru Gregg Masters will be interviewing me and we’ll discuss the topic of “Is Hospital-Physician Integration Sustainable?”

The details:

Wednesday May 11th 2011 broadcast, at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern

Click here to add a reminder to your calendar or to read more information about our session.

UPDATE: May 11, 2011. A replay or download of the interview is now available by clicking here.

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8 Comments

  1. Vince Kuraitis on May 10, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Is Hospital-Physician Alignment Sustainable? Revisit 7 driving assumptions. BlogTalkRadio Wed at 2 Eastern http://bit.ly/mDiPDR #ACO #PCMH



  2. Aparna M K on May 10, 2011 at 4:10 pm

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  3. Netspective Health on May 10, 2011 at 4:15 pm

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  4. Gregg Masters on May 10, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    RT @VinceKuraitis: Is Hospital-Physician Alignment Sustainable? Revisit 7 driving assumptions. Wed at 2 ET http://bit.ly/mDiPDR #ACO #PCMH



  5. Gregg Masters on May 11, 2011 at 10:55 am

    7 assumptions that have driven us to today’s healthcare non-system | http://bit.ly/mkd9g8 #aco #acochat h/t @VinceKuraitis



  6. Gregg Masters on May 11, 2011 at 10:57 am

    We'd love to hear from the Humana or Norton peeps today on ACO Watch! | http://bit.ly/mkd9g8 #aco #acochat



  7. act4healthcare on May 11, 2011 at 11:53 am

    RT @2healthguru: 7 assumptions that have driven us to today’s healthcare non-system | http://bit.ly/mkd9g8 #aco #acochat h/t @VinceKuraitis



  8. Gregg Masters on May 11, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    7 assumptions that have driven us to today’s healthcare non-system | http://bit.ly/mkd9g8 #aco #acochat h/t @VinceKuraitis