Focus on key difference when integrating physician practices, hospitals

Effective Feb 19, 2013

Published Feb 19, 2013

With the boom in physician practice and hospital integration, more health care organziations are confronting difficulties when trying to bridge the two very distinctive methods of operation for physicians and hospitals. Becker’s Hospital Review highlights four issues you’re likely to face – cultural integration, renegotiation, redefining co-management and clinical councils, from MedAxiom President Suzette Jaskie.

Some things to remember, according to the article:

Traditional hospitals tend to have more structure than physicians groups, which tend to be entrepreneurial.
Contracts will need to be renegotiated with the interests of the combined system in mind.
Co-management needs to be developed early, especially when compensation if a factor.
Clinical councils need to be more consistent and defined.

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