Physician-Hospital Alignment
As payers increasingly look for providers to take responsibility for outcomes of care, hospitals and health systems have yet another motive to align with the physicians who determine so much of those outcomes. With more employed physicians, alignment may require a strategy that integrates both employed and independent physicians. New structures may have to be created. Physician compensation for both employed physicians and those involved in directorships and co-management agreements must be structured to create incentives for behavior that benefits the organization. All of this must be done within a regulatory framework that has not gotten any simpler. It takes painstakingly detailed analysis and documentation to ensure regulatory compliance while still achieving market goals. DGA Partners can help you succeed in your physician-hospital alignment strategy, whether that means assessing acquisition targets, structuring and facilitating deals, designing compensation structures or developing organizational structures. Our services include:
"DGA showed tremendous creativity and flexibility in adapting to a unique planning situation. They established a medical staff plan acceptable to both organizations jointly developing a new hospital, while assuring that the short-term foundation for that plan's success was put into place." John Finger, Chief Administrative Officer Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia

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