| Provider Network Formation: The formation of IPAs, Physician Organizations
and Hospital-Physician joint “contracting confederations” are all included in
The Health Capital Group’s consulting services with respect to provider network
formation. These services are especially
important to health care providers who do not want to undertake a full-scale merger but
who, on the other hand, wish to take advantage of managed care contracting “strength
in numbers.” Books Authored
Formation of Physician-Directed Managed Care Networks,
American Medical Association, Chicago, 1994.
Structuring Provider Networks for the New Healthcare
Consumer, (co-author) McGraw-Hill Healthcare Division, 1998.
Articles Authored
"A Preflight Checklist to Help Get Your Network Off
the Ground," AM News, December 1994.
"The Formation of Physician Organizations in
Northeastern Illinois," First Illinois Speaks, January 1995.
"Physician Directed Managed Care Contracting," Journal
of Medical Practice Management, April 1995.
"Provider Sponsored Networks: How Soon Will They Be
Viable?," Journal of Health Care Finance, Spring 1996.
"The Emergence of Providers as Health Insurers," Journal
of Health Care Finance, Fall 1996.
"The Range of Provider/Insurer Configurations," Journal
of Health Care Finance, Fall/Winter 1997.
"The Opportunity for Catholic-Sponsored
Provider/Insurer Networks," Health Progress, Spring 1998.
"The Facts of Life About Physician Unions," Journal
of Health Care Finance, Fall 1999.
Presentations Given
"Developing Physician-Directed Managed Care
Networks," Texas Medical Association, September 1994.
"Characteristics of Highly Evolved Managed Care
Networks," LBA Conference, February 1995.
"Forming and Managing POs, Large Group Practices and
Managed Care Networks", Harris Bank Consortium, June 1995.
"Opportunities For Bankers In The Rapidly
Consolidating Medical Practice Industry", Robert Morris Associates, June 1995.
"Strategic Planning for Physician Practices",
National CPA Healthcare Advisors Association, June 1995.
"Advanced Strategies For Managing Your Medical
Practice", American Pathology Foundation, July 1995.
"Physician-Directed Managed Care Efforts Throughout
the United States", Montgomery Dorsey Symposium, July 1995.
"Evaluating Potential Medical Group Partners and
Allies", International Business Communications, September 1995.
"MSO Formation", Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare
Council, September 1995.
"The Consolidation of Healthcare Organizations",
Illinois Hospital Association, October 1995.
"Managed Care Contracting," Kane County Medical
Society, November 1995.
"Formation of Physician Organizations", Colorado
Ophthalmology Consortium, December 1995.
"Formation of Provider Networks," Global Business
Conference, January 1996.
"The Emergence of Physician-Driven Networks,"
Global Business Research Conference, January 1996.
"Are Catholic Hospitals Uniquely Positioned to Become
Provider/Insurers"? Unified Health Network, September 1996.
"Can or Should Providers Become Health Insurers?"
Integrated Healthcare Symposium, Winter 1997.
"Reclaiming the Practice of Medicine and Establishing
the Provider-Consumer Linkage," Renaissance Meeting, Winter 1997.
"Restoring Accountability in Our Health Care System
Through Provider/Insurer Networks," Catholic Sponsorship Conference.
"Forming Provider/Insurer Managed Care Networks,"
American College of Healthcare Executives, November 1997.
"The Imperatives of Collaboration Among Providers and
Insurers," Mt. Sinai Medical Conference, February 2000.
"The Imperatives of Group Practice Formation To
Develop New Provider Partnerships," MGMA MSO Executive Collaborative,
May 8, 2000. |