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Cloudy, with a Chance of Storms
A variety of market forces are coalescing to bring major change to hospitals and health systems, changes that will have impacts on the future strategies of independent physician practices.
READ MORE »Mission on Mission
Non-profit health system Mission Health agrees to sell to for-profit HCA, a controversial move that proves there is sometimes a better way to archive the purpose of the organization.
READ MORE »Mileage May Vary
An AMA study (repeated in 2012, 2014 and 2016) sheds more light on what is happening with employed vs. independent physician beyond just the headline number.
READ MORE »Ubiquitous Pop-Ups
MedPAC takes aim at the artificially high costs of hospital-owned free-standing emergency facilities that are springing up everywhere.
READ MORE »The Big Yawn
The annual shareholder letter from the CEO of JP Morgan Chase sheds no new light on the healthcare plans for their venture with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway.
READ MORE »Vacancy: 30 Million Square Feet
Moody’s issues a warning to investors on the long-term outlook for non-profit hospitals due to the competitive threat from the vertical integration strategies of commercial insurers.
READ MORE »The Bentonville Behemoth is Knocking
News broke last week that Walmart is in talks to buy Humana, another potentially transformative deal that could rock the healthcare landscape.
READ MORE »Family Counseling
A final piece of advice before starting a process about selling to private equity – have the honest internal conversations about what people want, and don’t want, from any deal.
READ MORE »The F Word
The unique nature of a private equity buyer will bring a sharp level of focus to the strategy and execution of your practice if they become your financial partner.
READ MORE »Separation of Church and State
One of the biggest reasons to select a financial partner over other alternatives is the degree of clinical autonomy physicians retain with a private equity buyer.
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Tim Coan, ALN’s CEO, writes an insightful and witty blog three times a week about a variety of topics relevant to independent physician practices.
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