Physician Alignment: Ensuring Success with Negotiations, Payment Systems, and Education of Stakeholders

With pressures mounting to succeed in physician alignment projects, there is confusion about alignment alternatives, expense of investment involved, and understanding of accountable care era payment systems. This book will help you evaluate and assess options, identify critical success factors in thriving alignment models, and help you with strategies for improving an existing relationship, salvaging a struggling relationship, or terminating a failing relationship.

This book is designed for physicians, hospital administrators, practice administrators and office managers, and healthcare consultants. It will help you gain a level of comfort with strategies and negotiations as you work on your physician alignment projects. The book is the result of hands-on experience from working with clients and understanding of impact of latest changes in accountable care era payment systems.

Physician Alignment provides the following:

• Explains the different alignment options, with emphasis on full alignment models

• Assesses the current state of payment systems and explores how to prepare for future changes and challenges

• Presents the benefits and challenges of alignment

• Identifies critical success factors in thriving alignment models

• Develops strategies for creating a new alignment relationship or improving established alignment structures

• Educates key stakeholders on how engage in the process from concept to implementation and beyond