CEO and Founder Mercury Healthcare International Many new clients approach me for assistance because they are contemplating a change in their practice size, business model, or a transition to hospital employment or merging two existing practices to take advantage of economies of scale. The need to assess the capacity of a nation’s future health care...
Would a Repeal of the ACA Thwart the Proliferation Trajectory of Freestanding Emergency Departments?
CEO & Founder Mercury Healthcare International Throughout the USA, one finds a wide and growing array of ambulatory care options for urgent or emergency care. The trend is gaining traction because the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a "ObamaCare") expanded coverage and increased demands on the health care system without first ensuring that there were adequate places to...
Value-based healthcare: Of Value to Whom?
CEO & Founder Mercury Healthcare InternationalValue-based pricing arrangements have become a euphemism for risk transfer agreements that transfer the costs associated with healthcare delivery to providers while the payers that contract with providers apply measures that limit their financial risk. That's not surprising; they aren't in the business of healthcare. They are in the business...