title: Physician group practice turnaround. Focus on physician behavior.
abstract: Physician behavior is an important driver in a group practice turnaround. A strong leadership team, giving physicians ownership, governance and proper incentives, creates the necessary behavior changes. It's also critical to have budget discipline, identify and make the hard decisions, provide effective care management, employ a sound business infrastructure and good contracting, and attend to physician morale.
authors: Providence Medical Group, Portland, Ore., USA. kkeck@providence.org
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mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003142:Communication; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019468:Disease Management; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009013:Morale; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010067:Ownership; D008486:Physician Executives; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D014481:United States