title: 5 things you should know about co-management arrangements.
abstract: Key factors that a hospital finance leader should focus on when considering a potential co-management agreement with physicians, in which the physicians are compensated at fair market value, include: Fee structure of the agreement. The quality metrics that will be used. Benchmarking to set appropriate targets for metrics. Historical performance against the metrics. Legal guidelines regarding such agreements.
authors.affiliation: VMG Health, Dallas, USA. jenj@vmghealth.com
authors.forename: Jen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006739:Hospital Administration; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care