title: Avoid costly mistakes of the past.
abstract: Physician employment is here to stay. The challenge for healthcare finance professionals is to make physician relationships work without the financial losses experienced by hospitals that tried physician employment in the past. Capturing market share should be a key strategy in any physician employment effort. Physicians who are engaged and actively involved in the process make great business partners because they understand the productivity, efficiencies, and cost controls needed to succeed.
authors.affiliation: The Halley Consulting Group, Inc, Westerville, Ohio, USA. mhalley@halleyconsulting.com
authors.forename: Marc D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Halley
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States