title: Leveraging nonemployment to achieve hospital-physician alignment.
abstract: Hospital executives should examine various forms of professional services agreements (PSAs), weigh pros and cons inherent in these arrangements, and understand appropriate uses of PSAs versus employment. For physicians, PSAs provide a way to more closely align with a health system without engaging in employment. Hospitals can realize financial benefits and greater stability from strengthened service lines, a growing patient and referral base, and potential to increase downstream revenue from ancillaries under PSAs.
authors.affiliation: Coker Group, Alpharetta, GA, USA. mreiboldt@cokergroup.com
authors.forename: J Max
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reiboldt
authors.forename: Aimee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greeter
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014481:United States