Physician Compensation

An archive of all posts categorized under “Physician Compensation” in the Ludi blog.

Image of a hand dropping a penny into a jar of coins with a blooming plant depicting physician spend or physician pay

Stop Stepping Over Stacks of Money with Your Physician Spend!

As hospitals cut costs in every area, one of the last remaining protected buckets is physician contracts. What if I told you that you can cut 1% off your total spend this next year. Would you believe me? There are three solid ways to cut your spend, and actually, with data, all can be relatively painless. […]

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Hospital administrators and physicians greeting one another

Thanks For The Check. What’s It For? Are You Paying Medical Directors That Don’t Know They’re Medical Directors?

Working with all sizes of hospitals and their physician partners at Ludi, I see a lot of interesting things. Once, I met a Chief Medical Officer that carried around his physician agreements in a folder that had an orange stain on it. The stain was reminiscent of cheese puffs, but who am I to judge?

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Prisoner in an orange suit illustrating Stark Law Violations

Orange is Not Your Color: Recent Uptick of Stark Law Violations

I worked for a large non-for-profit system “papering” physician employment, loans, and other physician alignment strategies. I regarded compliance as a necessary evil. It’s actually smart to conduct your organization’s business within in the bounds of federal regulations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) hasn’t taken 2018 off and when they hit an organization, the fine

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Tips and Tricks with Physician Arrangements

Tips and Tricks: Using Market Data to Establish Payment Rates for Physician Agreements

With this kind of title, I bet you were thinking, “Hey, there is going to be a trick!” Well, there’s not a really a trick. But, we do have a tip: Use market data to establish physician payment rates. There it is. The straight story from someone who is not in the business of producing,

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