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Strengthen the practice through collaboration

Access the Strengthen Your Practice manual that helps physicians, legislators and others see benefits and limitations of potential collaboration arrangements.

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Understand your options for affiliating with other practices

Physician practice mergers, or affiliations, can be the route to your success. Here is how to evaluate whether that is the best path for you.

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Physician interdependence and independent practices can coexist

Independent physicians can pool financial resources to build their practice infrastructure and create economies of scale under new integration models.

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In a complex environment, physicians have at least 8 paths to choose from

There are ways for physician groups to succeed amid greater competition and higher practice costs. The key is to understand each option’s benefits and risks.

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Is a physician-led integrated system right for you? What to ask

Physician-written resource offers insight on the potential benefits of working for a health system that features doctors in top-level leadership roles.

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Making new health care models work: Physicians and hospitals collaborate

Designing care to be delivered to patients must be defined by physicians and hospitals—not the government. Integrated leadership is key to ensuring new models of health care work. ...

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Get help with your medical staff bylaws with AMA guide

Physicians can learn how to draft and amend medical staff bylaws with AMA Physician’s Guide to Medical Staff Organization Bylaws. The new edition has been updated to address codes of conduct, drug testing, physician-hospital compacts and much more.

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AMA launches Silicon Valley integrated innovation company, Health2047

The AMA announced its $15M investment n Health2047, Inc., to explore solutions to challenges of the nation's physicians and their patients.

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How to get the power of numbers—even if your practice is small

Are you interested in improving health outcomes, taking advantage of performance-based payment programs, lawfully bargaining collectively with payers or raising capital to implement health IT in your practice? Then collaboration with other physicians and medical practices may be a good option for you.

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