US health care is a $2.9 trillion, overwhelmingly complex system. Its regulations, economics and operations are dynamic. Going with the flow, trusting that it will carry you forward safely or, worse yet, believing that these changes will not affect you will soon lead to almost certain failure.
Procrastination and complacency in preparing and positioning for change is your worst enemy.
Preparing and positioning for change without expert guidance is a close second.
There are plenty of specialists who will help you with a variety of specific tasks: accountants, attorneys, billing specialists, website designers, efficiency experts, marketers, realtors, brokers and many more.
There are very few with C-Suite level experience and contacts, expertise and understanding of the PPACA, tactical research, business and strategic planning, patient expectations, process improvement, messaging, marketing and other key capabilities that equip you to make solid decisions for the present and future, and to professionally implement them.
These abilities and capabilities set us apart from other advisors. Our services are focused on results and achieving a strong return on investment. Our philosophy is ready, aim, fire – research, strategy, implementation.
Health Care Research Specialists
Often, but not always, research is a critical prerequisite to success. Actionable research requires knowing the industry and sector, where to look, what to look for and the ability to provide insightful analysis. We are strong in each area.
Health Care Strategists and Tacticians
CEOs have to be exceptional at strategy and tactics. Our team leader has decades of experience at the CEO and related C-Suite levels throughout health care, and is a nationally published thought leader on today’s issues and challenges. Moreover, appropriate introductions to our long-standing contacts and relationships at high levels throughout the industry may lead to partners or associations that can hasten the way forward.
Marketing, Public Relations and Communications
Strategic and tactical implementation without communicating using effective messaging, presentation, placement and visibility internally and externally delivers diminished results. Our thirty year history with hundreds of clients throughout a variety of industries provides not only the expertise, but breadth of experience to provide superior results.
Want to know more?
E-mail our senior strategist directly at jdoulgeris@hcpassociates.com or call us at 813-318-0565.
There is never a cost or obligation to discuss achieving your goals, and how that can be done.
For more industry information from our thought leaders, read or download all or select topics from dozens of nationally published articles in Physician’s Practice and other publications.
HCP Articles
Op-ed articles by HCP’s Senior Strategist for Health Care, James Doulgeris, are published nationally by the leading health care administration Internet portal and journal, Physician’s Practice, every Thursday. New and archived articles are available online at http://www.physicianspractice.com/authors/james-doulgeris. Accessing articles may require registration, which is free. Your information remains private and you will not be contacted.
The Affordable Care Act’s First Real-Life Medical Practice Casualty
Health Literacy Needs a Place in Physicians’ Practices
New Survey Validates That US Physicians are Ailing
How to Manage Patient Expectations Created by the Media
How the Popular Press Affects Patient Expectations
How Market Research Can Position Physician Practices to Succeed
How Physicians Can Negotiate the Best Hospital Employment Deal
How a Romney-Ryan Administration Could Affect Physicians
A Critical Assessment of the Affordable Care Act
Reform Driving Physicians Out of Private Practice to Reduce Costs
How Businesses Can Help Stem the Physician Shortage
Five Strategies to Survive as a Physician Under the ACA
Surveys: Patients Coming, Physicians Leaving Due to ACA
If ACA Survives, Many Small Medical Practices Will Fail
Make Better Business Decisions at Your Medical Practice
How the Pros Market Medical Practice Websites
US Healthcare Results: Sicker Patients, Ailing Economy
Managing Patient Referrals, Retention, and Risk the Disney Way
Valuation Strategies for Physicians’ Practices
How the Pros Repair Damaged Physician Online Reputations
Physicians’ Online Reputations Under Attack from Turned-away Drug Seekers
The Five Biggest Medical Practice Marketing Mistakes
Managing Patient Expectations: Access to Care
Managing Patient Expectations: Are Physicians Becoming Less Relevant?
Managing Patient Expectations: Helping Patients Pay Their Bills
Managing Patient Expectations: What Drives Outpatient Services
Managing Patient Expectations: Better Coordinated Care
Managing Patient Expectations: Personalized Medicine
Managing Patient Expectations: Effective Communication
Managing Patient Expectations: Practice Access and Responsiveness
Why Does an MRI Cost $1,080 in the U.S. and $280 in France?
Managing Patient Expectations: Providing Portable Medical Records
Managing Patient Expectations: Explaining the Reality of Medicine
Three Strategies to Help Patients with High-Deductible Health Plans
Time for Physicians to Take Care of Business (Part II)
Time for Physicians to Take Care of Business (Part I)
