Other Weird Arrangements

"Is our organization ‘big enough’ to survive (and thrive)?"   This is the most frequent question that I get from board members of provider organizations.  The answer to this question is, of course, "it depends." But there is no doubt that for many types of services in many markets, larger organizations are more likely to thrive. Lower overhead along with concentration of specialized services resulting from consolidations allows for both competitive positioning and rate setting with payers – if benefits and brand are equal, the larger organization with the lower “price” will be the better value (see <a href="http://www.openmindsonline . . .