Managing Specialty In-Network Utilization: The Enhancement of Primary Care

by Steve Berkowitz | Nov 15, 2023 | The Future of Administration

The Solution to Patient or Referral “Leakage” Lies in Empowering Primary Care Increasingly, the primary care physician is tasked with the challenge of better utilizing services and specialists currently in their own medical group or network. Reasons to...

The Need for Physician Compacts

by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 28, 2017 | The Future of Administration

Two weeks ago I was in New England, enjoying the beautiful summer and working with a large System in Maine.  In a way, this is homecoming for me as I grew up in Rhode Island.  One of my favorite childhood memories was taking a field trip to Plymouth, Massachusetts,...

From a Health Care Soothsayer to Congress: Beware the Ides of October

by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 14, 2017 | Health care reform, The Future of Administration

We all recall the play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare where the new emperor is warned by a soothsayer to “Beware the Ides of March”.   Whether that occurred or not is historical debate, but we all know the outcome:  Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the...

To those who we elected to Washington, let’s get to work on healthcare

by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 7, 2017 | Health care reform, The Future of Administration

Every day that passes without some form of health care reform legislation makes me more and more frustrated and frankly angry.  I completely understand the complexity of health care as an industry, but why is Congress so paralyzed to do anything?  I think we would be...

Beware the Trap of Consensus in Health Care Reform

by Steve Berkowitz | Mar 10, 2017 | Health care reform, The Future of Administration

I wrote a blog last January talking about the Consensus Trap and how a seemingly sound and preferred interactional process could yield unexpected and detrimental results.  As I stated, consensus is a political agreement.  It is not necessarily based upon the...

Time to come together in health care… we are all patients

by Steve Berkowitz | Mar 6, 2017 | Health care reform, The Future of Administration

I wrote this blog after some deep thought about President Trump’s speech, the future implications, and where we are going in health care: I listened to the State of the Union Address last night by President Trump not knowing quite what to expect.  Was it going to be a...