There are various reasons why choosing this physician hospital alignment would be good for organizations. One reason independent physician programs allow flexibility on the part of both physicians and the hospital. Contracts for independent can be long term or short term based on the convenience of both physicians and hospitals. Along with being flexible, they are also easy to set up. …show more content…
One of the main downfalls is lack of influence hospitals and administrators have on physicians. Organizations can have very little influence on a physician’s behavior, clinical practices, and over how the spend. Although the required capital investment is less than the physician acquisition model, this model will still require the health care organization to spend enough resources to monitor performance and help improve the operation across the