Attracting qualified physicians to underserved areas. Part 1: Why has the U.S. experienced such difficulty?T P Weil
Bedford Health Associates, Inc, Asheville, NC, USA
Physician Exec 24:42-7. 1998
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- Hospital reimbursement incentives: is there a more effective option?--Part II
Thomas P Weil
J Med Pract Manage 28:254-6. 2013
..S. gross domestic product expenditure for healthcare from 17.4% to roughly 12.0%...
- Hospital reimbursement incentives: is there a more effective option?--Part I
Thomas P Weil
J Med Pract Manage 28:164-8. 2012
..But even when nations provide universal access, for various reasons those with mental illness and those who are indigent, poorly educated, and nonwhite use less healthcare services...
- Difficulties in consummating a meaningful hospital-physician collaboration
Thomas P Weil
J Med Pract Manage 28:47-50. 2012
..The most frequent issues that arise are those relating to the sharing of ambulatory care revenues and who will be responsible for various clinical operations...
- Why are ACOs doomed for failure?
Thomas P Weil
J Med Pract Manage 27:263-7. 2012
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- Privatization of hospitals: meeting divergent interests
Thomas P Weil
J Health Care Finance 38:1-11. 2011
..Being acquired by a for-profit is often a means to secure needed capital and is politically less fractious than closing down a marginally needed government-sponsored or a not-for-profit facility...
Hospital mergers: a panacea?Thomas Weil
J Health Serv Res Policy 15:251-3. 2010
..In spite of these shortcomings, hospital mergers will continue to be pursued in order to improve market share, eliminate excess capacity, gain access to capital and enhance the personal egos of the organizations' leaders...
- Governance in a period of strategic change in U.S. healthcare
Thomas P Weil
Int J Health Plann Manage 18:247-65. 2003
..Finally, many of these findings relevant to the United States also are being shared by governing boards in Canada, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom...
- Hospital downsizing and workforce reduction strategies: some inner workings
Thomas P Weil
Management Consultant for Health and Hospital Services, Asheville, North Carolina 28804, USA
Health Serv Manage Res 16:13-23. 2003
..America's pluralistic values and these proposals having serious political repercussions for health executives and elected officials often present serious barriers in their implementation...
- Commentary: public disclosure in the health field: is there a relevant option?
T P Weil
Bedford Health Associates, Inc, Management Consultants for Health and Hospital Services, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
Am J Med Qual 16:23-33. 2001
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- Attracting qualified physicians to underserved areas. Part 2. Pay physicians more to practice in underserved areas
T P Weil
Bedford Health Associates, Inc, Asheville, NC, USA
Physician Exec 25:53-63. 1999
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- Children at risk: outcome and cost measures needed
T P Weil
Bedford Health Associates, Inc, Management Consultants for Health and Hospital Services, Asheville, N C 28804, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 30:3-18. 1999
..This analysis to include public and private expenditures for services provided by human services--welfare, special education, judicial, correctional, mental health, medical, and other related organizations...
- Divesting losers: chipping away at integrated delivery systems
Thomas P Weil
Physician Exec 28:44-51. 2002
..Integrated health systems are rapidly divesting earlier acquisitions to beef up their bottom lines. Take an in-depth look at what the future may hold as the health systems battle to reorganize and reap greater profits...
- Fiscal options for America's best hospitals
T P Weil
Hospital and Health Services, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Manag Care Interface 14:44-52. 2001
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- How to enhance the efficacy of health network growth
T P Weil
Bedford Health Associates, Inc, Management Consultants for Health and Hospital Services, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
Int J Health Plann Manage 15:17-38. 2000
..In this context, the use of global budgetary targets is discussed as a possible option in the United States to constrain costs, an approach used in almost all other western industrialized nations...
- Horizontal mergers in the United States health field: some practical realities
T P Weil
Bedford Health Associates, Inc, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
Health Serv Manage Res 13:137-51. 2000
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- Eliminating fixed costs: Part I--Health system drivers
Thomas P Weil
Manag Care Interface 15:27-32, 53. 2002
..In part I of this two-part article, the author describes some of the drivers that are pushing health care costs to higher levels...
- Managed competition using both market-driven and regulatory strategies
Thomas P Weil
Health and Hospital Service, Asheville, NC, USA
Manag Care Q 10:32-40. 2002
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- Eliminating fixed costs: Part II--A pathway to reduced health expenditures
Thomas P Weil
Manag Care Interface 15:58-61. 2002
..Among the ideas proposed by the author is an emphasis on changing reimbursement processes. In addition, he argues, eliminating one-half million bureaucratic jobs could reduce health expenditures by billions of dollars...
- Leadership development in MHA programs: a response and commentary
Roger Battistella
Sloan Program in Health Services Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
J Health Adm Educ 22:241-9. 2005
..In our view, MHA programs can begin to adapt to this model though student selection, curriculum reform, and involvement by practitioners and alumni...
- Multispecialty physician practices: fixed and variable costs, and economies of scale
Thomas P Weil
Health and Hospital Services, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 25:70-7. 2002
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