Physician Integration Toolkit

Physician Integration is the strategic process of assimilating a physician into a health care organization in order to foster long- term, meaningful relationships, maximize patient delivery systems, and collaborate in achieving the organization’s mission while utilizing the health care system’s resources of human capital, equipment, and technology in order to create a competitive marketplace for the physician, thus creating financial and structural linkage with the physician to the health care system.

	Tools
	White Papers and Articles
	Education

Member Shared Resources
ASHHRA would like to thank the members from the following organizations for contributing to this toolkit:

Scott Manning
Jennifer Metivier
Patti Oakes
Diane Gross, Esq.

Partner Shared Resources
ASHHRA would like to thank the following partners for contributing to this toolkit:

American Medical Association (AMA)
Avatar HR Solutions
Great Boards
Department of Health and Human Services
The Joint Commission
Morehead Associates
Physician Practice
Pinstripe Healthcare
PwC Health Research Institute

Tools

Common Practice Operation Questions for a Physician Exploring to Open a Practice (PDF)
American Medical Association (AMA), June 6, 2012
In-House Physician Recruitment Programs –The What, Why, and How Every Healthcare Organization Needs to Know (PDF)
Scott Manning and Jennifer Metivier, ASHHRA 2011 Annual Conference, September 12, 2011
Sample Red Flag Rule/ Identity Theft Policy Compliance Program (PDF)
ASHHRA
Sample Physician Fatigue Policy (PDF)
ASHHRA
Sharing the Workplace with Physicians (PDF)
Patti Oakes and Diane Gross, Esq., ASHHRA 2011 Annual Conference, September 12, 2011
The Basics of Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) for Physicians and Non-Physicians Practitioners (PDF)
Department of Health and Human Services, May 2012, Medicare Learning Network
The Basics of Medicare Enrollment for Physicians and Other Part B Suppliers (PDF)
Department of Health and Human Services, May 2012, Medicare Learning Network

White Papers and Articles

How Your Medical Practice Can Avoid ICD-10 Pitfalls, Physicians Practice, Vol. 22, No. 6 (PDF)
Marisa Torrieri, May 23, 2012
Collaboration to Capitalize: How to Create Sustainable Hospital-Physician Relationships, Brett Hickman (PDF)
Brett Hickman, HR Pulse,Spring 2012
Creating Effective Physician Wellness (PDF)
Mitchell Best, HR Pulse, Summer 2011
Data Security for Physician Practices (PDF)
Marisa Torrieri, May 24, 2102, Physicians Practice, Vol. 22, No. 6
Effective Relationship Management: 5 Key Relationships Physician Recruiters Must Cultivate to Succeed (PDF)
Michael DiPietro, HR Pulse, Spring 2012
Employed vs. Private Physician (PDF)
Janet Kidd Stewart, September 30, 2011, Physicians Practice, Vol. 21 No. 9
Clinically Integrated Physician Hospital Organizations (PDF)
Brett S. Bader, Great Boards, Winter 2009, Vol IX, No. 4
Medical Staff Development Planning: Get Physician’s Buy-In Before You Bottom Out (PDF)
Jennifer Metivier, HR Pulse, Spring 2012
A Manager’s Guide to Dealing with Lawsuits (PDF)
Shelly K. Schwartz, Physicians Practice, March 1, 2010, Vol. 20, No. 4
The Fine Print of Physician Contracts (PDF)
Aubrey Westgate, November 11, 2011, Physicians Practice, Vol. 21 No. 10
A Physician Start Up Guide: Staffing Your Practice (PDF)
Ike Devji, J.D., Physicians Practice, June 5, 2012, Vol. No. June 5, 2012
Problems That Plague: 7 Reasons Hospitals Struggle to Align with Physicians(PDF)
Rachel Fields, HR Pulse, Spring 2012
From Courtship to Marriage: A two part series on Physician-Hospital Alignment (PDF)
PwC Health Research Institute, 2011
Health Care Worker Fatigue and Patient Safety (PDF)
The Joint Commission, Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 48, December 14, 2011
A Win Win Approach: Build and Strengthen Physician Engagement (PDF)
Deborah Render, HR Pulse, Spring 2012
The State of Staff Physician Engagement: 2011 in Review (PDF)
Morehead Associates, August 2012
Three Steps to Physician Recruitment (PDF)
Mike Soisson, Pinstripe Healthcare, August 2012

Education

Employee Engagement, Baptist Healthcare (PDF)
Avatar HR Solutions, July 2012
Employee Engagement Strategies (PDF)
Rod Wilkes, Morehead Associates, July 24, 2012

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