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Developing an incentive plan within cardiology can be complex to ensure providers are rewarded appropriately and expertly. Joel Sauer shares his thoughts on the architecture of value incentive plans and how value is a team sport.

If you’ve been considering the development of a PVD program, it’s essential to assess the market and quantify the untapped volume of patients that could benefit. Ginger Biesbrock and Joel Sauer provide 6 tips for such an analysis.

Through consolidation programs can achieve higher quality, better patient experience and lower overall costs. In addition, consolidation can provide a higher quality of life for both the physicians and staff charged with covering these services. So, Joel Sauer wonders, why isn’t consolidation more top of mind for US cardiology programs?

Joel explains why he has a problem with cardiology’s singular devotion to the wRVU as the driver of compensation. And, why he thinks we should be looking more closely at panel size.

Is it time for cardiovascular physicians and hospitals to find new ways to work together? Joel Sauer believes that a joint venture is just one tool that can be used to form a mutually beneficial and lasting relationship between hospitals and physicians.

The evolution of health care is happening fast, and is increasingly under the influence of industry outsiders. Joel Sauer wonders who among us will be able to adapt, and who will be left behind. He also offers advice on what to think about today if you want to be in the game tomorrow.