Mark F. Weiss

Practice Management
New codes drive growth for interventional surgical centers
The rapid expansion of billing codes that enable interventional radiology ambulatory surgical centers to collect for outpatient interventional procedures has brought, and will continue to bring, expanding opportunities for interventional radiologists and their groups to profit from ownership of these facilities.
December 11, 2017
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Economics
A new strategy to profit from interventional radiology
A confluence of trends has created a new business opportunity for interventional radiologists: profiting from the ownership of interventional radiology ambulatory surgery centers. In this article, Mark Weiss and Cecilia Kronawitter discuss this evolving new trend.
May 22, 2016
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Practice Management
The Profit Center: Part 26 -- Radiology and the 'me-we' cycle
Society today is becoming increasingly affected by "we" think, from notions of shared sacrifice, to paying your fair share, to "giving back," says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. Learn how your group should navigate today's environment in this edition of the Profit Center.
November 13, 2012
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
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The Profit Center: Part 25 -- How safe is hospital employment?
In this latest Profit Center installment, healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss discusses hospital employment for radiologists, and whether it's really the "safe" career option it's being pitched to be.
May 10, 2012
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
Practice Management
The Profit Center: Part 24 -- Shadow your competition
In this latest Profit Center installment, healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss discusses how to uncover weaknesses in your contracts and relationships -- before your competitors do it for you.
February 16, 2012
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
Practice Management
The Profit Center: Part 23 -- Strategies for exclusive contracting
In these turbulent times, it is more important than ever to strategically approach the way in which exclusive contracting and group structure and functions are intertwined. To simply keep on keeping on, thinking business success will follow, is folly, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
January 29, 2012
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
Practice Management
The Profit Center: Part 22 -- Radiology in a communal society
Society is in a collectivistic stage, favoring notions of shared sacrifice over rugged individualism, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. When hospitals look to take advantage of the current climate, how can radiology groups protect themselves?
December 22, 2011
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
Economics
The Profit Center: Part 21 -- Scenarios can shape group strategy
Radiology practices often view operational concerns with a focus on current issues. But to be successful, group leaders must imagine what might be, attempting to predict future -- sometimes catastrophic -- events and trends, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
August 23, 2011
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
Economics
The Profit Center: Part 20 -- The pitfalls of fair market valuation
The fair market valuation process is often unfair, blind to value, and generally ignores the true market, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. Learn how to fight for "fair" in agreements between radiology groups and hospitals in this latest installment.
June 2, 2011
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
Practice Management
The Profit Center: Part 19 -- How to shield against 'weaponized' RFPs
In a quest to get more for less, more hospitals are using a "weaponized" form of the request for proposal (RFP), designed to get a group to grovel for the continuation of its contract, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
March 16, 2011
2009 03 12 10 19 18 342 Profit Center
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EHR data may miss women eligible for lung cancer screening
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