Practice Management

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

We have been successful in certain areas which could potentially help other groups, like using third party vendors to negotiate increases in our commercial rates. I've contemplated the idea of setting up some kind of quarterly or semiannual call among similarly situated professionals to share ideas and approaches to common shared problems or novel issues. I personally believe that specifically with regard to commercial reimbursement, a rising tide lifts all boats. If rates generally increase among small-medium sized groups (we're about 25 rads), then there's more overall leverage to push for increased rates elsewhere. I have several colleagues who might be willing to participate in a call like this, though I'm not sure I currently have the bandwidth to administer this personally. I'd think that we could have a point person who would aggregate submitted agenda items and then leave some room at the end for open dialogue for topical issues. If there was too much interest that made a call like this unwieldy from too many participants (I know, good problem to have), then perhaps we could host and record multiple calls among smaller participant groups, and then interested folks could listen to the call they were unable to join. Could rotate participants randomly then. These are just some preliminary thoughts. Many of us are on islands managing our own little kingdoms, and it would be great to have increased engagement among similarly situated folks to help creatively solve problems. I also think there's an opportunity to move the needle politically on critical matters of importance to our industry. Never underestimate the power of the white coated folks (or their representatives) talking to lawmakers about the clear and evident problems in the healthcare system that could obviously be better addressed. We could probably have a more coordinated effort on that front than we do (RPAN acknowledged). I personally believe that RBMA should have a more focused experience tailored toward smaller groups dealing with common problems, and perhaps a forum like this could be a catalyst. What do you all think about these ideas?

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Anthony you are spot on!  I would be happy to help organize this effort.  I am curious if we might meet up at the fall SYNC conference and begin collaborations there.  I will work to begin building our agenda topics.  Thank you all who may have interest.  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RadSmallPractice

We have been successful in certain areas which could potentially help other groups, like using third party vendors to negotiate increases in our commercial rates. I've contemplated the idea of setting up some kind of quarterly or semiannual call among similarly situated professionals to share ideas and approaches to common shared problems or novel issues. I personally believe that specifically with regard to commercial reimbursement, a rising tide lifts all boats. If rates generally increase among small-medium sized groups (we're about 25 rads), then there's more overall leverage to push for increased rates elsewhere. I have several colleagues who might be willing to participate in a call like this, though I'm not sure I currently have the bandwidth to administer this personally. I'd think that we could have a point person who would aggregate submitted agenda items and then leave some room at the end for open dialogue for topical issues. If there was too much interest that made a call like this unwieldy from too many participants (I know, good problem to have), then perhaps we could host and record multiple calls among smaller participant groups, and then interested folks could listen to the call they were unable to join. Could rotate participants randomly then. These are just some preliminary thoughts. Many of us are on islands managing our own little kingdoms, and it would be great to have increased engagement among similarly situated folks to help creatively solve problems. I also think there's an opportunity to move the needle politically on critical matters of importance to our industry. Never underestimate the power of the white coated folks (or their representatives) talking to lawmakers about the clear and evident problems in the healthcare system that could obviously be better addressed. We could probably have a more coordinated effort on that front than we do (RPAN acknowledged). I personally believe that RBMA should have a more focused experience tailored toward smaller groups dealing with common problems, and perhaps a forum like this could be a catalyst. What do you all think about these ideas?

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Anthony you are spot on!  I would be happy to help organize this effort.  I am curious if we might meet up at the fall SYNC conference and begin collaborations there.  I will work to begin building our agenda topics.  Thank you all who may have interest.  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RadSmallPractice

We have been successful in certain areas which could potentially help other groups, like using third party vendors to negotiate increases in our commercial rates. I've contemplated the idea of setting up some kind of quarterly or semiannual call among similarly situated professionals to share ideas and approaches to common shared problems or novel issues. I personally believe that specifically with regard to commercial reimbursement, a rising tide lifts all boats. If rates generally increase among small-medium sized groups (we're about 25 rads), then there's more overall leverage to push for increased rates elsewhere. I have several colleagues who might be willing to participate in a call like this, though I'm not sure I currently have the bandwidth to administer this personally. I'd think that we could have a point person who would aggregate submitted agenda items and then leave some room at the end for open dialogue for topical issues. If there was too much interest that made a call like this unwieldy from too many participants (I know, good problem to have), then perhaps we could host and record multiple calls among smaller participant groups, and then interested folks could listen to the call they were unable to join. Could rotate participants randomly then. These are just some preliminary thoughts. Many of us are on islands managing our own little kingdoms, and it would be great to have increased engagement among similarly situated folks to help creatively solve problems. I also think there's an opportunity to move the needle politically on critical matters of importance to our industry. Never underestimate the power of the white coated folks (or their representatives) talking to lawmakers about the clear and evident problems in the healthcare system that could obviously be better addressed. We could probably have a more coordinated effort on that front than we do (RPAN acknowledged). I personally believe that RBMA should have a more focused experience tailored toward smaller groups dealing with common problems, and perhaps a forum like this could be a catalyst. What do you all think about these ideas?

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

All,

Good afternoon.  In the spirit of our collaboration, I wanted to take a moment and share the results of our survey.  I will work to compile the detail.  More to come.  Ideally we will see if RBMA leaders would be open to allowing us some space to meet and touch on some of these topics.  I am happy to facilitate the discussion.  

Anthony you are spot on!  I would be happy to help organize this effort.  I am curious if we might meet up at the fall SYNC conference and begin collaborations there.  I will work to begin building our agenda topics.  Thank you all who may have interest.  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RadSmallPractice

We have been successful in certain areas which could potentially help other groups, like using third party vendors to negotiate increases in our commercial rates. I've contemplated the idea of setting up some kind of quarterly or semiannual call among similarly situated professionals to share ideas and approaches to common shared problems or novel issues. I personally believe that specifically with regard to commercial reimbursement, a rising tide lifts all boats. If rates generally increase among small-medium sized groups (we're about 25 rads), then there's more overall leverage to push for increased rates elsewhere. I have several colleagues who might be willing to participate in a call like this, though I'm not sure I currently have the bandwidth to administer this personally. I'd think that we could have a point person who would aggregate submitted agenda items and then leave some room at the end for open dialogue for topical issues. If there was too much interest that made a call like this unwieldy from too many participants (I know, good problem to have), then perhaps we could host and record multiple calls among smaller participant groups, and then interested folks could listen to the call they were unable to join. Could rotate participants randomly then. These are just some preliminary thoughts. Many of us are on islands managing our own little kingdoms, and it would be great to have increased engagement among similarly situated folks to help creatively solve problems. I also think there's an opportunity to move the needle politically on critical matters of importance to our industry. Never underestimate the power of the white coated folks (or their representatives) talking to lawmakers about the clear and evident problems in the healthcare system that could obviously be better addressed. We could probably have a more coordinated effort on that front than we do (RPAN acknowledged). I personally believe that RBMA should have a more focused experience tailored toward smaller groups dealing with common problems, and perhaps a forum like this could be a catalyst. What do you all think about these ideas?

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

All,

Good afternoon.  In the spirit of our collaboration, I wanted to take a moment and share the results of our survey.  I will work to compile the detail.  More to come.  Ideally we will see if RBMA leaders would be open to allowing us some space to meet and touch on some of these topics.  I am happy to facilitate the discussion.  

Anthony you are spot on!  I would be happy to help organize this effort.  I am curious if we might meet up at the fall SYNC conference and begin collaborations there.  I will work to begin building our agenda topics.  Thank you all who may have interest.  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RadSmallPractice

We have been successful in certain areas which could potentially help other groups, like using third party vendors to negotiate increases in our commercial rates. I've contemplated the idea of setting up some kind of quarterly or semiannual call among similarly situated professionals to share ideas and approaches to common shared problems or novel issues. I personally believe that specifically with regard to commercial reimbursement, a rising tide lifts all boats. If rates generally increase among small-medium sized groups (we're about 25 rads), then there's more overall leverage to push for increased rates elsewhere. I have several colleagues who might be willing to participate in a call like this, though I'm not sure I currently have the bandwidth to administer this personally. I'd think that we could have a point person who would aggregate submitted agenda items and then leave some room at the end for open dialogue for topical issues. If there was too much interest that made a call like this unwieldy from too many participants (I know, good problem to have), then perhaps we could host and record multiple calls among smaller participant groups, and then interested folks could listen to the call they were unable to join. Could rotate participants randomly then. These are just some preliminary thoughts. Many of us are on islands managing our own little kingdoms, and it would be great to have increased engagement among similarly situated folks to help creatively solve problems. I also think there's an opportunity to move the needle politically on critical matters of importance to our industry. Never underestimate the power of the white coated folks (or their representatives) talking to lawmakers about the clear and evident problems in the healthcare system that could obviously be better addressed. We could probably have a more coordinated effort on that front than we do (RPAN acknowledged). I personally believe that RBMA should have a more focused experience tailored toward smaller groups dealing with common problems, and perhaps a forum like this could be a catalyst. What do you all think about these ideas?

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

This is what RBMA is all about.  I would submit that there are very few challenges unique to smaller practices, though their options for addressing them may be different.  Of course, we have to be careful to stay within the law in terms of collaboration.

If you're in a small practice, or a large one, post your issues here, or bring them to RBMA conferences to talk them over.  Chances are you will hear from someone who has dealt with it, or at a minimum you can connect with others who have the same challenge and collaborate to tackle it.  I can say that over the 24 years I've been an RBMA member, that approach has served me well.

I would caution against creating too many different channels for communication and collaboration.  I believe that tends to limit collaboration and exposure to new information, which is generally not in keeping with the spirit of progress through sharing. 

Dave

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

I love seeing the excitement around small group collaboration, and I agree with David's caution to avoid splitting off into a new entity or separate collaborative which will ultimately limit our communication further. Over the years I've found that we've got some amazing resources within this group who are willing to share ideas while keeping us in line on compliance issues.

I think Anthony had a great idea looking to RBMA to provide some more focus in this area.  Our group has 19 radiologists in rural MS, and I'd be interested in what ideas this group has as to what that might look like.  Should national events have a "small group" roundtable or specific networking event? Are we interested in quarterly roundtable webinars? "How to" toolkits?  etc.

I'm looking forward to hearing other ideas to keep this energy within our great organization.

This is what RBMA is all about.  I would submit that there are very few challenges unique to smaller practices, though their options for addressing them may be different.  Of course, we have to be careful to stay within the law in terms of collaboration.

If you're in a small practice, or a large one, post your issues here, or bring them to RBMA conferences to talk them over.  Chances are you will hear from someone who has dealt with it, or at a minimum you can connect with others who have the same challenge and collaborate to tackle it.  I can say that over the 24 years I've been an RBMA member, that approach has served me well.

I would caution against creating too many different channels for communication and collaboration.  I believe that tends to limit collaboration and exposure to new information, which is generally not in keeping with the spirit of progress through sharing. 

Dave

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

I love seeing the excitement around small group collaboration, and I agree with David's caution to avoid splitting off into a new entity or separate collaborative which will ultimately limit our communication further. Over the years I've found that we've got some amazing resources within this group who are willing to share ideas while keeping us in line on compliance issues.

I think Anthony had a great idea looking to RBMA to provide some more focus in this area.  Our group has 19 radiologists in rural MS, and I'd be interested in what ideas this group has as to what that might look like.  Should national events have a "small group" roundtable or specific networking event? Are we interested in quarterly roundtable webinars? "How to" toolkits?  etc.

I'm looking forward to hearing other ideas to keep this energy within our great organization.

This is what RBMA is all about.  I would submit that there are very few challenges unique to smaller practices, though their options for addressing them may be different.  Of course, we have to be careful to stay within the law in terms of collaboration.

If you're in a small practice, or a large one, post your issues here, or bring them to RBMA conferences to talk them over.  Chances are you will hear from someone who has dealt with it, or at a minimum you can connect with others who have the same challenge and collaborate to tackle it.  I can say that over the 24 years I've been an RBMA member, that approach has served me well.

I would caution against creating too many different channels for communication and collaboration.  I believe that tends to limit collaboration and exposure to new information, which is generally not in keeping with the spirit of progress through sharing. 

Dave

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Hi Everyone -

Shaeffer and group - yes, and great idea about national meetings.

@Janinne- yes! - let's make this happen for April.

We will discuss this idea in our Paradigm session planning meetings!  Thank you!

I love seeing the excitement around small group collaboration, and I agree with David's caution to avoid splitting off into a new entity or separate collaborative which will ultimately limit our communication further. Over the years I've found that we've got some amazing resources within this group who are willing to share ideas while keeping us in line on compliance issues.

I think Anthony had a great idea looking to RBMA to provide some more focus in this area.  Our group has 19 radiologists in rural MS, and I'd be interested in what ideas this group has as to what that might look like.  Should national events have a "small group" roundtable or specific networking event? Are we interested in quarterly roundtable webinars? "How to" toolkits?  etc.

I'm looking forward to hearing other ideas to keep this energy within our great organization.

This is what RBMA is all about.  I would submit that there are very few challenges unique to smaller practices, though their options for addressing them may be different.  Of course, we have to be careful to stay within the law in terms of collaboration.

If you're in a small practice, or a large one, post your issues here, or bring them to RBMA conferences to talk them over.  Chances are you will hear from someone who has dealt with it, or at a minimum you can connect with others who have the same challenge and collaborate to tackle it.  I can say that over the 24 years I've been an RBMA member, that approach has served me well.

I would caution against creating too many different channels for communication and collaboration.  I believe that tends to limit collaboration and exposure to new information, which is generally not in keeping with the spirit of progress through sharing. 

Dave

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

I love seeing the excitement around small group collaboration, and I agree with David's caution to avoid splitting off into a new entity or separate collaborative which will ultimately limit our communication further. Over the years I've found that we've got some amazing resources within this group who are willing to share ideas while keeping us in line on compliance issues.

I think Anthony had a great idea looking to RBMA to provide some more focus in this area.  Our group has 19 radiologists in rural MS, and I'd be interested in what ideas this group has as to what that might look like.  Should national events have a "small group" roundtable or specific networking event? Are we interested in quarterly roundtable webinars? "How to" toolkits?  etc.

I'm looking forward to hearing other ideas to keep this energy within our great organization.

This is what RBMA is all about.  I would submit that there are very few challenges unique to smaller practices, though their options for addressing them may be different.  Of course, we have to be careful to stay within the law in terms of collaboration.

If you're in a small practice, or a large one, post your issues here, or bring them to RBMA conferences to talk them over.  Chances are you will hear from someone who has dealt with it, or at a minimum you can connect with others who have the same challenge and collaborate to tackle it.  I can say that over the 24 years I've been an RBMA member, that approach has served me well.

I would caution against creating too many different channels for communication and collaboration.  I believe that tends to limit collaboration and exposure to new information, which is generally not in keeping with the spirit of progress through sharing. 

Dave

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
------------------------------

Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

------------------------------
Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

------------------------------
Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
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Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

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Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

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Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
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Linda,

This is a great post.  We also are a small practice who work to serve our community with excellence and personalized services.  There are a couple of groups we have come into contact with locally and beyond who often have larger affiliations.  I often think the collaboration and common opportunities small practice like each of ours face is not necessarily solved by large conglomerates in a manner conducive to preserving what matters most to our practices.  Often, the collaboration really depends on a common pain point. Solving for one pain point at a time in a methodical collaboration seems prudent.  I would love to connect with more small practices of single physicians up to 12 radiologists.  Let's establish a small think tank of opportunists who are out to beat the status quo of conglomeration.  We are in a day and age where innovative thinking may provide plenty of opportunity to maintain our respective identities.  Please let me know if you are interested. Linda and Keith what are your thoughts on us all working together to bring small independent practices together?

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Joseph Verderaime
CEO/COO
Cheyenne Radiology Group
Cheyenne CO

307-631-8519

Original Message:
Sent: 07-17-2024 13:52
From: Keith Chew
Subject: small practices working together

Original Message:
Sent: 7/17/2024 1:10:00 PM
From: Linda Bush
Subject: small practices working together

We are a small hospital based, private practice of 6 rads.  Like so many small practices, we struggle to recruit, compete with salaries and keep up with the hospital demands for turn around times.  We've put certain Band-Aids in place which have really helped us to continue forward and remain independent.  So far so good.  But almost weekly, I hear stories of groups just like ours, and often times twice the size, closing their doors.  Former employees have reached out to say their new practice is closing or thinking about closing or that their hospital wants to employ them.  I feel like there should be ways for groups like ours to help each other.  The overall concept is simple but the logistics of actually making it happen are very complicated.  Does anyone have experience in successfully collaborating with other groups?  I would love to speak with you about your experience.  Our industry in changing and we (small practices) all need to think outside the box in order to move forward.

Thank you!

Linda

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Linda Bush
Business Manager
Radiology Associates of Wyoming Valley
Dallas PA
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