Physicians and Administrators: A Growing Conflict and What to Do About It

While more physicians are employed by healthcare systems than ever, more and more physicians are burnt out, leaving medicine completely or very unhappy with their jobs. At the same time, healthcare administrators are also experiencing high levels of burnout as hospitals are increasingly operating with negative margins and are forced to merge into ever growing heath systems in order to compete in the healthcare markets and to negotiate better insurance rates with insurance companies. The regulatory and payment framework is becoming more challenging to navigate and insurance companies are decreasing reimbursements for services or denying payments, including Medicare that every year decreases reimbursements for physician services. This is an environment rife with complexity, serious challenges, and conflict.

While both physicians and administrators 'think' they understand each others' perspectives, they don't truly take the time to create collaborations and relationships in order to tackle these challenges together. In this session we will propose ideas of how this collaboration can be improved.

Why you should Attend

If you're a doctor struggling with your hospital administration, frustrated, feeling disrespected and undermined, this is for you to better understand the problem and find solutions

If you're an administrator, having frequent conflict with your physician groups and wishing to improve the relationship, this is for you to better understand the problem and find solutions

Areas Covered in the Session

The current healthcare system from a business and regulatory perspective
The current dynamic between hospital and system administrators and physicians
The background of the conflict
Physicians as leaders and executives as managers
Steps towards better collaboration and communication, understanding and aligning our true purpose

Who Will Benefit

MD's
MHA's
MBA's
CEO's
CMO's
COO's
Department Chairs
Directors

Speaker Profile

Marzena Buzanowska MD MHA is a physician and Medical Director in private practice in Columbus, GA. Prior to joining private practice, she worked at a large health system. Through this experience she has gained a system perspective as well as a hands on understanding of the business and reality of running a medical practice. She is also involved with health policy and legislation at the national level through professional societies and she speaks nationally and coaches on healthcare leadership.