WHEN SIZE MATTERS...
COMBINING SCALE, SPECIALIZATION & SKILL
How big is big enough to effectively compete? Can excess growth hurt strategy? These are questions every CEO faces. They become especially pertinent when industries are undergoing rapid consolidation and reorganization. Arguably nowhere is such a change happening more than in US healthcare today. Health systems are aggressively shopping for primary care providers. In 2012 40% of primary care physicians were hospital or health system employed, up from 20% in 2004.[1] Hea