Independent Medical Group Governance Resource Library

Structure your governance model

• Evolving Independent Medical Group Governance
  Learn the six elements of an effective medical group board that serves group-wide interests and focuses on long-term strategy.
  
  
• Independent Medical Group Board Structure Diagnostic
  Assess your board's alignment with our best practices and identify opportunities for improvement.

Scope roles in the decision-making process

• Decision-Making Matrix
  Understand the board, executive team, committee, and shareholder’s role in common decisions and proactively assign roles to make decision-making more efficient.
  
  
• Board Delegation Exercise
  Use this exercise to delegate decisions and agenda items that regularly come to board meetings to other leadership forums for deliberation.
  
  
• Ideal Board Member Exercise
  Agree on transparent criteria that your nominating committee can use to select future board members and build physician trust in the election process.
  
  
• Introduction to Board Service Ready-to-Use Slides
  Help new board members understand their roles and core responsibilities at independent groups.
  
  
• Sample Shareholder Onboarding Program
  Review how The Iowa Clinic onboards new physicians around shared expectations for what it means to be a shareholder and their role in decisions.

Ensure effective group governance

• Board Self-Evaluations
  Use this series of short audits to help your board continually evaluate the performance of their meetings, decision-making processes, and board members themselves.
  
  
• Meeting Agenda Templates
  Pick the right type of agenda for your next meeting to improve efficiency and ensure you meet your goals.
  
  
• Board and Committee Ground Rules Exercise
  Generate a list of ground rules for future meetings to build trust, establish norms for collaboration, and ensure everyone is on the same page.
  
  
• The Committee Effectiveness Toolkit
  Download this toolkit to improve the effectiveness of your committees and boost physician participation.
  
  
• Annual Committee Proposal Retrospective
  Learn how Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg retroactively reviews key board decisions to improve the quality of committee proposals.

Equip physicians for future board service

• How Independent Medical Groups Prepare Physicians for Board Service
  Learn how two groups partner with outside organizations to offer physician leadership training.
  
  
• Strengthening Your Physician Leadership Development Program
  While most independent groups partner out, those building an in-house leadership training program should answer the questions in this research report.
  
  
• The Physician Executive’s Guide to Succession Management
  Proactively identify your group’s next generation of physician leaders and board members.

Manage change across the organization

• The Physician Executive’s Guide to Change Leadership
  Use this toolkit to keep physicians front and center as you roll out any new initiative or change.
  
  
• Tools to Communicate Across the Physician Enterprise
  Craft a physician-specific communication strategy to ensure high-priority messages reach all physicians and advance large-scale change.