For instance, large urban hospitals pursue physician alignment to prepare for risk-based payments and to boost their population health management strategies. Small rural hospitals, on the other hand, align with physicians as a way to grow referrals.
Additionally, large urban hospitals are three times more likely to participate in joint ventures, clinical co-management arrangements, clinically integrated networks and other similar physician affiliations than small rural hospitals.
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