Primary care and specialist physicians often do not get referral information from each other, but there are ways to improve communications, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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When hospitals purchase ASCs from physician-owners and convert them into hospital outpatient departments, they may also set up co-management arrangements with former physician-owners. "The co-management vehicle allows for the development, management, efficiency and quality improvement of the HOPD by rewarding…
Presaging what might happen under federal healthcare reform, a study of the effects of Massachusetts' reform finds many residents are visiting EDs because they can’t find a primary care physician, according to a report by the Boston Herald.
Hillcrest Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, will hold the grand opening of its $163 million expansion today, according to a News-Herald report.
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Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C., has garnered national attention, including that from the Obama administration, for its experiment in community care, according to a Washington Post report.
In an interview in the Journal of the American Medical Association, CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, comments support for healthcare reform, the key ingredients for healthcare integration and the need for new payment systems.
NYU Langone Medical Center has leased space to establish a women’s medical center on New York City’s Upper East Side, according to a Commercial Observer report.
Non-profit Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisc., is taking an innovative approach in its five-year strategic planning efforts. Community members are becoming highly involved in the process, bringing planning out of the boardroom and back into the community.
Employers are increasingly willing narrow their networks of hospitals and physicians in return for lower premiums, according to report by American Medical News.