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In the second edition of a three-part series on co-management agreements, two experts from Surgical Care Affiliates discuss problems the model might encounter after it has been launched. These issues include standstills with performance and declines in physician engagement.

Oregon hospitals and health systems directly and indirectly generated more than 129,000 full- and part-time jobs in 2010, an increase of 3.5 percent from 2009, according to a report from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (pdf).

Some hospitals pay thousands of dollars more than others for implantable medical devices — such as cardiac defibrillators and hip and knee joint replacements — and those excess costs may be passed onto Medicare, according to a report from the…

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