Leaders at Hennepin Healthcare say the Minneapolis-based health system is releasing an updated educational module for law enforcement agencies and will no longer allow its physicians to be dually employed by the health system as a medical staff member and…
Integration & Physician Issues
Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center named Robert Weitzman its vice president for ambulatory care March 29.
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has tapped Hye-Chun Hur, MD, to direct gynecology services at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn.
A great deal of the conversation around value-based care revolves around alternative payment models.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are seeking comments on ways merger guidelines should be updated, and physicians are raising concerns about private equity-backed buyouts of provider practices.
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Asheville Watchdog says at least 223 physicians have exited Mission Health since HCA Healthcare took over the health system in 2019. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has declined to say how many physicians have left.
Women, including female physicians, were hit hard during the pandemic, as they juggled their careers and a plethora of caregiving responsibilities, according to Vinnet Arora, MD, speaking on a March 21 American Medical Association podcast.
About 41 percent of family physicians reported being named in a malpractice lawsuit in 2021, down from 49 percent two years earlier, according to Medscape's latest "Family Physician Malpractice Report."
Patients of color are significantly less likely to have healthcare providers of the same race compared with white patients, signaling a need to diversify the healthcare workforce to help promote equity and reduce disparities, according to a study published March 23 by…
San Francisco-based Dignity Health has selected Justin Fu, MD, to serve a two-year term as chief of staff at its St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif.