Integration & Physician Issues

Medical groups are calling on CMS to lessen the reporting period for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2018 and future years.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center sent letters to roughly 2,100 patients last week stating the hospital could no longer provide them with adequate neurology care, ABC-27 News reports.

Six months after finalizing a contract extension, Troy, Mich.-based Wayne State University Physician Group reportedly gave Detroit Medical Center officials an ultimatum to finalize the details of their contract by May 15 or risk terminating their agreement, according to The…

Police arrested an Atlantis, Fla.-based JFK Medical Center employee April 18 after he allegedly slapped a 70-year-old man during a road rage incident, according to WPTV News.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates healthcare will be one of the fastest-growing job markets during the next several years, according to Parade.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered the relocation of a statue of a controversial Civil War-era physician from Central Park to Brooklyn, N.Y., April 16. However, some Brooklyn residents have voiced concerns over the relocation, stating they don't…

A Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Medical Center nurse is being held on bond after she allegedly hired a company to kill the wife of the Maywood-based anesthesiologist she had been having an affair with, according to the Daily Herald.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health refuted claims made by a group of physicians seeking to break off from the health system that Atrium has been assigning patients to physicians who plan to remain with the organization, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.

A former Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospitals System physician reportedly spent more than $248,000 on unauthorized expenses like plane tickets, a piano and a radar detector, among other items, during his time at the institution, according to the Chicago…

A group of 92 physicians attempting to separate from Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health filed a complaint with the North Carolina Medical Board April 16, alleging the health system violated board regulations by intentionally misleading patients, according to WFAE 90.7 Radio.