Cincinnati-based TriHealth Physician Partners acquired two OB-GYN practices, adding four new physicians to its network of more than 560 physicians, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Integration & Physician Issues
A letter about New London, Ct.-based Lawrence+Memorial Hospital's "unnecessarily downward spiral" written by a physician to the hospital president and CEO is rapidly circulating through the ranks of the hospital's medical and administrative staff, according to The Day.
"We got it wrong and sincerely apologize. We are sorry," reads a letter from Richard J. Baron, MD, President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Cincinnati-based Oncology Hematology Care, Cincinnati's sixth largest physician group, brought in three new business leaders this year from Procter & Gamble to help maintain their independence and grow, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine are questioning when it is appropriate for healthcare providers to Google their patients.
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University of California, Riverside School of Medicine is set to launch a new family medicine residency program in Coachella Valley with a unique focus on community service, according to The Desert Sun.
An estimated 250 to 400 unlicensed foreign-trained physicians live in Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Department of Health report.
Over the past couple years, the anesthesia sector has rapidly consolidated: 40 practices have been acquired since 2012, accounting for 1,500 anesthesiologists nationwide, according to abeo, an anesthesia billing and practice management company.
The New England Patriot's Super Bowl win means Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD, president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, will be making good on a bet with Edward Benz Jr., MD, CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
While the shift from volume- to value-based payment models will reward primary care physicians for work they weren't paid for in the past, such as monitoring patients between appointments, specialists will find new compensation models most difficult, according to a…