Irving, Texas-based USMD Health System announced today the addition of three new physicians to support the increasing demand for healthcare services, meaning the network has added 18 physicians in total this year.
Integration & Physician Issues
Physicians are beginning to prescribe patients physical activity to improve the health of overweight patients, calling exercise a "vital sign" to be measured when recording other biometrics like pulse and blood pressure, according to the Wall Street Journal.
To say that not everyone is a fan of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would be to state the obvious, but the reasons given for opponents' umbrage with the law varies. For Scott Gottlieb, MD, one of the…
St. Louis-based Tiller-Hewitt HealthCare Strategies signed 43 hospitals and health systems to its Physician-Hospital Relations program this year, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Primary care physicians must identify and manage a wider range of conditions than most other specialists, introducing a high degree of complexity into their practice. Because of this, payers and policy makers should revisit payment criteria to ensure PCPs are…
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Partners HealthCare, a Boston-based integrated care system, announced plans to launch a number of urgent care clinics in eastern Massachusetts through a joint venture agreement with MedSpring Urgent Care. The project is called "Partners Urgent Care."
Tempe, Ariz.-based health insurer Health Net of Arizona entered into an agreement with Mesa, Ariz.-based accountable care organization, Banner Health Network, to continue to provide access to the network for Health Network Medicare Advantage patients.
Healthcare's triple aim — enhancing patient experience, improving population health and reducing costs — is a widely accepted set of priorities, but new studies suggest it may be failing to address a critical component of the healthcare model: the providers.
Los Angeles-based House Clinic and UCLA signed a letter of intent last week to form a clinical partnership joining their clinical and research facilities to form a specialized center for patient care, research and education in hearing, ear and skull-based…
Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System announced plans to buy the physical assets of Annville (Pa.) Family Medicine and employ the eight Annville physicians and all staff.