Integration & Physician Issues

Healthcare reform is meant to make hospitals and physician offices more efficient, but that is proving to have its costs.

McLaren Medical Group, a subsidiary of Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care, plans to purchase Mid-Michigan Physicians, a 70-physiciain multispecialty group based in Lansing Township, according to a Lansing State Journal report.

North Country HealthCare, a publicly supported health center based in Flagstaff, Ariz., is developing a family medicine residency program, which will be the only community health center-owned residency in the state, according to an Arizona Daily Sun report.

Here are eight statistics on types of physician structures within U.S. community hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association's 2014 edition of AHA Hospital Statistics.

For the most part, many physicians expect the rise of incentive-based bonuses to benefit themselves and their patients, according to a survey by The Medicus Firm and MDLinx.com Career Center.

President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 includes funding increases for primary care workforce development programs, according to the National Association of Community Health Centers.

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Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem is establishing a residency program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Hospital/physician alignment strategies that foster cooperation and shared goals between hospitals and their medical staffs offer significant opportunities for efficiency and quality improvements.

In antitrust cases involving physician practices, damage estimations should consider the cost of providers delivering greater quantities of medical services as well as setting higher prices, according to an analysis performed by researchers from American University and Greylock McKinnon Associates.