Integration & Physician Issues

In today's medical practice environment where quality, patient care, cost and profitability are critical factors for success, physicians and practice managers are looking for different ways to deliver new and existing services to enhance practice performance and offer more value…

Physician alignment and integration is one of the keys to success in the future healthcare landscape. For instance, for quality improvement projects and accountable care efforts to work, physician involvement is necessary. And hospitals and health system are taking notice:…

The Nurse Practitioners Modernization Act, which will allow New York nurse practitioners more latitude to practice independently of physicians, is set to pass before the end of the week, according to a report from Syracuse.com.

Here are nine statistics on specialties with the happiest physicians, according to Medscape's 2014 Physician Lifestyle Report.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network and Emergency Medicine Physicians, a physician-owned emergency department group, have formed a joint venture to manage emergency departments at nine Pennsylvania sites.

A bill reauthorizing the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program is heading to President Barack Obama's desk after passing through the U.S. House Tuesday, according to an AHA News Now report.

Spectrum Medical Group in South Portland, Maine, and OA Centers for Orthopaedics in Portland, Maine, have merged operations to become the largest, nonhospital-affiliated healthcare provider in the state.

Kansas Senate Bill 326 would allow advanced practice registered nurses in the state more freedom to perform medical services without the direct supervision of a physician.

Destination Medical Center — Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's $5 billion, 20-year expansion plan — is expected to generate tens of thousands of jobs, a decent number of those being physicians, according to a Post-Bulletin report.

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