As the physician-led, team-based model of healthcare delivery continues to spread, the question of how these teams should be reimbursed has yet to be settled. But to further the conversation, the American Medical Association recently adopted recommendations for creating payment…
Integration & Physician Issues
A proposal currently in the Pennsylvania legislature would allow nurse practitioners in the state to practice without physician approval, according to a Lancaster Online report.
Javon Bea, president and CEO of Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System, and two experts from Towers Watson shared their thoughts on successful hospital-physician partnerships at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual CEO Roundtable on Nov. 14 in Chicago.
Learn how four healthcare leaders view hospital-physician arrangements.
At the Becker's Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable, held Nov. 14 in Chicago, William Cors, MD, chief medical officer of East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Health System discussed how to address the shift in medical staff models.
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Health insurer Aetna has partnered with Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, an independent oncology and hematology practice with four locations around the Philadelphia area, to launch a patient-centered medical home model for oncology.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has entered into an affiliation agreement with Cornerstone Health Care, a group of more than 370 healthcare providers based in High Point, N.C.
At the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable on Nov.14, industry experts discussed how healthcare reform impacts ambulatory surgery centers and group practices.
Although report cards showing the mortality rates of individual cardiac surgeons have been available in New York State for more than 20 years, a recent study found cardiologists made little use of this information when making referrals.
Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medical Center's Graduate Medical Education Program's family medicine residency program will welcome its first class of residents in June 2014.