Akron (Ohio) General Health System has entered an agreement with Sound Physicians, a hospitalist organization, to have Sound Physicians staff hospitalists at Akron General Medical Center.
Integration & Physician Issues
Nationally in 2012, there were 260.5 active physicians per 100,000 people, according to new data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges in its 2013 State Physician Workforce Data Book.
In an Oct. 15 webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, several executives with MedAssets — Executive Vice President and CMO Nick Sears, MD, Senior Vice President of Lean Healthcare Consulting Dave Munch, MD, and Vice President of Reimbursement Strategies and…
The following deals between hospitals and physicians — including acquisitions, affiliations, leasing arrangements and joint ventures — occurred or were announced since the end of September, starting with the most recent.
Hospitalists play an important role in patient care, treating acutely ill patients throughout their hospital stay. Demand for hospitalists is also in high demand: In 2012, hospitalists were the second-most placed specialty by The Medicus Firm.
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Clinically integrated networks have grown in number in recent years, as hospitals and physicians attempt to align for population health management. The groups in a CIN are linked contractually, electronically and through processes used to improve healthcare delivery, according to…
The number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education slots has been capped by the federal government since 1997, when the Balanced Budget Act passed, and the capped numbers of Medicare-sponsored residents per 100,000 people vary widely state to state, according to…
University of Nevada's schools in Reno and Las Vegas are nearing a preliminary partnership that could result in a new medical school in southern Nevada, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
The United States is facing a growing physician shortage, estimated to reach more than 90,000 physicians by the end of the decade. According to one recent Health Affairs article, creating primary care technicians, similar to emergency medical technicians and paramedics,…
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare will pay approximately $350 million to acquire Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, a 900-physician practice affiliated with the health system's namesake university, according to a Crain's Chicago report.