Only roughly 6 percent of Washington, D.C.'s physicians are primary care physicians who spend more than 20 hours a week treating patients, according to Washington Post coverage of a District of Columbia Board of Medicine report.
Integration & Physician Issues
The following deals between hospitals and physicians — including acquisitions, affiliations, leasing arrangements and joint ventures — occurred or were announced within the last two months, starting with the most recent.
The number of physician practices with patient-centered medical home recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance has grown from 38 when the program started in 2008 to 6,000 this month.
Several new residency programs popped up at hospitals and health systems across the country this year, such as Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich., and Kennewick (Wash.) General Hospital. Additionally, many other hospitals have announced plans to welcome residents in the…
With the physician shortage looming nationwide, several hospitals and health systems have opened or have announced plans to open residency programs. Residency programs can help combat the physician shortage in the organizations' area, as residents are likely to set up…
Advertisement
More than three-quarters — 77 percent — of physicians in Massachusetts said they find their careers rewarding, but are less satisfied in specific areas of the job, according to data from the Massachusetts Medical Society's "2013 Physician Workforce Study."
Since shortly before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law, hospital and health system acquisitions of physician practices have picked up, driven by changing reimbursement models, the cost of healthcare reform compliance and the push to align care…
This summer, Jackson, Mich.-based Allegiance Health welcomed resident physicians as part of four new residency programs in emergency medicine, family medicine, general surgery and traditional internship, a program for residents who have not decided on a specialty, according to a…
Internal medicine and family medicine physicians are in short supply in Massachusetts for the eighth year in a row, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society's "2013 Physician Workforce Study."
Physician practices that became patient-centered medical homes reported higher operating costs compared to non-PCMH practices, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Cost Survey for Primary Care Practices: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data."