Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center has acquired Upstate Surgical Group, P.C., an eight-physician general surgery group with locations in Liverpool and Fayetteville, N.Y.
Integration & Physician Issues
Despite the trend in healthcare of hospitals and health systems acquiring and employing physicians, more than half of physicians — 53.2 percent — were self-employed in 2012, according to a study recently released by the American Medical Association.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has formed a joint venture with Gentiva Health Services, a national home health and hospice family of companies with 400 nationwide locations, to focus on post-hospital care.
Providers that have designed and implemented bundled payments say persuading physicians to deliver against the bundles, integrating data and running the performance-based model while operating on fee-for-service are some of the top challenges, according to a recent survey from Booz…
Student loan forgiveness for physicians in New Jersey is a possibility, as a bill detailing a proposed program has been sent to the state senate, according to a report by The Star-Ledger.
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For most hospitals and health systems lacking one, building a clinically integrated network is a main strategic priority moving forward, according to Max Reiboldt, president and CEO of Coker Group. "I rarely go to a client these days where it…
Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System has acquired Surgical Associates of Fox Valley, a five-surgeon practice in Crystal Lake, effective Oct. 1.
St. Mary's Health System in Athens, Ga., and Gwinnett Medical System in Lawrenceville, Ga., have been awarded funds to help them create residency programs, according to a report by The Augusta Chronicle.
Among all hospitals, physicians and provider organizations, there is one resonating goal right now: "making the health system work better for everyone," said Miles Snowden, MD, CMO of Optum.
Seven CHRISTUS Health hospitals in Texas and Louisiana have contracted with hospitalist-staffing organization Sound Physicians, for hospitalist services.