The Chicago-based physician group affiliated with Vanguard Health System — now part of Tenet Healthcare — is looking to double its size and add 70 employed physicians throughout the next year, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
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New England Baptist Hospital, an orthopedic specialty hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both in Boston, are aiming to create a top orthopedics destination through a strategic partnership.
Massachusetts is often hailed as the template for healthcare reform, but Boston Globe opinion columnist Jeff Jacoby sees that as a scary thought given a recent report on physician wait times.
Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services, a Catholic system, plans to partner with Seattle-based Pacific Medical Centers, or PacMed, according to a Puget Sound Business Journal report.
CMS is requesting applications for a new initiative, the Frontier Community Health Integration Project, which will test new models of coordinated and integrated care in rural areas.
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Demand for healthcare is set to grow, thanks in part to the new insurance exchanges, Medicaid expansion and aging baby boomers. As demand grows, so does the strain on the already limited number of primary care physicians.
A survey from Merritt Hawkins found it takes more than 45 days, on average, to schedule an appointment with a physician in the Boston area.
Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) Hospital has become a minority partner in Brookside Surgery Center, a multispecialty ambulatory surgery center in Battle Creek.
The Veterans Health Administration is in the midst of a dispute about a proposal to let advanced practice registered nurses practice without physician supervision, even in states that have laws requiring oversight, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
This content is sponsored by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. It's no secret that inpatient volumes are dropping at hospitals across the country: In 2011, there was an average of 111.8 inpatient hospital admissions per 1,000 people, down from an…