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Integration & Physician Issues

The number of medical school graduates who match to a family medicine residency position grew for the fourth consecutive year in 2013, according to the annual residency census conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Between 2005 and 2012, the number of physicians who accepted new Medicare patients rose from 87.9 percent to 90.7 percent, according to a report from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

Physicians in ELMCARE, a physician hospital organization affiliated with Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, have agreed to join Illinois Health Partners, a joint venture between Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., and DuPage Medical Group, a multispecialty practice in DuPage County, Ill.,…

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If recently introduced legislation passes in Illinois, physicians will have to verify their academic, employment and disciplinary records through an independent service before being given a license in the state, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Healthcare reform efforts have made physician alignment and integration of upmost importance for the future success of hospitals and health systems, because reimbursement is now dependent, at least in part, on more performance-driven metrics. The following stories from the past…

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