In 2012, 74 percent of healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, medical groups, community health centers and government health facilities, used some type of locum tenens coverage, according to the "2013 Survey of Temporary Physician Staffing Trends" conducted by Staff Care,…
Integration & Physician Issues
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health announced plans to purchase and operate Sacramento-based Radiological Associates of Sacramento's radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging services, effective Feb. 1, 2014.
It is a phrase heard often in healthcare: Excellent clinical skills don't equate to excellent performance in leadership and management. In a landscape that increasingly needs physician leaders, health systems are remiss if they assume that the clinical training physicians…
As the physician-led, team-based model of healthcare delivery continues to spread, the question of how these teams should be reimbursed has yet to be settled. But to further the conversation, the American Medical Association recently adopted recommendations for creating payment…
A proposal currently in the Pennsylvania legislature would allow nurse practitioners in the state to practice without physician approval, according to a Lancaster Online report.
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Javon Bea, president and CEO of Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System, and two experts from Towers Watson shared their thoughts on successful hospital-physician partnerships at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual CEO Roundtable on Nov. 14 in Chicago.
Learn how four healthcare leaders view hospital-physician arrangements.
At the Becker's Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable, held Nov. 14 in Chicago, William Cors, MD, chief medical officer of East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Health System discussed how to address the shift in medical staff models.
Health insurer Aetna has partnered with Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, an independent oncology and hematology practice with four locations around the Philadelphia area, to launch a patient-centered medical home model for oncology.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has entered into an affiliation agreement with Cornerstone Health Care, a group of more than 370 healthcare providers based in High Point, N.C.