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.
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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.
At the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable on Nov.14, industry experts discussed how healthcare reform impacts ambulatory surgery centers and group practices.
Although report cards showing the mortality rates of individual cardiac surgeons have been available in New York State for more than 20 years, a recent study found cardiologists made little use of this information when making referrals.
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Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medical Center's Graduate Medical Education Program's family medicine residency program will welcome its first class of residents in June 2014.
Akron (Ohio) General Health System has entered an agreement with Sound Physicians, a hospitalist organization, to have Sound Physicians staff hospitalists at Akron General Medical Center.
Nationally in 2012, there were 260.5 active physicians per 100,000 people, according to new data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges in its 2013 State Physician Workforce Data Book.
In an Oct. 15 webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, several executives with MedAssets — Executive Vice President and CMO Nick Sears, MD, Senior Vice President of Lean Healthcare Consulting Dave Munch, MD, and Vice President of Reimbursement Strategies and…
The following deals between hospitals and physicians — including acquisitions, affiliations, leasing arrangements and joint ventures — occurred or were announced since the end of September, starting with the most recent.