This summer, Jackson, Mich.-based Allegiance Health welcomed resident physicians as part of four new residency programs in emergency medicine, family medicine, general surgery and traditional internship, a program for residents who have not decided on a specialty, according to a…
Integration & Physician Issues
Internal medicine and family medicine physicians are in short supply in Massachusetts for the eighth year in a row, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society's "2013 Physician Workforce Study."
Physician practices that became patient-centered medical homes reported higher operating costs compared to non-PCMH practices, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Cost Survey for Primary Care Practices: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data."
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.
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.
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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.
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.