The patient-centered medical home model has spread throughout the country as of late, riding on the promise of coordinated care and improved quality. And, according to a three-year study conducted by Philadelphia-based health insurer Independence Blue Cross, PCMHs do lead…
Integration & Physician Issues
Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill discussed the FTC's policies surrounding accountable are organizations and antitrust laws at a recent speech in Washington, D.C., according to a National Law Review article.
Mount Sinai Medical Center's school of medicine in New York City has used generous mortgages for real estate in the city to attract some of its most-sought-after physicians, according to a New York Daily News report.
Primary care is evolving. Health systems have long recognized the need for control of primary care to feed their secondary and tertiary services. Population health and financial risk-sharing models have increased the urgency to tightly align primary care. Successful health…
Value-based contracting is the standard most hospitals and health systems are trying to achieve right now, but getting to that state takes several calculated steps between physicians and healthcare executives.
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Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare will take on $68 million in debt when it merges with Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, the physician group of Chicago-based Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Less than half of foreign-trained immigrant physicians who apply for American medical residencies succeed, and those who do face a time-consuming, rigorous licensure process, according to a New York Times report.
The Cincinnati area is short 200 primary care physicians currently, and that shortage is expected to grow, according to a recent study by The Health Collaborative and covered by WCPO.
The physician groups of Mercy Health Muskegon (Mich.) and Advantage Health/Saint Mary's in Grand Rapids, Mich., have come together to form Mercy Health Physician Partners.
Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health, an alliance of six community-based medical groups and a home healthcare and hospice agency, has signed a strategic affiliation agreement with Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.