Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., has assumed ownership of the Marino Center for Integrative Health's Cambridge location effective July 1. Meanwhile, Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., has acquired Marino's Wellesley, Mass., center effective June 1.
Integration & Physician Issues
Springfield, Mass.-based Pioneer Valley Urology is closing its Greenfield, Mass.-based office, according to a report by The Recorder.
Primary care practices operating as medical homes in southeastern Pennsylvania reduced hospital costs by 44 percent over three years for diabetic patients, according to an Independence Blue Cross study.
When it comes to reducing healthcare costs, physicians are most enthusiastic about promoting a care continuum and eliminating fraud, according to a new survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Most physicians say they aren't familiar with significant aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a survey by LocumTenens.com.
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Braintree, Mass.-based New England Quality Care Alliance, a network of physicians affiliated with Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, announced that Healthcare South has signed a five-year affiliation to join the network.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey announced its 2012 Patient-Centered Medical Home Program has improved quality and reduced costs for its participating members.
TransforMED, a subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians, announced it has chosen 90 primary care practices to participate in a three-year patient-centered medical neighborhood pilot project.
Physicians say trial lawyers, health insurers and hospitals have a "major responsibility" in reducing healthcare costs — more than physicians, according to a new survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The number of physicians participating in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's patient-centered medical home program this year increased by 25 percent from 2012, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.