Many hospitals are beginning to recruit physicians while they are still residents because of the physician shortage, according to a report in The National Law Review. Indeed, 52 percent of physician residents and fellows who graduated in 2013 had job…
Integration & Physician Issues
Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center has launched a hospitalist program, according to an Inland Valley Daily Bulletin report.
Physicians make comments about patients' previous care and other physicians in nearly half of patient visits and the majority of those comments tend to be critical, potentially harming patient satisfaction, according to a survey from the Journal of Internal Medicine.
Compensation and reimbursement and work/life balance represent the most pressing career concerns for both practicing physicians and physicians in training, according to The Medicus Firm's 2013 "Physician Practice Preference & Relocation Survey."
The demand for family physicians has grown, which in turn has grown first-year guaranteed compensation for primary care physicians, according to an MGMA survey cited in an American Academy of Family Physicians report.
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A new law in Hawaii has given $1.8 million to fund a primary care training program at Hilo (Hawaii) Medical Center, according to a Big Island Now report.
More than 70 percent of practicing physicians and residents receive at least three solicitations each week about new practice opportunities, according to data from The Medicus Firm in an American Medical News report.
Three physician groups in Massachusetts have renewed their membership with the provider network associated with Tufts Medical Center in Boston, according to a Boston Business Journal report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's patient-centered medical home program, the largest PCMH program in the nation, saved about $155 million from July 2008 through June 2011, according to an analysis published recently in the Health Services Research Journal.
Acquiring and integrating physician practices could be driving up healthcare costs, according to a recent poll conducted by the American College of Physician Executives.