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Integration & Physician Issues

When asked to assign an overall grade to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 30.2 percent of physicians gave the healthcare reform bill an 'F,' according to The Medicus Firm's 2013 Physician Practice Preference & Relocation Survey.

Just 25.2 percent of new physicians enter the primary care field after leaving their residencies, suggesting residency programs produce too few primary care physicians to meet the nation's needs, according to a study by researchers at the George Washington University…

Paying physicians for their performance on quality and patient outcomes has become popular as the industry attempts to bend the cost curve and improve patient outcomes.  But, just because pay-for-performance is widespread does not mean the concept is wholly agreed…

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With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act taking full effect in 2014, and with the Baby Boomers set to double the portion of the U.S. population over 65 in the next 15 years, the number of people seeing physicians…

Retail clinics could double over the next three years, from the current 1,400 or so locations to more than 2,800, according to a report by Accenture.

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