Culpeper Medical Associates, a network of six primary care physician practices throughout central Virginia, has joined Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health System, effective April 1.
Integration & Physician Issues
Complementary and alternative medicine providers, such as practitioners of acupuncture and oriental medicine, chiropractors, direct-entry midwives and naturopathic physicians, are "generally unrecognized" by, but can fill a greater role in, the national healthcare landscape, according to a whitepaper generated by…
Hospitals, health systems and even insurers have been integrating with physician practices, seeking success under healthcare reform, and an article in the National Law Review breaks down four hospital-physician integration strategies that are evolving throughout the country.
Health insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh has acquired Pittsburgh-based Triangle Urological Group as part of its integrated healthcare delivery network, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
The national sequester, created by the Budget Control Act of 2011, will cut all Medicare graduate education funds by 2 percent, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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Centra Health, a two-hospital system based in Lynchburg, Va., has agreed to a five-year deal with Liberty University's College of Osteopathic Medicine to train new medical students, according to a News & Advance report.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital has filed a letter with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to acquire Asheville Neonatology, according to an Asheville Citizen-Times report.
Under new legislation passed by New Jersey's legislature, physicians would fill out a survey every two years which could allow the state to access the federal student loan-forgiveness program, according to a NJ Spotlight report.
Maintaining relationships with physicians is an integral component leading to a hospital's current and future financial success. "The only ones who admit patients and provide mainstream revenue to hospitals is the medical staff," says Joseph DeSilva, FACHE, partner at The…
More than 70 percent of nurse practitioners and physician assistants are satisfied with their jobs, according to a recent Jackson Healthcare survey, Advanced Practice Trends 2012-2013: An Attitude and Outlook Report on Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.