Integration & Physician Issues

For the fourth year in a row, the number of medical school seniors matched with internal medicine residencies in the United States has increased.

The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Ohio) announced it has formed a joint venture with Miami Valley Hospital, also in Dayton, to enhance neonatal care.

The number of articles, whitepapers and reports being generated about accountable care organizations is increasing exponentially, with the vast majority covering the nuts and bolts of creating an ACO and exploring various payment strategies. These are all important issues to…

Raleigh, N.C.-based Rex Healthcare has formed a new neurosurgery practice in partnership with three neurosurgeons to expand neurosurgical care offered by the health system.

Many hospitals, health systems and physician groups across the country are pursuing accountable care organizations — as of January 2013, there were 428 total ACOs in every state except Delaware. However, the success of these organizations has yet to be…

Two congressmen have reintroduced a bill that would create pilot projects to test community-based primary care training models, according to an AAFP News Now report.

Hospitals' acquisitions of physician practices will likely result in higher healthcare costs, reduced physician productivity and more fragmented care, according to an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal.

A recent report by Valence Health provides a list of 19 questions health systems should ask as they work to develop accountable care.

More than half of the nation's hospitals acquire physician practices for four main reasons, according to a survey conducted by Jackson Healthcare.

State senators in California have introduced bills that would increase the scope of care for nurse practitioners, optometrists, pharmacists and physician assistants, according to a KGO-TV/Associated Press report.