New York Downtown Hospital in Lower Manhattan is axing its residency program and will cease to be a teaching hospital at the end of June, according to a WNYC report.
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Two providers from Sandhills Internal Medicine Clinic in Rockingham, N.C. have affiliated with Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas' medical group.
More than half of the nation's hospitals plan to acquire physician practices this year, according to a survey conducted by Jackson Healthcare.
Aetna and Farmington, Conn.-based ProHealth Physicians, a healthcare delivery system with more than 300 primary care providers, have announced an accountable care collaboration.
Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center, part of Barnabas Health based in West Orange, N.J., has formed a partnership with rehabilitation and long-term care network Alaris Health, also based in West Orange, according to a report by NJBIZ.
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Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown and Hiram (Ohio) College have forged a new partnership to identify and recruit high-achieving liberal arts students who want to pursue a medical degree and provide primary care services or serve medically underserved populations.
Mayo Regional Hospital based in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, announced it had finished its purchase of 5,100-square-foot Corinth (Maine) Family Medicine building from Bangor-based Sunbury Medical Associates and will reopen the facility March 18 once renovations are complete.
Attributing patients to an accountable care organization retrospectively may be more beneficial than prospective attribution, according to a study in Health Affairs.
New Bern, N.C.-based CarolinaEast Health System has acquired an ear, nose and throat practice, adding four physicians to the system's ranks, according to a Sun Journal report.