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.
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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.
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.
The road to creating a horizontally oriented structure in the face of a well-established vertical business structure model is not typically easily accomplished. The course of constructing the service line, in most institutions, is transformative. Virtually every reporting relationship and…