The National Health Care Workforce Commission, a 15-person independent nonpartisan panel created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has yet to meet because it has not been awarded a budget, according to a report by The New York…
Integration & Physician Issues
Hospitals are increasingly looking to partner with physicians on surgery center projects, hoping to build relationships with providers in the community and strengthen their market share. Here are 10 hospitals that planned or opened surgery center joint ventures in the…
Abington (Pa.) Health and Independence Blue Cross have created an accountable care initiative with Lumeris, a healthcare technology firm.
A physician's online rating is the least important factor for parents choosing a child's physician, according to this year's Ann Arbor, Mich.-based C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
Payment reform has been sweeping through healthcare under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Bundled payment models have grown in popularity, with CMS announcing the participants of its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program, and accountable care organizations with…
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About seven million people could be drastically affected by primary care physician shortages after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands insurance coverage next year, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
UnitedHealthcare and New West Physicians, a 65-physician primary care group practice and medical management company in Denver, are starting an accountable care organization.
There is no doubt that accountable care organizations are spreading throughout the country and different healthcare markets. In fact, according to David Muhlestein, a Leavitt Partners analyst, there are 428 commercial and Medicare ACOs spanning the country in every state…
Including both commercial and Medicare accountable care organizations, there are 428 total organizations in 49 states as of January, according to a Health Affairs blog entry by David Muhlestein, an analyst with Leavitt Partners.
Just 32 percent of the nation's pre-med students plan to become primary care physicians after earning their medical degrees, according to a recent Kaplan Test Prep survey.