Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth is expanding its participation in Pittsburgh-based Highmark's patient-centered medical home program to include its medical group practices.
Integration & Physician Issues
Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, healthcare provider organizations have explored sharing in cost savings with other providers and/or payors and taking on risk through accountable care organizations and other value-based care models. While the…
A Nevada bill would no longer require nurse practitioners to work under physician supervision, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
Hospitals, payors or physician groups — which entity has led the way with accountable care organizations since the first quarter of 2010?
It should not be surprising that the realignment of the industry, merging formerly competing entities, has not been a smooth course. Participants in integration efforts — whether from physician practices or from hospital administrations, experience significant and unanticipated difficulty in…
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Providing care in a coordinated model, such as an accountable care organization, requires a lot of data. “The success of the model depends upon data,” says Gary Palgon, the vice president of healthcare solutions at Liaison Healthcare. “The more data…
A hospital is only as good as the care it provides, and no hospital renders quality care to a patient without the leadership of a quality physician. However, the current and predicted 20 percent physician shortage in the next two…
Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Ill., will sell its primary care practices to Peoria-based OSF Healthcare Systems, according to a Peoria Journal Star report.
Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan has entered a three-year shared savings agreement with UnitedHealthcare, according to an AP/Boston Globe report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health Care have inked a four-year agreement under which the payor will provide UMass physicians with a global budget to care for Blue Cross HMO members, according to a…