Blackstone Valley Community Health Care is a federally qualified health center that provides primary medical, dental and behavioral healthcare in Pawtucket and Central Falls, R.I. The providers at BVCHC — currently eight physicians, five dentists, two pharmacists and a myriad…
Integration & Physician Issues
Physician recruitment is a difficult process for most hospitals and health systems. It requires months of planning and effort to get a physician in the door. So, after all of that work and effort, it is especially painful — and…
As the accountable care organization model spreads across the country, some organizations have sought and received ACO accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Columbia Valley Community Health, Central Washington Hospital and the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, all in Wenatchee, Wash., are discussing plans to establish a family medicine residency center, according to a report by The Wenatchee World.
Seguin, Texas-based Guadalupe Regional Medical Center will begin negotiating the purchase of South Texas Surgical Center, according to a Seguin Gazette report.
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A bill in Oregon could restore a loan repayment program to assist primary care providers who would work in underserved areas of the state, according to The Lund Report.
The physician shortage in New York State is reaching critical levels, as the state currently needs more than 1,200 physicians, according to the results of Healthcare Association of New York State's 2012 Physician Advocacy Survey.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has accredited The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as an accountable care organization.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion that a proposed arrangement between a 280-physician group and Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System would not prompt antitrust challenges.
Minneapolis-based Allina Health; Duluth, Minn.-based Benedictine Health System and Presbyterian Homes & Services in St. Paul, Minn., will collaborate to create transitional care centers which will give post-acute care patients an environment as they transition from hospital to home.