Integration & Physician Issues

A survey published in Health Affairs found that, while patient-centered medical home practices are seeking patient feedback, less than a third of them are engaging patients in quality improvement.

Physician assistants in Kentucky are lobbying to repeal a law that limits their scope of practice, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Phoenix Medical Group, a multispecialty group with 24 physicians, has signed a lease with Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich., for a medical office building on the hospital's campus, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

The Illinois State Medical Society is backing House Bill 1001, which aims to restore money to the Medical Disciplinary Fund by raising initial licensure and renewal fees by 67 percent, among other adjustments.

The American Academy of Family Physicians recently released a report, submitted to the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Health, offering suggestions on how to increase the number of primary care physicians and meet the increasing demand for…

Methodist Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., has aligned with four new physicians as part of the system's physician alignment strategy.

The Mayo Clinic Health System Grand Meadow (Minn.) Clinic will close in March because a physician cannot be found to replace Michael Gregg, MD, who is retiring, according to a Post-Bulletin report.

Boston-based Steward Health Care System expanded its physician network by 14 percent in 2011, which totaled more than 1,800 affiliated physicians, according to a report (pdf) from the Massachusetts attorney general's office.

In a January 23 webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, experts from Objective Health, a McKinsey Solution, discussed key enablers for the development of population health strategies. The webinar featured James Stanford, client service executive with Objective Health, and Luis…

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, an eight-hospital system, and Walgreens subsidiary Take Care Health Systems have announced a clinical collaboration agreement in which the walk-in clinics will act as extensions of Community Health Network.