Cypress Heart in Wichita, Kan., which has been affiliated with Kansas Medical Center in Andover, will now be merging with Heartland Cardiology in Wichita, according to a blog affiliated with The Wichita Eagle.
Integration & Physician Issues
The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board has proposed tightening rules for physicians as part of the first revision of the state's regulations governing physicians in decades, according to a Journal Sentinel Online report.
Hospitals can charge patients facility fees of more than $1,000 if they see physicians who work in an office that is owned by the hospital, according to a report by The Boston Globe.
As primary care-centered accountable care organizations gained popularity across the country, a newer model of disease-specific ACOs has hit the scene and could provide more value than the original, according to an American Medical News report.
The American Medical Association has promised $10 million in grants to a yet-to-be-determined group of medical schools to help the schools innovate medical education, according to an American Medical News report.
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Crystal Run Healthcare is a multi-specialty group medical practice headquartered in Middletown, N.Y., which provides services primarily in Orange and Sullivan Counties of New York. The group was formed in 1996 and has been working to provide high quality, coordinated…
The Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing on the primary care crisis Tuesday.
The Kansas City, Kan.-based University of Kansas Hospital has announced a plan to form a clinical enterprise with University of Kansas Physicians, an independent organization that manages 18 physician practices, and the University of Kansas Medical Center, also in Kansas…
Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark is expanding its patient-centered medical home initiative from 160 primary care physicians to roughly 1,050.
Cincinnati-based The Christ Hospital's physician group, The Christ Hospital Physicians, recently acquired two physician groups: The ENT Group and the Cincinnati Spine Institute.