Integration & Physician Issues

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based Holy Cross Hospital has announced its clinically integrated, 230-physician group, Holy Cross Physician Partners, will participate in the Florida Blue Accountable Care Program, effective Jan. 1.

Nurse practitioners can provide the same quality of care as physicians, and states can help alleviate the physician shortage by increasing NPs' scope of care, according to a recent National Governors Association report.

As accountable care organizations form across the country, their leaders are still determining which payment arrangements best align the organization's physicians with performance improvements and incentivize them to work toward the triple aim of ACOs: improving the quality of care…

Des Moines (Iowa) University medical school leaders are pushing to provide forgivable loans to medical students in Iowa who stay in the state after graduation, according to a KIMT report.

The move to value-based healthcare under healthcare reform poses a unique set of challenges to physician groups. In the new era of healthcare, physician groups will be responsible for new aspects of patient care, such as population health management, and…

An increasing number of physicians are giving up their independent practices to become employed by hospitals and health systems. In light of this trend, the American Medical Association reminded physicians that patient welfare must remain their first priority, not the…

Physicians across the country are most concerned about the lack of balance between their work and personal life, according to a recent survey conducted by Epocrates, maker of point-of-care medical software.

It is no secret that the nation is facing a dire physician shortage. A recent study from the Annals of Family Medicine determined the country will need about 52,000 more primary care physicians by 2025, and some hospitals and health…

Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh have poached a group of five obstetricians and gynecologists previously affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Some medical schools, including New York University in New York City, have begun offering medical students the option of graduating in three years instead of four, according to a New York Times report.