The Government Accountability Office examined nine private payors and their practices for incentivizing physicians, finding some of their protocols may help CMS' performance-based reimbursement efforts.
Integration & Physician Issues
How much money do hospitals lose on employed physicians? According to the New England Journal of Medicine, operating shortfalls range from $150,000 to $250,000 per provider during each of the first three years of employment. But for many hospitals, these…
Many hospital and health systems are creating their own physician group practices in order to better move forward with coordinated, accountable care under healthcare reform. However, building and running a successful physician group practice post-reform presents its own unique challenges.Huron…
Berkshire Health Systems in Pittsfield, Mass., has affiliated with Williamstown (Mass.) Medical Partners, a group with 19 full- and part-time physicians and mid-level providers, according to a report by iBerkshires.
Kansas City, Mo.-based HCA Midwest Health System's multispecialty physician group, Midwest Physicians, has affiliated with College Park Family Care Center, a 60-physician group in Johnson County, Kan.
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St. Luke's Iowa Health System in Sioux City, Iowa, has announced a partnership agreement with Cardiovascular Associates, an 11-physician group in Sioux City, which took effect Jan. 1.
Five independent physician practices have joined the newly formed St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates, a physician-governed group that is a full affiliate corporation of St. Peter's Health Partners in Albany, N.Y.
St. James Healthcare in Butte, Mont., has acquired the Rocky Mountain Clinic, also in Butte, according to a Montana Standard report.
Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor announced that it has completed an agreement with Northeast Cardiology Associates in Bangor, Maine, to integrate the cardiology practice into its heart center.
San Francisco-based Dignity Health's physician network, the Southern California Integrated Care Network, has added a new local chapter in Ventura County, Calif., according to a Ventura County Star report.