Cigna's collaborative accountable care initiative, launched in 2008, has shown early results of lower cost and improved care, according to study data recently published in Health Affairs.
Integration & Physician Issues
Physician Associates' pending $50 million sale to Orlando (Fla.) Health will leave each of the group's 95 physicians with about $500,000, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
The Everett (Wash.) Clinic, a physician group practice with about 400 physicians, and Group Health Cooperative, a member-owned healthcare co-op, have announced they will form an accountable care organization to serve Group Health's Medicare Advantage members, according to a report…
The Supreme Court's June ruling on the healthcare reform law and recent presidential election may have slowed transactions between hospitals and physician practices, but experts say activity is likely to pick up again, according to an American Medical News report.
I've been a hospital administrator for nearly 30 years and have helped lead a variety of hospitals in urban, suburban and rural settings. Whether or not our plan was to gain market share or to fill gaps due to retirements,…
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Naperville, Ill.-based Edward Hospital and Health Services is launching retail clinics in Jewel-Osco pharmacies.
Healthcare experts have been predicting the impending primary care physician shortage for years because it is the result of long-term trends in healthcare. Therefore, truly solving the shortage will take long-term solutions. "Systematically solving the shortage will take some time,"…
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has increased the number of physicians on its payroll by 12 percent, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 sanctioned the development of accountable care organizations, healthcare groups have been divided on whether or not to participate.While some industry leaders view the initiative as an opportunity to lower the…
WellPoint has partnered with the American College of Physicians to expand access to ACP's Medical Home Builder 2.0 to 20,000 physician practices in 14 states.