SSM St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., and SSM DePaul Health Center in St. Louis have been accepted by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation for two different "Bundled Payments for Care Improvement" pilot programs.
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Purchase, N.Y.-based Westmed Medical Group, a multi-specialty group medical practice with 250 physicians, and Aetna announced an agreement for Aetna to reward Westmed for meeting certain quality outcomes as part of a patient-centered medical home.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has formed a partnership with Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center.
To alleviate the country's shortage of primary care physicians, one economics professor from Princeton (N.J.) University has proposed that the healthcare providers be treated "as equally precious" as hedge fund managers, according to a New York Times' Econimix blog post.
More than three-quarters of health plans are either participating or planning to participate in an accountable care organization, according to a recent study done by Medecision.
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South Jersey Healthcare in Vineland, N.J., and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford have signed an agreement that designates the medical center as a major clinical affiliate of the osteopathic medical school.
Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System's Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, in affiliation with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for a fellowship training program…
Boston-based Partners HealthCare System has agreed to a new four-year contract with insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care that will put Partners on the hook for any fee-for-service payments that extend beyond an agreed-upon global payment budget, according to a Boston…
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has affiliated with Regional Surgical Specialists, a general surgery practice in Asheville with seven board-certified surgeons.
A recent study by athenahealth and Halley Consulting Group showed that about one quarter of primary care patients are being referred to specialists and detailed the most referred-to specialties.