Few physicians believe accountable care organizations will improve healthcare quality and reduce cost, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation and conducted by Merritt Hawkins.
Integration & Physician Issues
A physician leaving one health system for employment at another can create a headache for patients, many of whom are left clueless as to where their long-term provider moved to practice, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Manhasset, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician association made up of 90 independent physician practices throughout New York, began moving toward forming an ACO in 2010, shortly after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act first passed. The IPA…
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, a subsidiary of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare in Chicago, is exploring the purchase of Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates, one of the largest independent physician practices in Chicago, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Many Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, and other commercial payors, have announced accountable care organizations with providers recently, increasing payor participation in coordinated-care, according to The AIS Report on Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans.
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Student debt and income expectations may be discouraging medical school students away from primary care careers into more highly paid specialty careers, according to researchers at Yeshiva University, East Carolina University and North Carolina State University.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has filed an application for a license to form a health maintenance organization catering to small and midsize employers, according to a report by Business Insurance.
Brach Eichler's New Jersey Health Care Monitor survey has shown that nearly 45 percent of physicians in the state are thinking about changing how they practice medicine in 2012.
A Black Book Rankings survey has revealed that data requirements will cost smaller accountable care organizations more than $1 million and large ACOs about $4 million before launching operations.
Milwaukee, Wis.-based Aurora Health Care's Lakeshore Medical Clinic has been selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, according to a report by the Milwaukee Business Journal.