If your facility is one of so many around the country employing more physicians, then you know this relationship is spurring organizational change and having an impact on your business strategy.
Integration & Physician Issues
Two of Indianapolis-based WellPoint's patient-centered medical home pilots have met early goals of costs, utilization and quality, according to an article in Health Affairs.
An increasing number of hospitals have acquired independent imaging groups recently, according to a report by Diagnostic Imaging.
Primary care physicians are beginning to play a critical role in healthcare markets' transition to value-based reimbursement payment models and accountable care organizations, according to a recent white paper by Peter Shorett, a senior consultant at The Chartis Group.
The ever-growing physician shortage is only one reason that competition for physicians will increase in the coming years. Craig Hunter, senior vice president of Coker Group, explained in a recent webinar that there are several factors at play that will…
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Hospital alignment with physician practices is becoming a common practice, and according to Phil Dalton, president and founder of Medical Development Specialists, it will become even more common as healthcare moves toward coordinated care.
1. Increased consolidation. We are seeing increased consolidation at the hospital, physician and payor level. Hospitals are consolidating with other hospitals and/or acquiring practices. Payors have already greatly consolidated with other health plans and are now increasingly seeking to own…
Dallas-based Methodist Health System has announced it is now a member of the Premier healthcare alliance initiative that unites providers participating in accountable care organizations.
1. Increased consolidation. We are seeing increased consolidation at the hospital, physician and payor level. Hospitals are consolidating with other hospitals and/or acquiring practices. Payors have already greatly consolidated with other health plans and are now increasingly seeking to own…
The American Academy of Family Physicians cautions against substituting nurse practitioners for physicians as a stop-gap answer to the primary care physician shortage.