Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Ill., and Alpha Med Physicians Group in Tinley Park, Ill., have launched a joint venture to open a specialized women's health center in Tinley Park, Ill., according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Integration & Physician Issues
An accountable care organization anchored by San Francisco-based Dignity Health has saved the California Public Employees' Retirement System $37 million for 2010 and 2011, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has announced an affiliation with Victoria Urological Associates, a four-physician practice in Asheville, N.C.
Sound Physicians, a hospitalist organization based in Tacoma, Wash., has announced it will provide hospitalist services for Mt. Airy Hospital in Cincinnati.
The New York State Department of Health has awarded more than $2.05 million to 21 hospitals, health centers, medical practices and physicians to increase physician placement in underserved areas.
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Wenatchee (Wash.) Valley Medical Center has announced a new agreement with the Douglas County Hospital District #2 in Waterville, Wash., to have the medical center take over and provide healthcare services at the district's Waterville Clinic.
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine is unveiling a new teaching program for physician trainees to practice value-based care.
The Marin-Sonoma IPA, an independent practice association with locations in California's Marin and Sonoma counties has changed its name to the Meritage Medical Network, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.
Lee Memorial Health System, based in Fort Myers, Fla., has announced a relationship with newly formed, Fort Meyers, Fla.-based physician group Inpatient Specialists of Southwest Florida.
The U.S. has 15,230 fewer primary care physicians than it currently needs, and that number could grow to 130,000 by 2025, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges included in a Bloomberg report.