It's often said that physician retention starts with a good recruit — a candidate that really "fits" into the practice, hospital/health system and community. That's truer today than ever before as supply and demand challenges create the anxiety to "fill…
Integration & Physician Issues
A coalition of 18 large employers and unions — including IBM, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations — has agreed to align with Medicare's value-based purchasing programs, according to an American…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, two Omaha-based hospitals — The Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Methodist Health System — and affiliated physicians have developed a "select-tier" healthcare network and insurance plan for Omaha-area residents, according to a news…
CMS' July announcement of 89 new accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program emphasizes a trend happening on the commercial side of things too: ACOs or similar models are sprouting up across the nation, with many health…
The American Medical Association has launched an online discussion community — the Cutting-edge Contracting Group — to help physicians, practice staff and contract experts connect and share tips and resources about contracting with managed care organizations.
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Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care and Aetna are forming an accountable care organization that will go into effect in 2013.
Roughly one-third of the country's physician workforce plans to retire or leave their practice in the next 10 years, according to Jackson Healthcare's Physician Practice Trends Survey 2012.
UCLA Health System is teaming up with CVS Caremark in an arrangement that makes UCLA physicians medical directors for 11 CVS MinuteClinics in Los Angeles County, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
As part of a multi-year agreement, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare will open access to healthcare services at all its hospitals and outpatient centers to Cigna-insured individuals and create clinically integrated organizations and accountable care organizations through Cigna's collaborative accountable care model,…
The Premier Healthcare Alliance has launched a bundled payment program to offer hospitals ongoing analysis, assessment and technical assistance to help in implementing bundled payment arrangements.