Integration & Physician Issues

Twenty-six percent of primary care physicians report poor financial health, according to a recent QuantiaMD survey.

Don't look now, but the face of healthcare in the United States is about to change. The results will be better care, better patient outcomes, lower costs (or slowing of cost increases) and more financially sound providers. It would appear…

St. Louis Park, Minn.-based Park Nicollet Health Services is teaming up with non-profit payor Medica to establish an accountable care organization option for people who receive insurance coverage from employers purchasing Medica health plans, according to a news release.

Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital has acquired Logansport Surgical Associates, according to a Pharos-Tribune report.

Residents transitioning into medical practice are looking for perks to help them financially in the first few years after medical school, according to a Utica Observer-Dispatch report.

A new heat map shows the variance in size of the newest accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, specifically how many physicians participate in each ACO.

Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Health plans to merge its Via Christi Medical Association and Via Christi Clinic, effective Oct. 1, according to a Wichita Eagle report.

A recent white paper from pro-independent practice group the Physicians Foundation offers five recommendations to keep independent practices afloat in an era of increasing practice mergers and hospital acquisitions.

Five hospitals in southwest Georgia have established the South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium to expand medical education and residency programs, according to a news release.

Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., is developing a new fetal care center to deliver babies with congenital defects or other problems that may require procedures immediately after birth, according to an Omaha World-Herald report.