Integration & Physician Issues

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has recognized more than 4,400 patient-centered medical homes nationwide for coordinating patient care and meeting specific quality standards.

High Point, N.C.-based multispecialty physician group Cornerstone Health Care has announced it will participate in Aetna's patient-centered medical home program.

When physicians commit to medicine, they take the Hippocratic Oath — the promise to practice medicine ethically and to keep patients at the forefront. However, rising healthcare costs are causing some physicians to ponder whether all patient care approaches are…

Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center and Eastern Niagara Health System, in Newfane and Lockport, N.Y., has joined with mental health services provider Horizon Health Services as co-leaders of a potential "health home" for Medicaid patients in the Niagara area,…

With CMS' recent announcement of 89 new Medicare Accountable Care Organizations, the healthcare world is once again abuzz with talk of ACOs.

Hospital executives must properly plan to structure a physician service agreement in order to avoid common pitfalls in the valuation process, according to a report by VMG Health (pdf).

Lebanon, N.H.-based health system Dartmouth-Hitchcock has acquired physicians formerly employed by Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., according to a Rutland Herald report.

A new white paper from the American Hospital Association's Physician Leadership Forum considers the core competencies needed to deliver coordinated, team-based, value-driven care, providing hospitals and physician groups with tips on training physicians to provide such care.

Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Health System's medical group and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina have launched a patient-centered medical home for patients with diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure.

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland will use $6.4 million of federal grant money to work with Cleveland-based University Hospitals and MetroHealth System to attract, hire and train physicians and medical staff to care for families on…