Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals has acquired a specialty practice to expand its physicians' network, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.
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St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., has launched a new physician hospital organization along with participating regional physicians.
Approximately one out of every ten patient-centered medical homes recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance is located in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross has been a big part of the state's medical home explosion ever since it launched…
Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group — a specialty physician group in the San Francisco area — is considering switching its affiliation from Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health to Palo Alto-based Stanford Hospital & Clinic's University HealthCare Alliance, according to a…
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care is changing the name of its various physician networks and bringing them under one umbrella: UNC Physicians Network.
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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.