Nancy Schlichting, the CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, says there are no easy answers in addressing primary care physician shortages, but paying PCPs more money is a place to start, according to a Bridge Michigan report.
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Another Exeter (N.H.) Hospital patient has tested positive for hepatitis C, bringing the total number of infected individuals to 21, according to a Seacoastonline.com report.
Torrance, California-based HealthCare Partners Medical Group was one of 32 accountable care organizations chosen to participate in CMS' Pioneer ACO Model on December 19, 2011. Additionally, HealthCare Partners, which manages and operates medical groups and affiliated physician networks in California,…
Medical practice professionals responding to MGMA-ACMPE’s fifth annual medical practice survey discussed some of the most glaring issues group practices face today. Here are the top ten challenges noted from the survey of more than 1,250 respondents. Managing finances with…
Yakima (Wash.) Heart Center has partnered with Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital, according to a Yakima Herald report.
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Mishawaka, Ind.-based health system Franciscan Alliance is negotiating a purchase agreement with Medical Specialists, the largest independent physician group in Northwest Indiana, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
The University of Washington-led Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho regional medical education program — also known as WWAMI — which promotes physician placement in rural and undeserved areas, is seeking to give Idaho a needed boost in its number…
Orlando-based Florida Hospital Medical Group is planning to add 300 to 400 physicians by 2015, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.
Twenty-two percent of physicians polled in the second annual National Physicians Survey said they are discussing joining an accountable care organization, up from 12 percent in 2011.
Owings Mills, Md.-based CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield paid out $23 million in bonuses to primary care physicians participating in patient-centered medical homes, and physicians earned $37 million from Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia through a similar initiative, according to an American…