Integration & Physician Issues

The following transactions or developments between hospitals and physician groups took place within the past month, beginning with the most recent.

One of the most essential elements of any accountable care organization is an electronic health information exchange that allows partners to share information across the organization. Seamlessly sharing information can help ACOs further coordinate care, mitigate risks and, ideally, improve…

Adventist Medical Center in Hanford, Calif., is using hospital staffing company CEP America to manage the hospital's inpatient services.

Cincinnati-based health system TriHealth has acquired the primary care-focused Family Medical Group, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.

A recent Merritt Hawkins physician recruitment survey indicates that hospital employment is on the rise and that solo practice may be on the decline.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.S. HealthWorks, the largest operator of occupational medicine and urgent care centers in the country.

A long-standing challenge for many executives is aligning the physician relations/liaisons and the marketing departments. No matter the industry, often we find these two related, but separate functions operating in silos.

University of Louisville (Ky.) Physicians' Preventative Cardiology practice has announced an affiliation with The Little Clinic, a chain of urgent care centers located in select Kroger stores throughout Louisville.

New patient care models are emerging in waves, each with their own acronym: accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes and consumer operated and oriented plans are just a few of the most well-known innovations. Another model more providers are considering…

The Colorado Health Medical Group, part of the newly formed University of Colorado Health, has announced it will partner with the Urology Center of the Rockies, according to a Coloradoan report.