St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has acquired multispecialty medical group Shawnee (Okla.) Medical Center Clinic.
Integration & Physician Issues
For accountable care organizations to be successful, they must provide integrated information access across providers, settings and activities. And in order to integrate, ACOs need health information technology solutions.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires all non-profit hospitals to prepare a Community Health Needs Assessment at least once every three years to maintain their tax-exempt status and avoid penalties. In its simplest form, a CHNA is a…
Seven primary care physicians with Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care are redirecting their referrals from a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare facility to Aurora hospitals that have more hospitalists available, according to a Journal Times report.
At a session at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, Jen Johnson, CFA, managing director, VMG Health, discussed compensation for co-management services and valuation issues related to these agreements.
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The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, has launched a survey to benchmark physician relations activities, according to an AHA News Now report.
Florida Hospital Medical Group, affiliated with Florida Hospital in Orlando, has purchased Winter Park Urology Associates and Urological Ambulatory Surgery Center, also in Orlando.
A one-year-old pilot accountable care organization between Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and health insurer Humana is increasing utilization of appropriate clinical laboratory testing and improving patient outcomes, according to a Business First report.
A new survey seeks to help accountable care organizations identify ways to improve efficiency and quality by assessing a patient's entire episode of care.
Sixty-three percent of physicians surveyed in a new AthenaHealth-Sermo report say they believe the shift to accountable care organizations will have a negative impact on quality of care. More than half of the physicians surveyed believe quality of care will…