Cardiology Consultants, a 21-physician practice with offices throughout the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, will soon join Sentara Medical Group, the physician arm of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare, according to a Virginian-Pilot report.
Integration & Physician Issues
Healthcare is one of the largest industries in our country, and interestingly, is one of the only, along with perhaps education, that lacks transparent and comprehensible metrics to objectively measure the quality of its products and services. This fundamental deficiency…
While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act means as many as 30 million Americans could receive health insurance in the coming years, there is a growing concern those newly insured individuals will have difficulty finding a primary care physician…
Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network has signed an affiliation agreement with Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, N.J.
Four healthcare organizations in Iowa have joined to create a new healthcare alliance — the University of Iowa Health Alliance — which will ultimately include more than 50 hospitals and more than 160 clinics.
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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.
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.