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.
Integration & Physician Issues
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…
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More than 60 accountable care organizations have sprung up since November 2011, and the number of accountable care organizations nationwide has increased 38 percent over that time period, according to a recent Leavitt Partners white paper. The white paper discusses…
Iowa Health System in Des Moines and the Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group have finalized an affiliation agreement that will also bring QMG on as part of IHS' accountable care organization.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System has approved $125.7 million in capital funding for Scranton, Pa.-based Community Medical Center as part of its affiliation agreement with the medical center, in which Geisinger promised a $160 million investment over seven years, according…
This analysis, provided by Health Market Science and Pitney Bowes Software, was based on an evaluation of 940 U.S. markets. Small markets have less than 175,000 people, medium markets have up to 1 million and large markets exceed 1 million.…
Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health has brought on the Crossville (Tenn.) Medical Group as an affiliate of Covenant's physician practice organization, according to a Crossville Chronicle report.