Participation in accountable care initiatives has more than doubled in the last 12 months, and a majority of healthcare leaders believe accountable care organizations will survive even if the Supreme Court strikes down healthcare reform legislation, according to the results…
Integration & Physician Issues
The Massachusetts Chapter for Service Professionals has named Stephen M. Kovach and Ray Taurasi, both from Healthmark Industries; Rose Seavey of Seavey Healthcare Consulting; and Martha Young of SAVVY Sterilization Solutions for Healthcare as recipients of the MCCSP 2012 Industry…
Camden (N.J.) GPS, part of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, is seeking to become an accountable care organization under a new law in New Jersey allowing for Medicaid ACOs, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
Health insurer Florida Blue recently partnered with Coral Gables, Fla.-based hospital Baptist Health South Florida and Miami-based oncology group Advanced Medical Specialties to form an accountable care organization aimed at providing care for cancer patients in South Florida. The group…
A survey in the Journal of Hospital Medicine tracking the extent hospitalists participate in unprofessional behaviors at hospitals found that 67 percent reported having personal conversations with one another in patient corridors.
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Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center has launched a physicians' network to acquire physicians' practices, according to a San Fernando Valley Business Journal report.
David Blom, CEO of OhioHealth in Columbus, said health systems' practice of "physician poaching" — especially for cardiologists — is not in the best interest of the community and only raises prices for patients, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has signed a merger agreement with the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology to expand the research functions of its ophthalmology department.
At a session at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, Allan Fine, senior vice president and chief strategy and operations officer, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Charles "Chuck" Peck, CEO, Health Inventures; Carole Guinane,…
St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has acquired multispecialty medical group Shawnee (Okla.) Medical Center Clinic.