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.
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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…
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Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System has teamed with Pennsylvania insurer Capital BlueCross to form an accountable care arrangement, an effort to enhance care coordination and patient satisfaction while reducing healthcare costs.
There is certainly a push for clinical integration among healthcare organizations of all sizes and types today; and for good reason. Clinical integration has been shown to improve quality and patient service and reduce per capita costs all while coordinating…
Partnerships between physicians and hospitals that stem from accountable care organizations present new administrative and legal challenges for the healthcare industry.
With accountable care organizations on a steady rise across parts of the nation — more than 60 have been created in the past six months — hospital and physician leaders involved in organizations are beginning to consider what is and…
Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tenn., has announced plans to acquire East Tennessee Medical Group for $24 million, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.