Research from North Carolina State University will allow the development of energy-efficient LED devices that use ultraviolet light to kill pathogens such as bacteria and viruses.
Integration & Physician Issues
Medicare's use of national growth factors to set target goals for accountable care organizations may cause ACOs participating in the Pioneer and Shared Savings programs to gain or lose money regardless of whether they improve delivery of care, according to…
Former Democratic presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis writes in a recent Boston Globe editorial that accountable care organizations are not the solution to controlling healthcare costs.
Providers fail to notice three-quarters of all performance incentives and end up losing an estimated $20 billion annually, according to findings from a recent ZS Associates study.
Hospital executives participate in a balancing act everyday. They have to keep many different people and organizations satisfied, and it isn't always easy. Further, the transformation from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance models throw another to-do on an executive's agenda: How to…
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The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership in Portland, Maine, has launched what it considers to be the nation's first independent statewide physician executive leadership institute.
Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Medical Group, the physician arm of Advocate Health Care, has acquired the Oak Lawn, Ill.-based Heart Institute for Children, according to a Crain’s Chicago Business report. The purchase will add thirteen pediatric cardiologists to Advocate’s medical…
Health insurer Aetna has announced plans to expand its accountable care relationship with the Phoenix-based Banner Health Network through integrated technology and records sharing.
The American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative released a report on hospital readiness for population-based accountable care, which presents findings from a 2011 national survey of hospitals. Among the findings in the report: Hospitals expect their revenue…
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System announced it has acquired South Texas Medical Clinics, a multispecialty physician group based in Wharton.