An increase in the number of physicians specializing in hospital care gives some hospital and healthcare leaders cause for concern about a growing primary care physician shortage, according to a Tulsa World report.
Integration & Physician Issues
A dozen practices in the Haddon Heights, N.J.-based multispecialty physicians network Lourdes Medical Associates — part of the Camden, N.J.-based Lourdes Health System — have received patient-centered medical home recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, according to a…
CMS announced in April its list of the 27 inaugural accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, adding to the 32 Pioneer ACOs that preceded the MSSP participants. While the March 30 deadline to apply for the…
Marc S. Shiffman, MD, an internist and the principal of Summit Internal Medicine in Frisco, Colo., can longer stay afloat as a solo practicioner.
CMS announced last month its anticipated list of the first 27 accountable care organizations selected for the Medicare Shared Saving Program. CEO Judy Rich of Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center, the medical center in Arizona Connected Care, one of the 27…
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Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida is teaming up with the state's largest health insurer Florida Blue and Miami-based oncology group Advanced Medical Specialties to form an accountable care organization.
A recent Medscape survey of 24,000 physicians reveals that a majority feel they will lose income in an accountable care organization and that there will be no reduction in the amount of tests, procedures and treatments they will perform under…
Homer, Alaska-based South Peninsula Hospital will purchase the physician-owned Homer Medical Clinic, according to a Homer Tribune report.
Ocala, Fla.-based Munroe Regional Medical Center will bring on Ocala Surgical Associates, making the four surgeon associates employees of the hospital, according to a Star Banner report.
Becker's Hospital Review has compiled a list of 20 questions to help hospitals assess how well they align with physicians.