It is hard to argue that health systems and physicians contemplating taking on the challenge of moving to value-based reimbursement for Medicare beneficiaries have a lot to swallow in the next few years — eating the proverbial elephant. While the…
Integration & Physician Issues
National Surgical Hospitals, based in Chicago, has announced its current CEO and co-founder John G. Rex-Waller has been named vice chairman of the board.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center's UT Medical Group and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, both based in Memphis, are is talks to form a large physician group, according to a Commercial Appeal report.
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A research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests a need for medical boards to monitor online physician behaviors as diligently as it does real-life physician behaviors, according to a Health Day report.
Physicians with Hanover Orthopaedic Associates will continue to work at Hanover Hospital and Surgicenter after the practice’s merger with WellSpan Medical Group, according to a Penn Live report.
Here are five physicians recently joining surgery centers, according to various news sources.
Christy Franck, administrator at Montgomery Surgery Center in Rockville, Md., knows that understanding the competition in one's market is crucial to effective physician recruitment. Located just half an hour out of Washington, D.C., Ms. Franck's surgery center is in a…
Gastroenterologist Vinod Singh, MD, has joined Valley View Medical Center in Fort Mohave, Ariz., according to a Mohave Daily News report.
While many specialists are becoming employed by hospitals and health systems, orthopedic and spine surgeons are among the last hold-outs for private practice groups. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons census data for 2010, 43 percent of orthopedic…