Integration & Physician Issues

A collaboration of Montana hospitals has applied for the three-year, $16 million Innovative Challenge Grant from CMS to form an accountable care organization with 48 of the state's rural hospitals, according to a Montana Watchdog report.

The Connecticut State Medical Society-IPA and the American College of Physicians have launched online software for primary care practices interested in pursuing the patient centered medical home model of care.

Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, the practice affiliated with Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care, has finalized its merger with Memphis Heart Clinic, according to a Commercial Appeal report.

Hospitals should focus on four numbers to predict the success of their pilot accountable care organization, according to a new white paper from Thomson Reuters.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation is teaming up with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering to explore potential solutions to a federal directive on maintenance schedules for medical equipment.

Integrated Medical Professionals, a multi-specialty practice that includes the largest independent provider of urological and radiation oncology services in the country, has partnered with Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, according to a joint news release.

You've seen it somewhere, either in your own organization or elsewhere: a service line hires the first physician liaison or physician representative to increase market share or begin to develop an ACO network. Over time, the number of liaisons grows…

An online anonymous poll has found 15 percent of surgeons have an alcohol use disorder, exceeding the average alcohol abuse rate for the public at large, according to a HealthDay report from U.S. News & World Report.

In the past 18 months, Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., has acquired six medical practices as part of its clinic network expansion, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.

Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital is in talks with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to affiliate and more closely align physicians, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.