Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has launched its statewide patient-centered medical home program, in which more than 1,500 primary care physicians have already enrolled.
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Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minn., has begun negotiations to acquire Alexandria Clinic, a multi-specialty clinic with locations in Alexandria and Osakis, Minn., according to an Echo Press report.
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Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System is set to acquire the Cancer Centers of the Carolinas, which includes 10 clinics, for $21.7 million, according to an Independent Mail report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield has launched new programs in Connecticut and New York under which primary care physicians will be paid more for quality and cost improvements.
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Boston-based Steward Health Care has added 20 more physicians to its roster through an affiliation with Manet Community Center in Quincy, Mass., according to a Boston Globe report.
MissionPoint Health Partners, a pilot program of Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health, officially went into effect on Jan. 1 with the participation of more than 1,000 area physicians, according to a system news release.
Healthcare reform is driving efforts to develop integrated delivery models, enhance physician-hospital alignment and collaboration and explore formation of Accountable Care Organizations. As part of this discussion, the concept of "clinical co-management" is often raised. This happens, generally, in one…
Healthcare reform is driving efforts to develop integrated delivery models, enhance physician-hospital alignment and collaboration and explore formation of Accountable Care Organizations. As part of this discussion, the concept of "clinical co-management" is often raised. This happens, generally, in one…
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has applied to become a Medicare accountable care organization, according to a hospital news release.