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.
Integration & Physician Issues
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.
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Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System is replacing its physician services arm, Wellmont Physicians Services, with Wellmont Medical Associates, according to a Wellmont news release.
In an attempt to reduce a physician shortage, Missouri legislation would allow nurse practitioners to care for patients without physician oversight, according to a KY3 news report.
More hospitals are taking on physicians' back-office operations and providing financial expertise, essentially leaving physicians as "independent contractors," according to a report from The Tennessean.
Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance has banned several cardiologists from working at its facilities after the physicians merged with its main competitor, Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont CVA Heart Institute, according to a Times-News report.
The majority of 20 healthcare organizations surveyed said they did not plan to apply for the Medicare Shared Savings Program or Pioneer ACO model, according to "Support for Accountable Care: Recommended Health IT Infrastructure" from eHealth Initiative.