Approximately 670 physicians have joined the new Providence Partners for Health, aimed at improving quality and controlling healthcare costs.
Integration & Physician Issues
The following transactions or developments between hospitals and physician groups took place within the past month, beginning with the most recent. 1. St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix Strikes Co-Management Agreement for NeurologySt. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix created…
Employees at patient-centered medical homes are more likely to have higher morale but higher risk of burnout, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The finding is based on survey responses from 603 providers and clinical…
Six providers are the first to seek accreditation as accountable care organizations from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Those six organizations are: Billings (Mont.) ClinicChildren’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaCrystal Run Healthcare (Middletown, N.Y.)Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.)HealthPartners (Minneapolis)Kelsey-Seybold Clinic (Houston) Designation…
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has created a co-management company with Barrow Neurological Institute, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report. Barrow is now 75-percent owned by the physicians and 25-percent owned by St. Joseph’s. As a…
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Physician employment has grown by 32 percent over the past 10 years. Hospitals today are employing roughly 212,000 physicians — or 20 percent of the practicing physician workforce — according to the AHA Hospital Statistics 2012 Edition. Employment varies by…
Cigna has launched an accountable care initiative with the Weill Cornell Physician Organization in New York, according to a joint news release. The initiative is essentially an accountable care organization since it shares the model’s population health goals. It’s the…
Greater access to patient-centered medical homes — which offer comprehensive, patient-centered and accessible care — may lower patient mortality, according to a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. For the study, researchers assessed 52,241 respondents from the…
"Side-by-side" alliances, also known as embedded arrangements, are a new method being of physician alignment that hospitals and health systems should consider, according to an American Medical News report.
Massachusetts health providers that plan to participate in Medicare's accountable organization program have begun fielding calls from Medicare beneficiaries who are confused about the program after receiving notice of enrollment, according to a Boston Globe report.