From 2010-2011, 56 percent of Merritt Hawkins' search assignments were for hospitals, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2011 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.
Integration & Physician Issues
Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines (Iowa) has restructured its leadership to integrate clinical and administrative functions across the organization.
Signature Hospitals, the parent of St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va., has agreed to pay $4.7 million to employees for sick leave benefits the employees allege they lost when the hospital merged with Camden Clark Medical Center, also in Parkersburg,…
Jack Stewart, MD, a Tacoma, Wash.-based orthopedic surgeon subspecializing in hand surgery, discusses why he decided to sell his practice to a hospital and finalizing the transaction.
WellPoint will increase its regular reimbursement to primary care physicians this summer and also pay them up to 50 percent more if they maintain or improve quality, according to a news release from the insurer.
Advertisement
This past October, CMS issued its final rule on the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which established the parameters of accountable care organizations. The final rule, which took effect Jan. 1, stipulated that providers have to make a three-year commitment to…
Hospitals and physicians in New Jersey's inner cities are eager to participate in the Medicaid accountable care organization program and plan to pursue it aggressively once the state legislation earns federal approval, according to an NJ Spotlight report.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark, an insurer, will spend up to $500 million on a new network of physicians, community hospitals and outpatient care locations — an investment in addition to its $475 million takeover of West Penn Allegheny Health System, according to…
A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care confirms previous research suggesting hospitalists can help reduce hospital lengths of stay.
This past December, Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health — the largest independent non-profit physician group in Massachusetts — was officially selected as a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. In an effort to change the way patients and costs are managed in the…