The American Hospital Association has urged CMS and HHS' Office of the Inspector General to finalize its current waivers for accountable care organizations from certain fraud and abuse laws without narrowing them, according to an AHA News Now report.
Integration & Physician Issues
Miami-based Jackson Health System could be liable for millions of dollars to honor a lease its former CEO Eneida Roldan co-signed with a group of physicians after the health system's partnership with the physicians fell through, according to a Miami…
Ashland (Kan.) Health Center, a rural community hospital, is trying to draw physicians by offering the unorthodox benefit of paid time off for missionary work in other countries, according to a Washington Post report. The offer is not limited to…
Memorial Health System in Abilene, Kan., has acquired Abilene Family Physicians, effective Dec. 30, according to an Abilene Reflector-Chronicle report.
The following article is written by Nicholas J. Janiga and Jason L. Ruchaber, CFA, ASA of HealthCare Appraisers. CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Over the past…
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Concierge medicine, a practice of medicine in which patients pay an annual retainer fee on top of any procedure costs in order to receive more personal care and quicker access to their primary care physicians, has been a growing trend…
The success of accountable care organizations may not depend so much on their structure but whether the model can compel and equip healthcare providers to improve their performance, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Authors…
Recent reports from the Medical Group Management Association indicate that hospital-owned physician practices are 25 percent less productive than those privately owned.
Fifty-five percent of payors plan to participate in accountable care organizations over the next three years, according to survey results from HealthEdge. The survey was based on responses from more than 100 payor organizations nationwide. Apart from ACOs, 48 percent…
Crystal Lake, Ill-based Centegra Health System plans to host a speed meeting event in January to pair patients and community members with Centegra Physician Care physicians, according to a Northwest Herald report.