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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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.
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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.
The Detroit Medical Center has replaced its local radiology group with one based in California, according to a Crain’s Detroit Business report. The eight-hospital system was formerly affiliated with the Reynolds Group, which is composed of Wayne State University School…
Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio — formerly Brown County General Hospital — has formed an affiliation with The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, according to an SRMC news release. As part of the affiliation, cardiologists within the Ohio Heart…
The majority of Medicare beneficiaries seeking a new primary care physician in 2011 didn’t experience any problems, but that statistic may change in the following years, according to a survey from MedPac (pdf). Privately insured individuals and Medicare beneficiaries both…
Memorial Hermann Medical Group has acquired Richmond (Texas) Bone & Joint Clinic, bringing more than 15 physicians into the Houston-based health system, according to a Your Houston News report. RBJ offers a range of orthopedic services, including general orthopedics, sports…