Fifty-seven percent of hospital and health system leaders still don’t know how the final rules for Medicare accountable care organizations will affect their organization’s participation in the program, according to a survey from KPMG and Epstein Becker Green. Sixteen percent…
Integration & Physician Issues
Chester River Health System in Chestertown, Md., and Shore Health System in Easton, Md., have entered into a joint agreement to explore "a regionalized approach" to providing health services to residents of a five-county area, according to a news release.
Detroit-based St. John Providence Health System has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in a new performance-based reimbursement model for the system’s five hospitals, according to a joint news release. St. John Providence hospitals will commit to mutually-designed…
Sixteen medical groups have expressed interest in leasing space within Northwestern Memorial HealthCare’s new $334 million outpatient tower in Chicago, according to a Crain’s Chicago Business report. The state-of-the-art facility is slated for completion in 2014. While a Northwestern spokesperson…
Beginning in 2010, the Society of Hospital Medicine and the Medical Group Management Association teamed up to conduct an annual survey of hospital medicine groups and hospitalists. This year's "State of Hospital Medicine: 2011 Report Based on 2010," the groups'…
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Physician liaisons, or sales representatives who work for hospitals and persuade physicians to refer patients to their facility, are growing in force and number, according to a USA TODAY report. Tenet Healthcare has doubled its physician liaison force in the…
A recent Deloitte survey has revealed the depth of skepticism of physicians, as 73 percent of physicians said they are not excited about the future of medicine and roughly 70 percent think “the best and brightest” people will no longer…
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, N.M., has entered into a five-year professional services agreement with New Mexico Cancer Center Associates and will close its cancer wing as part of the deal, according to a Santa Fe…
A chronic care clinic backed by a partnership between UNC Health Care and Blue Cross of North Carolina opened last week, according to a system news release. The clinic — Carolina Advanced Health — is located in Chapel Hill and…
With the movement towards more and more hospitals and health systems employing physicians, organizational leaders are getting geared up to embrace these new members of the family. Your physician relations team can be the engine that drives practice development support…