Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems has affiliated with MACONY Pediatrics, based in Great Barrington, Mass., according to a report by The Berkshire Eagle.
Integration & Physician Issues
Auburn, Ind.-based DeKalb Health has announced it has fully integrated Family Practice Associates, also based in Auburn, into its DeKalb Health Medical Group, according to a KPC News report.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System has acquired Blue Ridge Medical Specialists, according to a Wellmont news release.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark, an insurer, has formed an affiliation with Premier Medical Associates — the largest multi-specialty physician group in the Pittsburgh area — according to a Highmark news release. Premier consists of 60 physicians in multiple specialties, including immunology, cardiology,…
Physician employment is moving at a slower pace than expected at Indiana University Health Physicians, a joint venture of IU Health and the university’s medical school, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report. The physician practice employed roughly 850 physicians…
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Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health has acquired the Gastonia branch of Mid Carolina Cardiology, previously part of Novant Health, according to a Gaston Gazette report.
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.
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.