Though EHRs are no longer a prerequisite for physicians participating in accountable care organizations, the tool is still necessary for the model to realize a true return on investment. A recent briefing from PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals how closely EHRs must be…
Integration & Physician Issues
The following transactions between hospitals and physician groups took place within recent weeks, beginning with the most recent. 1. Steward Grabs 90 More Physicians, This Time From Partners HealthCare in Boston Boston-based Steward Health Care System grabbed a 90-physician group…
Boston-based Steward Health Care System has grabbed a 90-physician group from local competitor Partners HealthCare, according to a Boston Globe report. Compass Medical, which includes eight offices, will join for-profit Steward. It was affiliated with Boston-based Partners, the parent system…
Successful physician cash compensation models must fit within a practice's culture, compensation philosophy and business strategy. As such, a cash compensation model that is successful at one organization may not work at another organization that has a much different compensation…
On Dec. 6, VMG Health’s Jim Rolfe, managing director of transaction services, and Jen Johnson, CFA, partner, discussed four different hospital-physician affiliation trends in a webinar presentation for Becker’s Hospital Review. Mr. Rolfe began the presentation by discussing hospital market…
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A recent survey found more than 26 percent of physicians with at least 16 years of experience had zero responses to their applications with hospitals and direct employers, according to data from The Medicus Firm. At the same time, only…
A team of neurosurgeons is leaving Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables (Fla.) to be part of a new neurosurgery center established by Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, according to a Miami Herald report. The group, Miami Neuroscience Center, was…
The Physicians Foundation, a non-profit group supporting physicians, has outlined five key areas that will impact the practice of medicine in 2012.
Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, has acquired Fairfield Diagnostic Imaging, according to a hospital news release. FDI will become a department of FMC but will keep its original name and staff. The center includes X-Ray, CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs,…
The Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals has asked state Attorney General Martha Coakley to review contracts Boston-based Steward Health Care System recently struck with 150 physicians that had former ties with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to a Boston…