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Integration & Physician Issues
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…
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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.
Middle Park Medical Center in Kremmling, Colo., part of Kremmling Memorial Hospital District, is finalizing a deal to lease North Park Medical Clinic in Walden, Colo., and purchase the practice for a "nominal fee," according to a Sky-Hi News report.
Seventy percent of physicians plan to work longer until retirement due to the economic downturn and depleted personal savings, according to the Jackson & Coker Retirement Survey. Fifty-two percent of physicians have changed their retirement plans since the economic recession,…
Healthcare reform is expected to exacerbate the current primary care physician shortage from 25,000 physicians to 45,000 by 2020, according to a policy analysis from the National Institute for Health Care Reform (pdf). The analysis says the policies in the…
Jim Hinton, president and CEO of Santa Fe, N.M.-based Presbyterian Health Services, said the system expects an “opportunity to get a modest return on investment” through its participation in CMS’ Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program, according to a Washington Post…