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…
Integration & Physician Issues
Judge Irv Maze has scheduled arguments in a lawsuit over the release of documents surrounding University of Louisville Hospital's proposed merger with Louisville-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and Lexington, Ky.-based St. Joseph Health System on Dec. 21, according…
In the never-ending list of issues in healthcare, one major concern isn’t often discussed. It can’t be communicated in spreadsheets or Power Points, and it’s not likely to come up in board room discussions. Nonetheless, it can hurt hospitals, patients…
The New York State Department of Health has issued a proposal to contract with accountable care organizations for dual-eligibles for Medicare and Medicaid. There are roughly 700,000 individuals in New York who are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. They consume…
Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. is in a state of reorganization and trying to expand cardiology services after 14 cardiologists left the hospital after a 30-year alliance, according to a Journal News report. The physicians were with Cardiology Consultants…
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Though 61 percent of physicians are familiar with accountable care organizations, only 28 percent have considered plans for their practice to join or form an ACO, according to a survey from the Optum Institute for Sustainable Health. The survey including…
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has partnered with the Arizona Cancer Center for cancer research and patient care, according to an Arizona Republic report. The affiliation precedes the development of ACC’s $135 million cancer center in downtown…
Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center has “recruited” 55 scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to work in the field of cancer drug development, according to a Kaiser Health News report. MD Anderson reportedly pledged $75 million for the personnel,…
University of California, San Diego Health System plans to acquire Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, according to an NVCI news release.
Florida Hospital Medical Group, part of Florida Hospital in Orlando, plans to acquire Winter Park (Fla.) Urology, according to an Orlando Business Journal report. Under the proposed deal, Florida Hospital would acquire the 15-physician urology group’s practice, surgery center and…