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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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,…
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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…
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…