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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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…
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Residents at U.S. neurosurgery training programs strongly oppose new regulations that further limit their duty hours, according to a survey study in the December issue of Neurosurgery.
Why are ACOs so important to CMS?Many observers believe that CMS's ultimate goal in healthcare reform is to pay for covered services at capitated rates that are just high enough to assure adequate levels of quality and access for patients,…
Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has acquired Peabody Family Care in Memphis, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.
CMS has announced deadlines for its Advance Payment Accountable Care Organization Model, an initiative designed for organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program that will allow ACOs to receive advance payments recouped from shared savings they earn. There are…
Tenet Healthcare's Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., has acquired CardioVascular Associates PC, according to a Birmingham Business Journal report.