Wisconsin is facing a physician shortage that will only be resolved if it adds 100 new physicians per year from now through 2030, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Hospital Association. The report projects a shortage of more…
Integration & Physician Issues
The American Medical Group Association announced it will soon launch the next phase of its Accountable Care Collaborative: Transforming to a Value-Based System of Care, and is inviting interested medical groups to join the year-long program, according to an AMGA…
Accountable care organizations are still in their infancy and states are widely uneven when it comes to ACO development. Some regions have none will others have ACOs reaching the double-digits. Leavitt Partners’ Center for ACO Intelligence identified and analyzed more…
Rockville, Md.-based Adventist Healthcare has given up some corporate control and formed a joint venture with a group of 700 independent physicians based in Washington, D.C., to expand the Adventist physician base, according to a practice news release. Consisting of…
Michael Dukakis, the former governor of Massachusetts, recently said he’s worried the state’s healthcare industry is “futzing around” with accountable care organizations and said the government is letting history repeat itself by bringing HMOs and capitation back to life with…
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The Florida Department of Health has approved the opening of four new trauma centers, all to be operated by HCA, according to a Gulf Coast Business Review report.
Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth has filed suit against Heart Specialists of Ohio, alleging the cardiology group violated a non-compete clause when the group was acquired by Ohio State University Physicians, according to a Columbus Business First report.
Three major Memphis hospital systems have more than tripled the number of physicians employed at their hospitals in the past year, according to a Commercial Appeal report. At the end of 2010, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Baptist Memorial Health Care…
J. Thomas Rosch, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, has expressed deep skepticism about accountable care organizations and said the model may actually lead to higher costs and lower quality care, according to his speech from Nov. 17. Mr. Rosch…
Thomas A. Warrington, Jr., AVA, senior manager, and Jennifer Brunkow, ASA, CPA/ABV/CFF, senior analyst with VMG Health, point to several implications — intended and unintended — in the CMS bundled payment pilot program.