Health insurer Highmark, based in Pittsburgh, has posted the results of its pay-for-performance program from fiscal year 2011, according to a company news release. Highmark launched its Quality BLUE pay-for-performance program in 2002 with six hospitals. By fiscal year 2011,…
Integration & Physician Issues
Montgomery, Ala.-based Baptist Health has formed an agreement to acquire Montgomery Cancer Center, according to a health system news release. Under the agreement, Baptist will acquire MCC, Montgomery Breast Center and Carmichael Imaging. MCC includes 13 physicians. The acquisition does…
Melbourne, Fla.-based Wuesthoff Health System has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Osler Medical, a multispecialty physician group with 47 providers, effective Nov. 1, according to a Wuesthoff news release.
Phoenix-based Banner Health, which has locations in seven states, has been accepted by CMS into the agency's Accountable Care Organization Pioneer Program, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.
In its first year of a seven-year “learning lab,” the joint effort between rival Minnesota health systems HealthPartners and Allina Hospitals and Clinics was able to shave $6 million from medical costs, according to a Star Tribune report. Bloomington-based HealthPartners…
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The following is reprinted with permission from Singletrack Analytics. In the draft ACO regulations, CMS established a single ACO risk adjustment factor using historical data from all participants, and did not modify it throughout the participation period. This policy reflected…
A new report by California's Integrated Health Association and the California Association of Physician Groups suggests that accountable care arrangements with private payors can serve as a "middle ground" between PPO and HMO products.
The Department of Health and Human Services is delaying rules that would require drugmakers and device companies to report payments and gifts to physicians, according to a Reuters report. HHS missed its Oct. 1 deadline for a draft of the…
Eastmoreland Internal Medicine has joined Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, both of which are located in Memphis, according to a Daily News report. The practice includes two physicians and 13 employees. The practice will remain in its current location on the…
Heart Specialists of Ohio, one of the few remaining independent cardiology groups in Columbus, has joined Ohio State University Medical Center, according to a Columbus Dispatch report. The practice has eight physicians, four office locations and approximately 40,000 patients. For…