In a recent blog post, Jonathan Pearce, principal of Singletrack Analytics, questioned the financial advantages of health systems' participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program as accountable care organizations.
Integration & Physician Issues
Cardiovascular Associates, based in Elk Grove Village, Ill., and Alexian Brothers Health System, based in Arlington Heights, Ill., have formed a definitive agreement to form the Alexian Brothers Heart and Vascular Institute, according to a joint news release. Terms of…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America spent $210,000 on lobbying the congressional “supercommittee” in the third quarter, according to a Daily News Journal report. HCA spent $570,000 on lobbying during the first three quarters of the year, just $10,000 less…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 28, Thomas J. Stallings, JD, a partner with McGuireWoods in the firm's Richmond office, discussed five key medical staff issues for ASC and hospitals.
The deadline for health systems and other providers to submit letters of intent to participate in models 2, 3 and 4 of CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative is this Friday, Nov. 4.
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Memphis-based Methodist Healthcare has formed a partnership with The West Clinic to create a comprehensive and integrated cancer service line, according to a joint news release. The West Clinic has eight locations across the region with 33 specialists and 400…
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, based in Lebanon, N.H., and Southwestern Vermont Health Care have formed an agreement to develop a multi-specialty physician group, according to a D-HH news release. Bennington-based SVHC and D-HH began discussions to form the group in May. The…
The physicians from Northwestern Orthopaedic Institute recently joined NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill., according to a NorthShore news release.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would remove the 3 percent withholding provision under the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, according to an AMA news release.
New York’s Empire BlueCross BlueShield and NYU Langone Medical Center have formed a three-year agreement to operate under a pay-for-performance model, according to a joint news release. Under the agreement, Empire will reimburse NYU Langone based on nationally recognized measures…