Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are moving away from their traditional volume-based payment model towards a pay-for-performance one, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. In the next year, UPMC will test a payment model…
Integration & Physician Issues
The healthcare arena has been abuzz with conversations of bundled payments since the Department of Health and Human Services and CMS officially launched its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative at the end of August. The program, which is part…
Combined with President Obama’s deficit reduction plan, the shortage of physicians already looming over the United States may only grow worse as teaching hospitals trim residency training programs, according to a Bloomberg news report. Teaching hospitals receive a portion of…
Medical residents are feeling the pull of hospitals and medical groups, as 78 percent of residents said they have been contacted by recruiters more than 51 times during their residency training, according to a survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins. The…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is scheduled to vote today on a 10-year alternative to the Medicare's sustainable growth rate for physicians, according to a report by The Hill.
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Burbank, Calif.-based Providence Health & Services of Southern California has established a joint venture with five medical groups in the Los Angeles area to form Providence Partners for Health, according to a system news release. Physicians will lead and govern…
Cincinnati-based TriHealth has acquired Cardiology Associates of Cincinnati as part of its efforts to integrate cardiology care through the creation of the TriHealth Heart Institute, according to a TriHealth news release.
A recent survey shows 82 percent of hospitalists who work as locum tenens are also full-time, salaried employees, according to the 2011 Hospitalist Locum Tenens Survey.
A $42 million donation by a Chicago couple to develop an institute dedicated to improving physicians' bedside manner has sparked a debate within the medical community about whether bedside manner can be taught or if it is an innate quality.
Fargo, N.D. and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Broadway Medical Center in Alexandria, Minn., have signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore a merger, according to a Sanford news release.