Physicians may complicate lawmakers’ plans to encourage global payments in Massachusetts since only 42 percent of physicians in the state are likely to participate in voluntary global payment systems, according to the 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society Physicians Workforce Study. Lawmakers…
Integration & Physician Issues
AtlantiCare, based in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., is launching its own accountable care organization and plans to enroll groups of people in 2012, according to a system news release. The ACO will be called AtlantiCare Health Solutions and it will…
Blue Shield of California has distributed nearly $20 million in grants to 18 California hospitals, health systems, clinics and physician groups to help them participate more effectively in accountable care organizations.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has acquired Maryland Heart PC, a 17-physician cardiology practice, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
The Office of Inspector General will study the impact of physicians opting out of Medicare as part of its Work Plan for fiscal year 2012.
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The HHS Office of Inspector General has requested a subpoena to examine contracts between Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System and Chattanooga Heart Institute, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.
Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego is one of five healthcare organizations that will be awarded a contract to launch an ACO-like pilot project, according to the state's Department of Health Care Services news release.
CMS' Innovation Center is offering the third and final session of its ACO Accelerated Development Learning Sessions.
Hospitals planning to launch a patient-centered medical home may first want to intensify their marketing, as Connecticut state officials found most people were unfamiliar with the model and some thought it was a place where you “go to die,” according…
HHS will distribute $19.3 million in funding to medical schools and physician assistant programs across the country to support the training of primary care providers, according to an HHS news release.