Although a majority of Massachusetts physicians are familiar with the global payment system, 58 percent are not likely to participate in one, according to a Massachusetts Medical Society survey.
Integration & Physician Issues
Practicing physicians are sparse in Washington, D.C., as a new report shows only 2,821 physicians spend more than 20 hours a week seeing patients in the District, according to a Washington Post report. That number is a portion of the…
At the end of August, the Department of Health and Human Services introduced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, a new program created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Bundled payments reimburse healthcare providers a lump sum on the…
Since hospitals taking a wait-and-see approach to accountable care organizations face the risk of being left behind, PwC has issued a report with four key steps for hospital executives to move out of ACO limbo. According to the report, many…
A recent survey by Aon Hewitt and Polakoff Boland found that 65 percent of employers are very interested, interested or somewhat interested in exploring the use of an accountable care organization model to improve quality and reduce cost of employer-sponsored…
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Up to 1,000 private-practice physicians affiliated with Detroit Medical Center have signed affiliation agreements with another physician organization instead of DMC’s own physician-hospital organization, according to a Crain’s Detroit Business report. Accountable Care Physicians said it joined Dearborn, Mich.-based United…
Five of Beaumont Hospital’s top radiation oncologists have said they will leave the Royal Oak, Mich.-hospital over an aborted business deal with a for-profit physician company, according to a Crain’s Detroit Business report. The departure stems from the physicians’ dissatisfaction…
On September 20, Chuck Peck, MD, FACP, president and CEO of Health Inventures, and Marshall Maran, senior vice president of Health Inventures, presented the webinar "Critical Guidance for Hospital Integration of Independent Physicians."
Kootenai Health, based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, will acquire Heart Clinics Northwest, which includes 24 physicians, according to a hospital system news release. Under the new agreement, Kootenai Health will employ the physicians and staff of Heart Clinics Northwest. They…
Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare will align with the newly created Premier Gynecology and Obstetrics, a group created by the merger of five OB/GYN groups in the Louisville area, according to a Business First report.