Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health and Hospitals has an urgent care practice and primary care practice in its local market, according to a company news release. Effective Oct. 1, Accent Urgent Care will become part of the WakeMed Physician Practices network.…
Integration & Physician Issues
A recent study by Australian researchers of incentive programs in the United States found "little rigorous evidence" linking financial incentives to improvements in quality of primary healthcare, and little proof that such an approach is cost-effective compared to other quality…
A new white paper says there is “little rigorous evidence” linking financial incentives to improvements in quality of primary healthcare, and little proof that such an approach is cost-effective compared to other quality improvement initiatives. The paper’s Australian authors based…
Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic will acquire Cardiology Associates of Virginia, according to a Roanoke Times report.
A recent study published in Health Affairs has found that higher fees — rather than factors like higher practice costs, volume of services or tuition expenses — are the main drivers of high healthcare spending in the United States. The…
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Health insurer CIGNA and Health Choice, a physician hospital organization affiliated with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., have launched an accountable care initiative, according to a joint news release. By partnering with Bloomfield, Conn.-based CIGNA, Health Choice will…
In order to meet the rising demand for primary care physicians, the Medical College of Wisconsin is searching for a hospital partner to open a satellite campus in rural Wisconsin, according to a Milwaukee Business Journal report.
Over the last five years, there has been a strong trend to have more surgery centers developed in conjunction with hospitals. Joint ventures or co-management of hospital outpatient units between hospitals and physicians have come back as the most common…
The number of practicing physician assistants has increased by 100 percent over the last 10 years, with primary care becoming the largest specialty, according to survey results from the American Academy of Physician Assistants. More than 30 percent of PAs…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System has acquired Tolnitch Surgical Associates, a private surgical practice focused on breast cancer and disease, according to a Herald Sun report.