Hospital-based provider groups are a vital bridge between the business leaders of the facility and its medical staff. In fact performance of physicians in the emergency room, anesthesia, radiology, hospitalist program and others can have a significant impact on the…
Integration & Physician Issues
CMS announced the results from the initial five-year Physician Group Practice Demonstration yesterday, deeming the care-coordination program’s results “positive” and extending it by another two years from Jan. 2011, according to a CMS news release. In the demonstration, 10 physician…
Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., is partnering with the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, Fla., to create a family medicine residency program to help keep primacy care family physicians in the area, according to a…
A successful physician relationship management program requires a keen focus on four key elements, according to Aegis Health Group President Pearson Talbert.
Accountable care breathes new life into ambulatory care, an essential component of a comprehensive, low-cost service offering. Fueled by the promise of volume-based revenue, freestanding venues have proliferated in the last decade. In building accountable care networks, the strategic role…
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OhioHealth, based in Columbus, is gauging market interest in a physician organization to attract and keep high-quality physicians in the area, according to a Marion Star report. The system has spoken with physicians from Smith Clinic, a multi-specialty group practice…
A group of physicians and nurses from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will join a collaborative to train primary care practices in a patient-centered medical home pilot program, according to a Washington Business Journal report.…
A coordinated care program for heart patients at Miami-based Jackson Health System saved the hospital an estimated $400,000 on readmission charges, according to a Miami Herald report. The system’s care coordination pilot program was an $81,000 investment. It covered 200…
Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care has acquired Zion (Ill.) Clinic, according to a Business Journal report.
Independent physicians within Oregon's Salem community are saying Salem Hospital is restricting their ability to care for patients in the hospital by "weeding out" physicians who aren't hospital employees, according to a Lund Report article.