Grand River Cardiology, a practice in Grand Rapids, Mich., has joined Saint Mary’s Health Care, also based in Grand Rapids, according to a Michigan Live report. The practice and hospital have been affiliated for the past few years. The deal…
Integration & Physician Issues
Physicians are increasingly joining hospitals as employees, signaling interest from both hospitals and physician practices to partner together. According to the Medical Group Management Association's 2010 physician placement report, roughly 65 percent of established physicians were placed in hospital-owned practices,…
A collaboration between Blue Shield of California, San Francisco-base Catholic Healthcare West and San Ramon, Calif.-based Hill Physicians Medical Group saved more than $20 million in costs in serving 41,500 HMO members last year, according to a Los Angeles Times…
Spokane, Wash.-based Providence Health Care has acquired Spokane Cardiology in its effort to develop a new heart institute, according to a Spokesman-Review report. The practice includes 15 cardiologists. The acquisition’s financial terms were not disclosed. Providence plans to continue its…
Hospitalists have been linked to shorter patient stays and healthcare spending, but a recent study has found their care may result in more readmissions — offsetting any original savings, according to a Reuters report. Published in the Annals of Internal…
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Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health plans to add 16 physicians in 2012 and create 24 immediate openings for full-time nurses, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
Kenneth Bertka, MD, is a family physician and vice president of physician clinical integration at Mercy, a seven hospital and physician group system based in Toledo, Ohio. Mercy is a member of Catholic Health Partners, the largest healthcare system in…
Physician groups are the largest source of growth in healthcare mergers and acquisitions with a 200 percent increase in M&A activity from the second quarter of 2010 to Q2 2011, according to a news release by Irving Levin Associates. The…
Some healthcare professionals might still be analyzing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but other physicians are making the legislation — and the ideas behind it — come to life. John Caruso, MD, is one of those physicians. He…
Blue Shield of California and St. Joseph Health System in Orange, Calif., have announced the development of an accountable care initiative to help improve quality for approximately 30,000 Blue Shield HMO members in Orange County, according to a joint news…