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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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.
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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.
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…
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…