The American Medical Association has released a guide for physicians on accountable care organizations, covering the model’s legal and governance issues. The guide covers the numerous points on physicians’ role in ACOs. It also outlines the possible avenues physicians can…
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Luke Peterson, a National Director of Kurt Salmon's Healthcare Strategy Group, discusses how hospitals are approaching new strategic plans and using effectiveness data to gain a competitive advantage.
The same venture capital firm that put money behind Amazon.com and AOL is now lending support to accountable care organizations, according to a Kaiser Health News report. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is putting $61 million into…
Seventy percent of physician practices, both independent and hospital operated, reported already being in the process of becoming or interested in becoming a patient-centered medical home, according to an MGMA news release.
The American Medical Association has released a new chapter in its physician resource manual that provides an overview of the process and issues to be considered when negotiating a physician-hospital employment agreement, according to an AMA news release.
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In March 2010, while Congress was reviewing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, one media outlet hired a speed-reader for an on-air segment to thumb through the bill’s 2,074 pages. His eyes spent slightly more than five seconds on…
The American Hospital Association has launched its Physician Leadership Forum, an organization that will work closely with physicians to identify best practices in value-based care and strengthen physician leadership in hospitals, according to the PLF website. The organization is led…
In a survey of executives at 1,852 hospitals, 33.2 percent of respondents said it is extremely likely their hospital will become part of an accountable care organization — but only 6.8 percent believe ACOs can improve quality and efficiency. The…
Beverly, Mass.-based Northeast Health System will affiliate with Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Clinic Medical Center, according to a LCMC news release.
Hospital-based physicians and pathologist groups in Illinois have filed a lawsuit seeking the invalidation of Illinois legislation designed to shift the burden of patient-related costs from insurers to practitioners of certain medical specialties, according to a news release from law…