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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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…
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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…
Many healthcare providers have openly voiced their criticisms and problems with accountable care organizations, but the model is also bringing on significant challenges for lawyers, according to an article in the National Law Journal. Lawyers complain the new measure of…
Physician-hospital alignment is becoming more important as hospitals seek to lower costs, improve care and prepare themselves for payment models that reward collaboration. Kenneth Cohn, MD, MBA, FACS, a practicing surgeon and the author of Getting It Done, discusses seven…
A Florida hospital is finding itself estranged from a local family care physician group after the practice announced its physicians would no longer treat or admit patients in the hospital, according to a Star-Banner report. Family Care Specialists in Ocala,…
Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health System has acquired Ridgewood, Va.-based Valley Heart Group, according to a Cliffview Pilot report. System officials say the acquisition of the five-member practice will enhance Valley Health’s ability to provide the best possible cardiac care. Valley…