A recent report by Accenture found that only 33 percent of physicians will remain truly independent by 2013, down from 2009, when 43 percent of physicians were truly independent.
Integration & Physician Issues
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has stated it will not be part of CMS accountable care organizations since the model conflicts with the way it runs its Medicare operations, according to a Star Tribune report. Douglas Wood, Mayo’s chairman…
A longstanding ban prohibiting rural Texas hospitals from employing physicians has been repealed in an effort to attract physicians to medically underserved communities in the state, according to an American Medical News report. Under the revised law, hospitals can hire…
After the public comment period for accountable care organizations ended June 6, MedeAnalytics compiled and analyzed recommendations from various healthcare organizations on the major factors of the ACO economic model. The analysis of public comments was based on organizations’ responses…
San Diego-based Scripps Health has entered a joint venture with North American Medical Management California to form an integrated delivery network with NAMM’s affiliated physician groups, according to a Scripps news release. Seven physician groups in San Diego County…
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While exclusive contracts are more common in diagnostic or general areas of medicine, Kettering (Ohio) Medical Center has established three-year exclusive arrangements with cardiothoracic surgeons, according to a Dayton Daily News report. The hospital put the arrangement in place about…
1. Indianapolis’ St. Francis Health Acquires Colon and Rectal PracticeSt. Francis Medical Group, part of Indianapolis-based Franciscan St. Francis Health, acquired Kendrick Regional Center for Colon and Rectal Care. The six-surgeon practice will now be known as Kendrick Colon and…
Officials from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have approved the UV Medical Center’s purchase of a private oncology practice, according to a Daily Progress report. UVMC will acquire Hematology Oncology Patient Enterprises, also based in Charlottesville, Va. The acquisition…
Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center has formed an alliance with Optum to strengthen the infrastructure for its accountable care organization, according to a joint news release. The 612-bed Tucson Medical Center entered an ACO arrangement in 2010 with independent physicians, forming…
Physicians and hospitals can both benefit significantly from a hospital-physician ASC joint venture: The hospital benefits from transferring its brand to the surgery center and building a strong relationship with community physicians, and the physicians benefit from greater leverage in…