Health4, a collaboration between OhioHealth and the Medical Group of Ohio, has announced it will collaborate with Ohio-based health insurer Medical Mutual to control healthcare costs and improve coordinated care, according to a joint news release. Columbus-based OhioHealth, an 18-hospital…
Integration & Physician Issues
1. Approximately 40 percent of healthcare administrators and physicians say physician-staffing alignment is the biggest challenge with accountable care organizations. A June survey based on 882 responses found 40 percent attributing delayed progress towards ACOs to alignment. After physician and…
Eighteen independent cardiologists from The Oregon Clinic in Portland will join Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services, effective July 1, according to an article from the Lund Report. Craig Fausel, MD, CEO and president of The Oregon Clinic, said the…
The University of Kansas Cancer Center in Kansas City and Overland Park-based Kansas City Cancer Center have closed a merger to form what they say is one of the largest academic cancer treatment programs in the country, according to a…
Healthcare leaders believe the percentage of physicians on hospitals’ active staffs who are employed will increase from 10 percent today to 25 percent by 2013, according to a Deloitte white paper. Physicians are increasingly seeking hospitals as well, evidenced by…
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A Wall Street Journal editorial has lambasted accountable care organizations, calling the model a “fiasco” based on top-down micromanagement. The editorial notes the proposed ACO rule is “so awful that even the models for it say they won’t participate.” It…
Close to 40 percent of healthcare facility administrators and physicians say the reason their facility is not moving towards an accountable care organization is physician and staffing alignment, according to a survey by AMN Healthcare. The survey is based on…
In the late 1990’s the term “integration,” largely associated with hospital ownership of primary care practices, fell on hard times, being viewed as a failed strategy by many. Hospital-owned medical practices were losing big money. Management teams and consultants alike…
It may seem challenging to plan these days, with healthcare reform provisions continuously going into effect and consolidation sweeping across the industry. Still, hospitals should not lose sight of their medical staff plans — the document that will keep a…
The American Hospital Association has voiced support for a new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where CMS would pre-pay a portion of future shared savings through monthly installments to increase provider participation in accountable care organizations,…