Banner Health, the parent company of 13 Arizona hospitals, is “engaged in serious discussions with private insurers” about the implementation of an accountable care organization, according to an op-ed written by Peter S. Fine, Banner’s president and CEO, in The…
Integration & Physician Issues
Insurers and healthcare providers are currently at odds over how accountable care organizations should be regulated, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Wyoming Medical Center in Casper is discussing further need to develop a statewide accountable care organization as hospitals in Colorado, Utah, South Dakota and Montana compete for the 207-bed hospital’s market, according to a Billings Gazette report. As out-of-state hospitals…
Operating a large healthcare system requires significant effort to align different employees, physicians and business entities around a set of core values. Mark Solazzo, chief operating officer of North Shore-LIJ Health System in New York, discusses five of his system's…
Springfield, Ill.-based HSHS Medical Group, affiliated with St. John’s Hospital, has acquired Chatham (Ill.) Family Practice, according to a State Journal Register report. The practice has three physicians. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the deal…
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University of Michigan Health System saved more than $15 million on the cost of care over four years while participating in a demonstration project considered by many to be the precursor for accountable care organizations. Caroline Blaum, MD, MS, is…
Puget Sound Health Alliance, a non-profit organization aimed at improving healthcare quality and affordability in Washington, has launched a nationwide project that would use health IT to collect and measure data for healthcare quality improvement, according to a Healthcare IT…
The following acquisitions or mergers took place within the last two weeks. 1. Arlington, Texas-based Texas Health Resources acquired MedicalEdge Healthcare Group, one of the largest independent physician practice groups in North Texas. Texas Health’s acquisition of the group will…
Arlington, Texas-based Texas Health Resources has acquired MedicalEdge Healthcare Group, one of the largest independent physician practice groups in North Texas, according to a news release by the health system.
A physician relations program is one avenue hospitals can take to strengthen their relationships with physicians. Denise Stillman, MBA, launched a successful physician relations program at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., in 2006. Ms. Stillman, who…