The 2010 Physician Retention Survey by the American Medical Group Association and Cejka Search reported that physician turnover in 2010 is up from the previous year, at 6.1 percent compared to 5.9 percent. For female physicians, the jump is even…
Integration & Physician Issues
The Texas Senate has approved two pieces of legislation that would reform how its Medicaid program reimburses providers, according to a Texas Tribune report.
In a recent survey of more than 1,000 physicians, 45 percent of participants said they expect to be paid more than they are now if they are employed by a hospital, according to a PwC report. PwC has released the…
Physician offices see a lower turnover of registered nurses than general medical and surgical hospitals, according to a recent Career Builder white paper. At physician offices, RNs have a median tenure of 1.57 years. In hospitals, the median is 1.50…
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has completed pilot-testing of private-payor accountable care organizations and will issue accreditation standards for them in July, according to a release by the NCQA.
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The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati has acquired the breast surgery physician practice of Jennifer Manders, MD, effective April 18, according to a hospital news release.
With increased coverage and reduced reimbursements, hospital emergency departments will face a challenging time as healthcare reform unfolds. Thus, hospital and emergency medicine leaders will need to strengthen their relationship, combining both financial and clinical priorities to meet quality metrics.…
Physicians are skeptical about the possibility of earning shared savings in accountable care organizations, according to a report by the American Medical News.
The Commonwealth Fund has released 10 recommendations for the effective implementation of accountable care organizations, according to its report, titled High Performance Accountable Care: Building on Success and Learning from Experience. The organization shared the following 10 recommendations for ACOs.…
Tevi Troy, former deputy secretary of HHS under George W. Bush, recently criticized the accountable care organization model through a series of jokes in an April 12 Weekly Standard report.