Detroit hospitals' approach to physician employment affects how the hospitals reduce costs and improve quality, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.
Integration & Physician Issues
The Federal Trade Commission and the Nevada Attorney General's office have launched an inquiry into partnerships between Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health and local cardiology groups formed as part of Renown's Institute of Heart and Vascular Health, according to a Reno…
Rex Healthcare, based in Raleigh, N.C., has sold a 22 percent controlling stake in Rex Surgery Center of Cary (N.C.) to a physician group, according to a report from MedCity News.
The Physician-Hospital Alignment Triangle, created by Luke Peterson, strategy partner, and Kate Lovrien, senior strategy manager for Kurt Salmon's Minneapolis office, details the most important aspects of hospital-physician alignment.
CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, said in a speech that proposed rules for accountable care organizations would be released very soon, according to a report by Politico.
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Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna have collaborated to form an accountable care organization, according to a news release.
A primary concern among hospital leaders and physicians looking to form accountable care organizations is what exactly they will require. HHS is expected to soon release draft regulations for ACOs, which will provide additional direction on the creation of these…
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri and SSM Health Care-St. Louis have collaborated to develop an alternative to fee-for-service reimbursement for total knee replacements through a bundled payment initiative, according to an SSM Health Care-St. Louis news release.
What’s bothering your physicians? The following 28 grievances were collected from physicians at three different hospitals over a period of six months, according to Rochell Pierce, vice president of physician relationship management for Brentwood, Tenn.-based Aegis Health Group. The complaints…
The Accountable Care Implementation Collaborative, a group of 28 hospital systems under Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare alliance, has developed a financial modeling tool to allow hospital leaders to predict the risks and opportunities of forming accountable care organizations, according to…