San Antonio-based Baptist Health System, part of Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems, has acquired the Heart and Vascular Institute of Texas, according to a Baptist news release.
Integration & Physician Issues
Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD, associate professor of health economics and policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, recently wrote an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on the challenges of keeping Medicare beneficiaries within their assigned accountable…
A recent study by the National Institute of Health Care Reform identifies four universal challenges in developing accountable care organizations.
In healthcare, we require appointments for test results, even though we could relay them privately over phone or email. We recommend preventive care, but we don’t follow up to ensure the appointment is made or arrange transportation help. We limit…
Fall River, Mass.-based Truesdale Cardiology has joined Southcoast Physician Services, part of New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System, according to a Herald News report.
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A recent report by Grant Thornton shares five considerations for hospitals and providers as they begin the process of developing an accountable care organization.
1. Louisville (Ky.) Cardiology Group has officially joined Baptist Medical Associates, Baptist Healthcare System’s physician group. 2. Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health is in discussions to acquire Cardiology Associates, a cardiology practice with six locations throughout the metro Washington, D.C.-area. The…
Accountable care organizations may be effective without hospital partnerships, according to an American Medical News report. WellMed Medical Management in San Antonio developed a primary-care based ACO without a hospital partner, according to a case study published in The Journal…
1. Montefiore Medical Center in New York City expanded its contract with insurer EmblemHealth to explore an accountable care arrangement. 2. Banner Health, the parent company of 13 Arizona hospitals, is “engaged in serious discussions with private insurers” about the…
Tyler Merrill, vice president of acquisitions & development at Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America in Hanover, Mass., makes seven points about developing surgery centers in highly regulated states with strict CON laws.