A co-management arrangement of a hospital service line gives dual responsibility to hospital employees and group physicians for the financial, operational and quality outcomes of a particular service line. According to Bob Gift, a director at IMA Consulting in Chadds…
Integration & Physician Issues
As CMS drafts its proposed regulations for ACOs, the agency is asking when Medicare beneficiaries should be attributed to ACOs, according to a request for information from the agency.
Edgewood, Ky.-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare has acquired cardiology groups Northern Kentucky Heart and Cardiology Associates, according to a Business Courier report.
Rather than jump into an accountable care organization all at once, it might be more useful for healthcare organizations to start on a targeted arrangement, focusing on a particular patient group and set of providers, says Steve Miff, vice president…
Hospitals are becoming more flexible in their arrangements with physicians, looking for creative relationships beyond just employing them, according to a report by American Medical News.
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Louisville (Ky.) Cardiology Medical Group will join Baptist Hospital East in Louisville as part of its Baptist Medical Associates, according to a Courier-Journal report.
As the healthcare environment moves from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance and from fragmented to coordinated care, many healthcare providers are considering developing or joining accountable care organizations. Because of that dramatic shift in mindset these organizations require, not every ACO will…
Cleveland Clinic Community Physician Partnership and insurance provider Medical Mutual of Ohio have agreed to coordinate patient care across Northeast Ohio, according to a Cleveland Clinic news release.
A study on the primary care medical home model found the nation may not have enough primary care physicians to handle chronic disease care workloads, complicating the role of specialist physicians in the model, according to a University of Michigan…
A Montana radiologist has won a three-year legal battle with St. James Healthcare, the hospital system he said illegally breached his contract by revoking his hospital privileges, according to a DOTmed report.