Integration & Physician Issues

Practice management companies are increasingly acquiring independent physician groups, especially practices that specialize in inpatient specialties, such as maternal and fetal medicine and emergency medicine, according to a report by American Medical News.

From medical directors to department chairs and vice presidents of medical affairs, physicians who have leadership roles within hospitals are being asked to do more, and their levels of compensation are rising along with those demands, say executive and physician…

Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health is currently in partnership talks with Orthopedic Associates of Fargo, according to a report by WDAY News.

The Senate failed to pass a six-month fee fix as part of its jobless benefits package, which needed 60 votes to pass but received only 56, according to a report by the Washington Post.

CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.An integral part of any hospital's care processes, order sets have long provided clinicians with a standardized set of evidence-based treatment guidelines…

A recent report released by the AHA's Committee on Research synthesizes the research literature on accountable care organizations and identifies several areas organizations should address if considering developing an ACO, according to a report by AHA News Now.

Forty-five percent of surveyed hospital employees consider themselves "distanced from or discontent with their current work," according a release by Press Ganey Associates.

Akron (Ohio) General Health System plans to acquire an outpatient prostate cancer treatment center from Physicians Urology, one of Akron's largest urology practices, according to a report by the Akron Beacon Journal.

Implementation of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician fees is due to kick in on Friday, following a lopsided defeat of the fee fix provision in the Senate Wednesday, as part of a package extending unemployment insurance and aid…

Dearborn, Mich.-based Oakwood Healthcare has announced plans to form an accountable care organization consisting of its four hospitals and up to 1,300 physicians, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.