Thomas Bland, CEO of Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia, Miss., has called for 11 additional physicians to serve the needs of Philadelphia and Neshoba County, according to a Neshoba Democrat report.
Integration & Physician Issues
Physician leadership, which has always played a role in the alignment between hospital administration the medical staff, will become increasingly important as hospitals and health systems around the country embark on or continue efforts to strategically integrate with physicians. However,…
Threatened by lower reimbursements and increasing regulations, cardiologists are migrating to hospital employment in droves, in a trend that is even affecting the cardiology megagroups formed in the past decade or two.
This is a great time for hospital leadership and boards to reevaluate their strategies. This article contains eight core thoughts and concepts on strategic planning for hospitals.1. Development of a strategy and strategic framework. There are several different frameworks that…
Humana will be partnering with athenahealth to integrate data from its athenaClinicals' electronic health record services into its rewards program, according to a news release by Humana.
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As strategic planning becomes essential for financial stability, hospitals are prioritizing alignment with their physicians. For a large hospital system, however, aligning with many hospitals in diverse regions can be a challenge. Teri Moffitt Cardenas, senior director of strategic marketing…
Harold Dash, MD, a cardiologist, is president of the Everett (Wash.) Clinic, a group practice with more than 300 physicians. Here Dr. Dash discusses Everett's participation in the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration Project, the model for the accountable care…
Texas hospital systems and physician groups are scrambling to create partnerships that will be incented by the health reform bill, according to a Texas Tribune report.
A spokesman for Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Neb., said hospital construction should be finished by the Dec. 31 federal deadline for new physician-owned hospitals, according to a Kearney Hub report.
Hospitals, physicians, clinics and long-term care providers at San Gabriel (Calif.) Valley hospitals are forming partnerships to combat the shortage of primary care providers, according to a Whittier Daily News report.