Physician-owned enterprises — such as ASCs, imaging centers and practices — are now losing ground to hospitals due to the financial crisis of the past two to three years, according to James Unland, president of the Chicago-based Health Capital Group…
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Augusta Health, a 225-bed hospital in Fishersville, Virginia, will revoke the privileges of three University of Virginia cardiologists next week following the hospital's employment of cardiologists and plans for a $42 million cardiac and vascular facility, according to a report…
Employed physicians at New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.'s Coney Island Hospital voted to join Doctors Council SEIU, part of the Service Employees International Union, according to a SEIU news release.
Physician Hospitals of America, joined by Texas Spine & Joint Hospital (TSJH) in Tyler, filed a lawsuit in early June challenging the health reform law's ban on new physician-owned hospitals. Accompanying that lawsuit is a motion for a preliminary injunction…
A new set of proposed accreditation standards would further limit duty hours of residents working in teaching hospitals, according to a release by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
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A committee panel from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released an opinion in a recent issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology supporting the continued development of obstetric-gynecologic hospitalists.
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.