Lalit K. Shah, MD, PA in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has joined MEDNAX's Pediatrix Medical Group, a national medical group that comprised of neonatal, maternal-fetal medicine and pediatric cardiology physicians, as well as other pediatric subspecialists, according to a MEDNAX news…
Integration & Physician Issues
Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Health System plans to start construction next month on a $9 million surgical cancer institute, which will be located within the Via Christi hospital on N. St. Francis in Wichita, according to a report by the…
Sutherland Cardiology Clinic in Germantown, Tenn., and Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare will integrate, effective July 1, according to a report by the Memphis Business Journal.
Medtronic voluntarily disclosed payments of $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to nearly 230 physicians in the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by MinnPost.
HHS and CMS announced a new state-based Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration project, in which Medicare will join Medicaid and private insurers to pilot state-based efforts promoting the medical home model.
A survey by the Medical Group Management Association found that hospital-owned medical practices were more successful than other practice types in attracting physicians in 2009, according to an MGMA news release.
Somnia Anesthesia Services recently presented a free webinar entitled "Keeping Your Surgeons Satisfied — The Role of Anesthesia Management in Meeting Their Demands and Optimizing the OR."
A survey conducted by MedAxiom, a network of 300 cardiology practices, shows roughly 60 percent of practices have already integrated with a hospital or are considering it.
Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke's Health System has strengthened its partnership with 37-physician Cardiovascular Consultants, according to a St. Luke's news release.
Health insurers are paying physicians seven days faster and denying 12-18 percent fewer claims than the year before, according to a release by Athenahealth.