Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio may soon acquire Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio, a 23-physician cardiology group, according to a report by the San Antonio Express-News.
Integration & Physician Issues
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which serves some 3.2 million people in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia, plans to launch a program Jan. 1, 2011, that would reward physicians with bonuses for decreasing patients' healthcare expenses and improving quality, according to…
In addition to a shortage of primary care physicians overall, the nation is facing a shortage of a subgroup within primary care — physicians with special training in the care of older people. This scarcity comes at a time when…
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…
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…
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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.
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