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.
Integration & Physician Issues
Orlando Health, a system of community and specialty hospitals in Central Florida, is adding to its network of pediatric specialty clinics in a move that it says will enhance services to patients close to their homes but also may potentially…
This article briefly addresses six key issues impacting outpatient services and physician-owned facilities.
The 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut automatically went into effect today, but CMS is instructing Medicare contractors to hold physicians' Medicare claims for the first 10 business days in June to give Congress a chance to avert the cut.
The FTC has announced it is delaying enforcement of the Red Flags Rule, which aims to prevent identity theft, until the end of the year.
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Comprehensive Cardiology Consultants, a practice of 10 cardiologists, has joined St. Elizabeth Healthcare, becoming the only group of cardiologists directly employed by the system, according to a report in the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
Canonsburg (Pa.) General Hospital is expected to open an outpatient complex that includes a surgery center in Peters, Pa., within the next 18 months, according to the Observer-Reporter.
When Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care launched its Clinical Integration Program a little more than five years ago, very few organizations were aligning with independent physicians in ways that today would be viewed as the underpinnings of an accountable…
Frank Wefald, MD, a cardiologist practicing at Johnston Health, a public hospital system in Smithfield, N.C., filed a complaint in county court against Johnston after the system suspended his privileges, according to a report by the Herald.
A pay-for-performance program in the United Kingdom that tied payment to achieving quality targets brought primary-care physicians' income more in line with specialists' income, reduced their work hours and helped reduce a physician shortage, according to a study funded by…