The Obama administration and Congress appear to be "convinced" that orthopedic surgeons and other specialists are overpaid and drive up the cost of healthcare without improving outcomes, according to a blog by Jeffrey Binder, the CEO of Biomet.
Integration & Physician Issues
The Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago is considering a partnership with NorthShore University Health System, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital, both located in Providence, R.I., have announced that they will merge to form a single hospital with two campuses, according to a report in The Providence Journal.
Robert Witham, MD, a medical oncologist in Port Angeles, Wash., has filed a lawsuit against Olympic Medical Center, which alleges that no state law provisions exist that allow public hospital taxing districts to employ doctors and that this creates unfair…
Physicians are asking hospitals to be compensated for providing emergency department ("ED") call coverage at an increasing rate. Many hospitals are responding to such requests, and offering on-call compensation arrangements to ensure that patient needs are being met. Recently, the…
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Falls Memorial Hospital and the Duluth Clinic – International Falls, both located in International Falls, Minn., have completed their integration into to the new Rainy Lake Medical Center, according to a report from The Daily Journal.
According to the America Stroke Association, strokes killed 143,579 people in 2005. It's the third leading cause of death, ranking behind "diseases of the heart" and all forms of cancer. About 795,000 victims suffer from a new or recurrent stroke…
Summa Health Systems and Crystal Clinic, both based in Akron, Ohio, have merged orthopedic programs, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.
Note: The following article was first published in The Camden Quarterly, volume XIII, number 2 by The Camden Group, one of the nation's leading healthcare advisory firms. Historically, buying physician practices has not resulted in successful outcomes. Hospital inexperience in…
Like many of hospitals around the country, our non-profit, community hospital has watched intently as ASCs have proliferated. We have noted the increasing interest of surgeons in owning these facilities, and the high rates of patient satisfaction they deliver. Not…