Fairview Health Services is way ahead of many other participants in Premier's new Accountable Care Collaborative. The seven-hospital Minneapolis system, with 500 employed physicians, is two years into a shared savings arrangement with Medica, the Minnesota-based health insurer. Next year,…

A panel discussion at the Miami Valley Medical Group Management Association's annual seminar predicted partnerships between hospitals and physicians will be increasingly important to hospital success, according to Dayton Daily News report.

Todd Sagin, MD-JD, national medical director of HG Healthcare Consultants in Laverock, Pa., is coauthor of the book, "Creating the Hospital Group Practice: The Advantages of Employing or Affiliating with Physicians." Here he offers some best practices for hospitals on…

Randy Gott, executive vice president at Southwind Health Partners in Nashville, describes 10 best practices for hospitals to make a physician needs assessment.

A new study found physicians with low-income and uninsured patients have more trouble meeting commonly used quality measures due to patients' noncompliance, according to EurekAlert.

One of the biggest challenges facing the practice of anesthesia are recent changes in infection control rules, according to Clifford Gevirtz, MD, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia Services who practices throughout New York and Long Island, N.Y. Some anesthesiologists may…

After months of negotiations, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has arranged treatment for 38 end-stage renal patients, mostly illegal immigrants, to receive free dialysis, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Heart Group of the Carolinas, based in Concord, N.C., has merged with Carolinas HealthCare System's Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute in Charlotte, N.C., according to a Charlotte Business Journal report.

Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill., has acquired 42-physician multi-specialty group Affinity Healthcare, based in Riverwoods, Ill., according to a Daily Herald report.

Raleigh (N.C.) Cardiology Associates has joined WakeMed Health & Hospitals' WakeMed Faculty Physicians, based in Raleigh, effective Oct. 1, according to a report by NBC 17 News.