Hospital/physician relations

The groups are worried about anticipated failures resulting in a significant, multibillion dollar disruption for physicians and serious access-to-care issues for Medicare patients.

Average signing bonuses have ranged from $20,000 to $25,000 over the past five years.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has taken to the Web, producing a series of animated videos that explain the changes in a very easy to understand format.

The state needs to create and fill 13,568 residency positions to fully resolve the physician shortage by 2025.

CEO Stephen Klasko pitches telehealth, clinic focus as he manages the merger between the top academic medical center and the suburban Abington Health hospital system.

The reason costs add up for these procedures could have more to do with doctors than patients, JAMA report finds.

After Prime's CEO told local paper the health giant backed its takeover plans for Daughter's, Kaiser steps in to set the record straight.

Walgreens said it is cutting ties with two accountable care organizations, though the nation's largest pharmacy chain has also launched a new partnership on the West Coast to help manage ACO patients.

Leaders at California's Daughters of Charity Health System are scrambling to lock up its controversial acquisition by Prime Healthcare despite a union and government protest that's intent on quashing the deal.

The relationship between a Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Financial Officer can become adversarial when external pressures are calling for change to healthcare's economic model. But a partnership between the two can become the foundation for moving forward in a challenging environment.