Chelsey Ledue
The American Medical Group Association has launch an online database containing salary and financial operations data from medical groups nationwide.
CVS CareMark officials recently put 90 MinuteClinic locations on a seasonal schedule in order to save money and better align with customer demand.
Reimbursements for cancer drugs are often calculated at the average sales price plus 6 percent. But this often isn’t enough for oncologists who purchase in smaller quantities at higher prices.
Poor reimbursement rates for vaccines have become a problem for many family and pediatric physicians and the costs are dragging their practices down.
Most patient-centered medical home pilots have focused on primary care, but in Maine the proposed approach would integrate behavioral health services, in a bid to make physician practices more efficient and attentive to their patients.
King's Daughters Hospital and Scott and White Healthcare will create a regional free-standing children's hospital on the campus of King's Daughters Hospital in Temple, Texas. It will become the only hospital of its kind between Austin and Dallas.
One of five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days, and half of non-surgical patients are readmitted to the hospital without having seen an outpatient doctor in follow-up, according to a new study.
The Stanford University School of Medicine will be posting on its Web site the medical- and research-related consulting activities for some 1,200 physicians and faculty affiliated with the medical school.
According to a new report by the Medical Group Management Association, 38 percent of healthcare providers do not receive additional compensation for on-call coverage.
Walgreens and Take Care Health Systems have launched the Take Care Recovery Plan, an offering of free healthcare services for patients and their families who suffer a job loss and have no health insurance benefits.