Operations
Most integrated delivery networks today have hospitalists managing some portion of the hospital's inpatient activity. But the most common contract arrangements can often have a number of shortcomings.
America's physicians are a frustrated lot -- fed up with long hours, increased regulations, and changes in reimbursement practices. As a result the healthcare industry is scrambling just to keep up when it comes to physician hiring.
Northern Michigan's Munson Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are venturing into the developing world of new payment models by launching a value-based hospital reimbursement agreement.
LifePoint Hospitals, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., acquires the struggling Bell Hospital and forms a joint venture with Portage Health.
To be successful, a hospital must acquire physician practices able to work in a world that is essentially foreign to what they are used to. The 'new normal' is based on value, outcomes and patient satisfaction.
Concentrated economic power, combined with fee-for-service incentives, has made healthcare "the least consumer-friendly" U.S. industry and enabled arbitrary and capricious price gouging, according to the man behind Time magazine's "Bitter Pill" feature.
With venture capital firms investing record amounts in the healthcare space, mobile health entrepreneurs are keen to take advantage. As a result, next month's mHealth Summit Venture+ Forum may be the place to see many deals go down.
After launching an accountable care organization program a year and a half ago, WESTMED Medical Group has improved quality metrics, increased patient satisfaction and just recently received a big bonus check for its results.
The Department of Defense has been testing patient-centered medical home models longer than most payers, and could offer lessons in team-based care for civilian providers.
Merger and acquisition activity within the healthcare sector was up in the third quarter of 2013, according to a report from M&A data publisher Irving Levin Associates.