This short article briefly outlines several methods by which hospitals attempt to align interests with physicians. Certain of these options may be useful for different types of projects. Further, ...

Whether or not accountable care organizations become a permanent part of the healthcare landscape, most experts agree that hospital-physician integration is a growing trend that has the potential for ...

Many hospital systems, over the last several years, have tended to avoid the large scale employment of physicians or the acquisition of practices. This history resulted from many of the financial ...

U.S. hospitals have begun responding to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 by accelerating alignment with physicians. Hospital-physician vertical integration has increased ...

This study found no evidence that hospital employment of physicians resulted in physicians treating sicker patients, undercutting claims that hospital-employed physicians serve a higher-acuity patient ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monarch has officially launched to transform the future of women’s healthcare by enabling physicians to establish and operate independent, membership-based practices.