Hospital employment of physicians has become increasingly popular in recent years and is only expected to continue. Most industry leaders predict that reimbursement will increasingly favor quality ...

As hospitals buy up practices and get back into the physician practice management business, they need to be aware that practices are fundamentally different from hospitals, according to Marc Halley, ...

A steep rise in U.S. hospitals buying up private physician practices has triggered a substantial increase in prices for medical care with no discernible effect on quality, according to a new study ...

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A recent empirical analysis of hospitals’ physician practice acquisitions and employment is the latest to suggest provider consolidation has brought an increase in prices. The working paper analysis, ...

Accessing high-quality healthcare in the United States has become increasingly complex. While technological advances have fostered extraordinary innovation in medicine and digital record keeping, the ...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Champions of health care was the theme of the third Inland Empire Hospital Best Practice Collaborative hosted by Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) ...

More and more doctors are trading their independence for a hospital paycheck. Some 55% of doctors now work for hospitals or health systems. That share has more than doubled in the last 12 ...

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Hospital acquisition of private physician practices correlates with increased childbirth costs. The shift from physician-owned practices to hospital employment for physicians has led to higher prices ...