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Study: Physicians turn to hospitals for help
An AHA study has found that physicians are turning to hospitals for help as they struggle with financial burdens and lowered incomes. The study, which surveyed 736 hospital chief executives, found... Read more...
CA group announces 2007 P4P results
California healthcare group Integrated Healthcare Association has announced the 2007 pay-for-performance program results and performance award winners. The IHA found that clinical quality and... Read more...
Hospital, MD hiring continues
Hospitals and medical groups continued to add to their employee rolls last month, unlike many companies in other sectors of the troubled U.S. economy. Hospital employment grew 0.1 percent in... Read more...
Study: Patients don't typically use online ratings
Though physicians fear that their business will be adversely affected by off-the-cuff online ratings, few patients actually make use of such ratings, according to new research. A Harris Interactive... Read more...
Walgreens battles CVS for MA retail clinic market
Over the past year, drugstore chain CVS has engaged in a protracted battle to get permission to open its MinuteClinics in locations across the Boston metro area. The effort involved not only getting... Read more...
Democrats work to impose limits on MD-owned hospitals
Three times in the last 10 months, both levels of Congress have attempted to impose new limits on physician ownership of hospitals, but failed to close the deal. Now, Democrats in Congress are making... Read more...
FTC comes down on IL bill restricting retail clinics
The Federal Trade Commission has let it be known that it isn't thrilled with pending legislation that could place limits on the state's growing retail clinic industry. The agency found that the bill,... Read more...
Federal spending bill could limit physician hospital ownership
A group of Republican Congress members are raising objections to language in a war supplemental spending bill that they say would harm physician-owned hospitals. Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Tom Coburn... Read more...
Hospitals, practices using locum tenens physicians more often
In what some deem a troubling sign that the primary care physician shortage is getting worse, a growing number of hospitals and practices are working through temp agencies to get their staffing needs... Read more...
CIGNA launches site offering doctor, hospital rankings
CIGNA has launched a national website ranking doctors and hospitals by cost and quality measures, along with providing its beneficiaries with several additional tools to help them obtain care. Not... Read more...
