By Barbara Kirchheimer January 25, 2010 Physician-executives have until Jan. 28 to let their feelings be known about the Joint Commission's latest version of its proposed medical staff standards for accredited hospitals. ... FULL STORY
October 26, 2009 Conflicts of interest were not disclosed for 28.8% of the physicians participating in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2008 annual meeting, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. ... FULL STORY
September 14, 2009 A continuing U.S. Senate investigation into possible academic and healthcare industry conflicts of interest has led one prominent physician, David Polly Jr., M.D., to resign his leadership post from a national medical specialty society. ... FULL STORY
August 24, 2009 Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center agreed to pay the U.S. $2.4 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit brought by a former chief financial officer targeting arrangements the public hospital established with physicians under a former CEO who wishes the hospital had fought back. ... FULL STORY
By Gregg Blesch August 10, 2009 Carilion Clinic's plan to reinvent itself as a fully integrated physician-led system has brought rapid expansion of its services and ranks of employed physicians through acquisitions. It also provoked a backlash among some physicians who wanted to remain independent, and now the Federal Trade... ... FULL STORY
By Gregg Blesch and Joe Carlson June 08, 2009 Everyone is calling on physician groups and hospitals to align their patient care and business incentives. But several recent investigations demonstrate the legal risk inherent in close business ties between physician groups and hospitals, especially when those ties get too tight. ... FULL STORY
April 13, 2009 Physicians and hospitals no longer have a one-stop shop to confess and resolve their legally questionable relationships with the government’s healthcare fraud and abuse watchdogs. ... FULL STORY
March 09, 2009 A Commonwealth Fund official has joined the board of an American Academy of Family Physicians arm, but the foundation doesn’t see a conflict between her role in researching the medical-home concept and the AAFP’s advocacy role in promoting it. ... FULL STORY
By Alice Hohl February 09, 2009 When Texas Health Resources decided to revive its physicians’ group, it didn’t go about things in the usual way. In fact, the effort resulted in a for-profit partnership with an information technology company, in addition to the usual not-for-profit corporation representing the physicians’ group. ... FULL STORY
December 22, 2008 Two academic health systems earlier this month announced plans to disclose consulting and research agreements that their physicians have with medical products companies, opening the door to similar actions by other providers. ... FULL STORY
November 17, 2008 The Association of American Medical Colleges is hoping its principles for healthcare reform released weeks before Barack Obama was elected are considered and factored into any legislative equations. ... FULL STORY
August 11, 2008 A new round of litigation has broken out between the management of Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Santa Ana, Calif., and physicians who control more than 40% of the company’s shares. ... FULL STORY
June 23, 2008 Hospitals could claim a slight victory after the Joint Commission’s decision to delay implementation of the revised MS 1.20 standard, the contentious medical staff standard providers have found reason to dislike. ... FULL STORY
By Barbara Kirchheimer May 05, 2008 In a twist on an arrangement typically used to align hospital and physician interests in specialty services, SSM Health Care is testing new inpatient-care processes through a company jointly owned by one of its hospitals and six physician practices. St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood Medicine... ... FULL STORY
By Cinda Becker February 04, 2008 Despite a long-standing tradition of docs on hospital boards, it is fast becoming the hot-button issue in governance circles. In a study analyzing N.J.'s healthcare economic crisis, the state's Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources said the hospital-doc relationship is unique in... ... FULL STORY
January 07, 2008 The American Medical Association took in $8.6 million less in 2006 than it did in 2005, while spending increased more than $3 million over the previous year, according to its 2006 IRS Form 990. ... FULL STORY
By Jennifer Lubell December 17, 2007 Physician groups claim they’re taking additional measures to police themselves, but a new survey indicates the profession may not be going far enough to stop the practice of bad medicine. A survey of 1,662 physicians found that less than 50% of physicians are reporting the incompetent behavior or... ... FULL STORY
November 19, 2007 A deal for Marshfield Clinic to acquire its first wholly owned hospital, Lakeview Medical Center, didn’t go to a vote earlier this month as expected as the prospective partners continue to negotiate terms and a shifting legal landscape. ... FULL STORY
October 15, 2007 The GRIPA last month became the second clinically integrated IPA to get a favorable advisory opinion to operate from the FTC. ... FULL STORY
By Jay Greene September 17, 2007 Disputes between physicians and hospitals can come in all sizes and forms. In what started out as a challenge to management and clinical policy changes at 63-bed Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville (Texas), ended with at least four physicians resigning from the 12-member medical staff and a general... ... FULL STORY
By Jay Greene September 04, 2007 In what may be a test case in how to drive for-profit physician-owned hospitals out of business, two groups of physician-investors have sued Memorial Hermann Healthcare System for allegedly orchestrating an insurance boycott that financially drained 99-bed Houston Town & Country Hospital, which... ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans June 18, 2007 Year one of Carilion Clinic’s bid to convert to a physician-led facility has been marked by ongoing opposition from area doctors and an urgent push to launch Virginia’s fifth medical school. Since unveiling plans to put doctors at the head of the Roanoke, Va., system, Carilion Clinic’s architects... ... FULL STORY
By Jay Greene June 04, 2007 Facing financial losses and yearning for independence, a 225-physician medical group owned by Lovelace Health System in Albuquerque plans to spin off into a private practice, pending negotiations with the parent company. “This gives us an opportunity to get back to our roots in patient care,... ... FULL STORY
By Mark Taylor March 19, 2007 Physician-hospital joint ventures continue to draw regulatory fire, reflecting the legal risks in structuring mutually beneficial arrangements in a climate of heightened scrutiny from HHS’ inspector general’s office and other government agencies. ... FULL STORY
By Mark Taylor February 05, 2007 The physician owner of Larkin Community Hospital says he hopes to put the South Miami, Fla., hospital's troubled past behind it after signing an agreement to pay $15.4 million to settle civil fraud and kickback allegations dating back a decade. ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans January 22, 2007 The dramatic reorganization plans ofRoanoke , Va.-based Carilion Clinic are meeting some equally dramatic opposition from independent physicians in the clinic’s service area. ... FULL STORY
August 28, 2006 Putting the control of a health system back in the hands of the physicians -- as Carilion Health System in Roanoke, Va., intends to do -- makes perfectly good business logic... ... FULL STORY
By Michael Romano August 09, 2006 A report by the auditor general of Illinois discovered widespread administrative lapses in the way the state handles investigations of physicians. ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Mantone May 18, 2006 HealthSouth Corp. won't face charges for accounting fraud that occurred from 1996 to 2003 if the rehabilitation giant follows the stipulations in a nonprosecution agreement with the Justice Department. ... FULL STORY
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