Part B News | Physician Practice Perspectives

Advocate for physician-led ACOs shares secret of success

09/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

The former president of Advocate Physician Partners says it's a slow process to get newly hired physicians smoothly cobbled into an accountable care organization. But "culture is the main determinant" of an ACO's success.

Compensation increasingly based on quality of care

09/01/2013

by: John Commins

Primary care physicians have 3% of their total compensation based on quality measures, but doctors will increasingly be tied to these metrics as reimbursement aligns more closely with quality and cost measures, Medical Group Management Association data suggests.

Physicians help rebrand a Medicare Advantage plan

09/01/2013

by: Jacqueline Fellows

By working closely with its network physicians who are on the frontlines of demystifying health information for seniors, health insurer Cigna is doing things that could reap the company long-term marketing benefits.

Patients shoulder nearly 25% of medical bills

09/01/2013

by: John Commins

Data from the American Medical Association details the costs of medical billing complexity on patients and physicians, who are put "in the awkward situation of having to ask patients for money," says an AMA board member.

Q&A: Ardis Dee Hoven, new AMA president, outlines road map

09/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

From reimbursement challenges to figuring out what makes some physician practices great, the American Medical Association's new president, Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, vows "significant change" for doctors in the year ahead.

Malnutrition, long neglected, needs doctors' attention

09/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

The obesity epidemic in this country is rightly of deep concern to physicians and hospitals, but it obscures another deep-seated, but often less talked about problem: malnutrition.

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