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HOSPITAL and Physician NEWS: New Ga. Alliance joins wave of providers seeking...
By Beth Kutscher The goals of population health management may be encouraging rampant consolidation across the healthcare industry, but some systems are pushing back and seeing whether they can achieve...
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AMEDNews.com: Hospitals see alignment with doctors as boon to patient care
Executives say in a survey that the growth of physician employment eventually will lead to improved coordination of care, market share and better outcomes. By Karen Caffarini July 15, 2013 - Hospital...
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Cash-Only Practice: What You Need to Do to Succeed
By Neil Chesanow Jul 24, 2013 Is a Concierge Practice in Your Future? As frustration and anger with healthcare intensify among physicians, more and more doctors believe that they are ready to quit the...
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Report: Mobile Health Growth Rate Expected To Reach 61% by 2017
The mobile health technology industry is expected to reach a compound annual growth rate of 61% by 2017, according to a report by Research and Markets, Healthcare IT News reports. Details of Growth...
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First National Gathering Focused On Direct Primary Care (DPC) To Be Held In...
First National Gathering Focused On Direct Primary Care (DPC) To Be Held In St. Louis: October 11-12, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 29, 2013 (ST. LOUIS, MO) – The Direct Primary Care Journal (DPCJ)...
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TECHNOLOGY: PatientsLikeMe, a destination for visitors to share personal...
Jamie and Ben Heywood, trained as mechanical engineers at MIT, learned their brother Stephen was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in 1999. They grew frustrated by the lack of reliable...
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CNN, TELEMEDICINE: When your ICU doctor is on a screen
Dr. Mary Jo Gorman of Advanced ICU Care, a telemedicine company, explains why it makes sense to have doctors communicate with patients over a ‘Skype on steroids.’ WATCH VIDEO >> By Jordan Malter...
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FORTUNE MAG: The Affordable Care Act is going to give millions of people...
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large @FortuneMagazine July 25, 2013 - First is making sure that our pharmacists are positioned to provide the additional prescriptions that 30 million to 40 million...
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NORTH CAROLINA: NC Law makes move to improve health cost transparency
By Owen Covington, Reporter- The Business Journal JULY 30, 2013 - Passed last week in the waning days of this year’s legislative session, the Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act of 2013, or...
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Dallas, TEXAS: Concierge medical practice offers unique benefits in personal...
Diamond Physicians Opens in Dallas’ Preston Center Concierge medical practice offers unique benefits in personal healthcare and value; alternative to Obamacare. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 Dr....
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Walgreens gets a modern makeover
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large @FortuneMagazine July 25, 2013 - As the digital revolution remakes retailing and the Affordable Care Act transforms health care, drugstores need fresh thinking....
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ALABAMA: Patients paying yearly membership fee for elite healthcare
By Sarah Navoy HUNTSVILLE, AL | August 5, 2013 (WAFF) - It’s not a new idea, but it’s becoming more popular in North Alabama – concierge medicine. It could be considered a luxury service. Patients pay...
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BUSINESS: Make cost part of the conversation with patients
Some may hesitate to talk about financial issues with a doctor, while others want to spare no expense for their care. By Karen Caffarini — Posted April 8, 2013. With health care costs and patient...
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BUSINESS: How to get tax breaks for your medical practice
Federal, state and local governments offer doctors incentives because practices are recognized as economic engines. But physicians must know how and where to find them. By Karen Caffarini — Posted Aug....
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LOUISIANA: Dr. Minsky, MDVIP Practice in New Orleans, LA
By Dennis Woltering / Eyewitness News | WWWLTV August 5, 2013 | NEW ORLEANS – At a time when you often have to wait weeks for a doctor’s appointment, only to get a visit that seems rushed, many people...
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LEGAL: Is a Concierge Model Right for Your Medical Practice? Four Questions...
By CMT Contributor, Attorney, Jack Marquis | WNJ | 02.2.2012 The concierge model of medicine has grown significantly over the last decade, but a Warner Norcross & Judd LLP attorney encourages...
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Hospitals Cut 4,400 Jobs in July
By Heather Punke | Becker’s Hospital Review | August 02, 2013 Though the U.S. added 162,000 jobs in July, hospitals cut 4,400 jobs during that time, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted...
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KANSAS CITY: More and more doctors in the US are turning to concierge medicine
AUGUST 6, 2013 – There’s a growing trend in healthcare, more and more doctors are going back to cash-only practices. Dr. William Neuhofel, or Dr. Neu as he prefers, opened his practice a little more...
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Which Residency Programs Produce the Fewest Primary Care Physicians?
By Heather Punke | Becker’s Hospital Review | August 02, 2013 The primary care physician shortage is becoming a problem in the U.S., and one that is likely to grow, as just roughly a quarter of...
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TECHNOLOGY: EHR transition causes its own headaches
Technology contracts often favor the vendor. Medical practices should negotiate the most agreeable terms possible, especially regarding termination, to make for a clean break. By Pamela Lewis Dolan...
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