Contents tagged with clinical integration
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Janet Hurley, MD - Opportunity knocks
Janet Hurley, MD, cares for patients in Whitehouse, a rural community in East Texas. Her small practice is part of a clinically integrated system. She says opportunities abound for family … more
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Texas Family Physician - Vol. 63 No. 1, Winter 2012
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Preserving a family traditionWith three decades of rural … more
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Clinical Integration: The key to improving quality and reducing cost in health care
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Clinical Integration
The key to improving quality and reducing cost in health care
By Jonathan Nelson
The American health care industry is under tremendous pressure to lower … more
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Clinical integration: The case for getting involved now
By Daniel J. Marino
What is your reaction to the concept of clinical integration? If you are like most physicians I talk to, you are interested in the idea but wary of the many uncertainties that surround it. You may also have some reservations about getting involved with the local hospital. If you become clinically integrated, will you be able to maintain control of your own practice?
One thing is clear: Doing nothing is not an option. Unsustainable health care cost trends are creating pressure that is simply not going away. All payers are pushing to reduce costs, and there is broad and deep agreement that greater coordination of care is the solution. Physicians who stick to the clinical models developed under fee-for-service reimbursement are going to suffer from steady fee schedule reductions.
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