In an April 8 letter to Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) sought clarification of some provisions in CMS–3267–P. The proposed rule aims to reduce outmoded or unnecessarily...
Clinical integration, the advancement of physician-hospital collaboration to increase quality and decrease costs, is harder than it looks. The impending pay for value world we are rapidly entering requires that physicians lead clinical integration to achieve success. Do your physician leaders...
