Cardiology: Hospital

Getting to the Heart of Cardiology Alignment

Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, February 9, 2012

This article appears in the January 2012 issue of HealthLeadersmagazine.
Like the rhythm of the beating heart, there is the steady drumbeat of knocking on the hospital's doors.
It's those cardiologists.
With declining reimbursements and eroding practice income, cardiologists are increasingly seeking hospital employment, prompting health systems to consider an array of possibilities for physician alignment./.../