The following affiliations or developments between hospitals, health systems and physician groups took place within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
1. Marion General Hospital Acquires Smith Clinic
Marion (Ohio) General Hospital announced it will acquire Smith Clinic, a medical group practice in Marion and Delaware, Ohio.
2. Methodist Acquires Senatobia Primary Care Practice
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., acquired Primary Health Care in Senatobia, Miss.
3. Steward Health Gets Hawthorn Medical Associates to Leave Partners HealthCare
Steward Health Care System in Boston plans to affiliate with Hawthorn Medical Associates, a New Bedford, Mass.-based physician group that is currently affiliated with Partners Community Healthcare, a physician affiliate of Partners HealthCare.
4. Palos Community Hospital, Alpha Med Physicians Group Launch Joint Venture for Women's Health
Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Ill., and Alpha Med Physicians Group in Tinley Park, Ill., launched a joint venture to open a specialized women's health center in Tinley Park, Ill.
5. Mission Health Affiliates With Victoria Urological Associates
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health announced an affiliation with Victoria Urological Associates, a four-physician practice in Asheville, N.C.
6. Mt. Airy Hospital and Sound Physicians Form Agreement
Sound Physicians, a hospitalist organization based in Tacoma, Wash., announced it will provide hospitalist services for Mt. Airy Hospital in Cincinnati.
7. Lee Memorial Health System Forms Partnership With Inpatient Specialists of Southwest Florida
Lee Memorial Health System, based in Fort Myers, Fla., announced a relationship with newly formed, Fort Meyers, Fla.-based physician group Inpatient Specialists of Southwest Florida.
8. Surgeons Leave Tampa General Hospital for Competitor, Bring 18 Staffers With Them
Two prominent surgeons left Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, severing their ties with the University of SouthFlorida, to establish a new program at Florida Hospital Tampa.
9. War Memorial Hospital in Michigan Acquires Urgent Care Clinic
War Memorial Hospital in Sault St. Marie, Mich., acquired Northern Urgent Care, an urgent care clinic in Kinross, Mich.
10. Physicians Leave KentuckyOne Over Contraception Restrictions, Go to Work for Norton Healthcare
A physician practice cut ties with Louisville, Ky.-based KentuckyOne Health due to the system's restrictions on contraception and will instead work with competitor Norton Healthcare.
11. Highmark-West Penn Alleghany Deal Sparks Shift in Physician's Migration Patterns
It was reported in August that Pittsburgh-based West Penn Alleghany Health System and insurance company Highmark "lured" six physicians from UPMC in the past six months — a small portion of the system's 3,200 physicians, but a development that suggests a shift in a traditionally one-way migration pattern.
1. Marion General Hospital Acquires Smith Clinic
Marion (Ohio) General Hospital announced it will acquire Smith Clinic, a medical group practice in Marion and Delaware, Ohio.
2. Methodist Acquires Senatobia Primary Care Practice
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., acquired Primary Health Care in Senatobia, Miss.
3. Steward Health Gets Hawthorn Medical Associates to Leave Partners HealthCare
Steward Health Care System in Boston plans to affiliate with Hawthorn Medical Associates, a New Bedford, Mass.-based physician group that is currently affiliated with Partners Community Healthcare, a physician affiliate of Partners HealthCare.
4. Palos Community Hospital, Alpha Med Physicians Group Launch Joint Venture for Women's Health
Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Ill., and Alpha Med Physicians Group in Tinley Park, Ill., launched a joint venture to open a specialized women's health center in Tinley Park, Ill.
5. Mission Health Affiliates With Victoria Urological Associates
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health announced an affiliation with Victoria Urological Associates, a four-physician practice in Asheville, N.C.
6. Mt. Airy Hospital and Sound Physicians Form Agreement
Sound Physicians, a hospitalist organization based in Tacoma, Wash., announced it will provide hospitalist services for Mt. Airy Hospital in Cincinnati.
7. Lee Memorial Health System Forms Partnership With Inpatient Specialists of Southwest Florida
Lee Memorial Health System, based in Fort Myers, Fla., announced a relationship with newly formed, Fort Meyers, Fla.-based physician group Inpatient Specialists of Southwest Florida.
8. Surgeons Leave Tampa General Hospital for Competitor, Bring 18 Staffers With Them
Two prominent surgeons left Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, severing their ties with the University of SouthFlorida, to establish a new program at Florida Hospital Tampa.
9. War Memorial Hospital in Michigan Acquires Urgent Care Clinic
War Memorial Hospital in Sault St. Marie, Mich., acquired Northern Urgent Care, an urgent care clinic in Kinross, Mich.
10. Physicians Leave KentuckyOne Over Contraception Restrictions, Go to Work for Norton Healthcare
A physician practice cut ties with Louisville, Ky.-based KentuckyOne Health due to the system's restrictions on contraception and will instead work with competitor Norton Healthcare.
11. Highmark-West Penn Alleghany Deal Sparks Shift in Physician's Migration Patterns
It was reported in August that Pittsburgh-based West Penn Alleghany Health System and insurance company Highmark "lured" six physicians from UPMC in the past six months — a small portion of the system's 3,200 physicians, but a development that suggests a shift in a traditionally one-way migration pattern.