Strength in numbers: How physicians can work together and thrive
Many independent practice owners today are in a difficult bind. By training and temperament, they are fiercely devoted to maintaining their autonomy. But survival in today’s environment requires the financial resources and access to patient data that doctors usually can get only by being part of a hospital system or…
Catalyst Health Network Adds to Its C-Suite
The accountable care organization is expanding its leadership to include a Chief People Officer and a Chief Technology Officer. Read Article
The Challenge of Vaccinating Medical Deserts in Southern Dallas
“If our goal is to have to have herd immunity, we’re going to have to have to make sure that we’re not just looking out for ourselves.” Read Article
Dallas lawmaker wants to keep telemedicine growing in Texas after COVID-19 with ‘pay parity’ bill
Physicians and patients like the convenience the practice brought during pandemic, but health plans say mandating reimbursement rates would interfere with its negotiated rates. Read Article
Here are some ideas to steal from this year’s Top 100 Places to Work winners
Good things can happen in bad times, and many of our winners say the creative ways they discovered to keep close while staying distant are worth keeping, even post-pandemic. Read Article
Baylor, Catalyst Health partner to drive down costs
Baylor Scott & White’s clinically integrated network and the Texas-based primary care network Catalyst Health Network have formed a partnership focused on reducing healthcare costs and improving access for northern Texas residents. Read Article
Baylor alliance, Catalyst Health to combine giant doctors groups in push for value-based care
With thousands of physicians in Dallas-Fort Worth, the two large integrated networks already serve 1.75 million lives — and have designs on many more. Read Article
Catalyst Health Network Launches Nonprofit Foundation to Address Healthcare Disparities
Catalyst Community Foundation aims to make primary care more affordable and accessible to all of North Texas. PLANO, TEXAS — October 21, 2020 — Catalyst Health Network, a URAC-accredited clinically integrated network of primary care physicians, recently established the Catalyst Community Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to transforming communities—particularly historically underserved neighborhoods—by…
Texas physicians are losing money during the pandemic. They want lawmakers to make health insurers pay up.
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities.
Texas physicians are losing money during the pandemic. They want lawmakers to make health insurers pay up.
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities. Read Article