{"id":10600,"date":"2018-06-05T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10600"},"modified":"2018-06-04T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T18:54:24","slug":"insurers-snapping-up-physician-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10600","title":{"rendered":"Insurers snapping up physician practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">In a recent report from Modern Healthcare, insurers are increasing their efforts to buy medical practices or going after outpatient facilities that employ doctors in an effort to control spending. UnitedHealth Group is ahead of the pack in acquisitions, with its subsidiary OptumCare taking in several practices. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitspro.com\/2018\/06\/04\/insurers-entering-physician-practice-buying-frenzy\/?kw=Insurers%20entering%20physician%20practice%20buying%20frenzy&amp;et=editorial&amp;bu=BenefitsPRO&amp;cn=20180604&amp;src=EMC-Email&amp;pt=HealthCareReformWatch\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stethascope-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7791\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stethascope--300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stethascope--300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stethascope-.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from Modern Healthcare, insurers are increasing their efforts to buy medical practices or going after outpatient<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10601,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10600\/revisions\/10601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}