Clinics join mergers trend
Some heart doctors’ incomes, patients’ costs to rise
Posted: February 5, 2012 at 4:31 a.m.
Dr. Stephen Greer of Arkansas Cardiology Clinic checks an X-ray at his clinic, which has a lease agreement with Baptist Health Systems involving the clinic’s facilities and 14 cardiologists.
The three largest cardiology clinics in Little Rock have announced mergers with hospitals in the city, a move that in some cases will raise clinic physicians’ incomes and increase the cost of services for patients.
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