Sunday, October 17, 2010

30-doctor GCAP group wants to leave Alliance - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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GCAP, a primary care group with about 30 joined the hospital system only 20months ago. Now it’s claiming a litany of contractg violationsthat “have seriously affected the ability of the physiciands to provide excellent health care for their many In a June 3 letter to Health Alliance CEO Ken Hanover, the doctors list 15 including: • Lack of 12 months’ noticwe on changes in contractual including payment of benefits; • failure to pay leading to the “embarrassing shutdown of services necessary to operate our The doctors on Wednesday filed a complaint in Hamilton County Commomn Pleas Court.
They ask to be releasede from service to the Healthy Alliance and for damages andattorneyu fees. When it joined the Health Allianceein 2007, GCAP was the only large, independenft practice of its type in the area. It becamwe a wholly owned subsidiary of thehospitaol system, which includes University, Jewish and Fort Hamilton and the . The practice had hopec to benefit from a complete electronivc health records system that could interactt withthe Alliance’s hospitals, as well as the abilit y to expand geographically and recruit doctors more Health Alliance spokesman Tony in a written statement, said the health systej was "surprised and disappointed" by the lettefr and complaint.
He said the Alliance had initially tried to negotiater withthe physicians, then offered independenft arbitration, which the practice refused. The Alliance was preparingb for preliminary discussions to sever the relationship when the lawsuitwas "This litigation violates the terms of the servicew agreement, which requires us to resolve disputed such as this with a neutral We would therefore encourage the GCAP physiciana to uphold their contractual obligations and not pursue costly litigation," accordingh to the statement. withdrew from the Health Alliance following a long court battle that began inMarcu 2006.
It started operating independentlty in 2008 but only signed a final settlement agreemenrt inJanuary 2009. The two St. Luke hospitals similarly reaching a settlement with the Healthy Alliance inSeptember 2008. St. Luke has merged with .

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