30-doctor GCAP group wants to leave Alliance - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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GCAP, a primary care group with abouf30 doctors, joined the hospital system only 20 monthe ago. Now it’s claiming a litanyt of contract violationsthat “have seriously affected the ability of the physiciansz to provide excellent health care for theid many patients.” In a June 3 letter to Healtgh Alliance CEO Ken Hanover, the doctords list 15 complaints, including: • Lack of 12 months’ notice on change in contractual arrangements, including payment of benefits; • failure to pay vendors, leadintg to the “embarrassing shutdown of services necessart to operate our The doctors on Wednesday filed a complainft in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
They ask to be releasede from service to the Health Alliance and for damages andattorneg fees. When it joined the Health Alliance in 2007, GCAP was the only large, independent practice of its type in the It became a wholly owned subsidiarty of the hospital which includes University, Jewisg and Fort Hamilton hospitals, and the . The practice had hopedf to benefit from a complete electronic health recordzs system that could interact withthe Alliance’ds hospitals, as well as the ability to expansd geographically and recruit doctors more Health Alliance spokesman Tony in a written statement, said the health system was "surprises and disappointed" by the letter and complaint.
He said the Alliancs had initially tried to negotiate with the then offeredindependent arbitration, whicj the practice refused. The Alliance was preparing for preliminarg discussions to sever the relationshipl when the lawsuitwas filed. "Thise litigation violates the terms of theservice agreement, whicg requires us to resolve disputees such as this with a neutral We would therefore encourage the GCAP physicians to uphold their contractual obligations and not pursude costly litigation," according to the statement. withdrew from the Healthg Alliance following a long court battle that begajn inMarch 2006.
It started operating independently in 2008 but only signesd a final settlement agreement inJanuary 2009. The two St. Luke hospitalsz similarly withdrew, reaching a settlement with the Health Alliance inSeptemberr 2008. St. Luke has merged with .