Indianapolis-based Anthem will depart Nevada's ACA exchange and pull its individual exchange products from more than half of Georgia's counties for 2018, Reuters reports.
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Price held more clout than insurers' network and brand when consumers chose health plans on the individual ACA exchanges, according to recent Leavitt Partners study.
Eight nearly new kidney dialysis clinics in Kansas continue to be largely unused because the state has yet to inspect and certify them, according to the Kansas City Star.
The U.S. Senate approved legislation that enables Florida to establish seven new Veterans Affairs medical facilities in the state, according to the Miami Herald.
The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
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Some residents of Avondale, Ohio, want to stop Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's up to $650 million expansion into their neighborhood, according to WCPO.
Danbury (Conn.) Hospital will transform its existing cardiac operating room into a multifunctional cardiovascular surgical suite after a donation from former patient Yoriko McClure.
Baton Rouge (La.) General Medical Center is planning to construct a new $30 million hospital in Prairieville, La. and complete a $40 million expansion of its existing critical care tower at Bluebonnet Hospital in Baton Rouge, according to The Advocate.
Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare, in partnership with Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, will convert Kindred Hospital Indianapolis South, a 60-bed long-term care facility, into a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital.
Phoenix-based Banner Health will open retail-based clinics in three Safeway grocery stores in Arizona with an aim of improving healthcare access and affordability, according to Az Central.