Aetna is providing 2.5 million members across New York and New Jersey access to DocGo, a mobile at-home healthcare services provider, through a multiyear agreement.
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Aetna and N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Health, a Trinity Health hospital, struck a new in-network contract after temporarily extending the parties' old agreement amid negotiations, according to syracuse.com.
ACA open enrollment numbers are continuing to set records, but as the Jan. 15 signup deadline nears, the influx of workers leaving their jobs are pushing enrollment to new highs, according to a report from CBS affiliate KLAS.
Several healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high nationwide, with at least four states reporting new records this week.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency order Jan. 13 to temporarily restrict hospitals from performing nonurgent healthcare services, procedures and surgeries.
Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will permanently close its labor and delivery unit March 14, CBS Miami reported Jan. 14.
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Louisville, Colo.-based Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital, which is temporarily closed after its evacuation during the Marshall fire on Dec. 30, said it will reopen Jan. 18.