Care Coordination

University of Chicago at Ingalls-Flossmoor (Ill.) temporarily closed its urgent aid location Dec. 29 because of the COVID-19 surge.

From sprawling contract renewals to relationships built on member value, here are seven recent payer expansions and partnerships. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health received approval from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily add 54 inpatient beds at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in case the COVID-19 surge worsens, MiBiz reported Dec. 28.

Cleveland Clinic revised its timeline for the resumption of nonurgent procedures to mid-January. 

Tomah (Wis.) Health is suspending urgent care starting Jan. 1 as it deals with high patient volume from COVID-19 and other illnesses.

Anthem and Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare struck a multiyear contract that gives members access to the provider's 11 hospitals, eight ambulatory surgery centers and 3,300 physicians. 

Several hospitals across Maryland have activated crisis standards of care as COVID-19 hospitalizations spike. 

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan confirmed the state surpassed 1,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations Dec. 23, triggering hospitals within the state to enact pandemic plans as mandated by the health department. 

With a month remaining until enrollment closes, HHS announced that a record-setting 13.6 million Americans will receive health insurance coverage in 2022 through the ACA marketplaces. 

TidalHealth is temporarily suspending nonemergency surgeries that would require an overnight stay at Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and Seaford, Del.-based TidalHealth Nanticoke starting Dec. 27.