Care Coordination

Eleven people, including eight employees of Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health, were injured in a crash Dec. 22 involving a shuttle and car, the health system confirmed to Becker's.

Beginning in mid-January, maternity services will no longer be available at Pulaski Memorial Hospital in Winamac, Ind., local news station WKVI reported Dec. 22. 

Morgan County, Ill., is the second organization to drop Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois as its employee benefits provider after the payer declined to renew its network agreement with Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, according to WLDS-WEAI. 

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson received federal approval to begin its Medicaid expansion redesign, dubbed ARHOME.

Cigna has reached a multiyear agreement with Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System that provides Cigna members with in-network access to the provider's six hospital campuses and 600 physicians across the Carolinas.

MVP Health Care is partnering with BioReference Laboratories to offer at-home COVID-19 PRC testing, bloodwork and other diagnostics, the payer announced Dec. 20. 

A New York judge ruled on the future of New York City's controversial retiree Medicare contract after its rollout was put in limbo. At the same time, payers are working to lock in network contracts for the new year. 

The West Virginia Hospital Association is urging the public to take preventive measures to ease strain on the state's healthcare system and ensure critical care services are not disrupted ahead of an anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases. 

As of Dec. 17, New York's list of hospitals ordered to halt nonurgent procedures due to limited capacity included 28 facilities, according to the state health department.

Florida Blue is extending its network contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare for the next several years.