Care Coordination

After providing coverage to more than a quarter of the U.S. population in 2019, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment recorded increases of 8.9 percent between July 2020 and May 2021, according to a report from the Medicaid…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is adding Lisle, Ill.-based Amita Health's Cook County providers to its Blue FocusCare ACA network, doubling the network's size. 

UnitedHealth Group has its sights set on development through executive hires, sustainability initiatives and financial goals. 

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine's application to close the obstetrics and gynecology department at its McHenry, Ill., hospital, Lake & McHenry County Scanner reported Dec. 14.

The Howard R. Levine Foundation donated $25 million to Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Foundation, which will go toward the new Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte coming in 2024.

Hospitals are increasingly using cryptocurrency to accept donations, but the method could pose some risks, Marketplace reported Dec. 14.

The Defense Department issued Optum a $172 million contract modification for its indefinite-delivery bridge contract, according to a Dec. 13 news release. 

Vermont's Department of Financial Regulation issued an emergency rule Dec. 8 that requires payers to fully cover over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen tests without cost-sharing, according to The Center Square. 

Massachusetts is ordering hospitals with limited capacity to reduce nonurgent procedures by 50 percent starting Dec. 15. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising nationally — up 21 percent over the last 14 days — but remain below levels seen during last winter's peak, according to HHS data cited by The New York Times.