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Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center will postpone nonemergent surgeries that require overnight stays beginning Jan. 3, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

The FDA on Dec. 17 reversed a critical restriction on abortion access by allowing patients to obtain the hormone-blocking drug mifepristone by mail instead of requiring it to be procured in person. 

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan confirmed the state surpassed 1,200 COVID-19 hospitalizations Dec. 17, triggering a series of new actions for hospitals that include limiting nonurgent surgeries requiring overnight stays.

Cleveland Clinic is extending the delay of nonessential surgeries requiring hospital beds through Dec. 31 as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, effective Dec. 20, the system said Dec. 17.

Point32Health is rolling out a value-based partnership with outpatient addiction and mental healthcare provider Eleanor Health.

While virtual healthcare plans continue to rise in popularity for offering immediate access to care at lower costs, they also have the potential to bring out the worst attributes in healthcare, Stamford (Conn.) Health CEO Kathleen Silard, BSN, RN, wrote…

About 41 percent of U.S. healthcare dollars involve alternative payment models — a 23 percent increase over five years, according to a report from the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network.

Maryland hospitals have been directed to reduce the number of nonurgent medical surgeries requiring overnight stays once the state hits 1,200 COVID-19 hospitalizations, Gov. Larry Hogan said Dec. 15. 

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.