Care Coordination

Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, La., will temporarily halt scheduling any new elective inpatient surgeries because of an uptick in COVID-19 patients.

Amid the pandemic, births in the U.S. fell by 4 percent in 2020. Now, however, that trend is reversing as some hospitals experience baby booms. 

A contract dispute between BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial Health Care System could leave thousands of state residents without in-network coverage, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press article on Yahoo's website. 

AmeriHealth Caritas has 5 million Medicaid, Medicare and Children's Health Insurance Program members across 13 states and Washington, D.C., according to its website.

Health systems are eyeing home-based care as a priority trend in healthcare, said Daphne Bascom, MD, vice president of population health at Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Mo.

In May, two of the largest healthcare providers in the U.S. — Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic — made a joint strategic investment in Medically Home Group, a Boston-based tech services company that powers hospital-at-home programs.

Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, will close its outpatient surgery center by Sept. 1, according to The Times-Reporter. 

Magellan Healthcare has collaborated with autism provider Invo Healthcare to launch a value-based pilot program for children with autism spectrum disorder undergoing applied behavior analysis treatment.

North Carolina's five Medicaid health plans have joined the state's coordinated care network, NCCARE360, WNCT reported July 19.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware and Delaware health systems ChristianaCare and Bayhealth have announced plans to collaborate on a Medicare Advantage plan.