Care Coordination

Stride Health announced a partnership with freelance work platform Fiverr to connect workers with health insurance. 

Humana is broadening its Medicare Advantage network by tapping Leesburg, Va.-based Loudoun Medical Group, a physician-owned group of practices across the state. 

Cigna is expanding its Florida Medicare Advantage offerings by stepping into two new counties and expanding its relationship with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the payer said Nov. 30. 

UnitedHealthcare announced a new Arizona health plan, Doctors Plan of Arizona, which it claims can save members up to 15 percent on premiums compared to traditional PPOs. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations reached an all-time high in three states this week as cases rise nationwide.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Missouri are rising, increasing 16 percent over the last 14 days, according to HHS data cited by The New York Times Nov. 30. 

Independence Blue Cross has both extended its contract with Penn Medicine and broadened it to develop new value-based programs.

Florida lawmakers are stirring up bipartisan support to expand KidCare, the state's subsidized child healthcare program, for the first time since 2012. 

The federal government is sending medical teams to Michigan to help hospitals respond to surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state.

Mercyhealth, which has seven hospitals in Wisconsin and Illinois, filed an application with the Illinois Health and Services Review Board to end inpatient services at Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton next year, local news station WTVO reported Nov. 24.