Psychiatric units and hospitals in Massachusetts have taken at least 154 additional mental beds offline solely because of staffing needs within the last 10 months, according to a report released in December.
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Macomb, Ill.-based McDonough District Hospital is moving on from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois as its employee insurance provider after the payer parted ways with Springfield Clinic, according to the McDonough County Voice.
New York will require 32 hospitals with limited capacity to halt nonurgent elective procedures as COVID-19 cases increase in the state, according to state officials.
The Detroit Medical Center has ended its kidney transplant program, the hospital confirmed to Becker's Dec. 6.
Cleveland-based hospitals Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth and University Hospitals announced in a joint statement Dec. 3 that some surgeries will be postponed due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the region.
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Aetna and Minneapolis-based Allina Health's insurance joint venture is launching four new plans targeting employers and self-insured customers.
Several healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
Two prominent Albuquerque, N.M.-based hospitals are operating significantly over capacity, with University of New Mexico Hospital at 140 percent capacity and Presbyterian Hospital at 120 percent, Fox affiliate KRQE reported Nov. 30.
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.