Care Coordination

Lags Medical Centers, a chain of pain management clinics based in Santa Maria, Calif., has abruptly closed, according to a May 15 report from The Modesto Bee.  

CMS issued guidance May 13 outlining how states can use funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Medicaid programs.

The shift from labor-intensive, siloed and error-prone manual processes to digital transformation platforms is enabling hospitals to move faster, improving everything from real-time staffing decisions to patient care.

It's been five years since Iowa moved its Medicaid program from a state-run system to one led by private, out-of-state insurance companies, but criticism of the transition has continued, The Gazette reported.

President Joe Biden announced 1 million people have signed up for health coverage during the ACA marketplace's special enrollment period issued earlier this year, ABC News reported.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 139 million emergency department (ED) visits every year in the United States.

Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, Calif., will close its obstetrics, labor and delivery and newborn nursing units by Aug. 4, according to a recent hospital notice. The closures will affect about 40 employees.

UnitedHealthcare announced it will offer a support program for retirees returning home from a hospital or skilled nursing facility.

Nearly 90 percent of emergency department patients who were enrolled in Penn Medicine's new home recovery program did not need to return to the hospital in the month that followed their original visit, according to a study published in Healthcare.

Group members of Highmark, a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, with integrated medical and pharmacy benefits saved an average of $150 to $230 per member, per year and had better health outcomes compared to those who used separate…