Care Coordination

Benedictine St. Gertrude's in Shakopee, Minn., is the first skilled nursing facility in Minnesota to partner with the state in an effort to relieve hospitals overwhelmed by an increasing number of COVID-19 patients, according to a Nov. 2 press release. 

Premise Health will take over operations at several of Humana's wellness centers under a partnership between the provider and insurer, Premise said Nov. 2.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services has chosen UnitedHealthcare to administer the state's Medicaid program, effective Jan. 1, 2022, UnitedHealth Group announced Nov. 2.

A survey from Hint Health, a direct primary care management platform, found that the majority of consumers are interested in cutting payers entirely out of their employer-sponsored coverage. 

Centene subsidiary WellCare is bringing Iora Primary Care practices in Houston, Charlotte, N.C., and seven Georgia cities into its network. 

Jefferson Health finalized its acquisition of Temple Health's ownership interest in not-for-profit HMO Health Partners Plans. 

Michigan-based Health Alliance Plan is signing on as an Aetna Signature Administrator, providing its members with access to 1.4 million providers outside the state. 

After ending its old contract Oct. 1, UnitedHealthcare and Hickory, N.C.-based Catawba Valley Health System announced a new agreement Oct. 28.

One of HCA Healthcare's hospitals in Plantation, Fla., will stop providing inpatient care and convert to a freestanding emergency room operating under the direction of a nearby medical center, the company announced Oct. 27. 

Humana is partnering with New Orleans-based Ochsner Health to support the health system's mobile health clinic initiative.