Care Coordination

Franciscan Health Rensselaer (Ind.) hospital will close its licensed residential unit this fall, according to the Kankakee Valley Post News.

CVS Health-owned Aetna will expand its home-based services to Medicare Advantage members in New York through a new relationship with in-home medical provider Landmark Health.

Humana partnered with Salesforce Sept. 2 to deploy cloud-based technology in its new care management technology platform.

With Collective, SNFs can rapidly generate reports on COVID-positive patients in their facility and report to CMS.

Here are 10 recent updates on partnerships, disputes and policy changes affecting relationships between payers and providers: 

Aetna and the insurer's parent company, CVS Health, are offering a health plan in the Kansas City market that integrates both companies' services.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota inked a six-year contract that will help stabilize revenue for providers and support care models focused on improving outcomes, the organizations said Aug. 27.

Hurricane Laura made landfall early Aug. 27, slamming the Texas and Louisiana coasts, the New York Times reports. Hospitals in both states have been preparing for the potentially devastating effects of the hurricane.

It’s impossible to understand how to evaluate and treat a patient without understanding the life context they bring to a clinical scenario.

Wildfires prompted Napa County (Calif.) to issue mandatory evacuation orders Aug. 19 that included Adventist Health St. Helena (Calif.), a 151-bed hospital.