The McAllen (Texas) Convention Center is now open as a relief valve for Rio Grande Valley hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility will begin taking up to 50 patients and can accommodate 250.
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The pandemic has affected the role of health insurers as new pressures are placed on the medical and social needs of their members.
Amazon inked a partnership with Crossover Health earlier this year to pilot a health clinic for employees in Texas.
MetroWest Medical Center intends to shutter its inpatient pediatric unit at Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital by the end of November due to low patient volume, according to local news source Wicked Local Franklin.
UPMC Pinnacle in Harrisburg, Pa., and Cigna extended their contract through the end of 2021, the organizations said July 30.
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Several healthcare organizations recently closed medical units or terminated services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or prevent patient care lapses. Here are eight that have announced or completed closures in the last three weeks:
Humana partnered with Strive Health, a value-based kidney care solution, to offer kidney disease care coordination services for some of its members in two states.
Two Texas health systems are resuming elective surgeries after a two-week hiatus.
Patients in the intensive care unit of Washington D.C-based United Medical Center are being transported to a nearby hospital due to a power outage, according to local NBC affiliate WRC-TV.