Care Coordination

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network will close Community Howard Specialty Hospital in Kokomo, Ind., on Aug 30, according to the Kokomo Tribune. 

Administrative costs account for an estimated 34 percent of all U.S. healthcare expenses, according to a 2017 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Though treating COVID-19 patients who require hospitalization is a key concern for U.S. hospitals, there is also a need to monitor and support coronavirus patients who are caring for themselves at home. Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine mounted an outpatient monitoring program…

In recent years, large commercial health insurers have been expanding their reach into the clinic space.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island launched a grant program to help behavioral health providers transition to a population health model.

Given current events I think many physicians—me included—are going through critical self assessments of our approach to vulnerable patient care.  

As COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals and dominates headlines, people are less likely to seek emergency care

To improve member satisfaction, payers are considering how they can meet experience expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A Salesforce survey of 8,000 consumers, released in January, found 84 percent of consumers say the experience a company provides is…

Baton Rouge (La.) General's Mid City campus will reopen its emergency room June 15 for the first time since it closed in 2015. 

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross have signed a five-year agreement aimed at expanding the hospital's value-based care initiatives.