Cleveland Clinic and health insurance startup Oscar will extend their co-branded health insurance plans to three additional counties in Ohio for 2020, the organizations said Oct. 10.
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Humana expanded its partnership with Accolade and committed $20 million to the healthcare technology and benefits firm, the organizations said Oct. 10.
Cook County Health, a safety-net hospital in Chicago, partnered with Medicare Advantage plan MoreCare to offer benefits to eligible residents in Cook County, the health system said Oct. 10.
Roughly 800,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in Northern California had their electricity shut off Oct. 9 as part of a planned power outage by the state's largest utility, according to CNN.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and global primary care provider Sanitas Medical Center debuted their first of 10 advanced primary care centers set to open in the Dallas and Houston regions, the companies said Oct. 4.
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Politics are taking a toll on Americans' health, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Stanford (Calif.) Medicine conducted two dress rehearsals this summer to prepare staff for the move to the new $2 billion, seven-story Stanford Hospital, expected to open Nov. 17.
The American Medical Association on Oct. 4 sent a letter to CEOs of the nation's five largest e-commerce websites asking them to help combat sales of illicit vaping products.
NYC Health + Hospitals, based in New York City, has enrolled 5,000 people in NYC Care, its $100 million per year healthcare access program.
The FDA warned consumers not to buy any vaping products containing THC while they try to determine what's causing the mysterious illness that has now affected over 1,000 people and killed 18.