Care Coordination

The FDA tried to ban flavored fluids for e-cigarettes four years ago, according to an investigation by the Los Angeles Times.

Four healthcare organizations have collectively contributed $2.68 million to a project that will build an apartment complex in Eugene, Ore., with 24-hour, in-house services for the homeless, The Register-Guard reported.

Here are four recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare finalized a new contract with Aetna five months ahead of deadline, the organizations said Oct. 3.

Denver Health is repurposing an old building into apartments for homeless patients transitioning out of the hospital, according to USA Today. 

Lakewood (Calif.) Regional Medical Center has borrowed a concept from Disneyland to ensure quicker access to care for patients being transferred into the facility from urgent care centers or physicians' offices.

The ACA is linked to improving health outcomes, The Washington Post reports.

Boston Children's Hospital received $100,000 from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to create a protocol for primary care providers treating pediatric patients with nicotine addiction from vaping, according to Mass Live.

With more than half of U.S. hospitals facing 30-day readmission penalties in fiscal year 2019, the hospital industry stands to lose an estimated $566 million, Kaiser Health News reported.

John Murphy, MD, the CEO of Nuvance Health, a seven-hospital health system in New York and Connecticut, discusses how innovation drives population health management and care delivery for the future.