On March 4, Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, assumed her new role as St. Louis-based Ascension's first chief community impact officer. The newly created role focuses on improving coordination and collaboration between healthcare organizations and community partners to improve the overall health…
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UnitedHealth Group unveiled a bundled payment program for maternity services aimed at closing care gaps for moms and babies before and after delivery.
The Healthy Nevada Project — a population health study that combines genetic, clinical, environmental and social data — is offering free genetic testing to 25,000 residents of Las Vegas.
Seattle is establishing a first-responder team for nonemergencies in its downtown area in hopes that it will reduce 911 call volume and relieve pressure on city hospitals that are forced to deal with low-acuity medical issues, according to a Seattle…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente revealed May 6 that it is launching a health network to address people's social needs such as food, housing and transportation.
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In the last two weeks several hospitals announced plans to shutter maternity units or cease obstetrics services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care.
Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill., will stop offering inpatient labor and delivery services after May 31, according to The Southern Illinoisan.
Springfield (Vt.) Hospital closed its childbirth center May 3 after 105 years, according to the Valley News.
WellSpan Health, an eight-hospital system based in York, Pa., partnered with Pennsylvania health insurer Capital BlueCross to coordinate care delivery and financing.
Lockport, N.Y.-based Eastern Niagara Hospital will close its maternity unit and eliminate dialysis, express care and X-ray services at its facility in Newfane, N.Y., according to The Buffalo News.