Panama City, Fla.-based Bay Medical Sacred Heart will resume limited inpatient care on Jan. 2, according to a news release obtained by the Panama City News Herald.
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Seventy-seven patients, including newborns, were temporarily evacuated Dec. 29, after a small fire erupted at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Center, according to the Florida Times Union.
Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health is requesting permission from the New York State Department of Health and the Office of Mental Health to close the inpatient behavioral health unit at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, according to The Chronicle-Express.
Some public hospitals in Washington are turning to respite programs to address the state's worsening homelessness issue, reports The Seattle Times.
Pennsylvania senators and representatives have written to CMS to see if the agency can give more information to patients who will be affected in six months by a split between Pittsburgh-based Highmark and UPMC, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Walgreens executives said the early results of a primary care joint venture with Humana are promising after six months of operation, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.
Motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of death for young people, accounting for 20 percent of all deaths in 2016, according to a study cited by NPR.
Horizon Healthcare, New Jersey's largest health insurer, and Envision Healthcare have reached a statewide multiyear agreement opening Envision's physician network to Horizon patients.
CMS issued a final rule Dec. 21 that makes sweeping changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including overhauling the way ACOs share in risks and rewards.
Florence-based North Alabama Medical Center is breaking records for surgeries completed and emergency room visits since opening in a new building Dec. 6, according to the Times Daily.