Care Coordination

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, HUD and HHS have released the Trump administration's plan to reduce children's exposure to lead.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Aledade — a Bethesda, Md.-based ACO startup — joined forces to help hundreds of physicians in North Carolina launch ACOs.

A recent press reelase by Merck announces that the FDA has approved KEYTRUDA®, their anti-PD-1 therapy, for the treatement of adult and pediatric patients. 

Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston and Cincinnati-based TriHealth are among the first hospitals to join Humana's national value-based Hospital Incentive Program, which reimburses hospitals based on quality improvement and performance metrics.

A California hospital that closed during the summer will not open by Jan. 1 as anticipated, according to the Press-Telegram.

The American Medical Association says it wants to improve national U.S. health next year by creating ways to treat chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

About 40,000 people in the U.S. died by guns in 2017 — the highest number of gun deaths in nearly 40 years, according to an analysis of data from the CDC by CNN. 

Americans living in the census region known as the West North Central have the longest average travel time to the nearest hospital, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank based in Washington, D.C.

Most patients face challenges related to social determinants of health, but many have not sought help in identifying and addressing their risks, according to a survey from Waystar, a revenue cycle technology provider.

The country's obesity rate reached its highest-ever level in 2018, a report from the United Health Foundation found.