Care Coordination

The husband of fashion designer Kate Spade said in a statement the 55-year-old designer's death by apparent suicide June 5 may have resulted from her ongoing struggle with mental illness.

St. Louis-based Ascension subsidiary St. Vincent, located in Indianapolis, now has an in-network arrangement with Anthem for its microhospitals, according to WFYI Indianapolis.

Monroe, La.-based University Health Conway closed all of its clinics June 6 after a water pipe burst, according to a KNOE report.

A number of U.S. health system executives plan to implement Medicare Advantage strategies, but few are optimistic those strategies will be successful, according to a recent survey by Lumeris.

Regional Medical Center Jacksonville (Ala.), a 104-bed hospital, will close by June 30. In preparation for the facility's closing, RMC Jacksonville has stopped admitting new patients and reduced emergency care, according to The Anniston Star.

As a nation, we must focus on the treatment and recovery of over 2 million people suffering from opioid use disorder.

Keokuk Medical Center in Iowa, open just 2½ years, will close its doors for good Aug. 31, according to a Tri States Public Radio report.

Omada Health's digital behavioral counseling program will become a reimbursable Medicare benefit under the CDC's Diabetes Prevention Program, the digital therapeutics provider confirmed May 30.

Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospitals System, the National Committee for Quality Assurance and the Medical Home Network partnered to study one method of connecting patients' medical care with their social service needs.

UnitedHealth Group expects to provide 150 million members health insurance through value-based arrangements by 2025, the company's CEO David Wichmann said May 31 at Bernstein's 34th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference.