Rising water levels brought on by Hurricane Florence introduce a new set of health and safety risks to those living in the Carolinas.
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Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio, has ended some services ahead of its closure Sept. 20.
An independent analysis found Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs generated $1.84 billion in gross savings from 2013 to 2015 — nearly twice as much as the CMS estimate of $954 million.
The number of people with substance use disorder receiving treatment are on the rise, according to a survey from HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Becker's Hospital Review reported these eight contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers since Aug. 13, beginning with the most recent.
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Mark Zuckerberg is selling $13 billion in Facebook stock to fund a new goal: curing, preventing or managing all diseases "in our children's lifetime," CNBC reports.
Humana and Iora Health, a Boston-based network of primary care clinics, expanded their valued-based contract a fifth year, the companies said Sept. 12.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is creating health insurance products to network with providers nationwide, the health system said Sept. 13.
The New York City Council and Board of Health voted Sept. 12 to include a third gender category on birth certificates for individuals who do not identify as male or female, NBC News reports.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health $20.5 million to study adolescent reproductive health, according to The Baltimore Sun.