Care Coordination

Hillsboro, Ore.-based Tuality Healthcare will transition its emergency department at Tuality Forest Grove (Ore.) Hospital to an urgent care clinic as part of an improvement strategy.

A recent blog post by VisitPay explores some of the challenges in implementing  patient finance platforms and how Intermountain Healthcare is making significant strides forward in addressing these issues.

Millions of U.S. patients are referred for specialized services each year, but as many as 45 percent will never make it to the referred-to clinic or hospital.

Clover Health, a healthcare data and technology company, established an in-home primary care program that features genomic testing integration capabilities.

A review of Blue Cross Blue Shield medical claims show major depression diagnoses spiked 33 percent from 2013 through 2016, climbing fastest among adolescents and millennials, according to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's Health of America Report.

CMS has approved the expansion of Maryland's all-payer hospital payment model, Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced May 14.   

As the healthcare industry continues the march toward value-based care, CMS has turned a critical eye on one-sided ACO contracts for driving up costs and making little progress toward value.

Physicians know behavior, physical environment, social context and economic factors play a major role in patient health, but many physicians say they are neither capable of nor responsible for addressing these issues.

Lynn, Mass.-based Union Hospital, operated by Salem, Mass.-based North Shore Medical Center, shuttered its operating rooms May 10 as part of a phased closure, according to The Salem News.

The World Health Organization has launched REPLACE, an initiative to eliminate artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023, according to CNN.