Care Coordination

Ballad Health, a new health system formed by the merger of Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance, will close four urgent care clinics over the next several months as part of a consolidation…

New York City-based Hearst Health and Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University's College of Population Health are accepting applications for the 2019 Hearst Health Prize, an annual $100,000 award that recognizes achievement in managing or improving health in the U.S.

Seventy-one percent of Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs said they would likely leave the program if forced to take on risk, according to a recent survey from the National Association of ACOs.

Coalinga (Calif.) Regional Medical Center permanently closed its emergency department May 3 as a result of staffing shortages, reports the Fresno Bee.

Carson City, Mich.-based Sparrow Carson Hospital will shutter its inpatient obstetrics ward May 25, which will result in an unspecified number of layoffs, reports the Lansing State Journal.

Eighty-seven percent of Americans agree children and adolescents need more available mental health support services, including increased treatment, therapy and prevention resources, according to research conducted by The Harris Poll.

Cigna recently released results from a national survey exploring the impact of loneliness in the United States. The study was conducted in partnership with market research firm, Ipsos, and puts the spotlight on the levels of loneliness among American adults and…

Healthcare systems have long been relatively successful at attracting and retaining customers with the if you build it, they will come mentality—or perhaps more accurately, if you build it, they must come.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Network will stop providing childbirth services at its Fort Wayne-based St. Joseph Hospital May 6, reports The Journal Gazette.

The emergency department serves as the primary driver of admit volume in most hospitals, accounting for more than half of hospital admissions on average. If an ED fails to function efficiently — whether due to slow discharge processes, inefficient ED…