Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System is planning to close a 16-bed emergency department at its St. Lawrence campus to eliminate duplicate services in the area, according to a Lansing State Journal report.
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A recent Health Affairs blog calls for healthcare stakeholders to begin examining power as a determinant of health and empowerment as a process to improve population health.
With last month's addition of 17 new organizations to the Next Generation ACO program, 26% of all Medicare ACOs now participate in a downside-risk model (including the Medicare Shared Savings Program's (MSSP) Track 1+, Track 2, and Track 3), up…
A Tennessee state legislator introduced a bill this week that would require city officials to maintain Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital's status as a full-service hospital, Nashville Public Radio reports.
Cleveland Clinic Medicare ACO will shoulder more downside risk after becoming a Track 1+ ACO this year.
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Greer, S.C.-based Pelham Medical Center is building a $33.5 million expansion of the hospital's emergency and surgery center, which is scheduled to be finished next year, according to a Spartanburg Herald-Journal report.
Due to a sharp increase in patient volume as the flu season rages on, Columbia, S.C.-based Palmetto Health Richland opened a mobile unit Thursday to help with the influx of flu-related cases, according to The State.
Research firm KLAS ranked Enli Health Intelligence's population health tool, CareManager, No. 1 in its Best in KLAS report.
Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Medical Center temporarily expanded its emergency department by adding a second medical tent to treat a high volume of flu patients, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.
As hospitals nationwide see an influx of flu patients and increased emergency room wait times, Ryan Gehrig, president of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.), discussed ways Mercy Fort Smith has worked to reduce these long waits in an opinion piece…