There are 58 ACOs in CMS' Next Generation model for 2018, including 17 new participants, CMS data shows.
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Starting Monday, the Dallas Police Department will dispatch a three-person team, which includes a behavioral health specialist from Parkland Memorial Hospital, a specially trained police officer and a specially trained paramedic to respond to mental health-related 911 calls, according to…
Over the next 20 years, the number of older adults in England diagnosed with four or more diseases will nearly double, according to a study published in Age and Ageing, the journal of the British Geriatrics Society.
Several healthcare facilities belonging to New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System reopened Jan. 18 after low water pressure forced the health system to temporarily close select facilities and cancel elective surgery operations earlier that day, The Times-Picayune reports.
While smoking rates have declined in recent years, 38 million Americans still smoked cigarettes on a regular basis in 2016, according to data compiled during the 2016 National Health Interview Survey released by the CDC Thursday.
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Individuals affected by hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands now have more time to sign up for health insurance through Medicare and the federal exchange.
The Phoenix Fire Department is increasingly using taxis to transport nonemergency patients and curb ambulance costs, according to The Arizona Republic.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Carrollton (Texas) will discontinue obstetrics services and close its neonatal intensive care unit by the end of the month, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Area fire departments are concerned the planned closure of Massillon, Ohio-based Affinity Medical Center will cause a "public crisis," resulting in hospital overcrowding and transportation issues for patients in need of hospital treatment, CantonRep.com reports.
Several community members are voicing their outrage over Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health's announcement Wednesday to close Good Samaritan Hospital, also in Dayton, by the end of 2018.