Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., completed an $8 million emergency department renovation that nearly doubles the hospital's capacity for emergency services, according to a WLOS report.
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Change Healthcare released a white paper titled "Value-Based Reimbursement: State-by-State," which summarizes the landscape of value-based care in each state and what to expect for the future.
Marshfield (Wis.) Medical Center will house and deploy a medical helicopter starting in January, according to a WSAW report.
Phoenix Children's Care Network rolled out an ACO with UnitedHealthcare aimed at improving quality while reducing costs.
Three researchers from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, the Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of USC, and two Harvard-affiliated hospitals were awarded up to $70 million from the National Institutes of Health to establish improved infrastructure for advancing Alzheimer's research.
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Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, launched a 24/7 obstetrics emergency department to provide an additional healthcare safety net for pregnant women, according to a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal report.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health signed an agreement with Cigna to maintain their 20-year network relationship.
A study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, examines the effect of exposure to air pollution and birth defects in infants.
Patients are demanding care be delivered how and when they want it. In the primary care setting, traditional, scheduled clinics are finding it hard to adapt. Instead of building delivery models around patient demands, most traditional clinics are built around…
Fourteen states sued the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday for missing an Oct. 1 deadline to update a national map of areas with unhealthy levels of smog, alleging the agency's negligence is driving up healthcare costs and harming public health, according…