Care Coordination

San Diego officials are seeking ambulance alternatives in response to a crisis in ambulance costs, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.

Patients in the Tampa Bay area who are concerned about ambulance expenses increasingly choose to use ride-sharing services to the emergency room, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

Hilo (Hawaii) Medical Center's emergency department reported that nearly one third of emergency room visits are for nonemergency episodes of care, according to a Hawaii Tribune-Herald report.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Portland, Ore.-based Kaiser Permanente Northwest collaborated on healthcare delivery and coverage in Lane County, Ore.

Negotiations between Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital and UnitedHealthcare are stalling, the hospital told the Herald-Tribune Thursday.

East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Ala., plans to build a freestanding emergency department to combat growing ED wait times linked to increases in emergency room volume, according to a WRBL report.

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Norwich, Ct.-based William W. Backus Hospital went on diversion and transferred four emergency department patients to Hartford (Ct.) Hospital after it lost power Wednesday night, according to The Day.

A water main break caused Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital, a 528-bed facility, to temporarily suspend emergency room services Wednesday morning, according to the Democrat & Chronicle.

  Officials at Florida Hospital Oceanside, an 80-bed hospital in Ormond Beach, said the hospital will remain closed for a minimum of 18 months to repair damages the facility suffered after Hurricane Irma made landfall in the state in early…