Care Coordination

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is set to move between 50 and 70 patients from its downtown Fargo, N.D.-based hospital to its new $494 million medical center in southwest Fargo, The Bismarck Tribune reports.

The National Institutes of Health's precision medicine effort, called "All of Us," established a working group to consider child enrollment in the project.

The House Committee on Appropriations approved legislation determining funding for global health programs under the CDC and National Institutes of Health July 19, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.

CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., part of Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives, will close Westside Health Center on Aug. 1, according to the Times Free Press.

Members of the Albert Lea-Save Our Hospital group formed a steering committee to lead community efforts to prevent Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic from consolidating inpatient services between its Albert Lea and Austin, Minn., campuses, according to the Albert Lea Tribune.

To reward health care providers for the quality of care they provide their patients, organizations are being encouraged to participate in new value-based programs such as CMS’ Quality Payment Program which has two tracks, the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS),…

Freeborn County commissioners heavily questioned Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic officials about the health system's decision to integrate services between two of its Minnesota campuses during a board meeting July 18, the Albert Lea Tribune reports.

Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho plans to transition the hospital on base from an inpatient facility to an outpatient clinic Aug. 1, according to KTVB.

Manchester (N.H.) VA Medical Center is experiencing severe water damage and flooding from a burst pipe, according to NH1.com.

Syphilis rates are the highest they've been in years, according to USA Today.