Care Coordination

Columbia-based Missouri Care, part of Tampa, Fla.-based managed care provider WellCare, signed a contract with St. Louis-based SSM Health that includes in-network access for Missouri Care's HealthNet Managed Care Members.

While serving as Georgia's top public health official in 2012, recently appointed CDC Director Brenda Fitzegerald, MD, spearheaded a campaign to reduce childhood obesity in the state, reports The Washington Post.

Mississippi Affiliated Health Network, a 13-hospital physician-led network in Jackson, aligned with Hartford Conn.-based Aetna for an integrated care delivery model.

Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit National Business Group on Health launched two tools to aid employers in ACO selection.

Disparities in daily walking patterns are a strong predictor of obesity prevalence across countries, according to recent research out of Stanford (Calif.) University.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee unanimously recommended the agency approve a unique "living drug" approach to treat a common form of leukemia in children and young adults, according to NPR. 

Leesburg (Fla.) Regional Medical Center will close the entrance to its emergency department Thursday and direct ED patients to the hospital's main entrance, Orlando Sentinel reports.

The Oregon legislature passed a bill last week undoing punitive drug laws in favor of expanding access to drug treatment, according to The Washington Post.

Sonoma County in California and the federal government introduced a $17 million initiative to help the mentally ill homeless population by advancing aid programs, according to the Press Democrat.

Mitchell County Hospital (Colorado City, Texas). Mitchell County Hospital opened in 1913 as the first hospital in Colorado City. The hospital moved to a new facility in 2014 and now operates as a 25-bed critical access hospital that owns a…