Care Coordination

The number of middle schoolers and high schoolers who reported using a tobacco product in the last 30 days dropped from 4.7 million in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2016, according to results from the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey.

The Environmental Defense Fund recently found that 20 percent of baby food in the U.S. contains lead, according to analysis the group performed on 11 years of data from the Food and Drug Administration.

Brian Fuller. Vice President of Value-based Care at naviHealth (Brentwood, Tenn.). Mr. Fuller has served as vice president of value-based care at naviHealth, a Cardinal Health company, since December 2015. He served as a consultant to CMS to the Bundled Payments…

Steven Arabo, MD. Regional Medical Officer of CareMore Health Plan (Cerritos, Calif.). Dr. Arabo is an internist by training and experienced patient advocate. In 2016, Dr. Arabo spoke at the National Bundled Payment Collaborative’s C-Suite Invitational about new revenue streams in…

Katelyn Gleason. Founder and CEO of Eligible (New York City). Since founding Eligible, a medical billing and infrastructure company, Ms. Gleason has watched her company grow to process more than 15 million transactions per month. She founded the company in November…

The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.

Varnville, S.C.-based Hampton Regional Medical Center inked a network contract with Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare, according to a news release obtained by The Hampton County Guardian.

Bon Secours East CEO Mark Gordon said officials at Baltimore-based Bon Secours Health System have no intention of closing Kilmarnock, Va.-based Rappahannock General Hospital, according to the Rappahannock Record.

Kenneth T. Bellian, M.D., M.B.A. Leads New Initiative

Cleveland Clinic will offer a joint health plan with New York City-based Oscar Health, marking the clinic's entrance into the health insurance market and Oscar's expansion into Ohio.