Care Coordination

HackensackAlliance ACO uses 4G tablets to better coordinate and manage patient care.

Many hospitals and health systems have renamed or rebranded themselves this year. In fact, more than 100 hospitals or health systems changed names in 2013, according to Andrea Simon, PhD, president of Simon Associates Management Consultants.

Health insurer Humana has partnered with Spartanburg, S.C.-based Regional HealthPlus for an accountable care organization.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has reached a new contract with Florida Blue.

As the healthcare industry moves toward a value-based reimbursement model, providers are increasingly tasked to do more with less. For all providers, this means meeting demands for increasingly sophisticated care on smaller budgets and employing population health and care coordination…

Tracking emergency department users across unaffiliated hospitals with a health information exchange can help better identify ED superusers, potentially allowing for interventions such as improved case management to better allocate scarce healthcare resources, according to a study in Health Affairs.…

North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company has acquired the assets of four affiliated entities based in White Plains, N.Y.: Park Avenue Health Care Management; Park Avenue Medical Associates, PC; Park Avenue Medical Associates, LLC; and Geriatric Services.

Concord, N.H.-based Granite Healthcare Network, a partnership of five New Hampshire hospitals and health systems, has improved quality and controlled cost in its first year in a collaborative accountable care initiative with Cigna.

Florida Hospital Kissimmee will begin construction on its $70 million new patient tower on Dec. 12,  according to an Orlando Business Journal report.

South Lake Hospital in Clermont, Fla., has begun construction on its new $8 million skilled nursing unit, according to a Daily Commercial report.