Omaha, Neb.-based Children's World, a pediatric complex care center run by Omaha-based Children's Hospital and Medical Center, will close Oct. 1, according to a report from local WOWT 6 News.
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New Brunswick, N.J.-based Children's Specialized Hospital has opened a new outpatient center in Newark, N.J., to patients.
Oklahoma University Medical Center Edmond has opened a local primary care clinic for managing the health of adults 55 and older, according to a report from the Edmond Sun.
Milwaukee-based Ministry Health Care is joining Quality Health Solutions, a collaborative of health systems in Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, and its accountable care network.
Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center and Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Va., are planning to expand their surgical services in the same area, according to a report by The Virginian-Pilot.
Memorial Hospital Jacksonville (Fla.) is planning to construct The Memorial Emergency Center-Atlantic, a freestanding emergency center, in Jacksonville, according to a report by The Florida Times-Union.
Karen Barber has served as CEO of Yoakum (Texas) Community Hospital since 2006. Ms. Barber originally joined the hospital as a nurse in 1992.
Though accountable care organizations have grown more visible in the last three years — there are at least 488 commercial and Medicare ACOs spread throughout every state but Delaware — the model is still not fully refined, and plenty of…
Santa Ana, Calif.-based Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a publically traded hospital management company that owns and operates four hospitals in Orange County, has signed a participation agreement with ApolloMed ACO, the Medicare accountable care organization of Glendale, Calif.-based Apollo Medical…
Five-hospital Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health began as Legacy Health System in 1989. In 2009, it began a rebranding campaign to better reflect its breadth of healthcare offerings as a health system. As part of this rebranding, the organization dropped "System"…