Fairview Hospital in Cleveland has nearly completed its $83 million emergency department and intensive care unit expansion, according to a Sun News report.
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Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Ga., announced its acquisition of Lawrenceville-based CardioVascular Group.
Denver-based SCL Health System, an 11-hospital system, and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Univita Health, a home care management company, announced the creation of a joint venture.
Northwest Physicians Network, an independent physician association in Tacoma, Wash., with about 500 providers, plans to launch a collaborative accountable care initiative with Cigna, effective April 1.
Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have struck separate deals with Butler (Pa.) Health System for specialty services, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
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SSM Health Care-St. Louis announced that it will open a second urgent care center in Maryland Heights, Mo.
Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System's plan to build a $131 million hospital in Lindenhurst, Ill., has been rejected by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Cigna and the Atlantic Accountable Care Organization, a Morristown, N.J.-based ACO with more than 1,300 physicians spanning five counties, plan to launch a collaborative accountable care initiative, effective April 1.
CMS' Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation uses a rapid-cycle approach to evaluate new models of healthcare delivery, according to a commentary in Health Affairs.
The shift in healthcare from focusing only on individuals to focusing on individuals and patient populations is changing how healthcare is delivered. Hospitals are moving beyond their own institutions to provide preventive care and chronic disease management in the community,…