Hamden, Conn.-based Quinnipiac University has decided to affiliate its Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine with Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., forming a five-year clinical partnership.
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Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System announced its Summa Health Center at Green in Uniontown, Ohio, will open a new $17 million emergency department July 9.
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CMS has awarded 14 states and the District of Columbia $127,000 each to strengthen programs that help consumers in enroll in health plans, as well as file complaints and appeals, according to an AHA News Now report.
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Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, is bracing to serve more uninsured residents and a potential batch of newly insured ones with a proposal for a $10 million emergency room expansion, according to a Times Reporter report.
Members of the California Association of Physician Groups have pledged to move forward with coordinated care efforts regardless of how the Supreme Court decides on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a California Healthline report.
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center will open a primary care clinic July 10, according to a Ledger report.
A coalition of health care providers including the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington State Medical Association and Washington State Hospital Association announced (pdf) 100 percent participation in an initiative to reduce Medicaid emergency department visits.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems are proposing a freestanding children's hospital in San Antonio that would be the base of a new pediatric network, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.