Care Coordination

More than 140 members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to members of the House's Committee on Appropriations urging them to protect funding for the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program, according to an AHA News Now…

St. Charles Parish Hospital in Luling, La., is planning to construct an adult outpatient clinic in Destrehan, according to a Times-Picayune report.

A new medical office building under development in East Norriton, Pa., will include an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report and the website for the medical arts building.

Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center announced that it joined the radiosurgery center partnership of Riverside Health System in Newport News, Va., and Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System.  

Akron (Ohio) General Health System has opened a new satellite emergency department in Green, Ohio, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.

Wealthy individuals are increasingly turning to concierge care — exclusive, high-end care by a physician in an individual's home — for their healthcare at a cost of up to $30,000 out-of-pocket each year, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Fla., is changing its name to Florida Hospital North Pinellas to gain a larger regional focus, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester, Ky., announced the opening of its new $60 million, 79-bed community hospital.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System announced a new long-term partnership with the University of Tabuk System in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A new $24 million orthopedics and neuroscience center is open at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill., according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.