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In their continuing quest to reduce costs and improve health outcomes for employees, employer plan sponsors are looking beyond traditional ASO contracts with health plans to new models, including direct contracting options with health systems. For progressive health systems, this…

Service Employees International Union will continue representing nurses at UPMC McKeesport (Pa.) after an attempt to decertify the union was unsuccessful, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Representatives from the Michigan Nurses Association will meet with officials from Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Borgess Medical Center Thursday to discuss the implications of the hospital's crisis nursing department closure, according to mlive.com.

At least 100 nurses picketed Monday at Dignity Health's St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco amid concerns about staffing, according to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

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Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following events related to hospital-union relationships — including contracts and elections — since Jan. 11.

University of California registered nurses picketed Thursday at UC medical centers statewide to draw attention to patient care and workplace safety concerns amid contract negotiations, according to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

Select International discusses consolidations and navigating these changes as a talent team.

Workers at Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital and Medical Center voted to strike Feb. 1 if a contract dispute isn't resolved, according to the OC Weekly.

Nurses at UPMC McKeesport (Pa.) will vote later this month on whether to decertify the union that represents them, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.