Strategy

Lisa White, director of value-based transformation at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, recently discussed a renewed focus on patient care strategies due to the pandemic on Becker's payer podcast.

Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) and UCI Health have announced a new strategic partnership that marks an expansion of community access to outpatient surgical facilities for nearly 4 million residents throughout Orange County, western Riverside County and southern California.

Several large employers, including Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Walmart, have deepened their presence in healthcare. 

Employers are adapting to changing employee expectations by transforming the workplace with contextualized and frictionless technology.

Forty-nine Florida hospital campuses and affiliated care sites owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will adopt the HCA Florida Healthcare brand, the for-profit hospital operator said May 24. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has renamed three hospitals that previously had ties to Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System, according to Penn Live.

Consisting of 11 hospitals, 12 infusion centers, and more than 95,000 patients treated annually, Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare has turned to tech-based clinical decision support tools to optimize nurse staffing schedules and patient flows. 

For health systems and consumers, virtual care can be a transformational opportunity.

Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Healthcare was renamed and is officially rebranded as Logan Health, the health system said May 19. 

Amazon rolled out a new mental health benefit May 20 for its 950,000 U.S. employees, giving them and their families access to services including virtual counseling.