From Humana and two private equity firms signing a definitive agreement to acquire Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare to Molina Healthcare issuing 60 layoffs this month, here are 10 payers making headlines this week.
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Reading Hospital (West Reading, Pa.). Reading Hospital, a 647-bed hospital, has a neurocritical care unit that specializes in emergency brain and spine care. Last year, the hospital opened the Reading HealthPlex for Advanced Surgical & Patient care in 2016, which…
Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla, Wash.). Providence St. Mary Medical Center is home to the Providence St. Mary Neuroscience Institute, which contains the Regional Spine Center. Surgeons at Providence Medical Group-Southwest Washington Neurosurgery staff the Neuroscience Institute and…
Penn Medicine (Philadelphia). Established in 1871, Penn Medicine’s neurology department is among the oldest in the country. Since its inception, it has grown into one of the highest-volume neurosurgical programs in the nation, accommodating for more than 5,000 operations each…
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Neurological Institute sees more than 280,000 patients annually, and surgeons perform more than 4,500 surgeries per year — which is a 30 percent jump in surgical volume since 2013. In 2016, there were 290…
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OHSU Hospital (Portland, Ore.). OHSU Hospital, established in 1975, has grown to include the Brain Institute for treating simple and complex neurological disorders. OHSU Hospital has been one of the top institutions in the nation for research funding from the…
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus). OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus-based OhioHealth’s 1,059-bed teaching hospital, is home to the OhioHealth Neuroscience Center. The Neuroscience Center, which was opened in 2015, is a 409,000-square-foot facility with 224 beds dedicated to serving inpatient and outpatient neuro and spine patients. In…
Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans). Ochsner Medical Center is home to the Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, which employs nine neurosurgeons. In 2015, Ochsner’s neurosurgical team completed 1,294 surgeries, demonstrating significant growth over to 2013, when the team saw 1,040 patients. Ochsner Medical Center is also…
NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). NYU Langone Medical Center’s neurosurgical volume has more than doubled in the last five years. In 2016, the medical center’s department of neurosurgery reported more than 68,000 neurology patients and 14,000 neurosurgery patients annually. As of 2016, this…
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago). Northwestern Memorial Hospital, part of Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine, serves neurology patients through the department of neurological surgery and its Northwestern Medicine Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute, which was renamed in November 2017. This Blue Distinction Center+ for spine…