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12 stories from the past week in Providers, from Diagnosis Forward.
Fewer than a quarter of secret shopper phone calls to a listed mental health provider ended in a scheduled appointment, often due to inaccurate contact information or other issues with a plan's directory.
The pair filed Certificate of Needs with the state to build two hospitals comprising 200 beds in fast-growing North Carolina's Mecklenburg County.
The Elevance Health Foundation has launched a new prize program aimed at supporting solutions aimed at improving patient safety, with the first crop of winners targeting challenges like health literacy, fall prevention and medication errors.
Learn about the strategies health systems are implementing to fix fragmented spend.
The resulting nonprofit system would be Illinois' largest by hospital count and comprise nearly $11 billion in annual operating revenue.
Joining forces could give the two Chicagoland systems a leg up in the region’s fragmented and competitive hospital market — if regulators approve.
The state's treasurer has said the large health system's Affordability Protection Program, a response to being left out of a preferred provider program, would bankrupt the public health plan.
The affiliation approved by the nonprofits' boards will create an 18-hospital system with more than $7.5 billion in revenue—and give MultiCare an acute-care foothold in Oregon.
Investment firm BlackRock will acquire a majority stake in nearly 150 senior primary care clinics owned by Humana’s healthcare division, CenterWell, the insurer announced Tuesday.
Semi-annual redeterminations and work requirements will test payer-mix assumptions across the industry over the next two years. Now is the time for health systems to prepare, writes Ensemble SVP Matthew Ennen.
It’s the second time the HHS has tried to kickstart a 340B rebate program — and the second time hospitals have sued to block it, alleging rebates will threaten their financial viability.
See how workforce and care patterns can sharpen growth decisions beyond a health plan’s service area.
