Category: Operations, Business

Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, California is kick-starting a new network to provide primary and specialty pediatric care.

Three California-based health plans – Aetna, Blue Shield of California and Health Net – have come together to implement a shared value-based payment model under the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative’s Payment Model Demonstration Project. 

Monadnock Community Hospital (MCH) in Peterborough, New Hampshire has enacted a mobile healthcare program to close care gaps in nearby rural communities.

New York State is investing in seven hospitals and healthcare partnerships, with preliminary approval part of the Healthcare Safety Net Transformation Program. This includes a $188 million investment in Jamaica Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering to …

WashU Medicine in St. Louis is turning a philanthropic gift of $50 million into a vehicle for recruiting neurosurgeons and researchers, and enhancing the research capabilities of the facility’s neurosurgery department.
Andrew Taylor, an emeritus truste…

The Board of Governors of L.A. Health Plan has unanimously given the green light to appoint Martha Santana-Chin as its next  CEO – making her the first female and Latina CEO to lead the organization, it said last week.

Franciscan Health Dyer in Indiana will transition its hospital to a behavioral health services facility by the end of 2027, the health system has announced.
The transition, approved by the Franciscan Alliance Board of Trustees, aims to meet the growing…

A new, clinically-focused strategic alliance has been formed between CommonSpirit Health and University of Utah Health, with the two entities hoping the alliance will increase access to quality medical care.
Through the alliance, patients at five Commo…

Aetna, part of CVS Health, has rolled out SimplePay Health, an alternative health plan that aims to simplify the member experience.
The plan, for self-insured clients, is intended to further reduce costs and improve outcomes and features a payment mode…

Elevance Health is laying off a combined 123 employees across two southern California locations, according to regulatory documents filed this month.