Los Angeles-based provider Heal is now in-network for Cigna Medicare Advantage patients in Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Heal expands in-home primary care services for seniors in 4 states
Los Angeles-based provider Heal is now in-network for Cigna Medicare Advantage patients in Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Satellite Healthcare introduces new kidney care treatment model
San Jose, Calif.-based Satellite Healthcare introduced a new care model on Oct. 27 designed for patients who have recently been diagnosed with kidney disease requiring dialysis.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta tackles childhood mental health
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta plans to build a new behavioral and mental health center and launch a new program to address childhood mental health.
80% of Atlanta hospitals hit capacity following Wellstar ED closure
Since Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department on Oct. 14, nearby hospitals have taken on its patients. An Oct. 25 report from 11Alive gave numbers to that toll: eight in 10 Fulton County, Ga. hospitals are listed as busy or at c…
Wellstar to shutter AMC-South replacement clinic
Wellstar will close its East Point (Ga.) Health Center — created to replace services lost when Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center-South closed in May — in the coming months, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Oct. 24.
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital expands Neonatal Intensive Care Program
Miami-based HCA Florida Mercy Hospital expanded its Neonatal Intensive Care Program.
Hackensack Meridian, New Jersey EMS build 50-bed field hospital in hurricane response drill
As part of a comprehensive natural disaster response exercise on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and the New Jersey EMS Task Force built a 50-bed field hospital to ensure continuity of care in the event of a hurricane…
RSV surge creates risk of ‘tripledemic’
An unseasonably early and severe surge of respiratory syncytial virus is overwhelming children’s hospitals and boosting the risk of a so-called “tripledemic,” alongside flu and COVID-19, The New York Times reported Oct. 23.
Health systems brace for ‘twindemic’ with calm confidence
As health system leaders confront the possibility of a COVID-19 and flu “twindemic” this year, they aren’t focused on new strategies to handle a potential influx of patients. Instead, they’re doubling down on what they know from their experience with t…
