As it has done annually for years, the Board of Regents last week approved a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics across-the-board 6-percent rate increase in health care services starting next month — the highest allowed in many UIHC contracts with insurance providers.
Vibra Hospital of Western Massachusetts plans to lay off all of its 87 employees by Aug. 15, as its population of 29 long-term patients moves to new quarters.
All are expected to be relocated to new Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke from the partnership of Baystate Health and LifePoint.
Bay Area Hospital announced plans last Friday, June 16, to discontinue its home health services on its road to financial recovery.
As part of the hospital's financial turnaround plan, it lists the high cost of temporary labor during the pandemic, increased expenses and falling insurance reimbursement rates as the reason they need to eliminate the service.
The Pender County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to finalize an agreement with Novant Health during a special called meeting on Friday, June 16.
The University of Kentucky will stop operations at Good Samaritan Hospital in 2029 and move those services to the areas of Chandler Hospital that are planned for expansion in coming years, the university said Thursday.