The doors to Atlanta Medical Center in downtown locked at 12 a.m. Tuesday, ending a century of healthcare for the poor at that site and leaving city and state officials still searching for a way to continue caring for nearby residents.
For generations, if patients needed an emergency room in the Boise area, they could choose between two non-profit ‘saints:’ St. Luke’s or Saint Alphonsus. But a new for-profit option could soon arrive in Boise. Houston-based Nutex Health applied to build what it calls a micro-hospital on an empty lot near the Flying Wye in Boise.
It appears Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health aren't done gobbling up primary care and related outpatient assets even after spending billions of dollars in the last two years.