Advocate Aurora, Oak Street Health collaborate on primary-care center
The Chicago area's largest health system is teaming up with a fast-growing Chicago company to provide high-touch primary care for seniors in Elgin, Ill.
Senate health committee leaders introduce key funding bill
Senate health committee GOP Chair Lamar Alexander and top Democrat Patty Murray introduced five-year funding for community health centers and other key healthcare funding under the panel's jurisdiction.
Merger creates largest N.Y. network of federally funded health centers
Brightpoint Health and HRHCare have received all the needed regulatory approvals to merge, creating what they say is the largest network of federally qualified health centers in New York state.
Rock to Recovery unleashes power of music to help rehab patients
While many addiction treatment centers offer therapeutic sessions involving painting or yoga, former Korn guitarist Wesley Geer's Rock to Recovery puts music to work.
October was another strong month for hospital hiring
Hospitals added 13,000 new jobs in October, 1,000 more than the prior month, when they made the most new hires of any healthcare sector. Meanwhile, ambulatory healthcare services regained the top spot, just inching out hospitals.
Oak Street Health moves into Philadelphia market with acquisition
A Chicago-based network of primary-care clinics serving the Medicare population is set to move into the Philadelphia market.
Community health centers continue to see huge demand for services
Although health insurance coverage has increased, community health centers saw a 33% increase in patients from 2010 to 2016, according to a new analysis.
Study finds housing issues plague community health center patients
A new study calls for community health centers to make securing housing a top priority for their patient populations.
Collide or collaborate? Community health centers and hospitals work through their overlap
Community health centers are a powerful player in the towns they serve, and some hospitals are finding themselves on a collision course of competition. In an increasingly complex landscape, can these two uneasy bedfellows make peace?
Healthcare funding in peril as Congress battles over immigration
Healthcare stakeholders are watching in horror as the fate of a number of critical healthcare programs have gotten bound up in the intractable political battle in Congress over immigration.
Fenway Health CEO quits over handling of sexual harassment claims against doctor
The CEO of Boston's Fenway Community Health Center resigned Sunday in the wake of a Boston Globe investigation into years of sexual harassment allegations against a prominent doctor at the center.
Community health center funding lapse could force job cuts
Continued inaction by Congress to re-authorize crucial funding for the country's community health centers could result in the loss of more than 60,000 healthcare jobs, according to a new report.
