Tenet inks multiyear contracts with Humana, Anthem
Tenet Healthcare Corp. has signed contracts with Humana and Anthem. Combined with its recent Cigna contract, the health system is 92% contracted, according to CEO Ron Rittenmeyer.
Hospitals
Supreme Court justices lean toward hospitals in Medicare DSH case
Two Supreme Court justices questioned the federal government's assertion that its Medicare DSH formula change didn't amount to substantive policy. The change affects billions of dollars in reimbursement payments.
Physicians
DMC to add 79 Medicare-funded medical residency slots
Unlike other major hospitals in Southeast Michigan that self-fund dozens of medical residents and fellows, all 79 residents are expected to be funded by the CMS because Detroit Medical Center has room under its federal resident reimbursement cap number.
Ambulatory Care
December saw the most new healthcare hires in decades
Healthcare added 50,200 new jobs in December, up 56% from November and marking the most hires in one month since at least 1990. Three-quarters of new hires were in the ambulatory sector.
Community Health Centers
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.
Post-Acute Care
Sanford Health and Good Samaritan close merger
Sanford, which has 44 hospitals, adds the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and its 200-plus post-acute, skilled-nursing, hospice, assisted-living, rehabilitation and home-health facilities to its network.
Hospice
Beaumont to outsource home health, hospice business in joint venture deal
Beaumont Health plans to sell as much as 90% of its seven-county home health and hospice business and has created a joint venture called Beaumont Home Health and Hospice LLC with Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network.
Home Health
Beaumont confirms plan to transfer home health operations to Ohio-based firm in joint venture deal
Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, Mich., has confirmed it has sold a majority share and will transfer operations of its home health and hospice agency to Alternate Solutions Health Network, and has formed a joint venture with the Kettering, Ohio-based company.
