The not-for-profit mutual health insurer reported $120 million in operating income last year, the lowest amount in four years, compared with $248 million in 2019.

Around 70% of those getting vaccinated at God’s Path’s event were Detroit residents, according to Turner. The rest were Turner’s patients or their family members.

About 180 certified registered nurse anesthetists, who were formerly employed at Beaumont's Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe hospitals, signed union petition cards on Jan. 4 indicating they support the idea of forming their own local union.

Advocates acknowledge the system is sometimes inefficient, bulky and unable to meet a growing need for behavioral healthcare amid escalating financial pressures for the state's Medicaid insurance program.

A Chicago private equity firm acquired two metro Detroit obstetrics practices in a roll-up growth strategy.

Medicare patients seeking emergency care at Michigan Medicine's University Hospital in Ann Arbor will soon have the option of returning home instead of being hospitalized in a cutting-edge hospital at-home program.

Mayor Mike Duggan announced the update Thursday afternoon at a news conference, saying he expects Detroit's alloted vaccine count to go from 5,100 to 15,000 doses per week from the state and federal governments.

The 30-year academic affiliation agreement between Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University calls for both entities to contribute millions of dollars toward the new health sciences center and joint operating company.

In a media advisory released Friday about the announcement, the two partners said the goal of the 30-year partnership is "making Michigan a national leader in scientific discovery, education and exceptional healthcare."

The majority of 21 shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday were spoiled en route to Michigan, likely delaying the state's vaccination efforts this week, the Department of Health and Human Services said,

This week, Michigan received one of the lowest number of doses since mid-December, which resulted in fewer distributions by five-fold than what health systems, local health departments and federally qualified health centers requested, system executives said.

Once unused vaccine doses are reallocated, health system executives say their nurses and medical assistants can quickly expand the number of vaccinations for people over age 65 and essential workers, including teachers and first responders.

The switch from St. Louis-based Express Scripts to Irvine, Calif.-based OptumRx will take effect Jan. 1, 2022, for commercial individual and group members, and Jan. 1, 2023, for Medicare individual and group members, the Michigan Blues said in a statement.

"The arbitrator found the extensive investigation never occurred and DMC's comments at the time were false," said Deborah Gordon, an attorney with Deborah Gordon Law representing two cardiologists.

With the consolidated contract, which began Jan. 1, NorthStar now offers comprehensive anesthesia services to seven of Beaumont's eight hospitals.