Jeff Lagasse
Patients had a high level of trust in pharmacists to complete most activities, including prescribing medications and providing counseling.
A critical staffing shortage has contributed to the loss of about 700 medical/surgical and ICU hospital beds since the beginning of 2021.
At 81% approval from the public, nurses far outperform even the second-place profession, medical doctors, who grabbed a 67% rating.
Clover saw membership growth in a number of service area counties across Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
This adds to the more than 800 federal emergency personnel dispatched to 24 states, tribes and territories since Thanksgiving.
In the absence of those declarations, the hospital group expects the challenges of the pandemic to be "exponentially more difficult" to overcome.
Lack of integration with Brown and the affiliated teaching hospitals restricts economic development in Rhode Island, report finds.
This continues to outpace previous years' enrollment, including a 21% increase in plan selections through December 15, 2021.
Hoag will become an independent entity, ending a 10-year affiliation that first showed strains during a 2020 lawsuit.
The goal is to incentivize insurers to cover these costs up-front and ensure patients don't need an order from their providers.