Ambulatory Care
DaVita Kidney Care on Monday said it has formed a joint venture with a hospital chain in China specializing in kidney care as the global provider of dialysis services continues to expand its reach.
Dialysis center operator DaVita HealthCare Partners on Monday said it would buy competitor Renal Ventures for $415 million, adding another 36 centers in six states.
As rural hospitals continue to struggle to stay afloat, the Kansas Hospital Association is hoping to persuade the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to alter the way it reimburses so hospitals can focus more on outpatient and emergency services.
The health system plans to open as many as a dozen urgent care clinics over the next three years.
Clinics partner with a local hospital, a federally qualified health center and other community-based health organizations to reach a down-on-their-luck population sometimes struggling for basic survival.
Tufts Health Plan is working with Iora to open two new Iora Primary Care practices, in Medford and Hyde Park, exclusively for customers on Tufts' Medicare Preferred and Senior Care Options plans, the latter a dual eligibles plan.
Though new transparency rules worried dialysis providers and prevention efforts are increasing, DaVita HealthCare Partners says the demand for the kidney-care services is still driving business forward.
The Portland-based company is making one of the most audacious forays into healthcare based on a vision of highly personalized, and tech-centered patient-centered healthcare.
According to the Department of Labor, healthcare businesses added 40,100 jobs compared to adding 48,000 in May. In total, healthcare employed 15.1 million people in the month.
The law also requires that clinics meet the same standards as outpatient surgery centers, upgrades that can cost $1 million or more.