A strike of this size could cripple operations for Kaiser in southern California. Those 24,000 healthcare workers eligible to vote on a strike represent about 31% of the system’s nearly 76,000 employees in that area.
The vendor hopes Primary360 will serve as an access point to the healthcare system while also enticing patients to its other services.
The companies’ application starts a pressure-packed FDA review that could open up COVID-19 shots for tens of million Americans between the ages of 5 and 11.
Such rewards must meet certain requirements, however, including a rule that they not exceed 30% of the cost of employee-only coverage.
Hospitals are increasing looking outside traditional care delivery methods threatened by COVID-19 to diversify business models by pursuing stakes in home health, virtual care and post-acute services.
Morgan Health learned a lot from Haven, but is a different beast with a better knowledge of the buy-in needed to disrupt the health benefits space, CEO Dan Mendelson told Healthcare Dive.
While the agency wants to tap information like electronic health records and wearables to make pre- and postmarket decisions, these sources do not have the same quality controls as clinical trials.
The latest deal means the system will no longer have a footprint in the northwest part of the state after completing a divestiture plan of offloading hospitals surrounding the Atlanta area.
The pressure on health system profitability comes as lucrative non-emergency procedures are on hold in some areas to handle incoming COVID-19 inpatients, according to the report.
The agency is holding an advisory committee meeting on Oct. 15 to discuss a second dose of J&J’s shot, as well as boosting with different vaccines.