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The American Hospital Association wants Congressional action to distribute the remaining provider relief funds and to take other measures to help alleviate the financial strain caused by COVID-19. No provider relief funds from American Rescue Plan have been released to address the Delta and Omicron variants, despite steep increases in hospitalizations and deaths, AHA Executive

JPMorgan Chase is partnering with healthcare startup Vera Health Whole to test the company's services for some of its employees. t's part of the company's effort to reduce healthcare costs—JPMorgan spends roughly $2 billion a year on employee healthcare—and better manage employees' chronic conditions, JPMorgan chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said.

From the neighborhoods of Detroit to Mackinac Island, the CEO of Henry Ford Health System made a lot of news in 2021.

Henry Ford Health System and GoHealth Urgent Care are partnering to operate urgent care centers across southeastern Michigan. Three existing Henry Ford Macomb Urgent Care centers in Fraser, Chesterfield and Bruce Township will transition to the new joint venture this year and multiple new sites are expected to open in 2022, according to the organizations. Henry Ford-GoHealth

The UnityPoint-WellSky and Henry Ford-Contessa deals will bring new tech-enabled home care services that stand to save costs, improve outcomes and lessen the strain on pandemic-stricken hospitals.

A Declaration of Principles includes psychological and emotional wellbeing, justice and physical safety, says UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso.

(Photo: RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images) Ten hospital and health system CEOs have created a Declaration of Principles to protect their healthcare workforce. The CEO Coalition came about earlier this year as CEOs from across the country convened virtually to examine standards of safety and trust for healthcare team members at every level of their organizations, according to the CEO Coalition. The goal is to collectively take action to protect the wellbeing of essential team members and ensure they have t...

Democrats were in trouble. It was November 1984, and white, working-class voters in Macomb County had overwhelmingly voted for President Ronald Reagan for a second term. The Dems were losing their suburban, blue-collar base, and nowhere was the loss more pronounced than in Macomb County, home of the white, unionized autoworker. Just 20 years earlier, three-quarters of Macomb County voters turned out for President Lyndon Johnson, making it the most heavily Democratic ...

Henry Ford Health adds 4 members to its board, increasing diversity New board members (from left) John Harris, Patricia Maryland, Frederiek Toney and Andrea Zopp Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has added four members to its board of directors, increasing its board size to 17 members with half either people of color or women. The four are Detroit attorney John Harris, veteran health care executive Patricia Maryland, auto executive Frederiek Toney and venture capital investment manager Andrea...

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