Mount Sinai Health System has extended its partnership with home-based care provider Contessa to offer a full continuum of home-based services as Mount Sinai at Home.

The partnership aims to assist independent primary care physicians transition to value-based care by giving primary care providers in Elevance Health’s network to access Adelade’s suite of technology and local, in-person services.

Ochsner gains seven hospitals under the deal, and the combined entity will be called Ochsner Rush Health.

The average American spends more than $12,500 per year on personal healthcare, but what are Americans getting in return for those investments? 

“Under the ACA, you have the right to free birth control — no matter what state you live in," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.

“Reproductive healthcare decisions are best made between a patient and their healthcare provider. It is critical that women and men have immediate access to contraception," says Tristi Muir, MD, chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

The 60-year-old cardiologist was facing up to 20 years in prison for his actions.

More than 15,000 cases have been identified worldwide, according to WHO, with more than two-thirds of cases reported in the WHO European Region.