722 Three months ago, two Northside hospitals in Gwinnett County went out of network with UnitedHealthcare, affecting thousands of the insurance company’s members. Looming now.
Three months ago, two Northside hospitals in Gwinnett County went out of network with UnitedHealthcare, affecting thousands of the insurance company’s members.
Looming now is the potential for other Northside hospitals including the health system’s flagship facility in Atlanta to drop off the United provider network as well, with possibly more patients affected.
The existing contract between the insurer and the Northside hospitals in Atlanta, in the Forsyth County seat of Cumming and the Cherokee County seat of Canton expires August 1.
It's nearly 10 p.m. on a Thursday, and Dr. Sreeni Gangasani is grabbing a cup of chai tea with his wife and daughter, getting ready for another late night.
Dive Brief:
Appleton, Wisconsin-based contractor The Boldt Co. has installed its first modular unit in the Southeast U.S. to provide inpatient care for COVID-19 and other critically ill patients at Northside Hospital Gwinnett near Atlanta.
Containing 71 patient rooms and support space, the 46,983-square-foot STAAT Mod unit was designed, fabricated, assembled on site, connected to hospital infrastructure and ready for patients in four months.
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STAAT Mod system is engineered to hospital-grade standards and easily flexes to provide traditional inpatient capacity or critical care, according to a press statement. The units can be operated with or without airborne infection isolation rooms that provide increased safety for both patients and caregivers, Boldt said.