Meanwhile, MedStar Health, which operates MedStar Washington Hospital Center, lost its contract with the city to operate its own Medicaid managed-care organization. “But there is already not a good continuity of care between prenatal care and delivery [for low-income women]. MedStar Washington Hospital Center and George Washington are over 75 percent, according to a D.C. Department of Health report of its health systems. Washington Hospital Center, for one, is looking to add capacity in its delivery ward. A mother of three, she spent close to an hour on the phone recently trying to switch to AmeriHealth to try to stay with Washington Hospital Center.

Source: Washington Post October 28, 2017 21:22 UTC