NATIONAL
- 4 legislative updates impacting ASCs
- Senate health care bill: Where we are now
- Telehealth Licensure Compact for Nurses Gets the Green Light
- Healthcare CEO pay climbs steadily since ACA passage
- Hospital Stocks Slide After HCA Healthcare’s Earnings Stumble
- Analysis: 6 medical specialties with at least $1.5M more ROI than investment bankers
- Economic Pressures Weigh on Specialty Physician Compensation
- HIMSS names Harold ‘Hal’ Wolf CEO: 4 things to know
- Republican ‘repeal-only’ health care measure fails in Senate
- Number of actively licensed physicians increased 12% since 2010
- Task Force Suggests Amendments to Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute
- GAO Calls for Making EHRs More User Friendly to Boost Utilization
- CMS releases proposed home health payment rule: 9 things to know
- Senate narrowly rejects measure to partly repeal Obamacare, after 3 Republicans break with party
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- 6 Connecticut nursing homes fined by state for violations
- Eastern Connecticut Health Network names Michael Collins permanent CEO: 4 things to know
- Conn. Hospitals, Tech Firm Coordinate Patient-Sharing Information
- Connecticut nursing board disciplines 4 nurses
- MaineGeneral Health plan aims to mend fiscal year losses
- Maine Center Gets $20M Grant for Biomedical Research Group
- Massachusetts hospital to lay off 39 with planned closure of obstetrics unit
- Tewksbury Hospital fires employee after long-term snooping
- Boston startup Circulation raises $10.5M to bring health care to the home
- Cleveland Clinic, Boston Children’s Hospital teaming up on cardiac care
- Berkshire Medical Center nurses vote to authorize a strike
- Alexion cuts ties with two Cambridge biotechs in reorganization
- New York, Justice Department secure $4.4 million settlement with health care provider
- Health care provider with $996 million New York contract announces cuts to national workforce
- Michael Breslin Named Chief Financial Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian
- Epic rollout at New York hospital backed by $5.7 million state grant
- Area health care facilities get $11M boost
- NewYork-Presbyterian launches pediatric telehealth option
- WebMD is sold
- Feud over backup doctor coverage dividing 2 RI hospitals
- Memorial Hospital merger legislation signed into law
- Lonks named Miriam outstanding physician of the year.
- Grace Cottage Hospital CEO announces his retirement
- RRMC President Tom Huebner receives ‘Fire Starter Hall of Fame’ award
- UVM Medical Center notifies patients of email ‘Phishing’ incident
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- $10 million donation to support Beebee Healthcare expansion
- Dept. of Insurance launches public comment page on Highmark rate increase
- Sibley Memorial Hospital plans to cut staff through buyouts
- Sibley Memorial seeks buyouts to close ‘significant budget gap’
- Former health care exec sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for shareholder fraud
- McCready Health names new chief executive
- Annapolis medical device firm raises $1.5 million seed round
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center to open $70M surgical center
- CareFirst CEO: Anne Arundel Medical dispute involves $13M increase in fees
- CareFirst puts price tag on dispute with Anne Arundel Medical Center
- Maryland regulators suspend Evergreen Health from market as investor seeks to save it
- Evergreen Health investors pull out of deal to create for-profit insurer
- Pharmaceutical company Celgene settles suit for $280 million
- New Jersey Hospital Association Institute Leads in Quality Improvement
- NJ Telemedicine Law Delayed By Concerns About Veterinarian Use
- Hospital will pay city $5.56M to avoid property taxes
- CarePoint getting closer to in-network agreement with Horizon
- Rutgers, RWJBarnabas to partner on academic health care system
- Summit Medical Group bringing its health care model to western U.S.
- Tenet Diagnostics appoints new chief medical officer
- Rutgers, RWJBarnabas partner on physician assistant initiative
- Nearly 1,500 nurses at Hackensack Meridian hospitals authorize strike
- Jameson fully connects with UPMC technology
- New five-year contract between Independence and Jefferson
- Hanover Hospital commits to modernizing with new partnership
- Universal Health Services profit falls $3 million in second quarter, for-profit hospital operator lowers outlook
- AHN posts best midyear financials in years
- Local biopharm firm raises $62M, another gets $42M in funding
- Bath Community Hospital hires new CFO: 3 notes
- New CEO named at Henrico-based PartnerMD
- CEO of Virginia Health Care Tech Company Sentenced for $49 Million fraud
- Sentara Norfolk names Carolyn Carpenter as COO, VP
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Jury awards $4.5 million to former Grinnell hospital worker in age discrimination suit
- Cedar Rapids doctor finally receives certificate of need for surgery center
- KU Medical Center opens $82 million Health Education Building
- Candor Healthcare buys ASC operations from Kansas medical group: 4 things to know
- KU Health’s takeover should alter contraception rules at Topeka hospital
- St. Joseph’s Hospital to stop delivering babies
- Riverwood breaks ground for Aitkin clinic expansion
- Commentary: Why Minnesotans should pay attention to hospital consolidation
- Missouri doctor grapples with state’s high rate of deaths in childbirth
- Money-losing mid-Missouri hospital set to close next month
- Leawood hospital operator will close Fulton facility
- Chesterfield pediatrics administrator swindled $115,000 from firm, charges say
- Two University of Missouri Physicians Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud
- HCA poaches half of Kansas health system’s cardiologist team
- Report: Bryan Health does most Medicare procedures in state
- Nebraska Medicine is first health system in Omaha area to launch its own doctor rating system online
- Nebraska Medicine plans new clinic in Elkorn area
- Sanford gets ready for ‘monumental’ move to new hospital
- New Sanford Hospital in south Fargo prepares for opening
- Avera Queen of Peace to launch hospitalist program in August
- Mercy Medical Center Creates $192.5 million impact on local economy
- Report: Mercy, UnityPoint keep local economy healthy
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Springfield hospital system awarded for using tech to improve health
- Outcome Health promotes new COO
- Jerseyville nursing home fined $25k, plans to appeal after patient death
- Aurora exec retires from health care group, but not volunteering
- Illinois hospital’s cardiology loss continues to hurt bottom line
- Rush system names Carl Bergetz CLO
- Schneck adding pediatrics center: Company expanding services at former Laurel Place office building
- Hospital systems blitzing area with urgent care centers
- Indiana’s Potential as a Leader in Healthcare Tech
- Columbus Regional Health Acquires Former Hotel
- How good is Reid at using technology? Pretty great, actually
- St. Vincent Names Region President
- Prescription drug distributor opens central Indiana facility
- Indiana hospitals rank high in serving rural, remote areas
- Good Samaritan Expanding Primary Care Services
- ‘Options Open’ For Potential Anthem Mergers, Acquisitions
- Anthem Profit Perks Up
- KentuckyOne ousts Jewish Hospital president, chief nursing officer ahead of expected sale
- Hardin Memorial Health to buy Meade County Primary Care
- Jewish Hospital leadership shifts under specter of sale
- $12.5 million senior-care facility to open soon in Prospect
- This area hospital has upgraded its women’s center
- DMC exec to become Detroit health dept medical director
- After 75 years, Midland hospital building leveled for $57 million heart center
- DMC cuts staff by at least 18, restructures management
- Tenet Completes $850 Million Detroit Project
- Spectrum Health, national provider invest in $7.8M long-term acute facility
- MidMichigan Health demolishes building to pave way for $57M heart and vascular center
- Health-care price transparency faces opposition in Ohio from hospitals and doctors
- Springfield hospital system awarded for using tech to improve health
- Mount Carmel picks for-profit joint venture partner to build $26M psychiatric hospital
- Ohio Valley Health Center to reopen in downtown Steubenville
- Ohio health care companies to pay $19.5 million to settle charges of false claims
- Cleveland Clinic, Boston Children’s Hospital teaming up on cardiac care
- University Hospitals joins Medical Mutual of Ohio’s SuperMed network
- 4 years in, Global Center for Health Innovation is 20% vacant and has no leader
- MetroHealth System to form non-profit to revitalize W. 25th Street neighborhood
- Agnesian HealthCare offers easy access to health care providers’ notes
- Wisconsin faces critical shortage of care workers for disabled and elderly
- Bellin Health holds ribbon-cutting for Titletown facility
- University of Wisconsin-Madison health system joins forces with UnityPoint Health-Meriter
- Bayfield County Board To Hold Public Hearing On Northern Lights Nursing Home
- Marshfield Clinic Health System partners with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
- Novascan raising up to $2 million round
- Orthopedic Institute to move office on Mayfair Road
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Health insurer plans Alabama expansion, will partner with Brookwood
- EAMC’s retiring leader reflects on humble beginnings, hospital’s progress
- Flowers Hospital announces new Chief Operating Officer
- Alabama Medicaid puts reform plan on hold
- Claimed ‘naturopathic doctor’ pleads guilty to defrauding patients at Hoover clinic
- Sonas Home Health Care Group Names Industry Veteran Patrick Daly CEO
- Sacred Heart unveils pediatric care facility
- Florida medical community has few options after cap on non-economic damages shot down
- CHS sells Florida’s Highlands Regional Medical Center to HCA as part of planned divestitures
- New West Florida Hospital affiliation aims to attract ‘top talent’ to Pensacola
- HCA acquires second hospital from CHS in 2 weeks
- Broward Health credit rating downgraded, as report slams marketing contract
- Doctors With Multiple Malpractice Settlements Face Little Discipline In Florida
- Year after posting $4M in sales, Broward pharmacy files Chapter 11
- State OKs new 100-bed UCF Lake Nona teaching hospital; construction to start within 18 months
- Redmond Regional Medical gets approval for $13.9 million surgical suite project
- Georgia Healthcare Group Acquires Two Hospitals For GBP3 Million
- Jackson Healthcare Names CIO
- David Koontz steps down as CEO of St. Francis Hospital
- Pro Health holds ribbon cutting
- South Georgia Medical Center appoints new CDO
- NC legislators drop lawsuit challenging Cooper’s attempt to expand Medicaid under Obamacare
- Mission Health board inks op-ed on BCBS feud: 5 things to know
- Emergency room gets facelift
- Mission Health and Cigna sign multi-year agreement
- Randolph opens new emergency services hub in Asheboro
- Duke among 10 ‘blue-chip’ hospitals lagging in some surgery outcomes, says report
- Doctor’s office closes abruptly leaving patients without prescriptions, medical records
- Cancer clinic closes at Morehead Hospital
- NHRMC to break ground on new orthopedic hospital
- Vidant, ECU sign agreement to integrate physican practices
- Investigation: NC Adult Care Homes System Under Fire, with Oversight Inconsistent, Unreliable
- Business leaders tour construction site of new MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
- As deadline looms to sign contracts, MUSC doctors express outrage about new compensation plan
- Scott County hospital to reopen Aug. 8
- Tennova Regional Jackson CEO retires, search for new CEO underway
- CHI to close Chattanooga clinic
- Antioch Pain Clinic Settles Charges That It Bilked Medicare
- HCA Begins Hospital Buying Spree After Years Of Laying Low
- In Appalachia, Two Hospital Giants Seek State-Sanctioned Monopoly
- Nashville hospital giants strike another deal
- Vanderbilt Doctor Solving Problem Of Unnecessary Hospital Noise
- Critical Care Access status is critical to future of Houston County Community Hospital
- Vanderbilt hospital to pay millions over Medicare fraud allegations
- Patient experience training firm lands investment
- Construction starts on long-awaited Unicoi Co. hospital
- CHS exec named COO of surgical hospital venture
- CHS expects $137M net loss in Q2, says divestitures will continue
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- UAMS Health System names Tim Hill as COO
- Brian Reemtsen to Lead Arkansas Children’s Heart Institute
- Arkansas Health Insurers Seek Rate Hikes of 8 to 22 Percent
- Amedisys to pay $43.8 million to settle Medicare fraud allegations
- Frazier leaves Teche Regional to ‘pursue other opportunities
- Champion Medical Center facility in north Baton Rouge closes
- Our Lady of the Lake acquires 360 Orthocare in Covington
- Microhospitals On The Horizon In Oklahoma City
- Hospital implements LEAN principles to boost efficiencies
- Parkland System Names New EVP and CFO
- Emergency Room Wait Times Getting Longer in North Texas
- Tenet Completes $850 Million Detroit Project
- Baylor Scott & White Health Tops Off Star Sports Therapy and Research Center
- Medical City Healthcare taps Laura Irvine as chief administrative officer
- Medical City Dallas Tops Off Structural Phase of Women’s Hospital
- Texas Nurse Gets 4 Years in Prison in $375M Health Care Scam
- Memorial Hermann CFO to leave for Banner Health
- CHI St. Luke’s Health in negotiations to manage Trinity Memorial Hospital District
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Several issues stick in hospital operating agreement
- Medical center submits certificate of need for additional beds
- Alaska City to Seek More Hospital Proposals
- Medicaid providers say state health department putting unfair share of cuts on them
- Tech hosts camp for next generation of health care professionals
- Saint Alphonsus, other Ore. hospitals agree to bump up tax rate
- New state report looks at varied hospital procedure prices
- Nurses at odds with Asante’s RRMC
- Regional hospitals create network to prepare for disaster
- State will reconsider Harrison hospital relocation proposal
- Snoqualmie Valley Hospital receives trauma center designation, makes progress in affiliation process
- Community Health Systems Gets $425 million for Rockwood Health System
- Jury orders Olympus to pay $6.6 million but rejects claims its medical scopes are unsafe
- Providence taps Microsoft executive as chief financial officer
- Wyoming hospital at risk of losing Medicare, Medicaid funding
- Wyoming hospital faces increased oversight after investigation into patient’s discharge
WEST
(California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Whistleblower’s Physician Kickback Allegations Cost Pacific Alliance Med Center $42M
- Goodbye, Gentiva Home Health, hello Kindred At Home
- Alphabet invests in Bay Area biotech startup, builds it a new lab on Verily campus
- Molina Healthcare to eliminate about 1,400 jobs: 6 things to know
- Providence St. Joseph Health names CFO: 4 things to know
- Lucile Packard Children’s head of patient experience answers 5 Q’s on $1.1B patient-centered expansion
- Banner Health partners with radiologists for services in NoCo
- Study: Colorado hospital staffing company causing spikes in medical bills
- Audit: Colorado health marketplace sustainable _ for now
- DaVita CEO Thiry ends speculation regarding 2018 gubernatorial bid
- Under-staffed Colorado hospital lifts ‘no-breaks’ message
- Colorado health-insurance exchange gets mixed reviews in audit
