NATIONAL
- Health IT passes first big test with Hurricane Harvey
- Hickenlooper-Kasich health care proposal calls for retaining individual mandate, funding CSRs
- Bundled payments on ‘pause,’ but not for long
- After Harvey, telemedicine connects doctors to displaced patients
- New U.S. surgeon general sworn in Tuesday
- Specialty practices way behind on MACRA readiness, survey shows
- Sen. Alexander says healthcare bill coming ‘within 10 days’
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- 9 employees of Connecticut Valley Hospital face charges after allegedly abusing patient
- Hartford HealthCare Headache Center opens in Waterford
- Hartford addiction center to pay $627K to settle false-claims allegations
- Gaylord Hospital opens unit for complex stroke patients
- Iora Health opens first CT primary care office in Hartford
- Trinity Health CEO stepping down at year’s end
- Maine DHHS to Receive Close to $1.8 Million
- Teresa Vieira to serve as president of 2 EMHS hospitals: 4 points
- St. Mary’s Health System appoints Peter Holden interim president: 5 things to know
- Report outlines financial condition of Mass. hospitals
- Chris Dadlez to step down as CEO of Trinity Health Of New England
- Median margin for Massachusetts hospitals in 2016: 3.1%
- Hospital Moves Forward With CEO Search
- Massachusetts hospital opens new neurosurgery program: 5 things to know
- Steward Health Care withholds financial information amid growth
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s New Chief Executive Sets Her Priorities
- Hospital infection rate remains steady in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire hospital cuts 17 jobs with closure of patient accounts department
- New York Health Care Center Breaks Ground
- Decision Nears For New Location Of Brooks Memorial Hospital
- Centers Health Care acquires 7 nursing homes
- Carthage Area Hospital completes closure of skilled-nursing unit
- Hospital owner promises ‘solution’ for troubled pension plan
- Magellan Health to expand in Rhode Island, add 100 new jobs
- Two UVM Health Network hospitals struggle financially
- RRMC plans $21.7M addition
- Vermont hospital seeking $21.7M expansion for office space
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
- At the District’s only public hospital, consultants’ fees mount — along with trouble
- United Medical Center to evaluate Veritas consulting agreement amid financial troubles
- MedStar Health names new president of Harbor Hospital
- Bowser gets behind St. Elizabeths campus as future home for new hospital
- University of Maryland Medical System takes ownership of Prince George’s hospitals
- Upper Chesapeake Health officials provide more details about hospital changes
- UMMS assumes ownership of Dimensions Healthcare System
- UMMS takes critical step toward building a new Prince George’s hospital
- Omega Healthcare acquires 15 Indiana nursing homes for $190 million
- Evergreen Health to be liquidated: 5 things to know
- MedStar Health names new president of Harbor Hospital
- Caution, as Cooper Hospital expands its empire | Editorial
- Villa Marie Claire Hospice receives $5M from New Jersey budget
- This hospital merger makes sense for Trenton | Editorial
- Why does New Jersey have a shortage of nurses?
- Philly jury awards $3.35 million in Bensalem woman’s medical malpractice suit
- Two Philly hospitals sold in $170 million deal
- Empowering Future Female Leaders: Q&A with the CEO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Madeline Bell
- UPMC posts 22.5% drop in operating income for FY 2017
- Genesis HealthCare to lay off 72 with voluntary closure of nursing home
- Einstein Healthcare Network selects new CIO: 4 things to know
- UPMC unveils new $19 million Hampton outpatient center
- PinnacleHealth’s new hospitals to remain in Humana network
- Health system mega-merger to combine Cooper, Lourdes and St. Francis
- Consumer protection law could be gutted if lawsuit against nursing home chain isn’t revived, AG says
- Colorado medical-device maker merges into Pennsylvania company
- Wills Eye has glimmer of hope to regain Medicare hospital status
- Medical device companies merge into Pittsburgh-based firm
- Centra hospitals face penalties over Medicare patients’ readmissions
- Virginia hospitals improve on patient safety scores
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota)
IOWA
- University of Iowa Health Care considers larger regional partner
- Iowa hospital’s fitness program goes national
- Teaching health centers vital to solving physician shortage in Iowa
- Hospital in Iowa plans to add $9.78M behavior health center
- Donlin named top hospital CEO to know
- Mercy to test care model with focus on social, environment needs
- Hansen Family Hospital’s interim CEO is Katie Rieks: 3 points
- Kansas hunting for Medicaid inspector after long vacancy
- LMH, Bert Nash leaders wary of privatizing Osawatomie hospital
- Minnesota Finds a Way to Slow Soaring Health Premiums
- Mayo plans to move forward
- U of M Medical School’s Duluth campus gets $10 million gift
- Anesthesiologist files 4 antitrust complaints against Mayo Clinic
- Mayo executive: Consolidation plan in Albert Lea not expected to achieve short-term profits
- Ascension Living appoints new president, CEO
- The privacy of your medical records is more at risk in Missouri than any other state its size
- Missouri Hospital Association reacts to Utah nurse video, encourages hospital policy dialogue
- Ascension settles lawsuit over pension plan exemption
- Fast-growing physical therapy chain will hit three KC locations
- Missouri hospital fires 12 employees for alleged mistreatment of patients
- Disabilities provider cuts back services in northeast Nebraska
- Nurses at Bismarck hospital vote not to unionize
- With Methodist Health System vacating West Dodge offices, property could have mixed-use future
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Baxter completes $270 million expansion in eastern Alabama
- Advocate Health’s revenues climb 7.6%, but operating income drops 41%
- University of Illinois Hospital nurses plan strike
- Vista hospital in deal to be sold to for-profit psych firm
- Presence Health lags turnaround goals
- About 1,200 U of Illinois Hospital nurses plan Sept. 13 strike
- UI set to spend $100 million to upgrade IT systems at Chicago hospital
- Fast-growing Chicago physical therapy provider enters Kansas City market for first time
- Franklin Hospital taps new CFO: 3 notes
- Advocate Health Care appoints Dr. Barbara Byrne CIO
- Healthcare Access to Deliver Babies Is Disappearing in Rural Indiana
- Indiana proposes work mandate for state health coverage
- Omega Healthcare acquires 15 Indiana nursing homes for $190 million
- Lilly eliminating 3,500 jobs as part of cost-cutting plan
- Ohio Company Acquires Indiana Nursing Centers
- Indiana-Connected Telehealth Effort Lands Funding
- RAND: Average price for outpatient hospital care in Indiana 358% of Medicare rate
- UK HealthCare increasing transplant commitment to Louisville | Dr. Roberto Gedaly
- Kindred Healthcare sells skilled-nursing facilities for $519 million
- Kentucky HIPAA Violation Case Ruling Held by Appeals Court
- Claire Regional Medical Center introduces St. Claire HealthCare
- Humana cuts at-home care jobs in Louisville, nationally
- Christ Hospital adds jobs as it expands in NKY
- Spectrum Health partners with Meijer for co-branded meds
- Rosenberg Named CIO for Michigan Medicine
- Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority’s future could be on the integration bandwagon
- Mercy Health Muskegon gets new leader in midst of $271M project
- Could Michigan Provide A New Model For Medical Malpractice Reform?
- Metro Health CEO to retire following U-M deal
- Cleveland Clinic names new CEO to take over for Toby Cosgrove
- AxessPointe Community Health Centers names LaTrice D. Snodgrass COO
- Salem hospital names new board members
- In Cleveland, competing hospitals band together to fight opioid epidemic
- Cleveland Clinic triples operating income through higher patient volumes
- How smart pump EHR integration could save a community hospital $2 million
- Wexner Medical Center teams up with court to connect patients with guardians
- Here’s what Summa had to say about the appointment of its new Emergency Medicine chair
- Xenia nursing home sold to New Jersey company for $7.5 million
- Christ Hospital adds jobs as it expands in NKY
- Ascension renames St. Clare’s, St. Michael’s hospitals in move toward unified brand
- Fortis nursing homes and assisted-living centers would get new operators under proposal
- UW Health joins ‘telementoring’ effort to spread knowledge about pediatric care
- Wisconsin health system’s expansion with ASC nearly complete — 3 key notes
- Health tech company expands to Wisconsin
- ProHealth Care plans second floor addition to Mukwonago facility
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Baxter completes $270 million expansion in eastern Alabama
- Fairhope neurologist pleads guilty in health care fraud case
- UAB lands $1.5M gift from major Birmingham company
- USA Health System names Carl Biber assistant CFO: 4 things to know
- Covenant Care Opens Inpatient Hospice Center At Sacred Heart Hospital
- Charitable arm looks to separate from Bayfront Health. Could a sale of the hospital be next?
- Golisano Children’s Hospital patient use surging months after opening
- Health Notes: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville gets highest rating for its stroke program
- University of Miami Health CEO Altschuler to resign
- Seaside Surgery Center CEO, medical director named surgery chief at Florida hospital — 4 insights
- Surgical Center Proposal Re-Emerges For 2018 Season
- Sneak peek: Tour the new $203M Florida Hospital Apopka before it opens
- Piedmont system to keep growing with acquisition of Conyers hospital
- WellStar unveils new $77 million Vinings health park (SLIDESHOW)
- Piedmont Healthcare names new CEO of Rockdale hospital
- Mississippi Medicaid recovers $8.6M in misspent money
- Hospital in Mississippi Downsizing Amid Financial Issues
- Ochsner to operate Hancock Medical Center long term
- Baptist Memorial just the latest boost to downtown Jackson employers
- Will the Triangle lose control to Charlotte as health care partnership takes shape?
- Mission CEO: You can’t compare David and Goliath
- Big Carolinas HealthCare System deal could be prelude to full-blown merger, lawmaker says
- CHS announces plan to merge with UNC Health Care, form medical giant
- Catawba Regional Hospice CEO spearheads organization’s growth
- A tale of two hospitals
- Novant reports slight decline in excess revenue in second quarter
- Triad hospital adds 4 operating rooms with $10 million project
- 11 health systems finalize partnership in North Carolina to address needs of Medicaid patients
- Triad company to open new senior living community in South Carolina
- Medicaid fraud in South Carolina largely tied to health care providers
- Triad company to open new senior living community in South Carolina
- Ashley Johnson Appointed Chief Financial Officer of HCA Healthcare’s American Group
- New owner, CEO for Nashville health care company
- Chattanooga-Based Home Health Entities To Pay $1.8 Million For Improper Medicare Billing
- Saint Thomas Health taps Michelle Robertson as COO: 4 things to know
- Analysis: HCA, Tenet see uncompensated care costs rise this year
- Surgery Partners CEO out
- Moody’s downgrades CHS as struggles continue
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs to Invest $1.6M in Nursing Programs
- Conway Regional Offers an Inside Peek Into Its Operation
- Ochsner to operate Hancock Medical Center long term
- New Orleans-area nonprofit to run Mississippi hospital
- Novartis CEO Jimenez to step down early next year
- 10 years after Hurricane Katrina: Q&A with Ochsner CEO Warner Thomas
- Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and Christus Health to Pay $12.24 Million to Settle Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations
- New Mexico Man Sentenced in Arizona Medicaid Billing Scheme
- Lovelace adopts new tech, slashing previous amount of needed systems
- Oklahoma doctor agrees to pay $580k to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare
- MRHC second-longest tenured employee retires after 43 years
- Physician: Oklahoma’s rural hospitals need every lifeline
- OCH posts $5.1M loss in 10 months
- 5 Questions with William Paiva of OSU’s Center for Health Systems Innovation
- Texas Health Aetna adds to executive leadership team
- Too much water outside, not enough inside for Texas hospitals
- Fidelity National expands medical tech holdings with T-System purchase
- Medical City Fort Worth Names New CNO
- Tenet Healthcare CEO Fetter steps down; company girds against takeover
- Analysis: HCA, Tenet see uncompensated care costs rise this year
- Dallas lab accused of $100M kickback scheme files lawsuit to maintain federal license
- Ardent Health Services to buy ETMC, will become part of UT medical system
- How Memorial Hermann Health System, Virginia Mason Health System built cultures of safety
- Westover Hills hospital gets new president with San Antonio ties
- Christus Santa Rosa Westover Hills Hospital taps new president: 3 notes
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
ALASKA
- Nearly three dozen show up to testify on MSRMC certificate of need
- Alaska DHSS facing potential breach after two Trojan malware attacks
- New Kalispell pediatric center to provide much needed service
- Nurses agree to new contract with St. Peter’s Hospital
- More leadership changes at Oregon Health Authority
- OHA finds 23K no longer qualified for Medicaid as it works through backlog
- Allen announces key Oregon Health Authority appointments and dismissals
- Legal firm has questions about adequacy of charity care at Yakima Regional hospital
- CHI Franciscan padded ‘bottom line at the expense of its patients,’ attorney general says
- Washington attorney general sues hospital over charity care
- Regional Health finalizes deal to buy Toppenish hospital
- NEW CEO named for Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center
- How Memorial Hermann Health System, Virginia Mason Health System built cultures of safety
- Toppenish Community Hospital hires Eric Jensen as CEO: 4 things to know
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- SF nurses, patients’ families protest pending closure of hospital unit
- California hospital fined $40k after physician left patient mid-hysterectomy: 5 things to know
- Genesis HealthCare to lay off 72 with voluntary closure of nursing home
- Three San Diego hospitals fined for patient harm incidents
- CHI Mercy finalizing merger with Dignity Health
- Providence St. Joseph Health Consolidates 14 Hospitals in SoCal
- Canopy Health adds first major health plan in Bay Area network expansion
- Napa’s Collabria Care chooses new medical director
- Dialysis bills in California Legislature head to floor for votes
- CMS: Poor board governance hurt quality at Sonoma West Medical Center
- MemorialCare Health System selects new COOs for 2 hospitals
- St. Mary’s investment keeps profits at home
- Yampa Valley Medical Center, UCHealth invite public to celebrate partnership
- UCHealth adds Steamboat Springs hospital to its network
- 7 orthopedic practices merge to form Orthopedic Centers of Colorado
- Medicaid Payment Problems Continue For Colorado Doctors
- Mary’s breaks ground for $48.5 million dollar center
- SRM CEO shares hospital’s efforts to improve patient satisfaction
- Colorado officials approval new hospital; ASC plans coming down pipeline
- UCHealth opens 51-bed hospital in Longmont
- CHI Mercy finalizing merger with Dignity Health
- Colorado medical-device maker merges into Pennsylvania company
HAWAII
- New director for long-term care appointed to Kula, Lanai hospitals
- Hawaii air ambulance company to buy only competition
- Hospital unveils new pharmacy
- AC problems affect surgeries at Wahiawa General Hospital
- Hawaii hospital piggybacks on state’s nuclear disaster drill
