NATIONAL
- 3 biggest opportunities for ASCs today and 4 healthcare reforms that will affect ASCs most in the future
- Why blockchain could transform the very nature of EHRs
- Economists: 3 takeaways from failed insurer mega-mergers
- Physician practice valuations: 14 things for health system leaders to know
- Hospitals could save about $10 million a year in supply chain, study finds
- 22 healthcare bankruptcies so far in 2017
- Healthcare industry split on CMS’ proposal to allow inpatient joint replacement surgeries
- Leading the way: Children’s hospitals believe in value-based future
- Survey: Nearly half of physicians primarily blame insurance companies for rising healthcare costs
- Graham-Cassidy health care bill: What you need to know
- Moody’s maintains stable outlook on for-profit hospital sector
- 75% of healthcare organizations cite digital innovation as part of long-term strategy: 6 things to know
- OIG: Medicare overpaid acute care hospitals $51.6M
- CMS survey seeks input on ‘new direction’ for innovation center
- Sen. Grassley: Tax-exempt hospitals shouldn’t need ‘herculean oversight’ to meet charitable obligations
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Middlesex Hospital to open cancer center in Westbrook
- CareCentrix teams with digital health firm to enhance in-home care
- New Haven drug developer Arvinas appoints CEO
- Medical startup brings infusion services to rural Maine
- 7 Doctors Resign From Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
- Southern Maine Health Care plans $21 million nursing center in Sanford
- As rural health care providers struggle, employers eye wider implications
- Recruiting — and retaining — physicians gets more strategic amid shrinking workforce
- As access to health care becomes more limited, collaboration is key
- Hallmark Health seeking new CEO
- Healthcare spending growth stalls in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association names former Rep. Steven Walsh President, CEO
- Harrington Hospital reduces layoff number, plans to keep some maternity services
- Former Sarepta CEO’s accelerator spawns its first biotech
- MassBio seeks roots of the gender gap in life sciences: 5 takeaways
- Report: Maternity care at Mass. hospitals varies widely
- Shibinette appointed CEO of New Hampshire Hospital
- Hospital executives discuss merging challenges
- Q&A with Goodwin Community Health CEO Janet Laatsch
- The New N.H. Hospital CEO Once Worked There As a Nurse, Too
- Harvard Pilgrim deal to expand North Country coverage
- William A. Brown Is Appointed Chief Executive Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island
- CEO of Catholic Health to retire in 2018
- U.S. settles with two N.Y. hospitals for $4 million after alleged False Claims Act violations
- For ECMC, other public hospitals, a potential loss of funding looms
- Acquisition of New York health insurer will not affect Albany jobs
- SOS CEO discusses new $9 million Clay building
- MVP Health Care names Cohen VP of Quality
- Northwell Health is the biggest and fastest-growing private employer
- Ticonderoga hospital to join UVM Health Network
- Rutland hospital seeks approval for $21.7M makeover
- GMCB sets FY 2018 hospital budgets below targeted increase
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
- Nemours finds that pediatric telemedicine saved money and time for patients, health system
- New Delaware law will expand cancer treatment options
- Investigations like that into D.C. hospital’s sewage leaks seldom result in major penalties
- Mayor Bowser releases new ‘roadmap’ for D.C. health investments
- This D.C. hospital is beginning a $38 million tower renovation
- Medical device firm moving HQ into City Garage manufacturing accelerator
- Hospitals cut back on prescribing opioids to address addiction problem they unwittingly helped create
- New Jersey optometrist pleads guilty to health care fraud
- New Jersey scrambling to find more doctors
- Vanguard launches online health service for better patient access to care
- Colliers brokers sale of southern New Jersey medical center
- South Jersey gets its first senior ER department
- Deadline Looming for Rural Hospitals
- Kennedy Health in N.J. and Jefferson Health in Philly are merging. Here’s what we know
- Report: Pennsylvania nurse staffing at crisis levels
- UPMC workers’ data breach lawsuit goes to Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Highmark announces collaboration with Medical Group of Pennsylvania
- Sacred Heart Hospital to merge with St. Luke’s
- Healthsouth Mechanicsburg names Myers CEO
- Another big Pa. hospital system takes over a smaller one
- $1.38 billion payday: Teva signs 2 deals for remaining women’s health assets
- Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital announces leadership changes
- UPMC invests in hospital, adds to services in Italy
- Smarilli to lead Lancaster General Health Foundation board
- St. Luke’s University Health Network wins approval for $100M expansion
- Patrick County’s only hospital to close 18 months after bankruptcy filing
- Inova CEO Knox Singleton Announces Retirement
- Lumsden to retire from Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital March 31
- Anthem plans to reenter Virginia insurance market
- Southwest Virginia County’s Only Hospital to Close
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa hospital announces layoffs, staff hour reductions
- Iowa part of expanded multistate investigation of opioid industry
- HaysMed announces new CEO
- Joint Ardent/KU Health venture to improve former St. Francis facilities, add jobs through $90M in bonds
- BJC Healthcare, employees accused of discriminating against worker
- Fulton Medical Center Sold and Will Stay Open
- MU Health Care records a fiscal-year surplus of nearly $100 million
- Anthem in Missouri: ‘Enormous’ price differences influenced policy change for hospital-based imaging coverage
- SLU aims to double research budget as it transforms under new leaders
- SSM consolidates each hospital’s philanthropic arm to form one mega-foundation with 24-member board
- SSM consolidates hospital foundations, looks to spur greater change
- Lake Regional’s Henze retires after 27 years as CEO
- Lake Regional Health System taps Dane Henry as CEO: 5 takeaways
NEBRASKA
- Grand Island considers $15.8 million in TIF for new hospital
- Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health in final stages of assessing ‘alignment’
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Urbana hospital gets $3M in updates, new name
- Leadership Shift at NorthShore HealthSystem
- Rebranding to bring modified name to Ingalls hospital
- HSHS Holy Family Hospital expanding cardiology services through partnership with Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois
- Cook County Health to buy piece of struggling insurer’s Medicaid biz
- Centegra Health to eliminate, outsource hundreds of jobs
- Longtime OB-GYN named new Indiana state health commissioner
- Indiana nursing home company sues former executives
- $3.6M in grants awarded to 21 Indiana health centers
- Mainstreet CEO Steps Down From Board
- Phil Newbold to step down as CEO of Beacon Health System
- Indiana hospital prices for outpatient care ‘shockingly high,’ Rand report says
- Lutheran intends to replace St. Joseph
- New Hospital Campus in The Works For Fort Wayne
- New medical facility in Crown Point slated for 2019 opening
- Anthem buys Florida insurer in first acquisition since Cigna deal failed
- Indiana Shares in Pharmaceutical Company Settlement
- Union Hospital Lands Trauma Center Verification
- Beacon Health Details Leadership Transition
- Kentucky hospital breaks ground on $10M ASC: 5 things to know
- Two eastern Ky. medical providers announce merger
- Losses top $43 million at Jewish Hospital organization; parent brings in additional leadership
- Kindred Reports $20 Million Loss from Hurricanes
- U of L Medical School has new chairmen for two primary-care departments
- Humana wants to hire 50 people for its Tricare operations
- Kosair Charities makes a big donation to U of L
- MSU opens new $88.1 million Grand Rapids Research Center
- Q&A: Gary Allore, CEO of Mercy Health Muskegon
- VIP tour given at Charlevoix Hospital for Votorantim execs
- HAP leaves Michigan exchange, feds cut outreach aid
- Insurer leaves Michigan health exchange, citing volatility
- State regulations create obstacles for telemedicine
- HCA an unlikely suitor for DMC owner Tenet
- Dueling lawsuits: Wayne State pediatricians sue own practice group, so practice group sues Wayne State
- An ownership battle in fast-growing MRI business
- Do nonphysician owners of medical clinics violate Michigan’s corporate practice of medicine laws?
- WSU closer to forming new pediatric group
- Ohio House considers overriding Gov. Kasich’s Medicaid expansion veto
- Mercy Health Names Staci Lucius President of Mercy Health Physicians
- New specialty hospital slated for Beachwood
- Former Cleveland Clinic Innovations executive charged in $2.7 million fraud against hospital system
- Cleveland becomes top center for biomedical technology: PD 175 (photos)
- MedWish’s new headquarters is located in Cleveland Health-Tech Corridor
- Medical Mutual closes $37 million deal for its HQ
- Moody’s considers a rating downgrade for Summa Health
- Dayton Children’s seeks rezoning approval for new office
- 5 Dayton-area health centers get $850K to tackle mental health/opioid crisis
- Multimillion-dollar gift to help Cincinnati Children’s combat cancer
- Home Health United announces new name: SSM Health At Home
- North Shore Healthcare Assumes Management of Fortis SNFs Amid Receivership
- Aurora opens Oak Creek health center
- Children’s Hospital suing Lake Country Pediatrics in trademark dispute
- Froedtert & MCW ranks third among nation’s academic medical centers
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Birmingham company strikes deal with Mississippi hospital
- HealthSouth celebrates rehab hospital topping out
- Southern Research partners with the University of Tennessee on drug development
- UAB Medicine receives two national hospital awards
- Grandview Medical Center promotes Drew Mason to CEO
- HHS OIG: Alabama failed to secure Medicaid data, IT systems
- NEW: Owner of nursing home where 8 died linked to Medicare fraud case
- Ex-CFO of Florida medical group settles false billing allegations for $100k
- Telemedicine interest spikes during Hurricane Irma
- HCA to build free-standing ERs, urgent care centers in Orange, Seminole
- Florida regulators suspend license of nursing home where 9 patients died
- Hospitals in Georgia partner for specialized surgeries
- Piedmont Newnan Hospital requests to add 18 more beds
- Rockdale Medical Center names Richard Tanzella CEO: 4 things to know
- Memorial Satilla Health appoints new CEO & COO
- Forrest Health future CEO introduced at Board of Supervisors meeting
- Birmingham company strikes deal with Mississippi hospital
- County hospital to operate with $47M break-even budget in 2018
- Is the CON law in Mississippi now obsolete?
- Medicaid plans to go forward with contracts after no action by review panel
- Duke is a leader in tackling cancer. A new $88 million facility would make it better.
- Franklin Medical Center in North Carolina to reopen as freestanding ED in 2018
- Mission Health president does not expect a BCBS agreement in 2017
- Carolinas HealthCare System names Anthony DeFurio CFO: 3 things to know
- Duke, NCCU join forces. How much is involved and what does it mean?
- Update: Morehead Memorial Hospital’s data breach affects about 66,000 people
- Blue Cross wins North Carolina’s medical claims contract — again
- Quick Leonard Kieffer Finds Chief Nurse for Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
- Cook Medical parent company sells subsidiary for $950M
- Carolinas Hospital System welcomes new members to leadership team
- Is the parent company of Hilton Head, Coastal Carolina hospitals looking to sell?
- Pediatric outpatient center in North Charleston on track for 2019 opening
- Palmetto GBA wins major Medicare contract
- Mark Nosacka is Piedmont Medical Center’s new CEO: 3 points
- Vanderbilt Health, Aetna launch ACO health plan: 3 things to know
- Tennessee health officials approve Wellmont-MSHA merger plan
- Hospital merger gets COPA approved
- Virtual tour: Go inside the OneCity HQ of this health-tech disruptor
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Updated: Data breach at Arkansas DHS could affect 26,000 Medicaid beneficiaries; no evidence of ID theft, agency says
- Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center Gets $7.4M Grant
- SCA Pharmaceuticals Appoints Milton Boyer as CEO
- BRF annual meeting focuses on hospital management dispute
- $46M Louisiana Medicaid contract extension given to company
- Search for new CEO for UNMH may take months
- UNM Hospital names Michael Chicarelli as interim CEO
- Molina Healthcare in NM preparing to hire hundreds
- Herrman leaving top post at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City hires new chief administrative officer: 3 takeaways
- Surgery Center of Oklahoma partners with HMO: 5 things to know
- A Tenet Healthcare Sale Could Draw Many Bidders
- New law limits doctors’ ability to invoke DNR without patient consent
- Ardent Health and U of Texas System to acquire east Texas organization
- North Texas Doctor Sentenced To 16+ Years For Fraud
- Denton County Sued by EEOC For Discrimination Under the Equal Pay Act
- LifePoint names former Dignity Health executive CEO of 2 Texas hospitals
- Memorial Hermann’s VP of emergency management talks Harvey preparedness, response
- Two North Texas Hospitals Earn Trauma Designations
- Closing of freestanding ER in Amarillo may signal industry trend
- Community Medical Center names new CEO
- New president officially named for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Robert Honeycutt to serve as CEO of 2 LifePoint Health facilities: 4 points
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- St. Luke’s value-based health plan with SelectHealth yet to reap savings 5 years later
- Idaho hospital giant denies conflict of interest concerns
- New Saint Alphonsus hospital in Nampa opens Tuesday
- Portland’s Sightbox sold to health care behemoth
- New report shows costs of medical procedures can vary widely among hospitals
- Neurosurgeon gets $17.5 million award after Swedish Health firing
- UW Medicine names Joy Grosser as CIO
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Gerald Clute is East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital’s new CEO: 3 things to know
- Corporate owner of Doctors Medical Center, under pressure to cut losses, may be sold
- Molina Healthcare laying off workers
- California hospital’s reporting errors cause Medicare to overpay 173 other facilities
- Target teams up with Kaiser to open 31 more in-store clinics in SoCal
- San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital taps Steven Barron as interim CEO: 4 things to know
- UC Irvine to put record-breaking $200M donation toward integrative medicine, new facility
- Banner Health names Karsten Western Division president
- CHI’s operating loss swells to $585.2M in FY 2017
- Small UCHealth hospital in Longmont, Colo., designed with ability to grow over time
- Construction starts on West Springs Hospital
- CHI, Dignity Health reportedly in final stages of due diligence for proposed affiliation
- Mind Springs Health breaks ground on Grand Junction’s West Springs Hospital
- Fewer than half of Coloradans now get their health insurance through
UTAH
