NATIONAL
- Price to stop private plane use on business during review
- Evaluating the future of hospital acquisitions of private practices
- Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill
- Trump vows another healthcare vote next year, eyes executive order
- 4 financial, strategic and revenue cycle issues health systems are facing
- CMS postpones October hospital star ratings update: 5 things to know
- HHS releases strategic plan for 2018-22: 5 things to know
- Medicare chronic care bill passes in Senate: 4 things to know
- Moody’s: Proposed cuts to Medicare 340B payments would hurt nonprofit hospital margins
- What CMS’ new Medicare cards mean for providers
- Major US hospital operators up investments in outpatient care
- $2B in DSH payment cuts set to kick in Oct. 1
- AMA creates ‘regulatory relief’ dashboard to break down CMS’ MACRA proposals
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- CT hospitals’ non-operating income drives fiscal 2016 improvement
- No Connecticut Budget This Week, But Maybe A New Hospital Tax
- 5 questions for… Dr. John Santopietro, Silver Hill Hospital’s new president
- Connecticut disciplines Nine Nurses
- Plan to leverage big federal aid for CT hospitals in limbo
- Old hospital lawsuit poses new wrinkle in budget talks
- Non-operating income helps CT hospitals post fiscal ’16 improvements
- Hartford radiology group acquired by Florida firm
- New program aims to build medical assistants pipeline
MAINE
- Mayo Regional Hospital Opens New Cancer Treatment Center
- Southern Maine Health Care plans $21 million nursing center in Sanford
- MCMH staffer loses job after her letter published
- MCMH looks to cut losses
- Hospital ER moves to a new staffing model
- State OKs $512M expansion of Maine’s largest hospital
MASSACHUSETTS
- Berkshire Medical Center nurses to go on strike Oct. 3
- Brigham and Women’s mandatory flu shot policy prompts nursing suit: 7 things to know
- Massachusetts union nurses file for third strike this year
- Cambridge’s Genocea cuts staff and shelves lead drug in major shakeup
- Brigham and Women’s implements $41M cost-cutting initiative: 6 things to know
- Dana-Farber’s earnings dragged down by Epic EMR billing problems
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Newly-appointed New Hampshire Hospital CEO touts integration
- Norton named to post at Elliot Health System
NEW YORK
- County health care consortium earns $15.8M from state
- New York City names Mitchell Katz CEO of NYC Health+Hospitals
- NYC hospital opens cardiac unit for babies up to 3 months
- Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York expands
- Buffalo General gets face-lift inside and out
- Virtual medicine comes of age
- Parker touts on-site dialysis
- $270M Oishei Children’s Hospital to open in November
RHODE ISLAND
- North Providence man wins lawsuit against Rhode Island Hospital
- Care New England cites delays in negotiations over Memorial Hospital sale
- RI’s Eleanor Slater Hospital issued preliminary denial of accreditation
VERMONT
- Advocates seek antitrust review of ACO regulation
- Porter Medical Center nurses finalize new contract
- Regulators approve hospital budgets
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Military hospitals like DC’s Walter Reed could ease national ER overcrowding, save lives
- Sibley Innovation Hub: How one hospital is encouraging creative solutions
MARYLAND
- UMD Medical System takes ownership of Prince George’s County hospitals in partnership
- Anne Arundel Medical Center reduces opioid prescriptions by 50% — 5 insights
- Western Maryland Hospital Center celebrates 60 years
- CEO of CareFirst to retire next year
- County executive, hospital president talk health care at town hall
NEW JERSEY
- Atlantic Health plans new rehabilitation facility in Madison
- Hospital settles tax dispute after its nonprofit status questioned
- South Jersey doctor pleads guilty for role in $25M health-care fraud
- New Jersey Hospital Association names new CEO
- Urgent care chains spread through South Jersey
- Hackensack Meridian Health opens medical-surgical suite in Brick
- Provention Bio names new executive management team
- Trinitas Medical reopens newly renovated ER
PENNSYLVANIA
- Sacred Heart, St. Luke’s merger reflects larger trend
- Report: Area ambulatory surgery centers fare well compared to state average
- 5 key benchmarks for Pennsylvania ASCs — Revenue per visit hits $1.1k in 2016
- New law stands to better inform caregivers in Pa.
- UPMC scouting for new hospital site in South Hills
- UPMC scraps plans for South Fayette hospital
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital taps Nassar Nizami as CIO: 3 takeaways
- Hawkins resigns at Fulton County hospital CEO
- Einstein Healthcare Network drops ‘interim’ from CFO Gerard Blaney’s title
- Cortland hospital may team up with Pennsylvania health system
- Possible sale of Berks County’s nursing home raises questions of quality
- Allegheny Health Network launches brand for women’s services
- Temple University Health’s $5.7M operating loss anchored by Epic installation
VIRGINIA
- Chesapeake Regional Healthcare names 2 new executives
- New, quicker online complaint process to report doctors
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia hospital announces 40 job cuts
- Tennessee company completes buy of West Virginia hospital
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Mercy Iowa City announced layoffs and staff-hour reductions affecting 115 employees
- Medica is lone insurer in Iowa, Nebraska individual markets
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic CEO nixes Minn. AG’s request to delay hospital consolidation
- St. Francis Regional Medical Center expands with Hy-Vee deal
MISSOURI
- Heartland Regional Medical Center partners with SLU School of Medicine to enhance heart care
- Ascension’s net income more than triples to $1.8B
- BJC HealthCare announces new CEO
- CMS delays decision on terminating Missouri hospital’s Medicare funding
- SSM closing clinic in downtown Paris
- SSM Health medical services open in UMSL Patient Care Center
- A Southwest Missouri hospital celebrates 8 decades of service to the community.
- Olathe Health expands orthopedic services through partnership
- SSM Health Physical Therapy acquires SpineCare Inc.
- Surprised by an ER bill? A company that staffs KC hospitals faces reports of overcharging
- Mallinckrodt completes $425 million deal
NEBRASKA
- Medica is lone insurer in Iowa, Nebraska individual markets
- Children’s Hospital-UNMC partnership boosts pediatric care
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Illinois law change gives nurses more responsibility
- St. Elizabeth’s Hospital moving to O’Fallon
- Tech roundup: Chicago tech funding continues, Outcome Health’s hiring plans and more
- Here’s what Outcome Health’s new office will look like
- Outcome Health to build new Chicago HQ, add 2,000 jobs
- Chicago cancer startup Tempus raises $70 million
- 5 thoughts on community health from Rush CIO Dr. Shafiq Rab
INDIANA
- Terre Haute a regional medical hub
- Getting to know: Steve Holman, Union Health CEO
- Ball State’s $62M health building latest in Indiana flurry of health capital projects
- Ex-American Senior Communities CFO who avoided indictment blasted in new lawsuit
- IU Partnership Targets Precision Medicine
- Reid Health Verified as Trauma Center
- CHS’ Lutheran Health Network to build replacement hospital in 2018
KENTUCKY
- Baptist Health Corbin Launches Tele-ICU Clinical Services
- Hospital CEOs Prescribe Value-Based Care to Rural Physicians
- Kindred expects $20M direct hit from recent hurricanes
- One of Louisville’s largest employers lands new $34M HQ
- Even with early-retirement program, Humana likely will have more layoffs
- Anthem’s longtime Kentucky president stepping down; successor named
MICHIGAN
- Affirmant to use Epic program to help coordinate patient care
- Wayne State wins lawsuit against pediatrics group, but issues remain
- Harbor Oaks Hospital too unsafe to expand, neighbors say
- 8 things to know about Spectrum Health’s 20 years in West Michigan
- Molina sells ICA mental health provider agency in Detroit
- State regulations create obstacles for telemedicine
- Doctor says suing University Pediatricians is about changing priorities
OHIO
- State auditor: Health care company owes Ohio nearly $4M
- Affinity loses appeal on $1.55 lawsuit ruling
- Central Ohio hospitals say they’re ready to respond to any likely disaster
- Assisted living facility in Dayton to close, lay off 49 workers
- PHOTO TOUR: Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley
- Fisher-Titus Medical Center CEO to retire next year
- Miami Valley Hospital to unveil renovated maternity center
- Two-story medical-office building gets commission’s nod
- Miami Valley Hospital to unveil renovated maternity center
- 7 thoughts on bringing ‘heart’ into IT from Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx
WISCONSIN
- Wisconsin hospital sues Cerner for $16 million
- WI Hospital Launching Epic EHR Replacement After 2 Years of Prep
- Ladish Company Foundation gives $1 million to Children’s Hospital
- Medical office building in the works in South Milwaukee
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- HealthSouth Corporation And University Medical Center Health System Announce Joint Venture
- Grandview Medical Center promotes Drew Mason to CEO
FLORIDA
- UF Health Jacksonville dean of medicine Leon L. Haley Jr. becomes CEO Jan. 1
- Florida Hospital Carrollwood unveils new cath lab for heart patients
- $50 million gift enables NSU to expand med school to Tampa
- Health care group names new CEO
- 21st Century Oncology accused of using kickbacks to win Broward Health contract
- Lawsuit claims lobbyist controls Broward Health board appointments
- After some staff fired, Lee Health reconsiders employee evacuation plan
- Telehealth, Telemedicine Guidelines Gain Momentum in Florida
- New simulation hospital opening at University of Miami
- Jury orders Leon Medical Centers pay $13 million to man blinded after cataract surgery
- Whistle-blower: Former Broward CEO concealed major losses tied to 25-year cancer care contract
- HCA to build 3 freestanding EDs, 4 urgent care centers in Florida
- Florida Hospital parent company makes huge land deal in Polk County
- Here’s your first look at the $200M project that transformed the campus at Morton Plant Hospital
GEORGIA
- Rural Georgia hospitals see few benefits, so far, from tax credits
- The corner office: Grady Health System CEO John Haupert on how emotional intelligence can power a financial turnaround
- Leesburg City Council votes to send resolution letter for Lee Co. hospital
MISSISSIPPI
- County leaders won’t disclose info before hospital sale vote
- Teladoc services give employees access to round-the-clock health care
- Medicaid plans to go forward with contracts after no action by review panel
NORTH CAROLINA
- Health systems plod ahead with statewide Medicaid plans
- Court approves sale of bankrupt North Carolina hospital
- Blue Cross NC, Mission Health still not talking, higher patient costs loom
- Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Eden hospital assets
- Who are the Triangle’s best surgeons? New data provides scores and rankings.
- In Raleigh, North Carolina’s HIE Moves Forward—under a State Government Mandate
- Pardee makes $6 million cancer center goal
- On heels of ECU deal, Vidant inks agreement with Premier
- Premier signs systemwide agreement with Vidant Health
SOUTH CAROLINA
- AnMed Health agrees to pay $7 Million to settle false claims act allegations, US Attorney says
- South Carolina Hospital to Pay $7 Million for False Claims
- Conway Medical Center CEO to retire: 4 things to know
TENNESSEE
- How the Department of Health will regulate Ballad Health
- The health merger is approved, now comes the planning
- Health care is growing quickly in Nashville, but there’s one big disconnect
- Tennessee company completes buy of West Virginia hospital
- Change Healthcare introduces blockchain for providers, payers
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare taps new chief legal officer
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Hospital Association to Honor Bill Bradley
- UAMS Regional Campuses Get $4.2M for Education, Recruitment
ARIZONA
LOUISIANA
- St. Bernard Parish Hospital getting new leader, services
- North Louisiana hospital manager: State favors New Orleans
- Children’s Hospital selects John Nickens as CEO: 4 things to know
- West Feliciana Hospital gets new opening date after hiccups with paperwork
- Louisiana hospital to open pavilion with ASC in 2018: 4 things to know
- Louisiana health system to cut 232 jobs
NEW MEXICO
- UNM Hospital taps Michael Chicarelli as interim CEO
- New Mexico Health Connection To Spin Off Into For-Profit Biz
OKLAHOMA
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City hires new chief administrative officer: 3 takeaways
- Board of Health considers rate increase for private duty nurses
TEXAS
- Update: Funderburk named new president/CEO of UMC
- HealthSouth Corporation And University Medical Center Health System Announce Joint Venture
- Mahajan Named CEO Of Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital
- Tenet’s Fetter To Snag $22.9M In Severance Payout
- Children’s Hospital names Cindy A. Stout new CEO; Amox leaving
- Tenet Gets A ‘B’ From Fitch Ratings
- UT Southwestern Receives $34.2M For Cancer Research
- Adeptus Health Plan of Reorganization Confirmed By Court
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Alaska officials: Keep looking for health care solution
- PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center hires new chief administrative officer: 3 notes
IDAHO
- Report: Idaho’s doctors are the most overworked in the United States
- Idaho hospital building surgery center — 3 insights
- FCMC names Dransfield as new CEO
MONTANA
OREGON
- PeaceHealth announces October leadership change
- Patrick Allen tapped as permanent director of Oregon Health Authority
- Leaving a legacy of collaboration and bold leadership
- Inside the lawsuit: Endeavour claims Zoom on ‘brink of total failure’
WASHINGTON
- Washington AG sues Olympia hospital, citing inadequate charity care
- St. John’s new leader wants to keep care local
- Summit Rehabilitation to moves its Spokane Valley clinic
- Washington AG sues second hospital over charity care practices
- Jim Davis to assume CEO role at Tri-Cities Community Health in 2018
- U of Washington Medicine appoints Joy Grosser CIO
WYOMING
- Wyo. Department of Health on statewide public feedback tour
- Lightning strikes Memorial Hospital of Carbon County
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Marin health centers face dual funding threats
- Stanislaus County CEO doubts corporate shakeup will affect Doctors Medical Center or Emanuel
- CHI explores alignment with California-based organization
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles selects new chief development officer: 4 things to know
- Head of L.A. County’s health system, one of the largest in the country, announces departure
- CEO of Napa’s OLE Health shifts to part-time role
- Could this East Bay generic drug maker have the urge to merge?
- UC Davis to land millions of dollars for stem cell clinic
- Cedars-Sinai’s operating income falls 16% in FY 2017
COLORADO
- Denver on-demand healthcare company raises $30.8 million
- Rural Colorado hospital fears it will have to shut down
- Colorado Building Up Millions In Unpaid Medicaid Claims
- Banner, Centura Health to enter into provider network agreement next year
- New Children’s Hospital Colorado to make $240M economic impact
- JBC OKs pay hikes for CMHIP nurses
- CHI explores alignment with California-based organization
HAWAII
- Oldest hospital on Oahu’s North Shore looking for new CEO
- University study finds Hawaii’s doctor shortage worsening
- Kahuku Medical Center CEO to leave post in October: 4 notes
NEVADA
