NATIONAL
- Which ASC company has grown the most in 2017?
- Five questions on healthcare following Price’s resignation
- Pence protégé seen as frontrunner to replace Price
- Congress moves toward funding lapsed federal children’s health insurance program
- 3 things to know about HHS Acting Secretary Dr. Don Wright
- 18 things to know about the 6 CEOs leading ASC management companies
- Hospital Impact—6 ways physician assistants contribute to hospital emergency departments
- 7 hospitals with strong finances
- CIO shares keys to a successful telehealth program
- HHS withdraws 3 proposed rules: 6 things to know
- Hospital CIOs, executives share pain points in technology cost management: 4 takeaways
- Study finds ACOs still focused on early stages of care redesign
- Specialists could see 16% variability in payments under MIPS in 2018
- American Hospital Association calls on CMS to address ‘flaws and inaccuracies’ in OIG audits
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Q&A: What Does Hartford HealthCare-Anthem Dispute Mean For Patients?
- Quest Diagnostics acquires Conn. hospitals’ lab services
- More CT hospitals end 2016 in the black but fiscal picture mixed
- Hospital lawsuit no longer an obstacle to new CT budget deal
MAINE
- Maine Medical Center expansion in Portland gets 2 approvals
- Ricker Hamilton nominated for health and human services commissioner
- MaineMed gets state approval for $512M expansion
MASSACHUSETTS
- Steward Health Care becomes private hospital operator of 36 hospitals following Iasis acquisition
- Steward closes deal to acquire 18 hospitals in six states
- Mark Fulco Takes the Reins at Mercy Medical Center
- UMass Memorial unleashes $650M electronic system
- Quest Diagnostics acquires Conn. hospitals’ lab services
- South Shore Hospital Celebrates Opening Of New Critical Care Unit
- Tufts Medical Center nurses back at negotiating table
- Lahey Health is laying off about 75 employees
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
- Hospitals in the ER: Resuscitating NY’s public health system
- Brooks Memorial selects site near Fredonia for $67 million hospital
- Audit: New York slow to investigate nursing complaints
- William A. Brown Is Appointed Chief Executive Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island
- New York hospital cuts 2 management, 4 nonclinical staff positions
- 4 questions with Mount Sinai Health System CIO Kumar Chatani
- Hospital to be first on Long Island to perform heart transplants
- How is the doctor shortage hurting WNY?
- Layoffs hit Outcome Health in Chicago, N.Y.C. after major jobs announcement
- Lifetime Health closure affects 200 workers, thousands of patients
- Virtual medicine comes of age
VERMONT
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- U.S. intervenes in Medicare billing lawsuit against Delaware MRI practice
- Delaware selects health provider for Medicaid enrollees
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Despite financial woes, United Medical Center will not need taxpayer subsidy
- DC nurses call for resignation or ousting of United Medical Center top leaders
- Nurses union votes ‘no confidence’ in United Medical Center leadership
- RegenxBio declines to push forward on planned acquisition
MARYLAND
- Atlantic General to nix nurses stations as you know them
- Maryland trauma centers prepared for mass casualties
- TEDCO awards stem cell funding, $7 million more up for grabs
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey’s largest public hospital gets new name
- South Jersey hospital is on life support, lawmakers say, seeing rescue in disputed trust fund
- Kennedy Health now Jefferson under hospital merger
- Health care tech company launches $40M credit facility
PENNSYLVANIA
- 5 Philadelphia region hospitals begin new era under Tower Health
- Quorum Health sells 2 Pennsylvania hospitals
- Hershey Medical Center cited for care delays that contributed to 2 patient deaths
- UPMC Susquehanna merge with two rural hospitals
- Clarion Hospital CEO Byron Quinton to retire next month: 5 notes
- UPMC Health Plan makes its first big splash in Central Pennsylvania
- Two appointed interim CEOs at Fulton County Hospital
- Tower Health’s recently acquired CHS hospitals saw $17M operating loss in FY 2017
VIRGINIA
- Anthem executive named president of Optima Health
- Hospital merger decision delayed 30 days in Virginia
- New Anthem policy will steer patients to less expensive free-standing imaging centers
- Virginia hospital closes
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Mercy breaks ground on $9.78 million behavioral health center in Mason City
- Methodist, Blank Children’s trauma centers attain verification
KANSAS
- Health care malpractice rates to fall slightly in Kansas
- St. Francis sale nearing completion; buyers announce new name for hospital
- KU Health System picks date to finalize Topeka hospital deal
MINNESOTA
- Japan’s Murata will buy Twin Cities health-tech company for $102M
- After subsidy, Minnesota health exchange insurance rates largely stable or dropping for 2018
MISSOURI
- Boone Hospital to lay off 50 workers
- Springfield hospital removed from ‘jeopardy’ status
- Landon Named CNO For Mercy Washington
- Dwyer named CEO of The Rehabilitation Institute
NEBRASKA
- New physicians joining Children’s Hospital team said to be ‘game-changers’
- Medica, CHI Health will offer second Affordable Care Act-approved insurance plan for Nebraskans
NORTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Outcome Health lays off employees after new jobs announcement
- Three Chicago medical centers join national network for emergency medicine clinical trials
- Edward-Elmhurst Health cutting 234 jobs
- LCMH signs letter of intent with Rush system
- 3 Chicago Hospitals Team Up to Study Emergency Care
- SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital president to retire
INDIANA
- Lutheran Hospital Names CEO
- Nurse, doctor shortage worries health care providers
- Hospital system leases north-side building
- Another insulin biotech pops up in Indy with plans for new lab
- Lilly Makes Leadership Changes
- Cloud Tech Company Growing in Indy
KENTUCKY
- Kindred Healthcare sells nursing facilities for $700 million
- St. Joseph Hospital bribery, kickback trial set; 1 key employee pleaded guilty
- Kindred SNF Sell-Off Continues with $108M, 12-Property Deal
- Is independence a viable option for physicians today?
- Accountant sentenced for defrauding Signature Healthcare, Kentucky Department of Revenue
- This area hospital is revamping its emergency room
- Kindred sells another chunk of its skilled-nursing facility business
- How U of L will use one of its biggest grants ever for medical research
MICHIGAN
- Metro Health medical office facility sells for $35 million in national deal
- WBRMC to affiliate with MidMichigan Health
- Why Spectrum Health is teaching doctors about nutrition, cooking
- DMC signs performance-based contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Health Alliance Plan names new vice president
- UPHS-Marquette nurses begin 2-day strike
OHIO
- Cleveland Clinic, Humana launch co-branded Medicare Advantage plans
- Cleveland Clinic to enter the Medicare insurance market
- Ohio Hospital Association trying to reduce sepsis deaths by 30 percent by 2018
- ERChealth, Paladina Health announce alliance
- Cleveland Clinic demands CEO be removed from Yes on Issue 2 ads
- Century Health appoints chief executive officer
- Baxter named president, CEO for Mercy Health-Toledo, Lima Regions
- Summa Health receives $5 million gift for Breast Health Center
WISCONSIN
- Marshfield Clinic Cancer Center now seeing patients
- Health care innovation continues despite stalemate in Washington
- Wisconsin Hospitals Recognized for Excellence in Surgical Care
- Wisconsin health insurance CEOs expect double-digit premium increases in 2018
- Groundbreaking for ProHealth Care heart and vascular center
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- New hospital unveiled in Randolph County
- Brookwood Baptist surgeon receives coveted heart surgery fellowship
- Southern Research partners with international biotech firm
FLORIDA
- Baptist Health, Bethesda Health merger finalized
- Florida regulator moves to close ALF affiliated with rehab center that lost 12 residents after Irma
- Mednax acquires South Florida urology practice
- U.S. Supreme Court turns down Florida medical records case
- Hospital task force weighs competing proposals
- Florida Hospital buys 100 acres in Polk to connect Tampa and Orlando hospitals
- Broward Health Coral Springs names new CFO, VP of managed care
- Inside a hospital without patients: See UM’s new simulation hospital
- Scott Wants Nursing Home Rules In Constitution
- Layoffs posted for 72 at Miami Jewish Health Systems
GEORGIA
- U.S. brings new charges over Tenet Healthcare fraud scheme
- LifePoint divests Georgia hospital to Piedmont Healthcare
- Hospital names three finalists for CEO
- Construction underway for emergency department at Northside Medical Center
- Northside Hospital to testify, face questions from Congress on its use of drug discounts
MISSISSIPPI
- Why are so many pediatricians leaving UMMC?
- 26 pediatricians, specialists leave Mississippi hospital in 1 year
NORTH CAROLINA
- Presbyterian finalizes partnership in North Carolina
- Rural Hospitals in Financial Distress
- Sentara to close its Kitty Hawk medical center in December
- At UNC Health Care, A Continued Commitment to Value
- Barbara Suddreth announces retirement from Iredell Memorial
- New Bern Cancer Care joins with CarolinaEast to form Hematology and Oncology Associates
- Mission-Blue Cross NC contract ends with no replacement
- Inside Novant’s $67M orthopedic hospital in midtown Charlotte
- Premier signs systemwide agreement with Vidant Health
- PPD hires former FDA exec
SOUTH CAROLINA
- MUSC named one of the first national telehealth centers of excellence with HRSA grant
- Business Journal names Health Care Hero honorees for 2017
- BlueCross BlueShield expanding state Medicare coverage
TENNESSEE
- Tennessee hospital closes after falling 94% short of GoFundMe goal
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health System unveiling new approach to healthcare
- Steward Health Care becomes private hospital operator of 36 hospitals following Iasis acquisition
- Copper Basin Medical Center to stop seeing patients October 1st
- Erlanger And Children’s Hospital Council Appoints 7 New Members
- Lucent Health Forms Partnership with Narus Health
- LifePoint divests Georgia hospital to Piedmont Healthcare
- Tennova: Still planning to build new flagship hospital on Middlebrook Pike
- See which Tennessee hospitals have the biggest payrolls
- After very good years, Methodist braces against political uncertainty
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- ACH to open soon in Springdale
- Trisha Montague: New Hospital, ER All Part of Children’s Northwest Package
- Medical Center of South Arkansas CEO resigns: 5 things to know
ARIZONA
- Humana, Iora Health open two more practices
- GOP lawmakers take hospital assessment for AHCCCS to Arizona Supreme Court
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana health system to cut 232 jobs
- Baton Rouge-based Amedisys may face $38.8 million loss in Medicare dispute
- Louisiana hospital manager balks at breach-of-contract claim
NEW MEXICO
- Presbyterian finalizes partnership in North Carolina
- New Mexico health clinics fret over federal funding delays
OKLAHOMA
- SoonerCare reimbursement could be slashed 9 percent
- Oklahoma health officials warn of dire budget consequences
TEXAS
- El Paso Children’s Hospital gets new CEO
- U.S. brings new charges over Tenet Healthcare fraud scheme
- Baylor Scott & White-Grapevine Scores Level II Trauma Designation
- Hospital gets new operator, renamed
- Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas appoints new president, chief nursing officer
- New $17 million rehab hospital coming to Round Rock
- Texas hospitals feeling the long-term financial strains of Harvey
- Texas Health and Human Services Losing Executive Staff
- Freestanding emergency departments target high-income areas, report says
- The Texas Hospital Association’s Bold Data Analytics Thrust
- Four Houston-area hospitals reach $8.6M settlement over ambulance-swapping allegations
- UT Southwestern Expands Hospital to Meet Growing Patient Need
- Honeycutt named CEO of Ennis Regional Medical Center
- Biotech co. provides $30M to start new biopharmaceutical firm with M.D. Anderson
- Northwest Texas Healthcare to cut 23 jobs
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
IDAHO
- Joan Agee is the chief nursing officer at St. Luke’s new Nampa hospital
- Bingham Memorial adds heart and kidney care center in Idaho Falls
MONTANA
- Montana health system partners with USPI on ASC: 5 key points
- Bozeman Health opening new clinic on Bozeman’s west end
OREGON
- Health care advocates urge approval of tax referendum
- Targeting a January vote, Oregon health tax opponents turn in 84K signatures
- Endeavour ends dispute with Zoom, agrees to invest $24M
WASHINGTON
- Seattle Children’s taps Dr. Zafar Chaudry as CIO: 4 things to know
- Hospital has ceremony for new hybrid operating
- Summit Rehabilitation to moves its Spokane Valley clinic
WYOMING
- Mopping up: From hospital janitor to CEO, Smith recounts rise
- SW Wyoming input sought for state health assessment
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Tulare Healthcare Board Members hold emergency meeting, hospital near bankruptcy
- Renowned researcher taking top job at Gladstone Institutes
- Two new top execs replace Brenda Yee at Chinese Hospital
- San Francisco’s Chinese Hospital is hemorrhaging money
- Cher sues billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong over alleged stock fraud
- Healdsburg District Hospital CEO to leave job
COLORADO
- 5th anniversary of Memorial Hospital and UCHealth: Future looks bright
- Memorial has seen record growth since agreement with UCHealth
- Medicaid payment processing issues piling up at Aspen Valley Hospital
- Colorado hospital sees 5 times more unpaid claims following state Medicaid system implementation
HAWAII
- Hawaii’s largest hospital receives Level I Trauma Center verification
- Hawaii Dental Association launches philanthropic foundation
NEVADA
- Las Vegas Faced a Massacre. Did It Have Enough Trauma Centers?
- UNLV School of Medicine welcomes first class
UTAH
