NATIONAL
- GOP, Dem senators push health deal as Trump keeps distance
- Kaufman Hall: Number of hospital mergers and acquisitions this year on pace to top 2016
- Alexander-Murray Healthcare Bill: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
- Trump appears to back further away from bipartisan health-care push
- Healthgrades: Hospital quality varies widely throughout the country
- National Medicaid spending rose to 3.9% in FY 2017, survey finds
- Nearly all states have updated their telehealth laws since last year: 3 things to know
- White House outlines changes it wants to see in Alexander-Murray bill
- Trump’s EO on healthcare could limit provider consolidation
- Former pharma executive emerges as top candidate for HHS secretary
- CMS releases preliminary CJR program results: 7 things to know
- CMS lets health plans refile premium rates following Trump subsidy cuts: 4 things to know
- EHR-related malpractice suits on the rise: 4 things to know
- Tom Marino, Trump’s Pick As Drug Czar, Withdraws After Damaging Opioid Report
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut’s Rural Areas Lack Access To Health Care
- Hospital for Special Surgery opens Westchester outpatient center
- Westport home care company raises $4M
- New England Urgent Care expands, renovates original clinic in WH
- CMS chief visits Hartford for feedback on agency regs
- Norwalk Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering team up on cancer care
- Stamford Health, HSS opening new orthopedic unit Oct. 30
MAINE
- Charles Lawton: Maine’s health care sector cannot replace manufacturing losses
- Maine State Nurses Association Announces Support of New Bill
- Maine Voices: Rural hospitals face downward spiral
MASSACHUSETTS
- Athenahealth lays off hundreds of workers
- State reverses course, sets higher health insurance rates for 2018
- With $43M haul, Atlas-backed startup applies precision medicine to eye disease
- Mass. biotech jobs hit all-time high as drug pipeline swells
- Local penny-stock biotech firm lays off 71% of employees
- Parent company of ORMC merges with Boston healthcare system
- Partners HealthCare seeks state OK for $73M ED expansion at Brigham and Women’s
- Steward Health Care, Cleveland Clinic express interest in partnership with Indian River Medical Center
- Care New England, Partners deal reportedly unaffected by Memorial Hospital closure
- Timeline: The Berkshire Medical Center-Massachusetts Nurses Association dispute
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Fired OB/GYN files D-H suit, claiming she was laid off for disability, whistleblowing
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock chief describes strategy in wake of fatal Sept. shooting
NEW YORK
- New John Oishei Children’s Hospital is almost ready
- Och Gives $25 Million to Spine Hospital in New York That Will Bear Name
- City public hospitals to start filling vacancies
- New York physicians get prison time over $100 million Medicare fraud
- Northwell Health laying off 135
- Eye docs propose new Olean surgery center
- Outcome Health accused of misleading advertisers and manipulating data
- University of Rochester Medical Center names Adam Anolik permanent CFO
RHODE ISLAND
- Care New England, Partners deal reportedly unaffected by Memorial Hospital closure
- OHIC expects double-digit health insurance rate increases
- Coastal Medical adopts Acuity Link to improve response time
- CNE ends negotiations to sell Memorial, closing hospital’s emergency, inpatient services
VERMONT
- Mt Ascutney Hospital names Leesa Taft associate medical director
- UVM Medical Center names Desjardins new Chief Medical Officer
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- District regulators approve higher D.C. Health Link plan rates
- Vincent Gray questions contract with United Medical Center operator
- After months of negotiation, ANC approves GW Hospital helipad agreement
MARYLAND
- New website will let Maryland consumers compare hospital rates for the first time
- 16K Patients Notified Following Phishing Scam in MD Facility
- Labor union, UMMC Midtown launch hospital apprenticeship program
NEW JERSEY
- Virtua announces new CEO, president
- New Jersey Hospital Association Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- Brighton Health Plan Solutions promotes hospital choice with open enrollment platform
- Lesniak staff chief sues hospital over wife’s death following birth of twins
- Officials Break Ground on Camden Health Care Center
- 48% of New Jersey physicians partner with healthcare organizations to improve operational efficiency – Why?
PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia Physician Sworn In As 168th President Of The Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Highmark’s Allegheny Health Network announces $1B expansion
- New 160-bed hospital in Pine tops Highmark Health’s big push to expand its system
- Einstein Healthcare Network credit downgraded
- First Hospital Wyoming Valley workers plan strike in Pennsylvania
- Presbyterian Senior Living opens $14.4M campus expansion project
- Allegheny Health Network to build hospital in Wexford as part of $700M expansion plan
- UPMC acquires Wyoming health information service company
- Nurses union demands executive director’s resignation over alleged ‘financial irregularities’
- Nosing around: Jefferson and Monell Center exploring merger
VIRGINIA
- Chesapeake Regional Healthcare taps new CFO: 4 notes
- Byron: Once More Into the COPN Fight
- Virginia home healthcare company files for bankruptcy
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Critical access hospital in Iowa to eliminate 16 full-time positions
- Iowa Methodist named among ‘greenest hospitals’
KANSAS
- Feds suspend Kansas home health care program
- St. Francis ownership change could increase need for competition, Stormont CEO says
- Shawnee Mission continues growth spurt with new surgery practice
- UnitedHealth Group plans to hire 500 in Kansas
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic, Albert Lea agree to talk about local hospital’s future
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Named Healthiest Metro Area in the Nation
MISSOURI
- Health consultant: Providers aren’t as ready as they think they are for coming payment changes
- Appeals court reverses $751k award in physician’s wrongful termination case
- Report Details Missouri Hospital’s Handling of Patients
- Fulton Medical Center to be renamed, CEO talks plans to expand and diversify
NEBRASKA
- Grand Island’s new hospital will be breaking ground Thursday
- Grand Island doctors declare independence as they break ground for hospital
- Inconsistent record-keeping, cleanliness cited in Palmer closure
- Small hospital realizes big savings: Community Hospital, McCook, NE
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Indian Health Service defends questionable contract with CEO
- S.D. children’s health insurance funds to run out in March
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- US alleges suburban Chicago company defrauded Medicare
- Loyola Medicine acquires MacNeal Hospital, Tenet leaves Chicago
- Outcome Health accused of misleading advertisers and manipulating data
- Chicago startup accuses Warby Parker of stealing at-home eye exam technology
- 4 things about OSF-Blue Cross dispute
- Lurie Children’s Hospital seeks state permission to add beds for cancer patients
- Most and least expensive hospitals in Chicago and NYC, according to Amino
- Tenet signals Chicago exit with sale of hospital to Loyola Medicine
INDIANA
- Logan nursing home accused of negligence, wrongful death
- Express Scripts to buy medical test gatekeeper for $3.6B
- Chasing millions in Medicaid dollars, hospitals buy up nursing homes
- Newest Indiana IPO sees $1B market in fixing bones of children
- Doctor-owned hospital in New Albany celebrates $7 million expansion
- Healthcare Marketing Trends in the Fourth Quarter and Beyond
- Indiana doctors mull safety options after physician death
- Anthem breaks with Express Scripts, to start own drug plan with CVS
KENTUCKY
- Passport Health Plan names executive director for new foundation
- In Midst of Nurse Shortage, Kentucky Hospitals Are Forced to Offer Incentives
- First of its Kind Senior Living Innovation Center Opens
- Humana appoints permanent leader for its foundation
- Pikeville Medical Center COO Juanita Deskins resigns: 3 things to know
MICHIGAN
- New medical aircraft hangar in Michigan to improve emergency response time
- Deal with Sterling Partners positions Grand Rapids Ophthalmology to grow
- Priority Health signs narrow network contracts with St. John Providence, St. Joseph Mercy
- The doctor will see you at work now
- UM talks with pediatrics group could have broad impact
- MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena president to retire next year: 5 things to know
- McLaren Oakland appoints Margaret Dimond CEO: 4 points
- Nurse sues Spectrum Health, claiming system accommodated patient request for no black caregivers
OHIO
- Health systems at odds over new hospitals proposed in Troy, Middletown
- Steward Health Care, Cleveland Clinic express interest in partnership with Indian River Medical Center
- New St. Elizabeth medical center opens, expected to double staff
- TriHealth adds to C-suite
- Columbus promotes from within for new city health commissioner
- New healthcare center coming to Miami Valley South
- One of Dayton’s top CEOs set to retire
- Hospice and Premier Health to partner on $10M Pure Healthcare Center
- Pure Healthcare Center to provide one-of-a-kind treatment for serious, chronic illnesses
- Mercy Health-Cincinnati selects permanent East Market CEO: 5 notes
WISCONSIN
- Stoughton Hospital CEO to retire
- Funding, regulatory challenges force nursing homes to rethink business model
- Molina Healthcare to lay off 53 employees in Milwaukee
- Access HealthNet raising $3 million
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Plans to build satellite emergency room in Auburn
- UAB researchers make discovery for treating seizure disorders
FLORIDA
- Indian River Medical Center pitch attracts interest from 12 health systems, 2 competitors
- Recovery Care Center Plan Filed In State House
- Chasing Millions In Medicaid Dollars, Hospitals Buy Up Nursing Homes
- HCA pays $22M for site to build hospital near Nova Southeastern University
- This medical center will start work soon on a new ER, renovations
- Florida targets pharmaceutical company in stock case
- CEO of Florida’s Adventist Health System talks Hurricane Irma response, relief efforts
- Video Of Florida Doctor Confrontation With Patient Goes Viral
- Hospitals invest in housing for homeless to reduce ER visits
GEORGIA
- Georgia high court upholds law governing health care facilities
- Hospital to build children’s institute in Dalton
- Anthem to build new technology center in Atlanta
- Health-care marketplace investing $39 million, creating 675 jobs in Floyd County
- Georgia Supreme Court CON law ruling is blow to free market advocates
- Cartersville Medical Center CEO to retire in 2018
- Barbara Duncan is Habersham Medical Center’s acting CEO: 5 notes
MISSISSIPPI
- Physician is latest indicted in pharmacy fraud schemes
- College Board approves less debt for children’s hospital
- Merit Health Madison Names Lolley New Chief Nursing Officer
NORTH CAROLINA
- N.C. health regulators deny application for assisted-living center off Meadowlark Drive
- Novant to begin $50M expansion of Huntersville hospital soon
- Longtime Clinipace CEO to step down
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC’s rate increase for ACA plans approved
- Well Care Announces Changes In Leadership After Death Of CEO
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Zucker family donates $5 million to new MUSC children’s hospital
- MUSC experts demonstrate how telemedicine is serving patients across South Carolina
TENNESSEE
- Steward Health Care, Cleveland Clinic express interest in partnership with Indian River Medical Center
- COO stepping down from Brentwood public health care company
- What Nashville health care companies have to learn from the city’s music industry
- Parkwest Medical Center breaks ground on $99M expansion
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Governor: Rate Hikes Don’t Threaten Arkansas Medicaid Plan
- City Mayor Among Group Buying Jacksonville Physical Therapy Office
- CARTI Docs Again Get Highest Nonprofit Salaries
ARIZONA
- Abrazo to close Maryvale hospital in December
- Neighboring Arizona and California HIEs link up to exchange data
- Avondale land sale to lead to development of $38M assisted living and memory care facility
LOUISIANA
- Ochsner Health System Uses Tech for Real-Time Care
- Former Louisiana hospital employee may have improperly accessed patient records since 2003
- Louisiana Medicaid contracts proposed for 2-year extension
NEW MEXICO
- Woman Admits Faking Nursing Credentials to Work in Hospital
- Will New Mexicans be paying more for health care this year?
OKLAHOMA
- Lack of Budget Agreement Impacting Oklahoma Health Care
- Health department announces cuts to uncompensated care
- Oklahoma agency ‘scrambles’ after taking medical contract in-house
- New CEO named at St. Mary’s with Stan Tatum’s retirement
- OSDH cutting $3 million in state funding
- Foundation HealthCare emerges from bankruptcy
TEXAS
- Plano-based Hospital Company Announces Two New CEOs
- Hospital space up for lease near Texas Medical Center
- Northwest Texas Healthcare System appoints interim CEO
- First look at renderings of TRTF’s planned East Side campus
- Houston Methodist Hospital receives $101M gift
- Healthcare Transparency Company Rates Dallas-Fort Worth Hospitals
- Tenet to close 232-bed Phoenix hospital
- A CIO Explores Dallas-Fort Worth’s Biggest HIT Challenges, Opportunities
- Leadership exodus at Baptist Health System — CEO, CFO, COO & VP to depart
- Freestanding ER operators want Google to find out who left them 22 bad online reviews
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
IDAHO
- Idaho’s 1st medical school rises in Meridian. Can its physicians fix our doc shortage?
- New Rexburg health clinic focuses on total health
MONTANA
- Montana insurance providers allowed to file rate increases
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare CEO Arrives as Health Care Landscape Shifts
OREGON
- Providence hires new chief executive
- Feds greenlight Oregon’s plan to stabilize individual insurance market
- OHSU’s Robertson announces sudden retirement
- Oregonians to vote in January on health care tax
- St. Charles Health System eliminates 102 positions, cuts executives’ pay to recoup finances
WASHINGTON
- Seattle Children’s names Suzanne Beitel CFO: 4 things to know
- Hospitals accused of billing the poor instead of offering state-mandated charity care
- Washington State Insurance Commission ‘hopeful’ about newly proposed health care bill
- Regional Health in Washington rebrands as Astria Health
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Patients flood Sebastopol hospital during Santa Rosa fire
- Merger could make East Bay company 5th-largest generic drug maker
- California Officials Fault Cardinal Health For Failing To Act On ‘Red Flags’
COLORADO
- Doctor shortage forces Denver VA hospital to postpone surgeries
- Drugmaker Novartis to close 450-employee Sandoz plant in Broomfield
- DaVita estimates charitable assistance loss would total up to $250M
- Avista Adventist Hospital hires new CEO from Florida
- SCL Health names permanent CEO
NEVADA
UTAH
