NATIONAL
- How are states faring with value-based payment initiatives?
- AMA launches efforts to help physicians harness health data
- VA moves to digitize health records with $158M contract
- Amazon to regulators: We won’t use state licenses to sell prescription drugs
- MACRA: The Yardstick for Quality that Health Systems Need
- AMGA: 10 median salaries by medical specialty
- ONC, CMS taking aim at Evaluation and Management coding
- Trump picks Alex Azar to lead Health and Human Services
- EHR vendors, AHIMA push use of clinical decision support to prevent patient falls
- 8 reasons why telehealth is gaining momentum right now
- Hospital groups, health systems sue HHS to halt $1.6B in payment cuts
- Nomad Health Launches Telehealth Job Market
- CMS cancels Shared Decision Making ACO model due to lack of interest
- CMS offers payment boost to certain hospitals hit by two-midnight rule
- House reaches bipartisan agreement on Medicare extenders
- US investments in medical and health research grew 20.6% from 2013 to 2016: 5 things to know
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Senate passes hospital tax fix
- Talks resume in Anthem-Hartford HealthCare negotiations
- Connecticut senators mull intervention into Anthem-Hartford HealthCare dispute
- OHCA OKs $73M Hartford HealthCare deal
- Arvinas, Genentech expand licensing agreement; deal value could exceed $650M
- New England Urgent Care adding primary care to mix in Enfield
MAINE
- Doctors in rural Maine worry about replacements
- Maine governor says he won’t implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion without full funding
- Hospital board may vote tonight on unification
- Memorial Hospital adopts unification with MaineHealth
- Neighbors wary as Maine Med seeks zoning change for its big expansion
MASSACHUSETTS
- Beth Israel plans new patient care site at Longwood
- Partners HealthCare raises $171M to invest in startups
- Obstetrical unit remains closed as Morton scrambles to find coverage
- Talk of Steward Health moving out of Mass. is making the rounds
- Vibra acute-care center to close in Springfield
- State’s top three insurers report promising Q3 financials
- New England Baptist to open spine center thanks to largest donation in its history
- Cost-cutting at athenahealth includes the sale of a corporate jet
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
- New York children’s hospital allegedly bans pediatric nurses from wearing printed scrubs
- Nursing home reaches tentative agreement with union
- Stony Brook U. Council approves naming med school for hedge fund
RHODE ISLAND
- Memorial Hospital Shuts Intensive Care Unit
- Prime Healthcare receives approval to convert Rhode Island hospitals to nonprofit following $1M fine
- Care New England CFO: Memorial Hospital Employees’ Pension Secure
- BankFive donates $100K to Charlton Memorial Hospital’s cardiovascular service
VERMONT
- SVMC’s Dobson named Vermont Medical Society president
- Visiting nurse group joins university health network
- CEO brings military efficiency to operation of Copley Hospital
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
- Carroll Hospital lifts patient satisfaction scores by integrating nurse rounding tools into EHR
- Hospital presidents talk about health issues with business owners
- Hopkins partners with investment management firm to boost early stage research
- Baltimore pharmaceutical company acquiring North Carolina firm for at least $27 million
- Johns Hopkins debuts $85M research center at Florida hospital
NEW JERSEY
- Bergen County residents endorse Valley Hospital’s planned new facility in Paramus
- Central Jersey medical practice reports records breach
- Insurance companies agree to pay $2M after false claims allegations
- Horizon BCBSNJ CEO announces retirement; COO to take over
- Summit Medical Group adds Bergen County-based medical practice
PENNSYLVANIA
- Erie’s UPMC Hamot settles lawsuit for $20.7 million
- Genesis HealthCare CEO calls restructuring ‘a huge step’
- Plan for new Lehigh Valley Hospital campus approved
- Highmark, Allegheny Health Network tax filings list top salaries
- In Pennsylvania, Board of Trustees Approves Plans for New Lehigh Valley Hospital with Sleep Disorders Center
- Highmark, AHN to affiliate with Warren General Hospital
VIRGINIA
- Eleven selected for new Ballad Health board
- A Denver-based mobile health care company has landed in Richmond through a partnership with Bon Secours
- American Institutes for Research relocates operations to Arlington
- Inova Fairfax Hospital cancels up to 150 surgeries over mechanical issues with equipment
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Great River Health Systems names Matthew Wenzel CEO: 5 notes
- Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines names Karl Keeler president: 5 takeaways
- Which Iowa hospitals got an A for patient safety?
KANSAS
- Shawnee Mission Health to fight cancer with nation’s top ranked treatment center
- KU Health System lands deal to provide ACA coverage
- Report: Home health care costs up in Kansas, Missouri
MINNESOTA
- Children’s Minnesota CEO to retire; COO named successor
- Mankato area hospital expansion and renovation receives green light
- Mayo rolls out second phase of Epic install
- Mayo Clinic Announces $4.9M Expansion To La Crosse Cancer Facility
- Minnesota’s first freestanding pediatric hospice home celebrates grand opening
- Essentia Health employees without flu shots face firing Monday
- Allina Health reports 6-fold rise in net income
- Mayo Clinic’s operating income more than doubles
MISSOURI
- Agreement with hospital provides new health care option for university
- Mercy Hospital Springfield avoids Medicare contract termination for now
- Missouri lacks drug-monitoring plan despite governor’s order
- Missouri brain surgeon, fiancee submitted fake medical claims of $1.6 million, jury finds
- Missouri long-term care hospital to close; 115 employees to lose jobs
- KU Health System to offer ACA coverage
- Mercy Names New Directors
- Report: Home health care costs up in Kansas, Missouri
NEBRASKA
- New $35 million UNMC and Health Center building will be ready next July
- Nebraska Medical Center is recognized for ability to treat complex stroke cases at all hours
NORTH DAKOTA
- Altru announces new hospital for Grand Forks
- Trinity Health Gets Bond Approval for New Hospital in Minot
SOUTH DAKOTA
- McLeod opens second of seven medical facilities planned for Carolina Forest
- Regional Health names interim president for Spearfish, Belle Fourche
- First new nursing home in South Dakota since 1988 opens
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Another headache for Outcome Health
- New York judge denies investors’ request to freeze $225M for Outcome Health founders
- Judge denies Outcome Health investors’ request to freeze $225M account for company founders
- Illinois hospitals, doctors getting big payday from state, but ‘unpaid bills’ problem remains
- Illinois review board approves Centegra Health System changes
- Presence Health in line for $5.5 million TIF subsidy
- Stericycle lays off hundreds amid company overhaul
INDIANA
- Indiana hospital laying off 25 employees
- FSSA Names Indiana Medicaid Director
- Managed Health Services Names VP
- Louisville-area firm to create 100 jobs with HQ expansion
- Cameras to capture car plates in St. Vincent parking lots
- Construction Begins on $25M Assisted Living Facility
- Indiana Health Official Heading to South Dakota
KENTUCKY
- KentuckyOne Health selects Terrence Deis as new president of 2 hospitals: 5 things to know
- KentuckyOne Health says multiple parties interested in Jewish Hospital, other Louisville facilities
- CHI: Sale of KentuckyOne facilities to be delayed through June 2018
- Louisville ranks among cities with most expensive hospitals
- Saint Joseph Berea names new president
- Norton Healthcare looking for two C-suite leaders
- Two of Louisville’s largest nonprofits to merge
- Norton Healthcare names chief financial officer
- One of Louisville’s largest public companies is merging, moving HQ
- University, Kindred Partner to Develop Health Care Apps
- Top of The List: These are Louisville’s largest hospitals
MICHIGAN
- Sparrow Hospital nurses help pay down medical debt for 500 Michigan families
- Biomedical startup aims to change post-op care
- Court rules University Pediatricians can’t make new affiliation deal until March
- HAP lays off 169 workers after 3 contracts dropped
- Trinity Health combines St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Mercy Health
- Rob Casalou to serve as CEO of combined Saint Joseph Mercy, Mercy Health entity
OHIO
- Partnership hoping to expand in Summit County to collect data to improve health
- MetroHealth names VP of hospital operations
- Neighborhood Family Practice names Laurel Domanski Diaz as COO
- State Medicaid cuts could run deep in Northeast Ohio
- DOJ abandons false claims case against nursing home chain
- State delays proposed Medicaid rate reduction for hospitals
- Micro hospital OK’d in Streetsboro
- Michael Caligiuri resigns as James Cancer Hospital CEO
- Cardinal Health sells China business for $1.2B
- OhioHealth to cut 19 jobs as part of pediatric therapy program transition
WISCONSIN
- Marshfield Clinic appeal to be rescheduled
- Virtual doctor visits offer patients a convenient, low-cost option
- Corner Office: Marshfield Clinic Health System CEO Dr. Susan Turney on turning a health plan into an integrated health system
- Whistleblower accuses Epic of government fraud in lawsuit
- Edgerton Hospital’s geothermal energy pays off
- Former Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin exec to become CEO of Children’s Minnesota
- Hammes Co. buys Kenosha site to develop Children’s Hospital clinic
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama appoints new president
- Alabama hospital to relocate to replacement facility Nov. 14
- Huntsville Hospital 1st in Alabama to adopt new robot for spine surgery
- Study: Home health, assisted living costs are up in Alabama
- UAB expands Vision Therapy Clinic
FLORIDA
- Park Royal Hospital’s top doc resigns over patient care disagreements
- Hospital software provider faces billing fraud allegations in Tampa court case
- West Florida Hospital teams up with Nemours for new pediatric facility, including orthopedics
- St. Vincent’s HealthCare Announces Plan To Build $55 Million Heart And Vascular Pavilion
- Judge recommends state OK Wolfson Children’s Hospital pediatric trauma center
- Johns Hopkins debuts $85M research center at Florida hospital
- Judge Says State Should Reject New Marion Hospital
- Susan Cornejo to serve as COO for Sacred Heart Health System, Providence Hospital: 4 notes
GEORGIA
- Georgia hospital lays off 27 employees
- What a planned $22-million facility in Bluffton could mean for your healthcare
- Emory Healthcare and DeKalb Medical to form strategic partnership
- Macon-based Navicent Health eyes partnership with Warner Robins health system
MISSISSIPPI
- Baptist, NMHS systems open to affiliating with Starkville hospital
- Medical building named for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant
NORTH CAROLINA
- UNC Lenoir Health Care hires new CMO
- UNC Health Care wins right to buy Morehead Hospital
- Here’s why Carolinas HealthCare could settle federal lawsuit
- UNC Health Care To Acquire Bankrupt Eden Hospital
- Duke-UNC antitrust lawsuit partially settled
- Responding to the Challenge of Developing Physician Leadership
- The benefits of bankruptcy? How one hospital found redemption in Chapter 11
- Inside Novant’s $50M plans for Huntersville hospital
- Mission Health, BCBS head to negotiating table
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
- Tennessee indigent hospital to wind down inpatient care
- Meharry to train students at HCA hospital under ‘historic’ agreement
- Quorum reports $29.2M net loss in third quarter
- Mayor’s General Hospital Plan Shocks Staff, Metro Council
- WakeMed chooses Cary over Raleigh for hospital expansion
- St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital Expanding
- CHS to sell additional hospitals worth $2B in revenue
- Health system sees shorter wait times, improved compliance through behavioral health telemedicine
- Nashville’s Mayor proposes turning the city’s only safety net hospital into an ASC
- Mayor Barry slammed over handling of Nashville General Hospital plans
- San Antonio women’s health institute gets new CEO
- Park Plaza Hospital taps Peyton Elliott to serve as CEO
- Top of the List: Memphis’ busiest hospitals
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Phoenix Suns, Steward Health Care open sports medicine facility
- Hospital CEO: ‘We are going to win’
- CHI St. Vincent Promotes Kevin Cullinan to VP
- Investment Group Buys Medical Office Building for $7.5M
ARIZONA
- Creighton University expands in Phoenix to help nursing shortage
- Scottsdale med-tech startup launches Kickstarter campaign for epilepsy patient app
LOUISIANA
- What’s the plan for New Orleans’ Charity Hospital? More brainstorming ahead
- St. Bernard Parish Hospital taps Kimberly Keene as CEO: 4 notes
- No Changes Planned for Louisiana Medicaid Deal Extensions
- North Baton Rouge ER opening Wednesday; New OLOL Mid City clinic likely won’t happen before 2021
- New ER opens in northern part of Louisiana’s capital city
- Louisiana Medicaid Managed-Care Deals up for a Third Debate
- LHC Group, Almost Family to merge into 781-facility home health behemoth
NEW MEXICO
- UNM lawyers question doctor’s credibility in whistleblower lawsuit
- NM Cancer Center doctors say Presbyterian tried to put them out of business
- St. Vincent Hospital Support gets new president
- Leader of Silicon Valley health care co. explains ABQ expansion
OKLAHOMA
- St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center taps Anthony Rodebush as COO
- More funds needed for payroll at Oklahoma Health Department
- Integris Bass Baptist Health Center taps Finny Mathew as president: 4 things to know
TEXAS
- UT System leads search for solution in nationwide ‘physician burnout’ crisis
- Dallas-based Freestanding ER Company is Sued After 4-Year-Old Girl Dies
- Dallas among cities with least-expensive hospitals
- Texas Medical Center Launches $25 Million Venture Fund
- A Rural Healthcare CIO Speaks Out on East Texas’ Barriers to Value-Based Care
- Nurse-Midwives Playing a Key Role in Parkland’s Labor and Delivery Department
- Plano-based nursing home chain files for bankruptcy due to ‘overwhelming amount’ of lawsuits
- Hospital board appointing new CEO, CFO resigning
- Hospital board unanimously approves CEO appointment
- UH approves College of Medicine to address physician shortage in urban and rural communities
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
IDAHO
- Tribe’s medical center has new name
- St. Luke’s Nampa hospital waiting for accreditation survey
- Error keeps Nampa hospital out of Medicare, Medicaid business for weeks
OREGON
- Digital health startups form collaborative in Beaverton
- Adventist Health Portland to Affiliate with OHSU
WASHINGTON
- State gives final approval for Harrison hospital relocation
- Washington Adventist Hospital’s new White Oak campus has a name
- Washington approves CHI Franciscan Health’s $500M replacement hospital
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- California hospital board considers harassment allegations involving CFO, calls for CEO’s dismissal
- In California, Two University Health Systems Decide to Collaborate on One EHR
- NantHealth lost $42M in Q3
- California regulators suspend 12 more providers
- California physician group management company to close amid heightened scrutiny
- Precision medicine startup Syapse raises $30 million to expand cancer tech, S.F. workforce
COLORADO
- Steamboat’s Lisa Brown steps down as CEO of Northwest Colorado Health
- CHI sees operating loss narrow to $77.9M, says merger with Dignity still in the works
- Denver-area hospitals increase profits, with some reporting margins over 40%
HAWAII
- Stretched thin: The average Oahu paramedic responds to 15 calls a day
- HMSA reports $14.6M profit for Q3
NEVADA
- Triaging and Treating After the Las Vegas Shooting: A Firsthand Account
- Nevada considering running its own health exchange again
UTAH
