NATIONAL
- House Reps Aim to Stop $1.6B Hospital Payment Cut for 340B Drugs
- House asks HHS for plan on including bill of materials for medical devices
- Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout
- CAHs speak out against cuts to swing beds in Medicare extenders bill
- 13 health systems leading employment in their states
- Hospices Aim to Improve Transition Times
- CMS expands Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design model
- House reaches bipartisan agreement on Medicare extenders
- CMS extends value-based insurance program to 25 states: 4 things to know
- More Docs Specializing in Nursing Home Care
- Health secretary nominee vows to help lower drug prices
- The 30 hospitals participating in CMS’ rural hospital payment program
- From 1 million to 3 million telehealth visits – a look back on lessons learned
- CMS says most states will deplete CHIP funding by March: 4 things to know
- CMS finalizes changes to bundled payment programs
- Alex Azar’s 4 biggest priorities as HHS secretary
- Non-academic hospital physicians earn more than their academic counterparts: 5 things to know
- HHS nominee sees potential of big data, pitfalls of EHRs
- CVS reportedly close to acquiring Aetna in $66B deal
- CMS cancels hip fracture and cardiac bundled payment programs
- CMS finalizes rule canceling mandatory bundled payment models
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Stamford Hospital opens new orthopedic surgical unit
- Connecticut lawmakers host hearing to probe Anthem-Hartford HealthCare dispute
- Bond Commission OKs $51M for health information exchange, other technology projects
- Mary’s to offer outpatient robotic surgery in Waterbury
- CT woos captive insurers, but economic impact unclear
- Hartford HealthCare, Constitution Surgery open Waterford ambulatory center
- State to shutter two Greater Hartford nursing homes
MAINE
- Portland council approves Maine Med’s zoning request for acquired properties
- USDA loaning $2.2M to expand northern Maine health care
- Veteran health care leader named CEO of Maine Health Management Coalition
- Franklin Community Health Network board votes to unify with MaineHealth
- New urgent care clinics will open in Westbrook, Portland
- 5 vote set for merger of local hospital board with MaineHealth
- $14M Holbrook Memory Care residence opens at Piper Shores
- Renovation of Millinocket health clinic helped by guaranteed federal loan
MASSACHUSETTS
- Eye and Ear says it needs larger system to thrive
- Athenahealth appoints third CFO in two years
- Athenahealth names new CFO, treasurer: 4 things to know
- Vibra to close Springfield hospital; Leicester, New Bedford facilities not affected
- Vibra Hospital employees meet as closure looms
- Massachusetts health system to cut 50 jobs
- Tufts warns of a possible Christmas strike by nurses
- Nothing has changed, yet we’re walking on eggshells: 6 questions with former COO of the Massachusetts Health Connector
- Partners HealthCare leads the way in lobbying at the State House
- Harrington HealthCare System lays off 23 employees
- Baystate Noble nurses OK 4-year contract at Westfield hospital
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Claremont hospital receives $19.4 million loan
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO Addresses Expansion Plans, Workforce Challenges
- New urgent care clinics will open in Westbrook, Portland
- A doctor who won’t use a computer loses her license to practice medicine
NEW YORK
- Massena Memorial Hospital focusing on preventing patient readmissions
- Massena Memorial Hospital remains quiet about affiliation plans as asset transfer negotiations continue
- EHR vendor eClinicalWorks sued for nearly $1B over allegedly inaccurate medical information
- CEO Talk: UnitedHealthcare NY CEO discusses integration of former Pomco Group as UMR
- State lets NPs sign off on do not resuscitate
- Brooklyn medical center to lay off around 200 employees
RHODE ISLAND
- State seeks input on proposed Memorial Hospital closure
- Employees protest closure of Memorial Hospital
- Lifespan Reports $14.6M Operating Earnings In Fiscal 2017
- Care New England’s $47.1M operating loss largely attributed to flailing Memorial Hospital
- Prospect, Brown University discuss joining forces to acquire Care New England
- State Orders Hospital to Stop Performing Surgeries
VERMONT
- UVM hospital settles claims it discriminated against deaf patients
- Clinical trial knee surgery performed at Copley Hospital
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Beebe announces firms for expansion project
- Henderson elected president of Medical Society of Delaware
- Indian River Medical Center Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- UnitedHealth to lay off 138 in Delaware after losing Medicaid contract
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- United Medical Center fires ‘whistleblower’ chief medical officer after he criticizes operator Veritas
- Geisinger takes its precision health initiative to national stage
- United Medical Center fires CMO who criticized hospital consultants
MARYLAND
- LifeBridge Health expands Carroll County presence with nursing facility deal
- Physician used fake identity to treat patients at Maryland hospital
- S&P raises rating while Fitch downgrades University of Maryland Medical System bonds
- University of Maryland Medical System breaks ground on $543M hospital
- Howard County General leaders address communication issues between primary, hospital doctors
- After a decades-long struggle, Prince George’s to break ground for new hospital
NEW JERSEY
- Atlantic Health, Kindred announce location of rehab site
- Universal Health plans big psych expansion in New Jersey
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey names new CEO
- Francis Medical Center hires interim president: 5 things to know
- Surgery center owner receives approval to purchase New Jersey hospital — 6 insights
- Vanguard Medical Group expands to serve Montclair area
PENNSYLVANIA
- Here’s what community-driven healthcare looks like: Thoughts from Geisinger President and CEO Dr. David Feinberg
- $815M deal: AmerisourceBergen buying independent pharmaceutical distributor
- Local Hospital Improves Heath Care With ‘High Fidelity Mannequins’
- How an extraordinary hospital without beds is connected to Central Pennsylvania
- Geisinger takes its precision health initiative to national stage
- Lancaster General Hospital is now producing most of its own power
- Saint Vincent Hospital’s financial resurgence continues
- ER-centric ‘micro-hospital’ planned for Cumberland County
- Pa.’s Summit Health eyes expansion or renovation
- New Lancaster behavioral health hospital names CEO
- Berwick Hospital Center drops ‘interim’ from CEO Thomas Neal’s title: 4 notes
- Soon-to-open behavioral health hospital names CEO
VIRGINIA
- A Call For Help: Patrick County officials work to revive Pioneer Hospital
- A Denver-based mobile health care company has landed in Richmond through a partnership with Bon Secours
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Medicine has high hopes for the future
- WVU Health System Becomes ‘Expert Innkeeper’ for Commuting Nurses
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines names Karl Keeler president: 5 takeaways
- Construction Begins On University Of Iowa Hospital And Clinic Building
- Jackson era begins for UI Health Care
KANSAS
- Shawnee Mission Health announces MD Anderson affiliation
- 2 Kansas Hospitals Join Experiment Aimed At Bolstering Rural Health Care
- Brownback wants a new medical school in Kansas. Two Kansas City institutions don’t
- Kansas disputes federal agency’s claim on Medicaid funds
- Shawnee Mission Medical Center hits HIMSS Analytics Stage 7
- Kansas develops contingency plans to fund children’s health insurance program
- Secrecy at troubled Kansas state hospital: ‘They don’t want the truth out there’
- Kansas nursing homes grapple with 8,877% increase in federal fines, rising citations
- KanCare 2.0 proposal adds work requirements, lifetime limit for parents
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota nurses to file grievances over flu shot objection firings
- Company fires 50 employees for not getting flu shots
- Mayo’s income up, but so are expenses
- For thousands of Minnesota patients, Medicaid will have a new look
- Mayo Clinic says employee stole $300,000
- Emergency-room use helps explain wide swings in Minnesota medical spending
- Investors get spooked by UnitedHealth outlook
- Sneak peek: HCMC’s new downtown $225M ambulatory care center
MISSOURI
- Festus nursing home CEO who ripped off Medicaid also stole from employees’ 401(k), health plans
- Hospital in West Plains Plans $40M Expansion
- Public Paychecks: The Kansas City area’s 99 highest-paid health system and hospital employees
- Mercy Health’s operating income falls 59% in most recent quarter
- SLU Receives Federal Grant To Increase Diversity In Nursing
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital names permanent CEO: 5 things to know
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Medical Center earns nation’s highest certification for trauma care
- New president of St. Elizabeth, Heart Hospital is named
- Nebraska Medicine now a Level I trauma center
- Chadron Community Hospital selects new chief patient care officer: 3 takeaways
- Charles Drew Health Center names new chief medical officer
- ‘It’s pretty awesome’: Omaha ‘medical home’ clinic aims to improve primary care with its patient-centered approach
NORTH DAKOTA
- Altru announces new hospital for Grand Forks
- Trinity Health Gets Bond Approval for New Hospital in Minot
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Regional Health plans new health campus serving Spearfish
- South Dakota lawmakers, tribe members continue calls for independent audit of IHS
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Harmony Health Plan Names Patrick Burke COO
- American Medical Association severs ties with Outcome Health
- How fraud allegations against Outcome Health could impact the Chicago startup community
- Judge temporarily bars Outcome Health founders from moving $225 million
- Indian River Medical Center Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- Illinois hospital completes $9.4M outpatient surgery center expansion — 3 insights
- Illinois lawmakers seek more info on Medicaid contract
- More than one-third of Outcome Health’s employees accept buyouts
- Chicago-area pharma CEO allegedly misappropriated $1.5 million
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare’s net income climbs 37%
INDIANA
- Vacant Hobart hospital acquired by Franciscan
- Maker of opioid treatment planning Indy-area expansion
- Indy biopharma startup raises another $20M, shifts focus
- Dupont Hospital Appoints Suter CEO
- Jay County Hospital to Join IU Health
- Franciscan Alliance acquires hospital site in Hobart
- Two St. Joseph County hospitals accused of false claims, kickbacks
- IU Health says nurse ‘no longer an employee’ following controversial tweet
- 62 Indiana hospitals named in $300 million fraud suit over EHR kickbacks
- IU Health, Monroe Hospital settle ambulance lawsuit
- Cook Group set to start expansion project in old refrigerator plant
- Brother of former nursing home chain CEO pleads guilty to fraud scheme
- CHS invests $100M in Lutheran Health Network
- Device maker SonarMed ponders whether to go solo or find a partner
- Construction Begins on $25M Assisted Living Facility
- Goshen Health to Open NeuroCare Center
- Medical Device Company Details Growth Plans
- Mainstreet Details $425M Deal
- Union Health, CareSource Detail Agreement
KENTUCKY
- Vacant Hobart hospital acquired by Franciscan
- Maker of opioid treatment planning Indy-area expansion
- Indy biopharma startup raises another $20M, shifts focus
- Dupont Hospital Appoints Suter CEO
- Jay County Hospital to Join IU Health
- Franciscan Alliance acquires hospital site in Hobart
- Two St. Joseph County hospitals accused of false claims, kickbacks
- IU Health says nurse ‘no longer an employee’ following controversial tweet
- 62 Indiana hospitals named in $300 million fraud suit over EHR kickbacks
- IU Health, Monroe Hospital settle ambulance lawsuit
- Cook Group set to start expansion project in old refrigerator plant
- Brother of former nursing home chain CEO pleads guilty to fraud scheme
- CHS invests $100M in Lutheran Health Network
- Device maker SonarMed ponders whether to go solo or find a partner
- Construction Begins on $25M Assisted Living Facility
- Goshen Health to Open NeuroCare Center
- Medical Device Company Details Growth Plans
- Mainstreet Details $425M Deal
- Union Health, CareSource Detail Agreement
MICHIGAN
- New president and CEO named for Ascension Crittenton Hospital
- Trinity Health to combine Michigan operations to optimize costs, share best practices
- Michigan doctor wants to put compassion back in patient care
- Trinity Health advances plans for new hospital in Minot
- Large Physician Group Joins Michigan’s Growing Statewide HIE Network
- Increasing competition in Michigan’s health care must be team effort
- Harbor Oaks Hospital allegedly inflated staffing levels in anticipation of audit
- Wayne State president elected medical college association board chair
- Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority approves new president for second time in month
- Safe nursing staffing bills face uphill battle to get hearing
- Brookhaven Medical Facility to close amid county budget crisis
- Huron Medical Center to join McLaren Health Care
- Trinity Health’s operating income nearly doubles in most recent quarter
- Spectrum Health asks judge to dismiss lawsuit alleging race-based staff assignment
OHIO
- CareSource has new in-network deals
- What hospital consolidation means for Ohio communities
- Ohio hospitals lose appeal in dispute over Medicare reimbursement: 6 things to know
- Beacon Journal/Ohio.com editorial board: Getting better at Summa
- Robert Eardley named CIO of University Hospitals
- Summa financials improve with upswing in outpatient, ER services
- Doctors back new Ohio health-care price transparency bill
- Springfield nurse practitioner accused of operating clinic without license
- Former James CEO takes executive position at a California medical center
- New University Hospitals CIO to chart course for electronic medical records
- New hospital tower would be Ohio State’s largest single project
- Cleveland Clinic’s operating income tumbles 32% in Q3
- Mercy Health Toledo names new chief operating officer
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital will pave the former Africentric School it purchased for $15M
WISCONSIN
- HealthPartners expands Wisconsin footprint
- North Shore takes over 23 assisted living facilities
- Local telepharmacy program adding prescription services at smaller clinics
- Report: Wisconsin hospitals increase charity care spending
- Bill puts UW’s ob-gyn program at risk
- La Crosse hospitals announce rate increases for 2018
- Marshfield Clinic wants to borrow $200 million more
- New contract between Mercyhealth and Aetna will expand Wisconsin coverage
- governor signs community paramedicine bill
- Aurora Health Care to pay $433M for 19 properties
- UW Health to cut $80 million from budget
- ProHealth Care sees operating income increase in fiscal 2017
- Aurora Health Care’s operating income up in Q3
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- State, local leaders to meet after Winston County hospital announces plan to close
- ‘Deeply saddened’: Another rural Alabama hospital closing
- Rural health crisis deepens: Alabama hospital slated to close, legislation may force others to shut their doors
- Indian River Medical Center Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- CMS threatens to revoke Alabama hospital’s Medicare contract
- UAB discussing agreement to keep rural hospital open
- Birmingham physician elected to national urgent care board of directors
- St Vincent’s opens new urgent care location
FLORIDA
- HCA, Cleveland Clinic among finalists to take over Florida hospital
- Baptist Health South Florida boosts financial performance through CDI program
- Sarasota Memorial and UnitedHealthcare reach a deal
- Three Questions With: Daryl Tol, President and CEO, Florida Hospital, Orlando
- Board selects architect, builder for SMH’s Venice hospital
- SWFL Children’s Charities gives $2.7 million to Golisano Hospital
- Bradenton Oaks Assisted Living sells for $13.8M to Meridian Senior Living
- Nothing stopped doctor from paying health care fraud fine, then buying a nursing home
- You should know . . . Baptist Medical Center South President Nicole Thomas
- Hospital chooses team for $225M facility
- This hospital hasn’t reopened since Hurricane Irma. And it may not for 2 years
- Osceola Regional upgrades stroke center
- Delray Medical Center appoints Teresa Urquhart COO: 3 notes
- Florida medical payments per comp claim stabilize
- Florida hospital to open $203M facility
- Indian River Medical Center Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- WellCare’s Medicaid fraud case wraps up with sentencing of lawyer
- USF Partners With HCA To Train Doctors In West Florida
- UM Hospital can’t stop bleeding money as costs soar and admissions drop
- 3 South Florida hospitals not making grade, report says
- Marathon airport is possible location for pop-up hospital
- Medical Malpractice Records Battle Brews In Florida
- Cornerstone Hospice breaks ground near Health Central
- Jackson Health posts a profit again — but are cuts coming to hospital funding?
- Broward Health moves closer to hiring CEO
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital CEO to retire next year: 4 notes
- Miami hospital struggles for profitability amid rising costs, declining admissions
- Hospital CEO knocks Medicaid reimbursement
- Court Backs Hospitals In Outpatient Rate Dispute
GEORGIA
- DeKalb Medical Center at risk of losing Medicare contract for the second time in 4 months
- Georgia hospital, affiliates to pay $12.9M to settle billing fraud allegations
- Rome’s Kindred Hospital honored
- Amid Rural Hospital Crisis, One Georgia Hospital Thrives
- Case Study: Ensuring Access By Converting a Hospital to a Freestanding ED
- Alpharetta nursing home operator to pay $1.25 million over shoddy care
- Francis Hospital names new CEO, appointment effective immediately
- Vidalia-based medical system to pay government nearly $13 million in false claims
- $1.3B Brookhaven CHOA hospital slated to break ground next year
- G. Rhodes Health & Rehab leader resigning
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta unveils plan for $1B campus
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi hospital moves to new campus
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi opens Saturday in Oxford
- Memorial Hospital Pharmacy Recognized for Outstanding Performance
NORTH CAROLINA
- Charlotte firm pays $6.8M for surgery center building in Holly Springs
- Cardinal Innovations Healthcare fires CEO Richard Topping
- North Carolina DHHS reports data security incident
- The doctor is in at Blue Cross as new CEO Dr. Patrick Conway sets goals
- Expansion brings 445 new jobs
- Carolinas-UNC merger under state review
- North Carolina hospitals augment alert system to improve care coordination
- The benefits of bankruptcy? How one hospital found redemption in Chapter 11
- Court allows SNF to sue state over refusal to pay Medicaid bills
- State Takes Control Of Cardinal, Fires Board Of Directors
- Wake Forest Baptist’s first-quarter revenue surges 7.5 percent
- Novant Health discloses what top execs were paid last year
- Morehead Hospital adds data breach issues to bankruptcy process
- Cone Health’s net income climbs 10.8% to $66.3M in most recent fiscal year
- Cardinal promises state takeover will have ‘zero impact’ on its 850K members
- OrthoCarolina invests $1.5M in SouthPark expansion
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Demand high, spots few for S Carolina physician assistants
- Will South Carolina expand Medicaid? Gov. Henry McMaster’s administration says no.
- Greenville Health System, Palmetto Health want to refinance $1.5 billion in debt
- Indian River Medical Center Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- As physician assistant programs proliferate, schools find trouble training students
- Carolinas Hospital System CEO resigns
- Former executive of Charleston-based medical startup gets probation in conspiracy case
- Two Conway chiropractors indicted for health care fraud conspiracy
- McLeod Health announces new chief human resources officer
- American Specialty Health to occupy top floor suite at historic Columbia building
TENNESSEE
- Children’s Hospital at Erlanger receives donation for new facility
- Many angered over mayor’s plan for Nashville General Hospital
- CEO change coming at Saint Thomas hospitals
- Two execs who worked together in Florida reunite in Memphis
- Cutting Nashville General inpatient services could require Tennessee to put more money into TennCare
- Erlanger seeks state permit to build Dunlap hospital, may operate Murphy Medical in North Carolina
- Vanderbilt renovates hospital to accommodate Nashville’s growth
- Shuttered Tennessee hospital to sell medical equipment to pay for employees’ wages
- Nashville General loses staff after Barry announcement, looks for ways to retain people
- Questions linger over plan to end inpatient care at Nashville General Hospital
- CHS invests $100M in Lutheran Health Network
- Health Commissioner suspends admissions to Memphis nursing home
- Construction on new children’s hospital ahead of schedule
- Quorum Health receives $60M in outstanding payments from Illinois, California
- Ascension’s Saint Thomas Health promotes 4 leaders
- Barry seeks input on Nashville General Hospital changes
- Nashville safety-net hospital requests $19.7M infusion to get through June 30
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Children’s Northwest Pushes For Opening In Early 2018
- CARTI Posts 2-Month Loss: $1.4 Million
ARIZONA
- Complaints Follow Banner Health Cerner EHR Implementation in AZ
- Banner’s Tucson hospitals, clinics in ‘painful period’ with computer system
- Arizona Supreme Court upholds state’s Medicaid expansion
- Banner Health’s net income nearly triples
- Nacogdoches Medical Center CEO headed to Arizona after promotion
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s ASC patients no longer covered under ACA plan: 4 key points
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana Medicaid managed-care contracts rejected again
- Officials: Spending on Medicaid drugs follows industry norm
- Audit: Nursing home payments up, but not patient numbers
NEW MEXICO
- San Juan Regional Medical Center part of national heart care initiative
- Hospital finances slowly improving
- Carlsbad Medical Center gets statewide award, expands services
- Hospital may go out for bid in January
OKLAHOMA
- MRHC’s plans for sales tax funds; council still undecided
- Technology elevates patient care, employee experience at Oklahoma Heart Hospital
- McCarthy Breaks Ground on Oklahoma Heart Hospital Expansion
- Oklahoma Department of Health sees string of resignations
TEXAS
- Tenet promotes Mark Lisa to Central Coast market CEO: 3 things to know
- Texas Medical Center joins a growing list of health systems with venture funds
- Medistar looks to position new medical tower next to Texas Medical Center
- DeTar Healthcare System taps Gary Malaer as CEO: 4 things to know
- Home-care Startup Seeking More Partners in North Texas
- St. Joseph CEO, president oversaw system changes; credited with growing ‘physician expertise’ during tenure
- ER doctors’ business plan and hospitals fleece patients
- Nacogdoches Medical Center CEO to depart: 4 notes
- Parkland Memorial Hospital partners with Toyota to make its emergency room more efficient
- Delafield plan commission to give input on a potential Neighborhood Hospital development
- Newly appointed hospital CEO addresses media
- Texas Medical Center launches $25 million venture fund to back emerging healthcare tech
- Bastrop EDC offers $1.2 million in incentives for new Seton hospital
- Tenet names new chief HR officer: 5 takeaways
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Fairbanks Memorial Hospital appoints Jim Lynch CEO
- Report says 6 percent of patients account for $148M in ER spending
IDAHO
- Construction on Idaho’s first medical school making progress
- Portneuf Health Trust to build new medical campus for Northgate project
OREGON
- New CAO at PHPH takes leadership reins
- Oregon health agency’s money troubles double in new report
- UP left with no physical care provider after health center departures
- Oregon health system seeks to eliminate 100 jobs, cut workers’ pay to avoid shortfall
- Hospital debuts Women’s Center, introduces new doctors
- Oregon Secretary of State audit finds $88M of ‘avoidable’ Medicaid payments
- 350 local PeaceHealth technical unit workers vote to unionize
WASHINGTON
- Virginia Mason Memorial hospital gets commendation for cancer care services
- Virginia Mason to purchase Edmonds Family Medicine
- Ivie new CEO of Skagit Regional Health
- Comprehensive Healthcare CEO Rick Weaver retiring after 22 years at helm
- Skagit Regional Health names Paul Ishizuka CFO
- Swedish names 4 new executives
- Providence starts its own medical assistant apprenticeship program
- Kootenai Health begins $4.3 million in renovation work
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Sutter Health destroyed 192 boxes of evidence in antitrust case, judge says
- Tenet promotes Mark Lisa to Central Coast market CEO: 3 things to know
- California ASC whistle-blowers file wrongful termination suit: 5 things to know
- Health Data Breaches Lead to $2 Million California Penalty
- California reaches $2M settlement with Cottage Health System over failure to secure PHI of 50k patients
- Dignity Health-St. Bernardine Medical Center taps new COO
- California hospital hiring after bankruptcy, closure
- Former James CEO takes executive position at a California medical center
- Prospect, Brown University discuss joining forces to acquire Care New England
- Providence Saint John’s Health Center averts union strike with tentative agreement
- Sacramento County agrees to pay UC Davis Health $98M to settle reimbursement dispute
- California hospital removes license plate-reading camera amid controversy
COLORADO
- Boulder Community Health announces site for Lafayette rehab hospital
- Colorado health systems show strong profitability, insurers add members
- How SCL Health freed up physicians’ time, improved security and saved almost $4 million
- Rio Grande Hospital Breaks Ground on Expansion
- Framework in place for new Children’s Hospital in Colorado Springs
- Memorial Regional Health building future of health care in Moffat County
- Colorado becomes first state to warn residents of CHIP expiration
- Colorado charts statewide health IT roadmap, leans on analytics, care coordination
- UCHealth makes revenue payment to city
- DaVita acquires major Northwest physicians group
HAWAII
NEVADA
- Nevada hospitals ranked by national nonprofit
- Nevada wants $11.3M for Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Indian River Medical Center Names New Leader, and Other Job Changes
- NRMC board receives reality check
- Hospital CEO shares hard truths
UTAH
