NATIONAL
- No-frills micro hospitals with as few as 8 rooms emerge as a new way to cut health-care costs
- Doctors can now call Uber for patients, ditching taxi vouchers
- Ocular Telehealth Battle Heats Up With New Group, Lawsuit Appeal
- Bracket partners with Uber Health to ease clinical trial site, patient burden
- A New taskforce designs a blueprint to prevent physician burnout
- How Skilled Nursing Facilities Can Control Their Bundled Payment Destiny
- Drive to improve quality, reduce costs unites practices in clinically integrated networks
- Moody’s: Nonprofit hospital rating downgrades rose sharply in 2017
- Trump Administration Wants to Take On Medical-Records Puzzle
- HIMSS18: CMS’s Verma warns information blocking will no longer be tolerated
- ONC leaders call for fewer regulations, not more
- CMS floats $30M for QPP measures development
- Jared Kushner: The White House is making interoperability a priority
- How new market forces are aligning to change healthcare IT
- Amazon isn’t the only retail giant trying to remake health care
- Bundled payments for hip/knee surgeries appears to work better for higher-volume hospitals
- 4 steps to participate in BPCI Advanced & what to expect
- Moody’s: Nursing shortage will pressure hospital margins for years
- ONC plans to drop its Office of Consumer eHealth
- Look how far we’ve come: 93% of hospitals enable online access to health data in 2017, up from 27% in 2012
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Shelton nurse among 5 disciplined by Connecticut Nursing Board
- Viiv Healthcare get $1 million from state to relocate from Bristol-Myers site in Wallingford
- Leadership transition at St. Vincent’s Medical Center
- New Title For Stamford Hospital Chief Medical Officer
- Cigna To Buy Express Scripts In $67 Billion Deal
- Nonprofit targets Hartford for erasing medical debt
- Hartford HealthCare-GoHealth Urgent Care opens 10th location
- Starling Physicians elevates chief medical officer Post to CEO
MAINE
- Northern Maine Medical Center analyst earns financial certification
- Maine emergency department visits for opioid overdoses jumped 34 percent in 2017
- Analysis details costs of implementing voter-approved Medicaid expansion
- Recruitment of emergency medical workers proves challenging — particularly in rural Maine
- Maine Med’s $512M expansion driven by evolving standards of medical care
- Health care may be growing, but that doesn’t mean it faces no challenges
MASSACHUSETTS
- CEO of Waltham clinical research giant Parexel to step down
- Non-hospital-based facilities offering cardiac imaging services a rarity in Massachusetts
- Proposed merger of 13 hospitals gets DPH blessing
- Interim president outlines UMass hospital goals
- eClinicalWorks CEO dismisses DOJ settlement as “chapter closed”
- State endorses Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey Health proposed merger
- UMass Memorial, Reliant partner on social services platform
- Notre Dame Hospice expands pediatric program to Merrimack Valley
- Central Community Health Partnership names VP
- Health Connector, business association partner to ease health insurance access
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- H. proposal aims to cut down on surprise hospital bills
- Merger Between Elliot Hospital & Southern N.H. Health Can Move Ahead, State Says
- H. House Overwhelmingly Approves Proposal to Outlaw ‘Balance Billing’
- House backs attempt to fill physician shortage
- Weeks Medical Center unveils $4 million building campaign
NEW YORK
- Ticonderoga hospital unveils new multimillion-dollar emergency department
- Syracuse company looks to add 200 jobs in next couple years
- 5 questions with NYC Health + Hospitals’ new CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz
- Under New Leadership and Oversight, City’s Hospital System in Spotlight
- Longtime St. Mary’s Healthcare CEO still loves his job
- Two Healthcare Systems Use Telehealth Kiosks to Expand Reach
- SJMH officially joins UR Medicine
- NYU Langone Health Launches New Technology Platform To Transform Digital Patient Experience
- Staten Island Healthcare Leaders Make Medicaid Redesign and Population Health Work
- Operator to bar New York hospital CEO, CFO and COO from expensing bi-yearly trips to Cayman Islands
- New York OKs HealthAlliance’s proposal for a $92 million replacement hospital
- River Hospital CEO Ben Moore to retire
RHODE ISLAND
- In wake of failed merger talks, South County Health promises a “major new program”
- Segal named leader of Rhode Island skilled nursing facility
- Care New England to close Rhode Island facility
- CDC: Rhode Island among five states showing decline in opioid emergency room visits
VERMONT
- Rutland Regional Medical Center Names New CEO
- Vermont senators drop ASC provider tax proposal
- Kevin Kelley leaving Community Health Services of Lamoille County
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- New Dover rehabilitation hospital on track for December opening
- Delaware sees 105 percent increase in overdose-related visits to emergency rooms
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Systemic failures plague DC veterans hospital, inspector general finds
- UMC’s board wanted to keep this meeting a secret. We finally know (mostly) what was said.
- A drug for jet lag? A D.C. biotech says it just got a lot closer.
- DC hospital releases audio recording of closed-door meeting to shutter OB unit
MARYLAND
- Maryland’s rural areas don’t have enough doctors, report finds
- Johns Hopkins proposes $470M Baltimore project
- U of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center plans $100M makeover
- Frederick County shares ‘rural’ health challenges, including access to care
- University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake says it will address Havre de Grace mayor’s criticism over hospital plan
- MedStar Health appoints first-ever chief scientific officer
NEW JERSEY
- New claim in lawsuit over failed hospital merger
- Fighting to limit out-of-network charges, more on N.J. health legislation
- People are dying after procedures in NJ surgery centers and it’s not always made public
- Michael Parisi named CEO at Guidemark Health
- Will Virtua’s nurses walk off the job?
- Bill discouraging out-of-network doctor fees goes to full Assembly vote
- Virtua Health, Lourdes exploring acquisition
- Trinity Health in talks to sell NJ assets to Virtua Health 3 months after failed merger
- Cooper University Health Care CEO adds to title, names co-presidents
PENNSYLVANIA
- UPMC – Susquehanna Health affiliation update
- Sacred Heart officially becomes part of St. Luke’s
- Genesis regains compliance with NYSE listing requirements
- Jefferson-Philadelphia University merger drawing attention from other schools
- Universal Health Services sets reserve for fraud settlement
- Cooper University Health Care promotes three executives
- Cardiologist gets $6 million in Hamot whistleblower case
- sees 81% rise in ER visits for opioid overdoses
- Allegheny Health Network Building $80 Million Cancer Center
- Tower Health facing property-tax fight in Philadelphia suburbs
- Trinity Health in talks to sell NJ assets to Virtua Health 3 months after failed merger
- Joseph Sawyer to serve as president of Guthrie’s Robert Packer Hospital
VIRGINIA
- Bon Secours and VCU Health collaborate – and compete
- Sentara to build $93.5 million cancer center in Norfolk
- Bon Secours Virginia selects Paul Gaden as CEO of 2 hospitals
WEST VIRGINIA
- Williamson Memorial Hospital sale canceled
- Wheeling Hospital Gets High Marks on Prostate Cancer Study
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- University of Iowa Health Care exiting alliance, dissolving ACO in face of ‘financial headwinds’
- Senate passes bill requiring state approval for hospital conversions
- Study: Mason City hospital creates $226.7M in economic activity
- Iowa hospitals add $7.1 billion to economy: study
- LCS adds to Des Moines-based executive team
- Iowa Board of Medicine sanctions doctors in Missouri Valley, Sergeant Bluff
KANSAS
- Cerner’s newest customer: 1,600-physician KC network
- Council approves incentives for Mediware’s HQ move to Overland Park
MINNESOTA
- Allina Health Nurse Practitioner Allegedly Reused Syringes
- Allina Health is alerting patients over improper injections
- Three high-ranking Essentia Health executives are out
MISSOURI
- Hospital begins new year with positive bottom line
- Skip the doctor’s office thanks to new technology
- Missouri Health taps Cerner to streamline revenue cycle
- Some Healthcare Providers May Lose Under Kansas City’s Proposed Budget
- Emergency rooms slammed with opioid overdoses in Missouri and Illinois
- Bill would allow some nurses to practice independently
- Washington University Orthopedics & Barnes-Jewish Hospital open new clinic
- Two local hospitals rank among IBM Watson’s Top 100
NEBRASKA
- Nurses would get special protection under Nebraska bill
- Kristin Harris promoted to VP of operations at Nye Health
- Bill would allow terminal patients in Nebraska to try unapproved drugs
- Telehealth brings more accessible mental health services to rural Nebraska
- Medicaid expansion petition drive on its way to Nebraska
NORTH DAKOTA
- Surgery centers offer outpatient options
- Indian Health Services signs care coordination agreements with two ND Medicaid providers
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Avera Health boosts ICU care quality, cuts costs with analytics tools from Philips
- Regional Health sets record with largest permit issued
- Avera Health unveils $8 million center for addiction care
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Memorial Hospitals to get two new doctors’ groups
- Loyola Medicine completes acquisition of Chicago’s MacNeal Hospital from Tenet Healthcare
- CHS spinoff sells Illinois hospital
- Illinois Lawmakers Approve Hospital Assessment Program Measure
- Patients move into new Lake Forest hospital
- Salem Township Hospital President/CEO Resigns
- Quorum Health sells 70-bed Illinois hospital
- Advocate celebrates opening of nursing education center
- Emergency rooms slammed with opioid overdoses in Missouri and Illinois
- Chicago latest to sue drug distributors, including Cardinal Health
- Anthony’s hospital joins renowned cancer network
- Presence Health CEO tenders resignation 1 week after Amita Health merger
INDIANA
- No deaths found, but Indiana surgery centers are not immune from issues
- The doctor is in — in your office, that is, and the result is better health
- Hospital buys 800 acres: System plans for future expansion on west side
- Jay Hospital welcomed into IU Health network
- IU Health involved in large land purchase in Fort Wayne area
- Indiana Hospitals Among Top in U.S.
- Biotherapeutic Company Details Franklin Expansion
- Columbus Regional Enters ‘Next Big Phase’
- Anthem Partners With American Medical Association
- Pediatric Therapy Company Plans Crawfordsville Expansion
- 2 regional presidents leave Indiana University Health
KENTUCKY
- Appeals court rules nurse can pursue False Claims Act suit
- Elizabeth joins with UK to offer more cancer care in NKY
- Behind the scenes of the Kindred Healthcare buyout
- No state has done it. Will Kentucky be the first to tax painkillers?
- UofL, Jewish Hospital Perform 500th Heart Transplant
- Waystar CEO has plans to expand in Kentucky, considers IPO
- LCRH CEO Tim Bess leaving hospital
- Here’s how much Humana paid its top five execs in 2017
- Kindred Healthcare (KND) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results
MICHIGAN
- Wave of layoffs continues at Ascension St. John
- Medical Society opposes bill easing process to obtain out-of-state medical license
- Feds launch investigation into Tenet’s Detroit Medical Center
- Detroit-based Blues post first income gain in 3 years
- Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital names new COO
- Franklin alumnus returns home to become chief medical officer at St. Mary Mercy Hospital
- Bellin-DCHS deal advances
- Henry Ford Health System taps new chief clinical officer
- Beaumont Health’s net income up, operating income dips in 2017
OHIO
- Atrium Centers deal puts area senior living facilities under new management
- HCR ManorCare expected to file for bankruptcy
- Elizabeth joins with UK to offer more cancer care in NKY
- TriHealth hires executive to oversee Good Samaritan Hospital, other medical centers
- Encompass Health partners with Ohio hospital
- Springfield’s largest employer looking more for workers
- Groups look to expand to fill Good Sam gap
- New $24M rehab hospital planned in Dayton
- New Hospital Ranking Snubs Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals
- Cleveland Clinic, Plug and Play CEOs all in on Cleveland healthcare
- Lutheran Hospital uses robotic technology in joint replacement surgery
- Ohio hospital integrates psychiatric telehealth services in ED
- MetroHealth committed to developing its neighborhood as well as its campus
- Ohio House bill would prohibit Anthem, other insurers from denying some ER claims
- Fast-growing Cincinnati health care firm expands footprint, adds employees
- Avita & Cleveland Clinic establish north central Ohio affiliation for cancer care
- Cincinnati Children’s strategy chief stepping down
- CommuniCare adds 13 new SNFs in Ohio
- Chicago latest to sue drug distributors, including Cardinal Health
- How OSU Wexner physicians are using 3-D heart models to improve valve replacement surgeries
- Should nurses in Ohio be allowed to refuse to work overtime?
- Luke’s family medicine facility nears completion
- Ohio bill would protect employees who decline to get flu shots
- Cleveland Clinic names three new members to executive leadership team
- Cincinnati Children’s hires HR chief
- Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital to add $4.1 million medical-surgical unit
- TriHealth names 1st-ever chief information security officer
WISCONSIN
- Marshfield Clinic reports $17 million loss in first quarter due to lack of ACA reimbursement
- Ascension Wisconsin begins another round of layoffs
- No significant change in staffing at St. Elizabeth Hospital
- Froedtert plans new West Bend health center
- Mayo Clinic’s top two leaders in Wisconsin stepping down
- Marshfield Clinic expands in Neillsville
- Wisconsin nursing home sued over flu vaccine requirement
- Bellin-DCHS deal advances
- Ascension Sacred Heart celebrates adoption of Ascension name and logo
- Ascension Wisconsin to absorb Columbia Center Birth Hospital
- Wisconsin hospital at risk of losing Medicare contract over injuries to babies
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Encompass Health partners with Ohio hospital
- South Alabama receives $5 million gift to expand USA Trauma Center
- Birmingham whistleblower awarded $14.7 million in organ center probe
- Healthcare Ransomware Attack Affects 6.5K at AL Practice
- UAB, Mobile’s Infirmary Health announce healthcare alliance
- New COO named for Tuscaloosa’s DCH Health System
- Opening date announced for new Florence hospital
- 59-bed Alabama hospital avoids closure
- DCH Health System selects new COO
FLORIDA
- Winter Haven Hospital in midst of $107M expansion of ER department, heart center
- Florida surgery centers not always prepared to handle life-threatening medical emergencies
- Rural Hospitals Wary Of Florida’s Budget Proposal
- Opko Health revenue, profits take a hit in Q4, shares fall 15%
- Memorial Hospital plans $13 million expansion
- Centene To Buy Doctor Practice In Lucrative Florida Medicare Market
- Contract talks stall for Florida Blue and Sarasota Memorial
- Florida Hospital files plans for freestanding ER near UCF
- Two Healthcare Systems Use Telehealth Kiosks to Expand Reach
- Jeff Mathison named system chief medical officer by St. Vincent’s HealthCare
- Broward’s jail healthcare provider charged with doctoring patient records about death
- Major face-lift ahead if Cleveland Clinic takes over Indian River hospital? | Laurence Reisman
- New Pensacola hospital celebrates halfway point
- Bill could end trauma system battles
- Jacksonville’s Memorial Hospital Announces $13 Million West Tower Expansion
- Centene to pick up Florida primary care group
- Treasure Coast dermatologist Tim Ioannides pays $2.5 million to settle fake billing lawsuit
- Hospital agreement ends Florida budget standoff
- Poinciana hospital expanding its emergency department
- Florida may expand health-care ministries
- Florida doctor pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks, BMW in $5.3 million pharmacy conspiracy
GEORGIA
- Lawmakers up ante for donors to struggling Georgia hospitals, again
- Piedmont Hospital tower begins rising along Peachtree Road
- Officials celebrate latest milestone in children’s hospital construction
- Overwhelmed In The ER: Georgia’s Mental Health Crisis
- Here’s how Columbus Regional gave up local control — and why it chose Piedmont
- Why this Georgia health system is transitioning into a nonprofit
- Still no agreement between Piedmont, Blue Cross Blue Shield
MISSISSIPPI
- UMMC to affiliate with Vanderbilt
- Jurors find physician guilty in pharmacy fraud case
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi set to expand services
- Brasfield & Gorrie begins construction on University of Mississippi Medical Center pediatrics tower
NORTH CAROLINA
- Atrium Health suspends merger talks with UNC Health Care
- Physicians resign from Atrium Health over new compensation contracts
- Good Samaritan Clinic’s legacy continues through Blue Ridge Health
- Wanted: Rural Health Providers, But Few Answer the Call
- What Sank Atrium’s UNC Health Care Deal?
- After decade-long absence, Raleigh hospital brings midwife program back
- $100 million expansion of Duke Regional Hospital to provide more mental health services
- Mission Health CEO sees hospital consolidation as inevitable
- Eastern Lincoln County gets growth spurt with medical office buildings
- Wilkes-Barre General Hospital cited for overtime violations
- Wake Forest Baptist moves closer to acquiring High Point Regional
- Aerie changes HQ to Durham, giving the Triangle another public company
- Local Doctors Say DermOne’s Exit Won’t Halt Their Services
- DermOne Dermatology Brand Exiting Local Market
SOUTH CAROLINA
- South Carolina lawmakers craft deal to privatize Greenville Health System
- Health in Brief: MUSC teams up with Volvo and more
- South Carolina Health System Completes 4-Year Epic Implementation
- Owner of South Carolina skilled-nursing, hospice centers files for bankruptcy
- New Roper St. Francis hospital on schedule
TENNESSEE
- New UnitedHealthcare Tennessee CEO is a former health care special investigator
- CHS spinoff sells Illinois hospital
- UMMC to affiliate with Vanderbilt
- Vanderbilt poll: Nashvillians support more funding for Nashville General Hospital
- Public input to be sought on certificates of need
- Again no raise for CHS’ Smith
- Quorum sees net loss narrow to $27M, targets up to $253M in hospital divestitures
- Tennessee-based nursing home chain Orianna files for bankruptcy
- See who is interested in buying a publicly traded Nashville health care giant
- ‘What a fabulous opportunity:’ Nashville leaders on the future of health care
- Brentwood CEO pleads guilty in health insurance fraud case
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Work requirement approved for Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion
- Arkansas Wants to Shrink Medicaid. Trump’s Team Won’t Say Yes – Yet.
ARIZONA
- Shuttered Phoenix hospital to reopen as behavioral health facility in 2019
- Sagewood kicks off $20.8M expansion of assisted living project in Phoenix
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana House passes Medicaid work bill that doesn’t require anyone to work
- VA Hospital recruiting nurses in New Orleans
- LSU med school prof to lead national research association
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
- Southern Plains Medical Center brings the Oklahoma Spine Hospital to Chickasha
- CommunityCare claims Oklahoma health system overbilled 34 patients by $400k
- Fallin orders Medicaid work requirement; details unclear
- Oklahoma City health care provider under investigation by multiple agencies
- Oklahoma exploring plan for Medicaid work requirement
TEXAS
- White Rock hospital takes on new name under new California owner
- Central Health partnership will bring new clinic to southeast Travis County
- North Texas Genome Center Seen as Boon for Health Care, DFW Economy
- Ardent finalizes new UT Health East Texas system, announces board of directors, logo
- Texas introduces draft of rule on telemedicine reimbursement
- Hospital board approves tax break incentive
- CEO steps down at Huntsville Memorial Hospital
- One of Frisco’s largest employers faces uncertainty as Tenet Healthcare reworks its business
- UT Health Northeast, Ardent join forces, create UT Health East Texas
- Texas Medical Center, energy industry eye data collaboration
- Tenet Announces Governance Enhancements
- Texas Children’s to recoup tens of millions under judge’s ruling
- Texas hospital reaches settlement in kickbacks lawsuit involving EMSA
- New System UT Health East Texas Names a CEO
- Acuity Hospital of South Texas Hires Tammy Holland as Chief Clinical Officer
- USPI driving growth for Tenet as hospital revenues shrink & more
- TMC prepares to open new emergency department
- Tenet eliminates poison pill, adopts governance changes
- Northwest Texas appoints new CEO
- Renovations to Ballinger Memorial Hospital improve patient care
- Huntsville Memorial Hospital CEO suddenly resigns
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Alaskans serve as test market for Premera Pulse platform
- Providence ER nurse to head Alaska’s largest hospital
IDAHO
- Blue Cross Of Idaho Makes Its Case To HHS
- Luke’s brings new surgical technology to Meridian hospital
MONTANA
- Missoula hospitals debate value of competing critical care services for babies
- New NICU at St. Patrick Hospital causes concern for CMC
- Peter’s Health unveils revamped radiation oncology unit
- Major medical training center coming to Uptown Butte
- State Ends $6 Million Medicaid Contract With Blue Cross
- Plains Hospital saves $1.89 million on loan
- Kalispell Regional Medical Center receives top 100 distinction
OREGON
- How one US state saved $240 million in health care spending
- Drug price transparency bill passes Oregon Senate, heads to governor
WASHINGTON
- Adviser delivers healthcare answers to Seattle’s tech start-ups
- Olympic Medical Center CEO earns recognition from Seattle Business Magazine
- Home healthcare worker bill approved by state Legislature
- PeaceHealth taps new CIO
WYOMING
- Hospital board accepts CEO resignation
- Worland hospital ranked among top critical access hospitals
- Wyoming hospital resolves 20 malpractice suits that pushed it into bankruptcy
- Medicaid work requirement bill dies in Wyoming House
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Pasadena’s Huntington Hospital Names New CIO
- Micheletti leaves Emanuel Medical Center
- Sharp Coronado Hospital makes dramatic financial turnaround using ‘patient-centric’ care model
- California hospital group’s new partnership equips patients with data
- LA investors say region can’t match San Diego’s biotech prowess
- Desert Regional could lose more than 100 hospital beds if it doesn’t get earthquake compliant by 2030
- It’s not Yosemite, it’s the surgery: the rise of medical tourism in Fresno
- Stephanie Sonnenshine succeeds Alan McKay as Alliance health plan CEO in Scotts Valley
- With so few doctors, San Joaquin Valley being left behind
- UCSD to open $140 million outpatient center
- California nursing home compare website needs to go, advocates say
- CEO, chief nursing officer out at Emanuel Medical Center
- Scripps Health selects 1st-ever chief experience officer
COLORADO
- John Kefalas takes aim again to boost cost transparency at freestanding emergency rooms
- The University of Northern Colorado could have a new medical school by 2020
- Kansas City-area hospital CEO to become metro-Denver health-care exec
- Closure of Coumadin clinics leads to influx of patients at Pueblo’s Parkview Medical Center
- Colorado Springs hospital system CEO Margaret Sabin resigns after nearly decade of major changes
- Health care leaders talk cures for GJ
- Fort Morgan hospital has large economic impact on city, county
- Denver medical company discovers ‘potential financial statement errors’
- Penrose-St. Francis Health Services CEO to resign
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