NATIONAL
- Google Unveils New Cloud Service for Health Care
- Nurse shortage: Healthcare organizations pull out all the stops to attract and retain experienced RNs
- More than 60% of healthcare orgs saw cyberattack in past year, survey finds
- Hospitals eye concierge medicine to lure patients, boost revenue
- Cigna To Spend About $52 Billion For Express Scripts
- FDA Lays Out Plans for Future Research on Pharmaceutical Ads and Promotions
- Physician Salaries, Drug Prices Help Drive High US Health Costs
- Report: Post-acute sector is lagging on telemed adoption
- CMS Releases List of Exclusions from BPCI Advanced Clinical Episodes
- 5 things CMS Administrator Seema Verma said at HIMSS18
- Moody’s says nonprofits struggle to maintain credit ratings in 2017
- Hospitals nationwide grappling with pain med shortage
- Hospitals employed 42% of physicians in 2016
- Can blockchain succeed where EHRs have failed?
- More than 30% of hospitals can’t find enough qualified job candidates
- 340B hospitals provided $26B+ in uncompensated, unreimbursed care
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- New Hartford HealthCare building on Queen Street in Southington filling with doctors
- Windsor woman says Hartford Hospital denied her sign language interpreter
- Connecticut hospitals aim to tackle nursing shortages
- HHC-GoHealth open urgent care clinics in New London, Norwich
- CTHealthLink, DSS agreement seen as benefit to Medicaid patients, doctors
MAINE
- Maine Health Management Coalition changes name as organization’s focus shifts to rewarding high-value healthcare
- Central Maine Medical Center keeps accreditation after addressing infection concerns
- Hospitals strive to cut costs, meet service demands
- Ellsworth hospital posts $6.5 million loss
MASSACHUSETTS
- Kalter: Boston hospitals in critical condition
- CHP partners with Fairview Hospital to add midwives to its OB-GYN services
- Judge allows hospital’s flu vaccination policy to stand
- Partners HealthCare hospital diversifies board to meet requirements for expansion project
- Boston-area doctors among lowest paid in nation, report says
- Martha’s Vineyard Hospital files complaint against former CEO
- Beacon Health Options Names Dan Sheehan as Chief Information Officer
- Boston hospitals face opioid shortage
- Baystate, Hartford HealthCare partner on Life Star emergency helicopter service
- State set to launch $14M life sciences hub in the Berkshires
- BewellConnect to expand use of connected health devices with $30M
- Tufts, Shields venture to proceed after HPC eschews review
- Dana-Farber ends 2017 with $36.8M operating loss
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- House backs attempt to fill physician shortage
- Telehealth program aims to treat pregnant women with substance use disorders
NEW YORK
- New York-Presbyterian nurses rally for fair pay
- NYC’s hospital system axes 35 workers in savings push
- Valley Stream hospital to get new $22.3M emergency department
- Mount Sinai Health System to open member-only clinic in NYC neighborhood
- Northwell Health invests $3M into startup tackling OR disinfection
- Crystal Run Healthcare wants lawsuit tossed, claims group of doctors breached contract
- Northwell Health wants to combine drones and telehealth to improve emergency care
- New York State Approves $40M Hospital Project
- New York OKs HealthAlliance’s proposal for a $92 million replacement hospital
- Crouse Health appoints Tengeres as new CEO
- Kalos Health expands into Rochester
- First heart transplants performed on Long Island
- Mount Sinai Health System names inaugural EVP of precision health
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island doctor sentenced in kickback scheme
- RI lawmakers take aim at Care New England-Partners hospital merger
- Report: Providence female doctors see 4th-largest gender pay gap in U.S.
- Report: CNE financial woes threaten R.I. health care affordability
VERMONT
- Kelley steps down as health service CEO
- North Country Hospital begins search to replace CEO Claudio Fort
- New Rutland Regional office building named for Huebner
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Saint Francis expanding use of Uber Health to get patients to, from hospital
- Christiana Care makes 100 Best Hospitals list
- Christiana Care will send help to your home after an overdose
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Warner, Kaine push VA to fix problems at D.C. Medical Center
- C. Council approves subpoenas for public hospital’s former consultants
- Consultants that ran United Medical Center face subpoenas
MARYLAND
- Rockville biotech founded by L.A. billionaire to lay off 52
- Patient dumping incident spurs Maryland Senate to pass Patient’s Bill of Rights, but House leaders leery
- Supernus getting Maryland incentives in HQ relocation, plans to add 160 jobs
NEW JERSEY
- Plainfield Health Center ready to get off critical list
- New Jersey’s new health commissioner aims to improve safety at same-day surgery centers
- Virtua Health signs LOI to acquire Lourdes system
- Jersey City health clinics on the move: Here’s where to find them
- 2 N.J. hospital chains will explore a merger
- Bayshore Medical Center Regains Standard Operations
- J. largest hospital chain’s next acquisition target is a renowned mental health center
- RWJBarnabas to open additional physician centers this year
PENNSYLVANIA
- Pennsylvania hospital, regional cardiology practice to pay $20 million after alleged kickback scheme
- Hospital ‘nudges’ providers to increase cardiac rehab referral by 63%
- Golden fights $1.8M edict
- UPMC Hamot, cardiology practice ink $20.7M settlement in kickback case
- Virtua exploring acquisition of Lourdes Health System
- Opinion: Do the Poconos really need three hospitals?
- Children’s Hospital agitating for board seat at Spark Therapeutics
- At SXSW, UPMC’s innovation and venture chiefs tout hospitals as strategic investors
- Delaware County skilled-nursing facility sold; new owner plans $2.5M renovation
- First bids come for York County nursing home
- Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh to close rehab hospital, resulting in 15% workforce reduction
VIRGINIA
- Sentara Healthcare to build $93.5 million cancer center in Norfolk
- Bon Secours Virginia selects Paul Gaden as CEO of 2 hospitals
- UCHealth, Inova Health System offer nurses 5-figure signing bonuses to solve shortage
- Inova Health System names its new CEO
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Davis County Hospital CEO to resign
- Doug Morse to serve as Hansen Family Hospital CEO
- Mercy Health Network names new President and CEO
- Two companies bid to replace AmeriHealth Caritas in Iowa
- Mercy Medical Center-Centerville president to retire
KANSAS
- KC has three five-star hospitals. Here’s why you might want to question those ratings
- LMH president and CEO receives raise, more than $100,000 bonus
- Newman Regional Health receives Level IV Trauma Center designation
- Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute opens hospital – next expansion project underway
- Matt Sogard is Overland Park Regional Medical Center’s new CEO
- Business Watch: Fresenius Kidney Care affected by accreditation delays
- Local investment company pushing $6M senior living project in Hays
- Board suspends CEO of Lawrence health center
- Morris County Hospital hires new CEO
MINNESOTA
- HCMC rebrands as Hennepin Healthcare
- Essentia CEO says shakeup won’t slow downtown plans
- Departing Blue Cross CEO didn’t disclose outside consulting payments
- MNsure CEO Leaving To Join Health Advocacy Group
- Two Minnesota House Bills Would Increase Healthcare Transparency
- Former Allina exec pleads guilty to swindling
MISSOURI
- Excelsior Springs Hospital names new CFO
- KC has three five-star hospitals. Here’s why you might want to question those ratings
- House bills would make malpractice lawsuits harder to win
- Ascension Health layoffs may signal industry shift
- Boone Hospital trustee candidates field lease questions
- Louis braces for loss of another headquarters as Cigna acquires Express Scripts
- BJC warns patients of potential data storage breach
NEBRASKA
- Regional West Laboratory Services builds solid regional business focused on rural health care needs
- Direct primary care bill advances in Nebraska Legislature
- Free medical care clinic in Nebraska cuts only paid position
- Nebraska impacted by nursing shortage
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Advocate Aurora Health names executive leadership team
- Advocate Health Care sees net income jump 36%
- Combined hospital bed and outpatient tax increased by $140 million annually under new assessment program
- Rauner signs new Medicaid funding plan for hospitals
- Presence Health CEO resigns a week after Amita merger
- Cerner: U of Illinois Hospital’s bid to Epic will cost taxpayers $100M
- Harrisburg Medical Center taps new CEO
- Futuristic JGMA-designed medical center headed to Brighton Park
- Advocate Health, others allegedly failed to properly perform medical procedure
- Illinois safety-net hospitals’ future uncertain amid potential Medicaid funding changes
INDIANA
- Health care in NWI thriving: More than $400 million in new medical facilities, services in works throughout the Region
- Community Health Network Names COO
- Q&A with Patrick Maloney, president and CEO of Franciscan Alliance hospitals
- Q&A with Zachary Cattell, president of the Indiana Health Care Association
- Miller named Memorial Hospital Vice President of Finance and CFO
- New HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital to be built in Newburgh
- More convenient diagnostic lab planned on 80 to 100 acres
- Medical-waste company fined for violating more than a dozen safety rules
- Joe CEO’s remark about Bauer probed
- Police report: Lutheran Health Network tensions result in threat against former CEO Brian Bauer
- Medical practices that take cash instead of insurance on the rise in Northwest Indiana
- What One Hospital Learned From a Ransomware Attack
- New CEO For Franciscan Crown Point
- Deaconess to Build Replacement Rehab Hospital
- Flu shots, clean hands, other policies help keep Northwest Indiana hospital workers healthy
KENTUCKY
- ER visits for opioid overdoses decline in Kentucky as they spike across the country
- Major Kindred Healthcare investor sues to stop Humana merger
- Kentucky can rein in Medicare costs in 2018 thanks to new federal policy
- Baptist Health Paducah Receives Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery Designation
- Major Kindred Shareholder Brigade Capital Sues to Block Acquisition
- Kindred asks shareholders to approve sale to Humana
- Passport Health breaks ground on new west Louisville headquarters
- European lab to open experimental drug packing operation in Louisville
- Is The Kindred Merger Better For Its Buyers Or Shareholders?
- A look at Norton Children’s Hospital’s $78M renovation one year in
- See the latest renderings of Passport Health’s $100M HQ
- Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital CEO Tim Bess steps down
- Norton Healthcare’s net income climbs 40% in FY 2017
MICHIGAN
- Holland-based VC firm raises $7.2 million to invest in health care startups
- Judge rejects Huron Valley nurses’ lawsuit against DMC
- Judge dismisses nurses’ lawsuit against DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
- Doctors push back against Michigan Medicine’s ‘elitist’ plan to offer concierge model
- Doctors Criticize U-M’s Michigan Medicine Concierge Medical Plan
- Henry Ford Health partners with SPLT, Lyft to get patients to their appointments
- Michigan may require Medicaid recipients to work at least 30-hour weeks
- Shriners Hospitals for Children bringing state-of-the-art care to Mid-Michigan
- Ascension Health layoffs may signal industry shift
- Bellin proposal to acquire DCHS totals $61.3 million
- Sparrow to close St. Lawrence emergency department in early May
- Ascension’s Michigan layoffs at 500 and counting
- McLaren completes purchase of MDwise health plan
- Exclusive U-M medical plan buys you ‘better’ care, special access
- Partners open integrated care campus
- Detroit Medical Center shutters blood clot clinic amid organizational changes
OHIO
- $8B Mercy merger part of trend toward massive health systems
- Class action lawsuit to be filed against University Hospitals after fertility clinic disaster
- Oscar Health: The new payer that’s rethinking population health with Cleveland Clinic
- Anthem’s new ER policy has area patients, medical professionals worried about emergencies
- Health aides are critical, and could use a lift
- Cincinnati Children’s adds to C-suite
- Ohio legislature will look into CVS Caremark billing practices
- ProMedica, LISC launch $45M partnership
- Memorial Health begins $50M project
- Massillon investigating interest in taking over Affinity
- Cleveland Clinic opens medical center inside Lakewood HS, more centers planned in other schools
- Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital to build new medical-surgical unit
- Cleveland Clinic executive leaving to lead Virginia hospital
- Dayton-area hospital hiring for 80 positions at career fair
- Good Samaritan Hospital announces initial timeline for transition of services
- Good Samaritan’s maternity ward will be the first major unit to shutter
- Cleveland Clinic Akron names Laura Biddle Clarke director of philanthropy
WISCONSIN
- Advocate Aurora Health names executive leadership team
- Fort HealthCare CEO Michael Wallace on executing a vision: ‘I like to be 8 for 10 rather than 3 for 3’
- Bellin proposal to acquire DCHS totals $61.3 million
- Two Wisconsin schools launching ‘Nursing 1-2-1 Program’ to address the state’s nursing shortage
- Taking the temperature of health care Part 5: A cash hospital?
- Ascension Wisconsin to absorb Columbia Center Birth Hospital
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- North Alabama Medical Center opening in December
- Encompass Health announces plans to expand rehabilitative services to Katy, Texas
FLORIDA
- Former Florida Hospital surgeon wins $2.85 million whistleblower suit
- Florida man upset over 2-hour ED wait steals ambulance to drive home
- Centene to acquire Community Medical Group in south Florida
- Miami hospital files for bankruptcy
- New Capital Regional CEO plans to expand medical staff, technology
- UCF reveals more details about future teaching hospital
- Long-running drama over hospital trauma centers ends with new legislation
- Joint venture Stuart Surgery Center to open in Florida
- New Capital Regional CEO plans to expand medical staff, technology
- Bill Ends HCA’s Bid For A Trauma Center In St. Petersburg
- UCF moves one step closer to taking over Sanford Burnham facility in Lake Nona
- Female physicians in Tampa are among the best paid in the country
GEORGIA
- Piedmont Columbus Regional negotiates new terms with insurance provider
- Erlanger board never approved filing for North Georgia radiation center
- How Piedmont’s dispute with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia impacts Columbus
- Columbus Hospice names new president/CEO
- Erlanger, Memorial hospitals vie for Georgia radiation therapy patients
- South Georgia hospital combines surgery, imaging with new hybrid OR
- Georgia bill to allow micro-hospitals passes Senate
MISSISSIPPI
- Harrisburg Medical Center announces Donald Hutson as new CEO
- New health rankings show Rankin on top, Holmes on bottom
NORTH CAROLINA
- UNC Health Care Starts Making Its Mark on Eden Hospital
- Doctors’ spat with Atrium Health spills into rare public view
- Novant CIO Dave Garrett departs after a decade on the job
- Nash UNC establishes helicopter base
- WB General Hospital cited by state for allegedly forcing overtime
- Atrium Health CEO talks failed UNC Health deal, new era for industry
- Atrium Health CEO: Goal of failed UNC Health Care merger was to create a ‘clinical powerhouse’
- Wake Forest Baptist enters binding agreement to take over High Point Regional
- Urgent care centers becoming more prominent in Gaston County
- CaroMont Health hit with $511,200 judgment
- Raleigh pharma quadruples revenue, lands new contract
- Why BCBSNC is investing $1M in NCCU’s nursing program
- Grifols breaks ground on $120M Clayton facility
- Atrium Health taps Dr. Jim Dunn as chief HR officer
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Upstate’s top nursing-home company, Orianna Health Systems, files for bankruptcy
- Trident Medical Center selects Scott Weiskittel as COO
- Clemson, MUSC unveil operating room prototype
- New Roper St. Francis hospital on schedule
- Medical merger moves forward despite questions
TENNESSEE
- Franklin health care provider bought by investment firm
- Ex-Aetna exec to be Surgery Partners CFO
- Moody’s Investors affirms rating for Erlanger hospital
- Quorum’s net loss shrinks to $27M as it pursues divestiture plan
- See who is interested in buying a publicly traded Nashville health care giant
- First-Of-Its-Kind Health Clinic Opens In Oakhaven
- Telehealth venture raises $2.5M in debt
- Philip Koovakada is NMC Health Network’s permanent CEO
- New Nashville mayor: I’m committed to having a public safety net hospital in our community
- CHS hires debt advisers
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Springdale Hospital Cuts Ribbon on New Unit
- Cantrell Drug, FDA Reach Settlement
- Arkansas House Approves Pharmacy Manager Bill
ARIZONA
- Sagewood kicks off $20.8M expansion of assisted living project in Phoenix
- Health care, construction among sectors expected to add most Arizona jobs
- Banner Ironwood Medical Center had Arizona’s Lowest Average LOS over a 30-Day Episode of Care Under 1.50 Days
LOUISIANA
- There’s a nationwide nursing shortage – including in Louisiana
- University Medical Center operator might leave hospital over Louisiana budget impasse
- Baton Rouge hospital exec predicts dire consequences to Louisiana health care system if budget cuts become reality
- Ochsner completes part of $360M campus expansion
- University Medical Center operator threatens to terminate management agreement over budget impasse
OKLAHOMA
- OU Physicians opening new clinic in south Tulsa
- Opinion: Excessive Oklahoma nursing regs should be eased
- Oklahoma health notes
- University of Oklahoma health students learn what they don’t know to help patients
- Oklahoma House votes to privatize Medicaid verification
- Point of View: OK Health Department performing despite challenges
TEXAS
- Nacogdoches Medical Center names new CEO
- Dallas home health tech company continues growth with acquisition of Home Health Gold
- El Paso opens first-ever stroke treatment center at UMC
- Encompass Health announces plans to expand rehabilitative services to Katy, Texas
- Microhospitals Have Become Part of the North Texas Healthcare Equation, But Will Some Feel The Heat from A CMS Survey Change?
- NE Texas’ Health is a Mixed Bag
- Texas Hospital Association Recognizes Project in Vickery Meadow
- Medical City Fort Worth Adds Robotic Surgical System
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- State officials warn Medicaid money will run out by month’s end
- Providence ER nurse to head Alaska’s largest hospital
- Providence Alaska Medical Center names Ella Goss CEO
IDAHO
- Idaho’s health care plan dispute comes down to 1 word
- Boise’s old MK campus is now in St. Luke’s hands. How that happened, and what it means
- Idaho governor maintains support for non-ACA plans even after CMS letter
MONTANA
- New Montana medical training center will focus on rural health
- ‘A brewing crisis’: Missoula Mental Health Center CEO decries budget cuts, layoffs and closures
OREGON
- Oregon governor signs bill to control drug prices
- Surgery centers eye recovery rooms to keep patients longer
- Oregon hospital finances continued to deteriorate in fourth quarter
- OHSU’s Druker gives a first look at the Knight Cancer Research Building
- McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center CEO departs
WASHINGTON
- The potential new owner of Lourdes and Trios has big plans. At least $18M worth
- LabCorp to lay off nearly 200 employees in Spokane
- OMC only hospital in state to receive national award
- Providence St. Joseph Health turns around $255M operating loss in 2017
- Grays Harbor Community Hospital’s CFO to resign
- Washington community hospital to see more layoffs amid financial struggles
- Eastern State Hospital names interim CEO
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- California service to pay $11 million for false claims allegations
- California hospital’s ED stops accepting advanced life support patients
- Kaiser Permanente promotes Sonoma County medical center administrator
- East Bay company’s stock plummets 81% as drug for cystic fibrosis patients fails
- Sutter Health hospital CEO resigns amid protests regarding planned closure
- San Francisco fertility clinic faces class action lawsuit, accusations of gross negligence over damaged embryos
- Providence St. Joseph Health appoints COO for Southern California region
COLORADO
- Memorial Hospital lands upgrade in air ambulance services
- Valley View Hospital focuses on efficiencies amid rising costs
- UCHealth, ride-sharing service form new partnership
- Pueblo hospital to reduce staff in restructuring plan
- Colorado hospital slashes 272 jobs, scales back services
- Hospital restructuring points to financial difficulty in Pueblo
- Denver doctors receive some of the lowest physician salaries in America
- Mary-Corwin CEO says cuts, changes will be phased in
- Colorado Springs hospital system CEO Margaret Sabin resigns after nearly decade of major changes
- UCHealth, Inova Health System offer nurses 5-figure signing bonuses to solve shortage
HAWAII
NEVADA
- Nathan Adelson Hospice Names Kara Westerfield as Chief Compliance Officer
- Nevada Health Project starts phase two of DNA testing
- Healthy Nevada Study Combines Genomics, Population Health
- Las Vegas-area hospitals are quick to discharge the mentally ill
UTAH
