NATIONAL
- Feds Take CMS to Task Over Improper Telehealth Reimbursements
- Medicare Advisers Recommend Payment Cuts To Many Free-Standing ERs
- Amazon drops plan to become a major pharmaceutical distributor
- 17 of the highest-paid CEOs in healthcare
- Staff recruitment and retention in the age of clinician shortages: 2 experts weigh in
- Millennial doctors care about culture but not social media when looking for a job, according to CompHealth survey
- Supreme Court may revisit key False Claims decision
- Walmart signals continued interest in healthcare space through remodel of pharmacies
- CMS Appeals Missouri Ruling on Medicaid DSH Payments
- Doctor shortage could exceed 121K by 2030, report says
- CMS expands coverage of MRIs for patients with cardiac devices
- DoJ Settles $27.68M in Medicare Fraud, False Claims Act Violations
- FDA targets medical device safety in new plan
- Practice Greenhealth: Top 25 hospitals for Environmental Excellence
- The financial challenges facing hospitals, health systems
- The states most and least prepared to handle health emergencies
- Time’s ‘100 Most Influential 2018’ featured 4 healthcare individuals — here’s who they are
- 25 teaching hospitals with the most safety violations
- The average 1,500-bed hospital prints 96M pages each year — at a cost of $3.8M
- 30% of physician practices plan to replace EHR by 2021
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- New Trinity Health CEO pledges community approach in competitive healthcare market
- Health system expansions could carry safety risks
- Cromwell home healthcare provider part of national merger
- Greenwich Hospital’s New Advances in Diagnostic Procedures
- Home health, hospice M&A activity spikes in 1Q
- New Z-Medica chief eyes focused growth
MAINE
- Calais Regional Hospital announces new cost-cutting measures
- Roundup: Hospitals in Georgia, Maine, New York kick off construction season
- Tucker steps up as Greater Portland Health’s new CEO
- St. Joseph Healthcare embarks on $15M improvement project
- Report: Cumberland is healthiest county, Washington least healthy
- Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation donates $50K to Maine AllCare
MASSACHUSETTS
- Saint Vincent Hospital, MetroWest Medical Center appear safe from Tenet Healthcare’s hospital divestment
- 2 top Boston hospitals seek more minority doctors, patients
- Patient Privacy Protections Extended to EOB in Massachusetts
- Tufts CEO vocalizes opposition to Beth Israel-Lahey merger
- Aetna to add 250 jobs in Wellesley
- UMass Memorial CEO: Clinic closure part of $50M efficiency plan
- Life sciences bill includes $50 million for UMass Medical, UMass Lowell
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Cheshire Medical Center remains in the red after affiliation
- Capital Beat: N.H. faces $36 million budget hole after hospital lawsuit
- Weare rep proposes new health care taxes to help N.H. pay for $36M budget hole
NEW YORK
- Hometeam CEO to Step Down as Company Goes All-In on Medicaid
- Albany Med nurses vote to unionize
- St. Joseph’s expects to close NYHC acquisition before May 6
- Ticonderoga hospital under UVM Network umbrella
- Claxton-Hepburn CEO to depart in May
- BHG valuation hits $1B as growth continues
- Roundup: Hospitals in Georgia, Maine, New York kick off construction season
- Certificate of need approved for downtown Utica hospital
- Disgraced Ex-Surgeon Hit With New Federal Fraud Charges
- Finan: Bradford Regional Medical Center has revenue issue
- St. Luke’s planning on $100 million hospital, while facilities in Montana and Alaska embark on projects of their own
- New York’s First Freestanding Emergency Department Turns Five
- New York state okays three health expansions
- Downtown Utica hospital can move forward with designs, eminent domain
- Nassau University Medical Center board unanimously ousts CEO
- NYC Health + Hospitals notifies 600 after laptop containing PHI goes missing
RHODE ISLAND
- Amgen chooses Rhode Island for its new next generation biomanufacturing plant
- CharterCare plans to purchase and reopen Memorial Hospital
- R.I. establishes health insurance market stability workgroup
VERMONT
- Porter begins $900K renovation of rehab facility
- UVM Medical Center and MGH team up for Swanton man’s heart transplant
- UVM Medical Center recognized for quality bariatric surgery
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Analysis: Spending on health care leaves rest of economy in the dust
- State reports drop in opioid prescriptions and total pills
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
- University of Maryland Laurel Regional Hospital seeks OK for $50 million upgrade
- Maryland’s ACA exchange moves forward with plan to lower premiums, stabilize insurance marketplace
- Hospitalizations from falls 55 percent higher in Baltimore than rest of the state
- Fourth Circuit appeals court strikes down Maryland’s drug price-gouging law
- Bon Secours sees operating income climb 30% in Q2
NEW JERSEY
- LeBenger’s physician group takes business worries away from doctors
- Atlantic Health joins clinical research consortium
- Thousands of nursing home patients nationwide affected by NJ company’s financial trouble
- Seton Hall no longer sharing cost of new medical school with Hackensack Meridian
- Six New Jersey Health Systems Borrow a Page From Amazon
- Surprise medical bills could become a thing of the past in New Jersey
- Penn., N.J. Health Systems Form Clinical Research Consortium
- Cape Regional Health System is making (good) money on its own
- Charity care, education funding for state hospitals
PENNSYLVANIA
- Hershey Medical Center reaches new 3-year contract with union representing 1,700 nurses
- Laurel Health Centers Announces New President
- Penn Med aims to improve health care in Philadelphia with recent partnership
- First Hospital, Moses Taylor nurses set one-day strike for April 25
- Hearing to discuss UPMC’s plan for new hospital on Mercy campus
- UnitedHealthcare can protest loss in $12B Pennsylvania Medicaid contract
- Reading Hospital’s next evolution: an academic medical center
- Hospital’s ‘virtual visits’ bring specialists closer to patients
- AHN to push doctors to follow guidelines for reducing unneeded medical tests
- St. Luke’s begins $100M construction of new hospital
- Genesis selling off 2 dozen skilled nursing facilities in Texas
- Hahnemann University Hospital selects interim CEO after exec shake-up
- Nurse Practitioners Rally at Pennsylvania State Capitol
- Penn., N.J. Health Systems Form Clinical Research Consortium
- Comcast and Independence in health care technology joint venture
- Study: No hospital ad campaign stands out in Philadelphia
VIRGINIA
- Virginia Lawmakers Optimistic About Medicaid Expansion Negotiations
- Pratt doctors splitting from Sentara, again seek independence
- Riverside breaks ground on new rehabilitation hospital in York County
- JE Dunn Construction will manage $52 million hospital expansion project at Fort Eustis
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia hospital sues for $169k in care provided to inmate
- HIMG offers price transparency in health care costs for patients
- Pocahontas Memorial Hospital CEO to retire
- Former Berkeley Medical Center employee owes $22k after stealing patient data
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
KANSAS
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital to get a new name; hospital has revenues exceed expenses by $18 million in 2017
- Shawnee Mission Health names new CEO
- Without Medicare funds, this hospital could cancel surgeries, even close. It’s suing
- Senior living company expanding to Topeka
- Senior living management company adds COO
- CMS terminates Kansas hospital’s Medicare billing privileges
MINNESOTA
- A Conversation with Shaye Mandle, President and CEO, the Medical Alley Association
- Start-up health insurer led by former UnitedHealthcare CEO is off to a good start, filings show
- Mayo Clinic trains for Epic undertaking
- Fairview Health Services Launches New Services to Drive Healthier Workplaces
- Shriners Hospital for Children planning to shift to outpatient care only
- Redwood Area Hospital to join Carris Health system
- Should Minnesota hospitals publish their prices?
- Crunch time for Mayo as thousands train for new software rollout
MISSOURI
- New website shows Missouri health problems down to zip code level
- SSM Health names Mike Bowers St. Louis region COO
- CMS Appeals Missouri Ruling on Medicaid DSH Payments
- Ascension suspends controversial plan to scale back services at Milwaukee hospital
- Missouri health report: In the 114 counties, this problem tops the list.
NEBRASKA
- Children’s opening 2nd pediatric ICU; full beds have forced hospital to send away 400 kids since 2015
- UNMC hopes to move Munroe-Meyer Institute near UNO campus, chancellor says
NORTH DAKOTA
- Clinics await appeal in North Dakota merger case
- Sanford Health to present at Vatican City conference
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Regional Health tightening its belt to address budget shortfall
- Sanford ‘a major part’ of breakthrough lung cancer study
- Sanford Health to present at Vatican City conference
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- St. Elizabeth’s reopens imaging center in Belleville as hospital demolition continues
- Helia Healthcare fined $32,500 over death of resident who wandered outside
- SSM Health Opens New Specialty Clinic in Centralia
- Hospital Officials Meet w/Legislators on Improvement Initiatives
- Chicago-area doctor had $248K in unauthorized expenses
- Illinois suspends BCBS from offering managed Medicaid plans
- NorthShore University HealthSystem names 3 new hospital presidents
INDIANA
- Mayor Jim Brainard demands details on secretive $1B St. Vincent, Ambrose project in Carmel
- Indiana University Health prepares for $1B transformation
- IU Health South Central Region names new chief medical officer
- IU Health Eyes Carmel Cancer Center
- St. Vincent Makes Promotion, Appointments
- Council advances city’s purchase of current hospital property
- East Central Indiana School Plugs Into Telehealth Tech
- Health-Focused Alliance Hitting The Road
- Beacon Health System becomes first in Indiana to deploy Quality Reviews’ real-time patient feedback tool
KENTUCKY
- UK HealthCare Opens New Kentucky Children’s Hospital Lobby, NICU
- London, Kentucky, Doctor Sentenced on Health Care Fraud
- ARH closes deal to purchase Saint Joseph Martin
- KentuckyOne Health sells 25-bed critical access hospital
- Eastern Ky. doctor convicted of federal health care fraud
- KentuckyOne Health announces affiliation agreement with Taylor Regional Hospital
- Hosparus Health unveils $1.3 million expansion of Inpatient Care Center in Louisville
- University of Kentucky unveils upgraded NICU including ‘circadian rhythm lighting’ in expansion
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Offering of Common Stock
MICHIGAN
- Detroit-area hospitals grew operating income $100M+ in 2016
- Henry Ford Health System cites wages, Epic implementation in net income drop
- At Lakeland Health, IT Leaders are “Changing the Storyline” on Cybersecurity and Seeing Significant Results
- Lawsuit: Michigan medical center let patients choose caregiver by race
- Ford expands on-demand medical shuttle service for Michigan health system
- Portage CEO looks forward to UP living
- Mercy Health to open portion of $271M facility in September
OHIO
- Court rules nursing homes can’t sue state over Medicaid decisions
- Community members gather to protest Good Sam closing
- Drake answers questions about search for new academic health care leader
- Shane Knisley is Fairfield Hospital’s new COO
- Ohio’s preparedness for health emergencies below national average
- TriHealth to tap IBM expertise with new $10M system
- Kettering Health Network building $60M hospital with surgery center
- Quality care to continue at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital
- Carver named CMO at Coshocton Regional Medical Center
- What to know about Dayton health care leadership changes
- Dayton-area doctor named president of Ohio’s largest physician association
- Cincinnati’s second-largest hospital fills C-suite position
WISCONSIN
- Versiti names new EVP & Chief Operating Officer
- Ascension faces mounting criticism over plan to cut services at St. Joseph hospital
- Police, DHS confirm new investigation into abuse allegations at assisted living facility
- Kenosha Community Health Center CEO resigns
- Ascension suspends controversial plan to scale back services at Milwaukee hospital
- Mayor Barrett, Ald. Hamilton applaud Ascension’s decision to ‘pause’ St. Joseph downsizing
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama meets national average in readiness for health emergencies
- Floyd Healthcare expresses interest in Centre, Alabama hospital
- Bham firm makes $15M deal in Indiana
- Medical Center Barbour CEO to retire
FLORIDA
- Southwest Florida doctors tapping counseling for burnout, stress management help
- Nemours among Orlando hospitals turning to video games for help
- New Program Targets Shortage of ER Physicians
- Former Suncoast Hospital patients worried about abandoned medical records
- Orlando medical supplier to pay $10M settlement after whistleblower suit
- Ave Maria clinic owner submits application to build 25-bed hospital
- Tampa health care IT firm expands with $1.8 million investment
- HCA challenges Lee Health’s ‘monopolistic dominance’ with plan for new Florida hospital
- New emergency room opens in Perdido Bay
- CHS selling spree goes on with Florida hospital sale
- Greenway Health adds 104 jobs at Florida headquarters
- Orlando Health opens fetal surgery program
- Florida Hospital to acquire Ocala hospital
- Florida appeal court backs Broward County hospital in malpractice suit
- Doctor proposes plan for Ave Maria hospital
- Florida Hospital Carrollwood spending $17.5 million to expand emergency department
- Florida Hospital Branches Out Into Marion County With New Acquisition
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital promotes Mindy Shikiar to COO
- Tampa General Hospital taps new COO: 3 things to note
- Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center CEO resigns
GEORGIA
- Callie Andrews is WellStar Cobb Hospital’s new president
- Healthcare group extends buying spree to Georgia
- Study to show hospital’s impact on economy in Candler County
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta opens first urgent care center inside the perimeter
- Regional Health Properties Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2017 Financial Results
- State tax credit program beneficial to rural hospitals
- Floyd Healthcare expresses interest in Centre, Alabama hospital
- Hospital thought it had answer for rural struggles. Now it’s in peril.
- Roundup: Hospitals in Georgia, Maine, New York kick off construction season
- Blue Cross Blue Shield and Piedmont Health strike deal, Gov. Deal says
- Health system added $616 million to area in 2016
- Emory Healthcare to launch ACO, bundled payment program with Walmart
MISSISSIPPI
- State Supreme Court orders Medicaid to pay $2M to hospitals
- Mississippi judge cuts troubled hospital pensions 25 percent
- Children’s of Mississippi collaborating with Memorial Hospital in Gulfport
- Mississippi eye practice reopens — 3 insights
NORTH CAROLINA
- Report: N Carolina Hospital Misdiagnosed More Cancer Cases
- Well Care Health plans to add more than 100 jobs as it expands in the Triad
- Physician-led health plan partners with CCPN ahead of NC Medicaid reform
- State suspends Laurinburg nursing home’s licence to operate for neglect
- UNC Health Care pushes forward in virtual care
- 10 things to know about Compass Surgical Partners
- Regional Surgical Specialists property, leased to Mission Health, sold for $5.3M
- UNC Health Care Unveils Virtual Care Service, UNC Urgent Care 24/7
- Simple one-page tool improves patient satisfaction with doctor visit
- As Atrium fight with doctor escalates, some employees are getting a big bonus
- Review: NC Emergency Health Preparedness Improving
- Atrium responds to Mecklenburg Medical Group’s new complaint on patient reassignment
- Mecklenburg Medical: Atrium’s practices ‘violate’ N.C. Med Board policy, ‘mislead’ patients
- Top of the List: Largest Triad Life-Science Firms
SOUTH CAROLINA
- 27 women at South Carolina hospital develop bacterial infection after surgery
- Carolinas Hospital System names new CEO
- MUSC running at ‘110 percent’ capacity partly because psych patients stuck in ER
- Lawsuits over deaths at Upstate nursing homes stopped by bankruptcy filing
- Patient files lawsuit against South Carolina hospital after acquiring bacterial infection
- Bluffton residents will soon have a shorter drive to an emergency room
- Five Family Medical Center offices to close next month
TENNESSEE
- Pediatric urgent care center opens at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital’s West Campus
- Health care CEO joins Nashville Predators’ ownership group
- CHS lays off more than 70 corporate employees
- Local exec named CEO of orthopedic urgent care venture
- EvidenceCare adds CFO
- CHS selling spree goes on with Florida hospital sale
- Ballad Health cutting 150 occupied jobs, 49 others through attrition
- 2 Tennessee healthcare executives charged in $4.6M kickback scheme
- Mark Kimball is Erlanger Murphy Medical Center’s new CEO
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Heart Hospital announces expansion
- Questions from public about hospital submitted to QC
- Northwest Health Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network, Aims To Improve Patient Care
- Eureka Springs Hospital CEO to resign in May
ARIZONA
- Nonprofit to break ground on $1.25M residential treatment center in Scottsdale
- Documentation at Phoenix Children’s saves time, money
- Hospital update focuses on end of Chapter 11 saga
- New University of Arizona Program Aims to Diversify Arizona’s Nursing Workforce
- Phoenix Children’s teamed up with Medicomp to refine the clinical documentation process
LOUISIANA
- LSU issues RFQ for Charity Hospital redevelopment
- Study: Louisiana Medicaid expansion program has $3.5B impact
- North Oaks Health System hires chief nursing officer
- Louisiana House debates budget with deep health care cuts
NEW MEXICO
- Health care organization with NM presence completes merger
- University of New Mexico selects 3 finalists for UNM Hospital CEO position
- Bailey Medical Center CEO named ‘CEO of the Year’; leads with passion, purpose
OKLAHOMA
- Bailey Medical Center CEO named ‘CEO of the Year’; leads with passion, purpose
- Doctors Question Push For More Independent Nurses As Lawmakers Consider How to Fill Health Gaps
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Close to Passing Medicaid Work Requirements
TEXAS
- Tenet all in on outpatient shift — 6 statistics behind it
- Texas Health Resources alerting patients to possible data breach
- Patient to sue Texas hospital that employed former nurse charged with murder
- SightLine Health to pay $11.5 million to settle kickback allegations
- DFW Grabs the Top Two Spots on Fortune’s Best Workplaces List for Healthcare
- How Dallas voters could get a chance to require private companies to offer paid sick leave
- Texas Home Health Care Owners Make OIG’s Most Wanted List
- Boston Hospital Operator Snags Space for Hundreds of Workers in Richardson
- Genesis selling off 2 dozen skilled nursing facilities in Texas
- Health-care companies got most venture funds in Houston in Q1
- Plano Company Inks Five-year Deal to Manage Struggling North Texas Hospital
- Texas Panhandle hospitals not experiencing nursing shortage despite national shortfall
- Texas hospital to shutter labor and delivery unit
- Tenet offers nurses up to $25k sign-on bonuses to solve shortage
- Texas health official resigns amid contracting errors
- Tenet beats class-action lawsuit stemming from kickback investigation
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Fort St. John Hospital Foundation parts ways with executive director
- SEARHC offers lifeboat to sinking Wrangell Medical Center
- St. Luke’s planning on $100 million hospital, while facilities in Montana and Alaska embark on projects of their own
- Consultants take pulse of Sitka hospital’s long-term needs
- Hofstetter named new CEO for Petersburg Medical Center
IDAHO
- Idaho hospital faces cash crunch after software glitch causes billing problems
- St. Luke’s Downtown expansion enters a new phase. What’s coming next, and after that
MONTANA
- Saint Peter’s Health updates community on hospital’s progress
- Bozeman hospital expansion aims to keep patients closer to family
- Hospital expansion improves health care for southwest Montana residents
- St. Luke’s planning on $100 million hospital, while facilities in Montana and Alaska embark on projects of their own
- Bozeman Health to lose $2.6 million due to state cuts
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare loses 2 execs — CFO resigns
OREGON
- OHSU Healthcare CEO tenders resignation 1 year into tenure
- Business Movers: Legacy Health hires Kathryn Correia as new CEO
- Health care exec challenges industry to spend a day listening to people
WASHINGTON
- HealthInsight and Qualis Health Announce Formal Merger Agreement
- Ex-Swedish Health surgeon suing Seattle Times over stories that led to his resignation
- Nursing to be most in-demand profession in Spokane, forecast says
WYOMING
- High Plains Surgical Center owner campaigning for Wyoming House seat
- Wyoming health facilities projects nearly underway
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Alignment Healthcare Names New President & Chief Operating Officer
- Sonoma West Medical Center at a crossroads after losing lucrative drug-screening revenue
- Prime Healthcare taps Dignity Health exec as new CIO
- CHA says proposed healthcare cost-setting bill could slash California hospitals’ annual revenues by at least $18B
- Proposed bill would allow California to set prices for private insurers
- California hospital sends 90-year-old patient home in cab without telling family
- Ucsf Health, John Muir Health To Open Berkeley Outpatient Center
- Allegations of a hospital chain’s ruthless price-fixing explain why you pay so much for healthcare
- ACGME strips California hospital’s accreditation for surgical residency program
- Kaiser Permanente in Roseville names Jordan Herget as Senior VP
- California medical device manufacturer reports breach of 30,000 consumers
- Tenet offers nurses up to $25k sign-on bonuses to solve shortage
- California hospitals must cough up millions to meet charity care obligations
- How Dignity Health, naviHealth partner to tackle bundled payments
COLORADO
- Medical office space booming as Denver market grows
- Colorado hospital terminates CFO days after ousting 2 execs, CEO
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central receives top trauma care status
- Surgeries Back On As Porter Hospital Officials Say ‘We’re Sorry’ After Infection Control Problems
- Firm that runs Cortez hospital fires top administrator, hires interim CEO
- As Freestanding ERs Proliferate, Colorado Lawmakers Finally Find Traction On Regulation
- UCHealth designated southern Colorado’s first trauma center
- Memorial Central Hospital in Colorado Springs gets highest trauma status
- Colorado enacts new assisted-living regulations despite business concerns
- Boulder’s bioscience industry growing to critical mass
UTAH
