NATIONAL
- MGMA calls for CMS to enforce health plans’ HIPAA compliance
- Senators Seek Solutions to Disappearing Rural EDs
- Health care CEOs lead the way in pay
- How Amazon’s digital health moves could affect providers
- Pfizer Settles False Claims Allegations for $24M
- 8 latest healthcare industry lawsuits
- Do Most Hospitals Benefit from Directly Employing Physicians?
- Is your hospital ready for the many challenges of precision medicine?
- A Cloudy HIT Policy Picture is Beginning to Clear Up
- IBM Watson Health Cuts Work Force, According to News Outlets
- 4 new types of healthcare deals we’re seeing
- Best Buy is looking into healthcare with an eye toward seniors
- Medicare readmission rates vary widely among BPCI Advanced conditions
- Home Health Ready to Fight Pre-Claim Review’s Dreaded Return
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Woman Gets $345,000 in Discrimination Suit With Hospital
- AFC urgent care centers, WCMG form partnership
- St. Vincent’s opens state-of-the-art lab
- Western CT Health Network aligns with urgent care provider
- CT: Opioid prescriptions in ‘17 down 14%
- Gov. Malloy inks two health care bills
MAINE
- Waldo County General Hospital begins emergency room construction project
- HealthInfoNet names Shaun Alfreds as CEO
- Penobscot Community Health Center adds infusion center
- Grand Rounds, a San Francisco-based startup, is staffing up in Lewiston
MASSACHUSETTS
- New report points out medical mistakes at Children’s Hospital
- Surgery center opens in Shrewsbury, promising more affordable care
- HealthAlliance expansion gets share of $109M windfall
- UMass-Reliant-Shields to open $31M Shrewsbury surgical center
- Steward Health Care pressured doctors to restrict referrals outside chain, suit says
- The cradle of biotech: Companies and people that made Mass. into the world’s biotech hub
- Former Brigham surgeon to lead UMass Memorial Medical Center
- UMass Memorial to close Leominster, Fitchburg services
- UMass Memorial gets $109M bond for renovations
- Baystate Franklin, nurses strike tentative labor deal
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire hospitals, state on cusp of a reset over payment dispute
- New Hampshire officials, hospitals arrange 7-year deal over uncompensated care
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock to get increase from NH for uncompensated care
NEW YORK
- Roswell Park now $1M closer to Central New York site
- Viewpoint: State-mandated nurse ratios would hurt patient safety
- New York will spend millions on advanced manufacturing, health care workforce programs
- NYP CEO Corwin on flirting with Amazon, telemedicine and AI
- No more rented offices for city hospitals, chief says
- New York City physician sues former patient for $1M over negative Yelp review
RHODE ISLAND
- Partners Healthcare has finalised a deal to acquire Care New England
- R.I.‘s $2.8-billion in Medicaid spending a ‘worthwhile investment,’ report says
- South County Health president & CEO announces retirement
- Women & Infants appoints new president and COO
- University Orthopedics opens East Providence facility
VERMONT
- UVM Medical Center recognized for environmental efforts
- Keene Medical reverses course and will continue partnership with Vermont Medicaid
- UVM Medical Center gets green light to purchase $22M in nearby property
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Unity Health Relocates DC HQ
- The Stanley Cup game plan for MedStar? Keep the Caps healthy.
- 11 Greater Washington companies win spots on $1B military health contract
MARYLAND
- Judge gives Anne Arundel Medical Center the green light for a cardiac ASC
- Trio of Maryland health bills signed into law
- Maryland Health Connection gears up for 2018 health insurance enrollment
NEW JERSEY
- Wise to Retire from HMC, Hunterdon Healthcare System
- Deckmann named CEO of CarePoint Health
- OneHealth information network gains first member
- Conspirator gets prison term in massive health fraud scheme
- New Jersey hospital nurses bring in federal mediator after authorizing strike
- Murphy signs individual health care mandate law
- Former drug company sales rep admits bribing NJ doctors
- Bayshore Medical Center reopens ICU after fire and water damage
- CarePoint Health taps former Optum exec as CEO
PENNSYLVANIA
- Is your loved one in a nursing home? We want to hear from you
- Pennsylvania rural hospitals to pilot global payment model
- The CEO of a Philadelphia ACO Shares Her Perspectives on the Path Forward for Patient Engagement
- Lehigh Valley health care providers march toward telehealth, but insurers slow to follow
- Lancaster nursing home formerly run by Skyline has a new operator
- Workforce shortages challenge local healthcare providers
- Penn State Health to acquire another medical practice, this one focused on cancer
- How the opioid crisis is changing how Philadelphia emergency room doctors care for patients
- Makosky named CEO of Fulton County hospital
- Pennsylvania hospitals sue Penn-affiliated hospital for $9 million in ‘bogus’ claims
- Berks nursing home among those sold to new owners
- Telemedicine approach improves genetic counseling at community-based cancer care
- Jefferson CEO makes list of ‘most creative’ people in business
- Software helps Pennsylvania Dermatology Partners with patient engagement
- Pharmacists help reduce hospital readmissions at Einstein Philadelphia
- WellSpan opening second Lancaster County urgent care center
- Dauphin County health care information firm names new executive team
- Fulton County Medical Center names new CEO
- Somerset Hospital promotes COO to CEO
VIRGINIA
- Virginia set to expand Medicaid, pass state budget
- Medarva West Creek Surgery Center undergoes expansion
- Gridlock over: Virginia lawmakers approve Medicaid expansion
WEST VIRGINIA
- Raleigh General doctor completes 500 da Vinci surgeries
- St. Joseph’s Hospital named one of the safest in West Virginia
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- University of Iowa Health Care asks for help collecting bills
- Iowa Medicaid has been overbilled $25 million, but the state’s collection efforts have serious flaws
- UI Health Care names new CFO
- Mercy psychiatric hospital sought for Clive, would operate as joint venture
- Keller named chief medical officer of Mercy
KANSAS
- Tyson grant to aid Kearny County Hospital
- ‘It does something for your soul’: St. Francis wound center treats whole person
- Wesley names new chief financial officer
MINNESOTA
- St. Luke’s Health Care swings to black in Q1
- Paramedic and EMT shortage being felt in Southeastern Minnesota
- Minnesota asks Medicaid to pay for more drug treatment
- $800 million Essentia Health campus plans progress
- Call it reconstructive surgery: $800M Duluth hospital project is record for city’s downtown
- Mayo Clinic Switching Approach to Rural Health Care in Adams
- Dayton signs off on scaled-back Regions Hospital expansion plan
- Smiths in talks to merge Minnesota-based medical-device business with California company
- Hennepin County Medical Center’s VP of Revenue Cycle Niobis Queiro shares tips for gaining physician buy-in
MISSOURI
- For Missouri heart attack patients, the nearest hospital isn’t always the best
- Missouri hospital closure problematic for expectant mothers
- Chesterfield pediatrics administrator gets probation after embezzling $140,000
- McCaskill Calls For Federal Investigation Of Billing Practices At Missouri Hospital
- Bothwell Regional Health Center hires vice president of clinic operations
- What hospitals, payers, and pharma think about buying generic drugs from Intermountain’s startup
- CHS’ plan to close Missouri hospital leaves expectant mothers scrambling to find care
- Nurse says she was harassed for trying to break up union in Kansas City
- Dr. Anthony Tersigni: Innovative care models are new catalysts to transforming healthcare
NEBRASKA
- CHI, Nebraska Medicine team up to stop violence
- Amid lawsuits alleging inadequate care, will Douglas County stand by jail’s medical provider?
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Orange City hospital to acquire local physical therapy center
- Avera Health names South Dakota native new president and CEO
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Area hospitals recognized for patient, employee satisfaction
- Column: Cook County Hospital redevelopment nears starting line, with $135 million in financing
- OSF HealthCare St. Anthony Medical Center VP named to Becker’s 100 list
- Advocate Aurora Health planning to build new hospital, clinics in Racine County
- Epic defends UI Health contract amid Cerner dispute
- Illinois hospitals’ tax exemptions at risk in court case
- Cook County Health and Hospitals System in Chicago reaches HIMSS Analytics Stage 7
- First month at Chicago adult trauma center a busy one
- Jury orders Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center to pay $2.7 million in damages over wrongful death suit
INDIANA
- Methodist Hospital of Henderson continues discussing affiliation with Deaconess
- Kentucky Hospital Weighing Affiliation With Deaconess
- Indianapolis science institute gets $33M for health research
- Community Health Foundation Receives $2.5M Grant
- Indianapolis medical device firm plans $26M HQ in Whitestown
- Calls for transparency as Methodist Hospital discusses future
- Blackford, Jay hospitals announce leadership changes
- Former Anthem Employee Charged in Fraud Scheme
- IU Health Makes Leadership Changes
- St. Vincent to pay $15K in disability discrimination lawsuit
- St. Vincent doctor fires back after hospital’s decision to close his practice
- Southwest IN Flexes Life Science Muscle
- Anthem Agrees to Add Palliative Care Provider
- Indiana hospital to close obstetrics unit May 31
- IU Health Blackford Hospital President Steven West to retire
KENTUCKY
- Methodist Hospital of Henderson continues discussing affiliation with Deaconess
- Kindred, Humana Crack Fortune 500 List for 2018
- Calls for transparency as Methodist Hospital discusses future
- Surgeon, entrepreneur donates $2.5 million to Louisville-area hospital foundation
- Kentucky Hospital Weighing Affiliation With Deaconess
- Bevin and Foundation For A Healthy Ky. to Announce Medicaid Waiver Partnership
- Cave City practicing physician and others indicted by a federal grand jury
- Bevin Teams With Nonprofit To Implement Kentucky Medicaid Changes
- TLRMC designated as level IV Trauma Center
- Humana sues government to keep secrets of its $45B Tricare contract confidential
MICHIGAN
- DCHS: Still viable, looking to future
- DCHS continues search for regional healthcare partner
- Strata Oncology raises $26 million in latest funding round
- Wayne State, Henry Ford deep in affiliation talks
- Henry Ford Health System, Wayne State University discussing potential affiliation
- Ascension to invest $50M in 3 Michigan health systems
- DCHS reassuring public of care standards
- Meridian Health, Michigan’s largest Medicaid provider, bought for $2.5B
- Intermountain, University of Michigan advance precision medicine for cardiovascular care, cancer
- WellCare to Acquire Meridian for $2.5 Billion
- What hospitals, payers, and pharma think about buying generic drugs from Intermountain’s startup
- McLaren Oakland names new CFO
- Michigan bill would change how state funds Medicaid share
- Chuck Sherwin to serve as president of MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena
OHIO
- Berger Health starts formal merger talks to become OhioHealth’s 12th hospital
- Lake Health presses on as finances turn around
- Ohio universities to end nursing partnership program
- Data breach at Aultman Hospital may have compromised some patients’ personal information
- Cincinnati Eye Institute to expand nationally
- Akron Children’s Hospital Foundation announces new board president, members
- Class action lawsuit filed against Premier Health, surgeon
- Cleveland Clinic spinoff is at the center of efforts to remake the operating room
- UH Richmond completes emergency department renovation
- Ohio’s Hospice in Dayton expands coverage with new affiliate
- Five Rivers Health Centers CEO talks Good Sam, new services and expanded hours
- Premier Health closing Warren County emergency center in July
- Nationwide Children’s spending more on research, but increased grants, philanthropy temporarily reduced need for subsidies
- Cleveland Clinic’s Lakewood Family Health Center set for July opening
- Alliance Community Hospital CEO to retire, ending 21-year tenure
- Cleveland Clinic looks to rein in costs as Q1 operating income dips 22%
WISCONSIN
- Froedtert Health to build a ‘neighborhood’ hospital in Mequon
- Doctors bring health care back to the basics
- Advocate Aurora Health Care Plans $250 Million Hospital Complex
- Children’s Hospital takes big-picture view of mission
- SSM Health St. Clare Hospital improves children’s hearing exams in Wisconsin Dells
- DWD: Interim HealthCare of Wisconsin closes Madison facility, impacting 98 employees
- Agnesian HealthCare announces Tami Schattschneider promotion
- Propeller health announces $20M funding round, strategic partnership with Aptar Pharma
- Froedtert Health: New 8-bed ‘neighborhood’ hospital will free up beds at flagship facility
- GE Healthcare teams with Tampa hospital to create artificial intelligence data center
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Hospital in west Alabama receives $2 million grant
- $40M Cancer Center on track to open May 2019
- Health care options shrink as rural Southern hospitals close their doors
FLORIDA
- Jacksonville pain-management clinic agrees to pay $1.2 million federal claim
- MedExpress Opening Neighborhood Medical Center in Vero Beach
- Friday Editorial: UF Health Jacksonville has a growing impact — and a promising leader
- Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center names Trey Abshier CEO
- USF Health Endoscopy and Surgery Center achieves AAAHC accreditation
- Julia Truman named COO of Orange Park Medical Center
- Physical therapists look to expand role
- Walgreens may be building the store of the future in Florida — but Wall Street is skeptical
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital earnings down as it considers merger
- WellCare to Acquire Meridian for $2.5 Billion
- How AI command centers are helping hospitals harness analytics to manage operations
- Virginia couple commit $6 million to Cleveland Clinic Florida for orthopedic advancements
- Orange Park Medical Center selects new COO
- Aetna, newborn physician firms embroiled in legal battle over payments
GEORGIA
- Emory Healthcare to launch technology innovation hub
- University Hospital’s president Bowcutt calls it a career
- Hospital system invests $3M to bring more skilled nursing beds onto campus
- Pricing in health is complex, ‘even for those of us who live and breathe it’ — 3 questions with Emory Healthcare Director of Revenue Management Keri Bennett
- St. Francis Hospital taps new COO
- WellStar Avalon Health Park Breaks Ground On June 4
MISSISSIPPI
- OCH Regional Medical Center moves one step closer to choosing a hospital system to affiliate with
- How a Mississippi practice went from near bankruptcy to thriving in the black
- Health care options shrink as rural Southern hospitals close their doors
NORTH CAROLINA
- Columbus Regional to shift to Cerner Millennium platform
- Rehab clinic faces multiple NC investigations for forced labor, putting elderly at risk
- North Carolina Health System to Launch Cerner EHR Implementation
- New UNC cancer clinic open in Rockingham
- Pardee Hospital seeks to add C-section operating room
- Health care options shrink as rural Southern hospitals close their doors
- Higher expenses lowers Wake Forest Baptist excess revenue totals
- From data analytics to drug discounts? Triad firm launches prescription plan
- Novant Health reports 71.4 percent drop in excess revenue the first quarter
SOUTH CAROLINA
- University of South Carolina Nursing Program Helps Nurses Stay In Their Communities
- S.C.’s universities and hospitals are exempt from taxes. Should they pay up?
- Health care options shrink as rural Southern hospitals close their doors
- Court Slaps $114M Judgment in Lab Kickback Scheme
- Roper St. Francis founding members investing $50 million into health system
TENNESSEE
- CEO: $31M for Horizon facilities shows confidence in Dickson Co.
- Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System has invested millions for medical care in the Lakeway Area
- Quorum details CEO exit payoff
- Memphis, Nashville health orgs plan to consolidate
- Erlanger releases rendering of proposed ER in Bradley County
- Saint Thomas rolls out Tennessee’s first artificial heart program
- West Tennessee Healthcare approves $90M loan to finalize Tennova facilities purchase
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center points to Epic rollout for 60% drop in operating income
- 4 things to know about Quorum Health CEO’s departure
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Heart Hospital plans branch in Bryant
- Judge: Doctor can’t piggy-back on nursing home’s arbitration in overfeeding death
- Hospital plan would extend expansion
- Skyline Health to Exit Nursing Home Industry
ARIZONA
- Arizona ranks 31st out of 50 states in health, well-being of seniors in national report
- Banner Health’s net income plunges 55% in Q1
- Minnesota the latest state to sue this Arizona opioid maker
LOUISIANA
- East Jefferson General Hospital looking to make massive partnership deal
- Lafayette physicians first in the state to utilize robot technology for spinal surgery
- University Medical Center ramps up efforts to protect funding from potential cuts
- Hospital operator says state budget could be a matter of life and death
- St. Francis recognized for high quality in maternity care
- Proposals to redevelop Charity Hospital will come from 3 teams LSU has picked
NEW MEXICO
- Emergency room visits leveling off at ABQ hospitals
- Derrick Cuenca to be CEO for MountainView Regional Medical Center
OKLAHOMA
- Stillwater’s Plasma Bionics named Oklahoma Venture Forum’s ‘Most Promising New Business’
- State Health Department’s financial reality apparently withheld by top leaders even from finance officials
- How Integris Health fortified data security with identity governance
- Saint Francis investing $22 million in updated technology
- Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee to install new Epic EHR for $16M
- Norman Regional names chief nursing officer
TEXAS
- Tenet Subsidiary Teams With Florida Clinic To Buy Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Medical City Affiliate CareNow Opens Urgent Care Facility in Las Colinas
- Tenet Board Appoints Two Independent Directors
- Brownfield Regional Medical Center closes Dr. Tedford’s medical practice until further notice
- Memorial Hermann Names New CFO, Sets Off Chain of Promotions
- Houston Methodist cancer center offers comprehensive care
- Methodist Health System Signs Facilities Management Deal With JLL
- Texas Children’s operating income nearly triples in first half of fiscal year
- Will a Payer’s New ER Policy Give Telehealth a Boost in Texas?
- Tenet Health revamps board, points to signs of possible turnaround
- Telemedicine Begins Expanding in North Texas
- Dallas-based Health Insurance Company For Senior Market Grows Through Acquisition
- Hospital CEO search down to 2
- UT Health East Texas EMS files motion to dismiss ambulance monopoly lawsuit
- Texas’s health system performance among worst in nation
- St. David’s North Austin Medical Center taps new COO
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- State juggles Medicaid payments to stretch out funding
- Report shows Alaska’s health system performance continues to need improvement
- Bill would increase health care price transparency for Alaskans
- Number of complaints against South Peninsula Hospital dept. manager grows
- Healthcare price disclosure aimed at high costs, but is no silver bullet
IDAHO
- Idaho’s rural doctor shortage: The problem persists, but residency programs and the internet offer hope for a solution
- Nampa officials break ground on new first responders facility
- Officials: Idaho’s rural EMS agencies need help
OREGON
- OHSU to participate in clinical trial for potentially ‘life-transforming’ drug
- OHSU, Sky Lakes break ground on $50M education-clinic project in Klamath Falls
WASHINGTON
- 3 Reasons Providence St. Joseph, Ascension Didn’t Merge
- Healthcare startup Qliance files for bankruptcy, lists more than 100 creditors — including CEO’s new company
- Direct primary care group files for bankruptcy after abruptly closing clinics
- Kadlec health system promotes chief administrative officer to CEO
WYOMING
- Memorial Hospital receives feedback in surveys
- Wyoming Medical Center pays $37M for Mountain View Regional Hospital
- Former candidate for CCH board asks hospital to arm staff
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Bill to create health care price controls in California dies
- Marin Healthcare District physicians’ annual fees raise eyebrows
- Report: Workforce needed to fill growing demand for SoCal health care services professionals
- California hospital designed from child’s point of view
- 3,506 California healthcare workers petition for 15% cap on hospital overcharges, target Stanford Health Care
- Molina Healthcare CFO Joseph White to retire; Thomas Tran to take over
- Loma Linda University Health promotes Angela Lalas to CFO
- Kaiser CIO Dick Daniels breaks down the virtual patient-physician relationship
COLORADO
- How is Anthem’s outpatient imaging policy being received in Colorado?
- Air medical services working to keep care available to rural patients in Colorado
- Evans Army Community Hospital welcomes new boss
- Colorado Springs Launches Medical Tourism Website
- Aspen hospital is launching new initiative to reduce opioids
- Health records on iPhone now available to Centura Health’s patients
HAWAII
NEVADA
UTAH
- Intermountain, University of Michigan advance precision medicine for cardiovascular care, cancer
- What hospitals, payers, and pharma think about buying generic drugs from Intermountain’s startup
- ‘These doctors are keeping my baby girl healthy’: DRMC opens new pediatric center
- Intermountain Healthcare launches ‘first of its kind’ study of premature births
- Medicaid expansion qualifies for ballot in Utah
- Merit Medical Announces Leadership Change and Appointment of Interim CFO
