NATIONAL
- AHA Seeks Changes to Stark Law to Support Care Coordination
- How Hospital Merger and Acquisition Activity is Changing Healthcare
- CMS seeks chief health informatics officer to lead HIT efforts
- Former HHS leaders: Stark and anti-kickback laws ‘harm the very patients they are supposed to protect’
- What healthcare CFOs should know about artificial intelligence, machine learning and chatbots
- Only 43% of physicians know their compensation includes value-based pay
- GAO finds most 340B hospitals are rural, critical access
- In a blow to PBMs, Trump administration mulling overhaul to drug rebate safe harbor protections
- CMS readies potential fix to risk adjustment payments
- Google nabs former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove
- Hospital mergers pose safety risks
- MGMA outlines 3 key components of opioid prescribing policies
- CMS Administrator Seema Verma names new leadership team to lead value-based transformation
- For-profit hospital operators by the numbers: A look at HCA, Tenet, CHS, LifePoint and UHS
- Recruitment incentives for cardiologists at ‘unprecedented’ levels
- Physician Credentialing Poses Problems. Can Blockchain Help?
- CMS rule proposes site neutral payments, extends 340B cuts
- Healthcare responds to CMS’ proposed outpatient payment rule
- Leapfrog updates hospital safety grade methodology
- Congress considers 340B changes
- Telehealth: Healthcare’s biggest opportunity and biggest challenge
- After insurers’ uproar, CMS to resume risk-adjustment payments
- Meet CMS’ new leadership team
- 4 quick notes about CMS’ new chief of staff
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Top executive to leave Wallingford-based Gaylord Hospital
- Primary-care physicians in short supply in Connecticut
- Residents join in opposition against proposed closure of Bradley Hospital
- CEO of Gaylord Specialty Healthcare in Wallingford to retire
- Report: Physician group, senior housing 2Q M&A up sharply
MAINE
- Lawmakers await details on LePage’s plan for hospital tax to fund Medicaid expansion
- Bridgton Hospital lashes out at corporate parent
- Bridgton Hospital medical staff votes no confidence in CEO of parent company
- Maine ambulance company to pay $17K in insurance fraud case
- Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine renew 10-Year partnership
- Two Maine hospitals among top 100 ‘great community hospitals’ in U.S.
- Maine Medical Center’s community benefit? $260M in FY 2017
- MaineGeneral eyes Gardiner’s Brunswick Avenue for new facility
MASSACHUSETTS
- OSHA investigating worker’s death at Massachusetts hospital
- Providence Behavioral Health Hospital staff decry cuts at Holyoke facility: ‘These are units of last resort’
- Medical records for Northampton dermatology center were improperly disposed of over 5 year period, clinic says
- Massachusetts community hospitals may get $330M from new tax — Here’s why urgent care groups oppose it
- Health New England president and CEO Maura McCaffrey steps down
- $19M cancer facility to be built on Elliot Hospital campus
- New England Baptist CEO Trish Hannon to retire
- Three healthcare leaders to leave their positions
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Memorial Hospital CEO announces plan for retirement
- New Hampshire-based Memorial Hospital CEO to retire in October
NEW YORK
- Nursing home signs ‘groundbreaking contract,’ doles out bonuses to staffers for cutting back bed sores
- New ‘Slingshot Health’ website allows patients to name their own price for medical care
- Bed plan at downtown hospital to follow trends
- The Mount Sinai Hospital receives accreditation as geriatric emergency department
- Why this New York hospital is tight-lipped about interim CEO’s contract during exec search
- Eastern Niagara Hospital taps Lockport mayor as new CEO
- Westfield Memorial Hospital names new president
RHODE ISLAND
- Other hospitals preparing for possible patient surge during RI Hospital nursing strike
- Patients concerned over looming Lifespan nurses strike
- $10M spent on temp staff for strike next week, Lifespan says
- Hospital operator begins using temporary workers amid strike
- AARP Report: Medicare contributes $2.5B to Rhode Island economy
- Rhode Island Hospital resumes hospital to hospital transfers, UNAP strike continues
VERMONT
- Progress For Nurses And Vermont Hospital, But No Contract
- Nurses’ union and hospital meet but much work left
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Nemours Children’s Health: Deploying Technology to Meet Consumers Where They Are
- How hospitals are riding Sussex County’s massive ‘gray wave’
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC police give all-clear at Washington Hospital Center after earlier report of a threat
- Providence hospital will end acute care as it pursues ‘health village’ plan
- Ascension-owned hospital will shift to ‘community-focused’ healthcare in D.C.
MARYLAND
- Maryland health regulator expands hospital price transparency efforts
- Maryland hospital to shut down, be replaced with freestanding facility
- Maryland broadens hospital price transparency initiative
- Upper Chesapeake looks elsewhere for new medical center site, considers Aberdeen
- Maryland Lagging Behind In Quality of Care for Nursing Home Residents
NEW JERSEY
- What’s behind New Jersey’s growing nursing shortage?
- Hunterdon Healthcare System names Dr. Robert J. Cody interim president and CEO
- Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health create new academic health system
- The public hospital that wanted to cut pediatrics? People got mad. Now, that plan has changed.
- Big hospital chain pledges $1B to boost medical research with Rutgers in N.J.
- New Jersey hospital tables plan to outsource pediatric services after clinicians’ rebuke
- NJ pounds UnitedHealthcare with $2.5M fine, biggest in 9 years
PENNSYLVANIA
- Exclusive: New hospital owners to add St. Christopher’s presence at Hahnemann in Center City
- Construction of Allegheny Health Network hospital set to begin in Harmar
- Conemaugh Health System Names Bill Caldwell CEO
- Pennsylvania long-term care facility to shutter, lay off 122 employees
- Allegheny Health Network outpatient center opens near Fox Chapel
- Coordinated Health to build hospital near Scranton
- Clair Hospital to build $142 million outpatient center
- Valarie Jackson named President of Westfield Memorial Hospital
- UPMC Pinnacle unveils newest neurosurgery practice, welcomes 3 surgeons
- Reading Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center
- Pittsburgh hospital’s historic $142M expansion powered by 130% outpatient growth
- Children’s Hospital names new leadership for research, surgical programs
- UHS sees jump in net income, ups reserve for DOJ investigation to $43M
- City postpones vote on $2B UPMC hospital expansion plan amid protests
- Pennsylvania long-term care facility to shutter, lay off 122 employees
VIRGINIA
- In Holston Medical Group’s March to Value, an HIE Proves Mission Critical
- Bon Secours, Mercy unveil merger details
- Virginia hospital wins challenge to Medicaid payment rule
- New cancer center planned, but Fauquier Health officials mum on the details
- Sentara Healthcare commits $130 million in financial support for the Eastern Virginia Medical School
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Candidates announced for hospital CEO
- Iowa hospital closes most units indefinitely from tornado damage
- Des Moines hospitals counter critical psychiatrist shortage by training their own
- State Board’s OK Propels Hospital Plans for Cancer Center
- Mercy Behavioral Health Hospital gets green light to build in Clive
KANSAS
- Fire Marshal: Via Christi St. Joseph hospital fire an accident
- $1.4 Million in Medical Bills Erased by Donation
- Kansas Medical Center building 13K-square-foot ASC
- Shawnee Mission Health picks contractor for OP facility
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota nurses union, hospital association spar over complaints of staffing shortages
- UnitedHealth eyes Tenet’s healthcare management business, WSJ reports
- Lyft, Hitch Health pilot cuts no-shows at Hennepin Health clinic by more than 20%
- Minneapolis hospital’s experiment in sedating patients without consent raises ethical concerns
- How did Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Umesh Sharma adapt to new patient expectations? He accepted he is ‘in the business of treating people with medical problems’
MISSOURI
- Is there renewed hope for Medicaid expansion in Missouri?
- Couple wins $1.36 million negligence verdict from SSM Health Care after woman loses fetus
- Washington University banks on trend, announces medical apprenticeship program
- Rural Hospital Closings In Missouri Reach Critical Level
- Dunklin County group seeks sales and property tax for hospital; impact to St. Bernards unknown
- After 10-month nationwide search, Children’s Mercy names new CEO
- Saint Luke’s CEO is next chair of national hospital group
NEBRASKA
- Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center adds physical therapy to comprehensive care list
- Fremont Health, Methodist partnership gets approval from county board
- Nebraska Congressman helps introduce legislation for rural emergency care
- Fremont Health, NMHS partnership finalized
- Hospital board dissatisfied with quoted cost for facility
- Methodist Health System appoints CIO, foundation CEO
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Rapid City-based Regional Health abruptly changes leadership
- Avera Health COO to retire at the end of July
- Sanford Health dedicates $6M Sanford House in Sioux Falls
- Sanford plans new heart center, bone marrow transplant program as part of Fargo growth plan
- Sioux Falls hospital system unveils Sanford House, a shrine to benefactor T. Denny Sanford
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Surgical hospital’s sale stalled as Chicago firm demands cut of profits, lawsuit says
- Advocate Aurora Health plans first post-merger bond sale
- Tenet completes exit of Chicago market with 3-hospital sale
- Change in law allows doctors to hire more physician assistants in Illinois
- Aledo nursing home fined $50,000 for violations
- Rockford hospital becomes only state-designated children’s hospital in area
- NorthShore’s Dr. Peter Hulick discusses the hospital’s genetic testing program
INDIANA
- Lankowicz named CMO at Saint Joseph Health System
- Health care column: Purdue Fort Wayne, Lutheran Health team up
- University of Southern Indiana Expands Primary Care Nursing With $2M Grant
- Vincent to integrate parent Ascension’s name into branding
- Health Ed Company Expanding in Carmel
- Chrysler creates primary care clinic exclusive to employees
- Franciscan Health’s new Munster Cancer Center brings Incredible Technology to Northwest Indiana
- Anthem Profit Jumps
- Indiana University South Bend, Healthlinc open new clinic
- Drugmaker Lilly plans IPO for part of animal health business
- Drug Czar Launches Statewide Opioid Coalition
KENTUCKY
- CMS revives Kentucky waiver debate, puzzling legal experts
- Christ Hospital appeals court’s decision to block Ft. Mitchell development
- Lourdes Hospital in Paducah Changes Name To Mercy Health
- Kentucky Restores Dental, Vision Insurance For Some Medicaid Recipients
- The Christ Hospital files notice of appeal of CON decision that blocks Drawbridge surgery center
- Trilogy Health exec moves to another Louisville company
- Baptist Health names Patrick Falvey COO
- 6 things to know about Humana’s heavily guarded pharmacy
MICHIGAN
- McLaren Oakland to open $14 million inpatient cancer unit
- Sparrow Ionia Hospital adds 3 board members
- Helen Newberry Joy Hospital awarded $65,000 to improve health in Upper Peninsula
- $1 million robot brings greater precision to surgery at St. Mary’s
- Michigan hospital, 3 patient relatives must mediate Facebook post lawsuit
- Grand Valley, Michigan State partner to help solve physician shortage
- Metro Health designated as a comprehensive stroke center
- Duggan named regional president of Ascension Michigan’s northern ministries
- UP Health makes move for DCHS
- Judge delays decision on Flint charges against Michigan health chief
- Health system acquires physician group
- Drug maker creating 450 jobs
- Ascension Michigan selects Northern ministries’ regional president
OHIO
- Premier expanding Englewood hospital as Good Samaritan closes in Dayton
- 5 things you need to know about Good Samaritan Hospital’s final days
- Kettering Health to build larger Troy hospital than first planned
- Cleveland Clinic pushing population health
- Good Samaritan Hospital officially closes
- Christ Hospital continues fight for $24M ASC
- Steward Hospitals Add App to Expedite Triage
- Bon Secours, Mercy unveil merger details
- Google nabs former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove
- Future of Cincinnati Shriners Hospital uncertain as pediatric burns decrease
- Cleveland Clinic’s new CEO is poised to confront health care’s greatest threats
- How Mercy Health consolidated its supply chain
- Mercy Health’s boss named to lead new system after merger with Bon Secours of Maryland
- Countdown: Central Ohio’s busiest ERs show impact of freestanding facilities
- OhioHealth pausing after opening four freestanding ERs in six months
- Premier Health establishes new cardiovascular institute
- One of Cincinnati’s largest hospitals mum on how it could change patient care
- TriHealth reveals $56M expansion on West Side
- UC Health taps new chief privacy officer
WISCONSIN
- Advocate Aurora Health plans first post-merger bond sale
- Health care providers continue to build in high-growth areas
- New president, CEO named at HSHS St. Clare hospital
- Wisconsin sees decline in medical care providers
- Marshfield Medical Center Eau Claire opens its doors
- New Marshfield hospital’s first patient gives birth to first baby delivered at facility
- Oconto Falls hospital names next CEO
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin partnering with Ascension All Saints
- Ascension All Saints Hospital signs contract with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to provide physicians
- Marshfield CEO recognized among top 50 most influential physician executive, leader
- Children’s Hospital physicians to provide care at Ascension All Saints Hospital
- Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s working to become tertiary care hospital
- Ascension’s shuttered Wisconsin hospital picked up by Froedtert Health
- Ascension hospital ends pediatric physician agreement with Advocate, contracts Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Mobile-area healthcare whistleblower suit brings $10 million settlement
- Possible hospital merger could have a big impact in Florence
- UAB awarded $45 million grant from NIH
- 2K patients may receive up to $150K in settlements after Flowers Hospital data breach
FLORIDA
- Mayor Pitches $120 Million For UF Health Jacksonville As Hospital Braces For Other Cuts
- This Florida children’s hospital was just named ‘Most Beautiful Hospital.’ Here’s a look at it
- Baptist Health opens its doors in Miami Beach
- Orlando Health to break ground on $42M Lake Mary medical complex
- Secret team to ‘kill the old healthcare model’ launches at Florida Hospital
- Hospital District’s investments feel sting of trade war in Q2
- Government sides with whistleblower’s effort to extract $350M from Consulate
- Health Net Federal Services laying off 131 Tampa workers handling managed care for veterans
- Florida healthcare plan must repay $5.75 mln to Medicare – judge
- UF Health Jacksonville could get $120M for capital improvements
- Nemours Children’s Health System selects inaugural chief marketing officer
GEORGIA
- Georgia hospital to close July 26
- SGMC breaks with cardiologists
- Gwinnett Medical Center’s Phil Wolfe honored by Georgia Hospital Association
- Emory Johns Creek Hospital plans $61 million expansion
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi is considering health care as an economic driver
- New Merit Health CEO takes helm of hospital
- Mississippi hospital shuts down ER, unable to pay employees
NORTH CAROLINA
- Luke’s Hospital receives funding for Saluda Family Medicine
- Hospital CEO Bill Caldwell leaving Wilson for new job in Pennsylvania
- Novant Health Forsyth selects new president, COO
- Luke’s Hospital names chief nursing officer
- New office sites set for dozens of doctors who are leaving Atrium Health
- Blue Cross to pay NC patients up to $500 rebate for choosing cheaper doctor
- How Did Mission’s Non-Profit Leaders Choose to Dance With the Huge For-Profit HCA
- 3 years later: Closure of Pungo Hospital spurs healthcare, financial, concerns in Belhaven
- New health foundation to form following Mission sale
- LifePoint Health to merge with RCCH Healthcare Partners
- Families find alternatives after Atrium Health split
- Tryon Medical Partners accepting patients as they prepare for opening
- New office sites set for dozens of doctors who are leaving Atrium Health
- New president and COO named for Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
- Atrium Health bumps pay for 9,000 nurses
- Physicians leaving Atrium Health will open 8 offices
SOUTH CAROLINA
- A Hilton Head doctor risked it all to blow the whistle on a national Medicare fraud
- $35M behavioral health center in North Charleston gets preliminary approval
- Trident Medical Center one step closer to building new mental health treatment facility
- MUSC gets OK to build 128-bed hospital in Summerville
- Urgent care venture buys in South Carolina
- DHEC gives green light to 2 Lowcountry medical projects
TENNESSEE
- CHS to sell Arkansas system
- Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital is getting a dog, and it might reduce costs
- From the Editor: HCA changed health care, and redefined a city
- Apollo to spend $5.6B on rural hospital chain LifePoint
- In Holston Medical Group’s March to Value, an HIE Proves Mission Critical
- Report: Nashville hospital company in $6B sale talks
- Why Community Health Systems, Inc. Jumped 14.4% Today
- Erlanger among the top hospitals in the US for emergency room visits
- Nashville Health Care Council announces 2018-19 board of directors
- JMH has $13 million impact
- Houston County awaiting lease agreement to finalize deal with company to operate hospital
- Murfreesboro health firm lands $4.3 million investment
- HCA’s Milton Johnson: ‘I don’t feel compelled’ to make a big acquisition
- How A Tight Labor Market Is Boosting HCA’s Profits
- Urgent care venture buys in South Carolina
- Hospital expects few changes in LifePoint merger
- Landmark study: Some Tennessee congressional districts highest in opioid prescription rate
- TriStar set to open $96 million joint-replacement center
- HCA turns 50: 7 facts about the hospital giant
- Holston Valley Medical Center CEO resigns
- CHS sees net loss narrow to $110M, pursues $2B hospital divestiture plan
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- CHS to sell Arkansas system
- Nursing Shortage in Saline County Targeted in New Program
- New Hospital Administrator Named at Baptist Health NLR
- Baptist Health Buying 2 Arkansas Hospitals
- Arkansas hospital to shutter urgent care, rheumatology clinics
- Dunklin County group seeks sales and property tax for hospital; impact to St. Bernards unknown
ARIZONA
- Banner Health’s Tucson computer conversion yielded reports of medical errors
- Florida health care company bringing up to 200 jobs to Phoenix area
- Abrazo Health micro-hospital going up in East Mesa
- Medical errors reported during computer conversion at Banner Health’s Tucson facilities
- Public comment sought on proposed hospital project in Whiteriver
- Banner Health $45M Cerner EHR Replacement Led to Medical Errors
LOUISIANA
- Area hospitals recognized for patient care
- Jeremy Rogers takes lead as CFO for St. Francis Medical Center
- LSU doctor, a New Orleans native, picked to lead city’s health dept. has background in health care access
- Kevin Holland to serve as CEO of Christus Southwestern Louisiana
NEW MEXICO
- Community-focused programs, residencies aim to keep doctors in New Mexico
- AMA Pres: NM docs bring $8B to state economy
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy fires director amid bribe investigation
- INTEGRIS to purchase Deaconess Hospital
TEXAS
- Surgical hospital’s sale stalled as Chicago firm demands cut of profits, lawsuit says
- Methodist Healthcare System names Allen Harrison president
- Tenet to sell West Suburban Hospital
- When the lone doctor is out, telemedicine keeps this ER running
- Texas hospital ends labor, delivery services after 31 years
- University of Texas Hospital begins expansion
- San Antonio hospital system names next CEO
- UnitedHealth eyes Tenet’s healthcare management business, WSJ reports
- Houston Methodist doctor on bike fatally shot at Texas Medical Center
- Methodist Healthcare System Names Allen Harrison New CEO
- New technology at Central Texas NICU
- UnitedHealth plans to bet bigger in Texas
- Nurses picket South Texas hospital to plead for better contracts, more staffing
- Hiring Now: 1,252 Healthcare Jobs Open In Houston
- Baylor Scott & White’s ACO strikes major value-based deal with BCBS of Texas
- Officials celebrate halfway point of Texas Health Frisco
- As trial nears, Dallas hospital owner admits bribing doctors for high-volume, lucrative surgeries
- Nocona General Hospital close to finishing remodeling project
- Texas health system files for bankruptcy
- Rural Texas is struggling to keep doctors. One university wants to change that by opening a medical school.
- Nurses picket at HCA hospitals in Las Vegas, Corpus Christi
- Dallas hospital co-founder admits to bribing physicians for high-volume surgeries
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Alaska asks providers to return $15M in Medicaid overpayments
- Millions in federal funds flow toward opioid epidemic
IDAHO
- Boise hospitals host new program to combat opioid abuse
- State report examines savings if Idaho were to expand Medicaid
- Contract dispute means bigger PMC ER bills for many — at least for now
- Luke’s CEO Discusses The Changing Face Of Healthcare
- Here’s what’s going up soon at Curtis and Emerald in Boise — and why you may need it
MONTANA
- Bozeman Health hires new CFO
- Montana health department calls staffing levels ‘unsustainable’ with 420 jobs left open after budget cuts
- Montana health agency accused of defying order on Medicaid
- Bozeman Health receives $375K to expand Big Sky care
OREGON
- New executive director plans to bring CCMH out of the shadows
- Providence Health in Oregon hires new chief executive
- Former ESCO chairman donates $5M to Portland hospital
- Oregon county health department loses 700+ patient records during clinic renovation
WASHINGTON
- Contract negotiations continue with Confluence Health
- Virginia Mason Memorial hospital gets $1.9 million grant
- Newest Tacoma academy will give students healthy choice
- You can get health insurance in every Washington county this year, but it’ll cost you
- Embracing Risk: How one clinically integrated network is managing care to succeed in VBC
- To keep teams motivated, keep them informed, says Providence St. Joseph Health tech strategy pro Kim Swafford
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Hutchinson named interim CEO at Mee Memorial Hospital
- Sutter Health, U of Utah School of Medicine execs to chair ONC’s interoperability task force
- Emanuel Medical Center drops ‘interim’ from CEO Lani Dickinson’s title
- California health system breaks ground on $9M outpatient clinic
- California county may buy 2 hospitals from financially struggling system
- Community Frets As Buyer For Cherished Rural Hospital Slips From View
- California hospital VP sues facility over alleged harassment by physician exec
- Sutter Health CIO, 2 IT leaders depart
COLORADO
- Boulder Community Health to merge clinics, move offices
- Windsor doctor among family physicians making the move to direct primary care
- Colorado faces a staggering shortage that’s only getting “scarier”
- Windsong memory-care facility in Greeley set to open
HAWAII
NEVADA
- Family outraged, billed $800 by hospital to use sink
- Touro University unveils mobile healthcare clinic in Las Vegas
- Las Vegas doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy in health care fraud
- Nurses picket at HCA hospitals in Las Vegas, Corpus Christi
UTAH
