NATIONAL
- CMS’ proposed outpatient payment rule for 2019: 10 things to know
- Add cardiologists to the list of doctors in short supply
- CMS proposes 2% ASC pay increase in 2019
- House Subcommittee Hears Mixed Review of MACRA
- How Hospital CEOs Deliver Consistent Patient Experience Across An Enterprise
- Medicare’s Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule: Big Changes For 2019
- Physician groups call for tech changes to MIPS
- Hospital Groups Decry Proposed Outpatient Reimbursement Cuts
- Physician compensation, production stagnate in 2017, AMGA finds
- Most, least telehealth-friendly states
- Doctors tell lawmakers: Don’t scrap MIPS
- Jamie Dimon says health care initiative with Buffett and Bezos may start small like Amazon did with books before expanding
- Bill would support use of telemedicine at skilled nursing facilities
- OCR issuing fewer HIPAA penalties in 2018, report suggests
- Proposed physician fee changes credit negative for academic med centers, some rural hospitals, Moody’s says
- Joint Commission will require hospitals to report percentage of newborns with unexpected complications
- CMS gives $925M payment boost to post-acute providers
- AHA defends ideas to cut backlog of Medicare appeals
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Hearing Set on Concerns Over UConn Health Spending
- Kathy’s Urgent Care opening in Berlin
- Hartford docs helping study pros, cons of heart valve replacement breakthrough
MAINE
- Why a Maine hospital is buying a pizza shop
- 2 of 3 Maine hospitals vote no-confidence in system CEO
- Two Maine hospitals among top 100 ‘great community hospitals’ in U.S.
- Rumford Hospital becomes second to vote no-confidence in its owner’s CEO
- CMMC votes against Central Maine Healthcare leader
- After 3 no-confidence votes, Central Maine Healthcare says it will ‘carefully consider’ medical staff’s message
- CMS approves Maine’s health insurance waiver
- Lowell General parent Wellforce to expand into Maine, southern N.H.
- Pressure mounts amid no-confidence vote in hospital leadership at Central Maine Medical Center
- Central Maine Healthcare board backs CEO who’s under fire from medical staff
MASSACHUSETTS
- Saint Vincent CEO resigning
- Massachusetts hospital cited for lapses in high-risk pregnancy care
- Tenet’s Massachusetts market CEO to transition into new role
- Hospital leaders frustrated at failed health care talks
- South Shore Health System to acquire urgent care chain Health Express
- Athenahealth earnings steady despite CEO vacancy, potential sale
- Home Health Foundation will join with Wellforce
- Athenahealth posts $323.3M in Q2 revenue
- Steward Health Care, BCBS settle 5-year antitrust lawsuit
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Lowell General parent Wellforce to expand into Maine, southern N.H.
- Home Health Foundation will join with Wellforce
NEW YORK
- New York To Pay Nurses $20 Million In Gender Bias Settlement
- Mount Sinai Hospital to Explore Blockchain Applications
- Glens Falls Hospital wins accolades for maternal care
- NNY hospitals’ affiliation with Crouse Health making progress
- Northwell Health eyes $12 million in savings through new in-house pharmacy service for employees
- Finger Lakes Health appoints VP of nursing
- Outpatient volumes not enough to offset operating losses for New York health system
- Albany Med to cut ribbon on pediatric emergency department
- NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi on adapting to patient expectations, health IT misconceptions & great reads
- New York hospital orders employees to undergo drug testing after vials of narcotics go missing
- Former Mount Sinai, Google, Oscar Health leaders launch women’s healthcare company
- Cuba Memorial Hospital CEO to depart
- Highland Hospital to add 60 rooms
RHODE ISLAND
- Lifespan refuses to allow all caregivers to return to work right away after strike
- Nurses end strike at 2 Rhode Island hospitals, return Friday
- Retired BCBSRI CEO Peter Andruszkiewicz paid $1.1M after leaving
- BCBSRI and Steward settle lawsuit over Landmark Medical Center deal
- Five Questions With: William Filippone
- UNAP strike at Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital ended, lockout lifted
- CNE names Haffey president and COO at Kent Hospital
- Kent Hospital selects Robert Haffey as president, COO
VERMONT
- Hospital to Build Hiking Trail on Its Property
- Amid contract talks, Vermont medical center halts union dues collection
- Project to improve transfers of critically ill patients makes progress
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Delaware officials revise proposed ACA rate request
- After finding error, Highmark lowers proposed increase in Obamacare prices
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC’s Providence Health ending acute care in shift to population health
- MedStar Health gets naming rights for Capitals, Wizards facilities
- Providence Health to shut down D.C. hospital
- Memo: VA finds ‘deteriorating’ conditions at DC hospital
MARYLAND
- UMB-born medical device startup raises $2.35 million, moves toward FDA clearance
- In Maryland, female doctors’ salaries about 50% less than male colleagues’
- PRMC named a top hospital for delivering babies
NEW JERSEY
- Joseph’s Health in Paterson is looking for a health system partner
- Independent monitor to oversee New Jersey hospital’s finances after 4-notch downgrade by Fitch
- HMH, Carrier Clinic to merge, end ‘fragmentation’ of patient care
- Virtua acquires physical therapy facility
- Atlantic Health System partners with Optum’s urgent care business on 11 centers
PENNSYLVANIA
- PA Attorney General files lawsuit to block health plan rule
- Most Lancaster-area hospitals continue pattern of big financial surpluses, report shows
- Allegheny Health Network posts 5th straight quarter of positive earnings
- Pennsylvania hospitals showing big financial surpluses, especially in Lancaster County
- Pittsburgh votes to expand hospital chain that won’t let workers unionize
- UPMC’s South Hills Hospital: Site Selected, Plans Unveiled
- C. Blair Health System CEO to resign
- Highmark Health taps 1st-ever COO
- Geisinger, Clarify Health Solutions join task force aimed at accelerating value-based care
- Pittsburgh council greenlights UPMC’s $400M expansion plan
- UPMC Hamot CFO retires, ending 29-year tenure
VIRGINIA
- Sentara Healthcare names Dr. Jordan Asher chief physician executive
- Cardiac rehab center opens in Chesterfield
- Virginia electronically links all of its emergency departments to improve care, trim costs
- Cardiologist files $15M defamation suit against VCU Health System’s physician practice group
- Inova Health bans plastic straws
WEST VIRGINIA
- Preston Memorial now offering orthopedic surgery
- More than $2 million in funds secured for W.Va. healthcare
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa board’s OK propels hospital plans for cancer center
- Medical system notifies 1.4M patients about computer breach
- Medical board director abruptly retires, after his mysterious suspension is lifted
- Lothe named COO of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines
- UnitedHealthcare CEO leaves company: Interim named to head managed care organization
- Loring Hospital names Stacy Johnson CFO
KANSAS
- Saint Luke’s Health System CEO to chair AHA in 2020
- University of Kansas Health System buys Great Bend Regional Hospital and affiliated clinics
- Topeka practice makes donation to relieve medical debt
- Kansas ACA 2019 marketplace rates propose smaller increase than previous years
- After 5 years and $4M in state funding, KU adult stem cell center faces greatest test
- Which KC hospitals fared best on new sepsis scores? These five for-profit facilities
MINNESOTA
- Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls redesignated as Level 3 trauma hospital
- Drug shortage affecting local hospitals and clinics
- How a Minnesota hospital is improving hand hygiene though a badge detection system
- Construction Corner: Essentia Health in Duluth plans Minnesota’s biggest medical expansion
- Mayo Clinic CIO to lead HIMSS North America’s board of directors
MISSOURI
- Plan to keep Doniphan hospital open gains new partner
- Saint Luke’s Health System CEO to chair AHA in 2020
- Missouri family practice warns 45K patients of breach after ransomware attack
- Missouri has two systems to monitor opioid prescriptions. But it still has gaps
- Ascension to explore establishing Medicare Advantage plan with Centene
- Siteman Cancer Center breaks ground in north St. Louis County
- Ascension hires chief digital officer
- Hospital staff turnover rates increase in Kansas City
- Ascension, Centene to explore Medicare Advantage joint venture
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska’s ACA insurer seeks 3.7 percent increase in 2019
- Nebraska’s chief medical officer and public health director will retire in August
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- South Sioux City nursing home can’t pay bills, goes into receivership
- Now on the job: Avera CEO Sutton prioritizes vision for health care system
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- OSF Healthcare launches OSF Urgo
- Lutheran General Opens New Simulation Center
- Health care company closing 150-worker Illinois call center
INDIANA
- New Employer-Based Health Clinic Opens In Kokomo
- Local IU Health office opens
- OurHealth Growth Continues
- Romero Joins Methodist Hospitals as CFO
- New CEO Named For MDwise
- IU Health, Gosport Working to Retain Healthcare Provider
- IU Health’s Fort Wayne Presence Grows
- Delaware County has great health resources – but not great health. (Until now)
- Lilly Extends Collaboration With Cancer Institute
- Mishawaka hospital plans closure within 60 days
- Joe CEO resigns after 6 months
- Methodist Hospitals hires new CFO
- Community Health Network first system in Indiana to recruit by text message
KENTUCKY
- Claire HealthCare President/CEO announces retirement
- Kentucky enacts, then drops Medicaid copays in surprise reversal
- Humana 2Q earnings beat analysts’ estimates
- Baptist Health Richmond names Greg Gerard permanent president
- Humana posts $193M profit, eyes expansion of Walmart relationship
MICHIGAN
- Michigan doctors are taking their medical experience to the campaign trail
- With $160M lab project, Michigan Medicine takes pathology out of the basement
- Forbes names Covenant HealthCare among ‘best mid-size employers’
- Metro Health earns national stroke center certification
- Munson Healthcare Charlevoix ends fiscal year on high note
- Grand Rapids Ophthalmology hires executive director
OHIO
- Date set for Good Samaritan site vision to be released
- New Chillicothe emergency room ready to serve southern Ohio
- Monroe, Atrium partner to curb hospital readmissions
- ProMedica might not be done expanding
- Former MetroHealth Chief Operating Officer convicted for role in defrauding hospital
- Why can’t Good Sam buildings be saved? Hospital, leaders weigh in
- MetroHealth to open health center on Urban Community School campus in 2020
- Mercy Health opening new medical complex in Warren County
- Ohio hospitals hiring hundreds of workers
- Former Ohio hospital exec, 3 dentists convicted in bribe scheme case
- Assisted Living Locators launches first Ohio franchise in Northeast Ohio
- Will blockbuster ProMedica-HCR ManorCare deal work? We’ll know ‘fairly quickly’
- Kettering Health prepares to open Middletown medical center
- Mercy Health already searching for its next Warren County site
- Premier Health Urgent Care plans to open new location in Beavercreek
- Operator of health clinics for employers to enter Cincinnati market
- University Hospitals’ gag order granted in fertility lawsuit
WISCONSIN
- Ascension hospital ends pediatric physician agreement with Advocate, contracts Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
- Froedtert bought former Wisconsin Heart Hospital for $25 million
- CMS approves Wisconsin’s waiver to stabilize ACA exchange with $200M reinsurance program
- New regional vice president named for Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare
- Mayo-Rochester physician to replace Johnson as regional leader in La Crosse
- Advocate Aurora Health margins tighter in first quarter: Document
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- DCH is first hospital in the area to use new technology
- Pack Health partners with Lakeshore Foundation on disability care
- Birmingham leaders named to Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
- As federal regulators threaten Brookwood Medical Center, should patients worry?
FLORIDA
- New medical center to debut next month in fast-growing Lake Nona
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital to discuss merger with Baptist Health
- Lack of surgeons forces Florida hospital to pause kidney transplants
- Hospital CEOs talk health care in Venice and North Port
- Lee Health buys the naming rights to Bonita Springs High stadium, Estero sold to FAST AC
- Nemours Children’s Health System, Martin Health to launch pediatric partnership in 2019
- Florida community hospital uses AI tools to generate care paths
- CHS divests 425-bed Florida hospital
- Tampa General partnership aims coordinate patient care
- Vincent’s HealthCare plans $23 million expansion to Clay County hospital
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital Selects Baptist Health South Florida as Potential Strategic Partner
- Hospital CEOs talk health care in Venice and North Port
- New medical center to debut next month in fast-growing Lake Nona
- Memorial Hospital In Jacksonville Gets Official Trauma Center Status
- Nemours Children’s rebuffed on bid for heart transplant program
- Munroe Regional to be Florida Hospital Ocala
- George Ralls is Orlando Regional Medical Center’s new chief quality officer
- Broward Health appoints new CIO
GEORGIA
- Doctors in midst of contract controversy still at Valdosta hospital
- Firing of 2 Georgia hospital surgeons sparks protests
- $61 million expansion planned for Emory Johns Creek Hospital
- Northeast Georgia Health System pursues purchase of closed Dahlonega hospital
- Georgia hospital allegedly involved in lab billing scheme closes
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
- LifePoint Health to merge with RCCH Healthcare Partners
- ReGenesis names Marlon Hunter new CEO
- Pending Mission Sale to HCA Raising Questions and Concerns in Western NC
- Blue Cross to offer North Carolina members up to $500 rebate for choosing cheaper physician
- Vidant Medical Center helps fund PCC nursing program expansion
- Frye Regional Medical Center’s owner to merge with Tennessee healthcare company
- Vidant opens new cancer center
- Cone Health Responds To Maternity Patient Dangers Report
- High Point Regional discounting some bills ahead of sale
- Atrium Health receives Hospital Association honors
- Vidant Health receives grant to create neonatal program
- Salisbury hospital sustains significant damage, postpones elective surgeries
- Park Ridge Health announces new emergency care partnership
- Search committee selected for UNC Health Care CEO’s successor
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Banner Payson, 3 other rural hospitals to share $30K for outreach programs
- SC’s first ‘micro hospital’ is now planned for Bluffton and will bring about 125 jobs
- South Carolina’s top health care groups want to bring down opioid prescription rate
- Piedmont CEO hopes for good news on Fort Mill hospital ruling in January
- First-of-its-kind micro hospital coming to Lowcountry
- Health care organizations partner to address opioid crisis
TENNESSEE
- Quorum to sell Tennessee hospital
- Tennessee hospital ousts CEO, Hal Leftwich to succeed
- TriStar Health readies $96M Advanced Joint Replacement Institute
- State: Knoxville nursing home fined $30K for failing to give proper care to woman who fell
- Quorum hospital declares closure hours after sale announcement
- CHS CEO Wayne Smith says company is on the right track
- LifePoint posts $52M profit as it seeks sale to private equity firm
- CHS sees net loss narrow to $110M, pursues $2B hospital divestiture plan
- Ballad Health to keep former rival hospitals open, restructure services
- CHS divests 425-bed Florida hospital
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
- Banner Payson, 3 other rural hospitals to share $30K for outreach programs
- HonorHealth will open North Valley hospital in 2020
- Magellan Health: 2Q Earnings Snapshot
- Arizona hospital emerges from bankruptcy, lays off 60
LOUISIANA
- CHRISTUS Health announces new CEO
- Kevin Holland to serve as CEO of Christus Southwestern Louisiana
- 3 groups have until Aug. 20 for Charity Hospital proposals
- Another audit raises Louisiana Medicaid oversight issues
- Contract terms for Louisiana hospitals deal still incomplete
- LifePoint Health Completes Sale of Three Louisiana Hospital Campuses
- Health Department Responds to Most Recent Audit
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma Health Department is making progress after scandal, officials say
- Oklahoma health board approves new medical marijuana rules
- Hospital’s health gets close exam
TEXAS
- Banner Payson, 3 other rural hospitals to share $30K for outreach programs
- Construction starts on new Oak Hill hospital
- Nocona General Hospital close to finishing remodeling project
- Ulrich Medical USA sues Texas hospital for $132K in unpaid bills
- Rededicated Austin State Hospital to Be Modernized
- Dallas hospital co-founder admits to bribing physicians for high-volume surgeries
- Texas Hospital Association pilots tech giving view of inpatient, outpatient opioids
- Patient’s suit takes issue with placement of hospital liens
- Texas Children’s Pediatrics now operating in South Austin
- Feds raid another pharmacy company as Dallas becomes hot spot for physician kickbacks
- UnitedHealth’s Optum expands urgent care business in Texas
- Texas pediatricians stop accepting managed Medicaid members, citing payment concerns
- Texas Hospital Association pilots tech giving view of inpatient, outpatient opioids
- John Yeary steps into Freestone Medical Center CEO role permanently
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Making Alaska health care work better: State’s challenges require unique solutions
- Q&A: Premera CEO is optimistic about Alaska health insurance rates
- Alaska SNF Advocate Tells Senate Panel of Need for Regulatory Relief
- Alaska health official’s testimony says federal regulations are strangling rural hospitals
- Alaska is fighting to make progress on opioid epidemic
IDAHO
- CMS terminates Idaho hospital’s Medicare contract
- Kootenai Health hosts groundbreaking for new Hospitality Center
- Idaho hospital’s ER physicians out of network with state’s largest insurers
- A second top exec has left Saint Al’s within a month
MONTANA
- Marcus Daly Hospital welcomes new CEO
- New Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital CEO “excited” to be in Hamilton
- Hospital nears settlement of lawsuit over doctor pay
OREGON
- The necessary change for an ASC’s sustainability: key thoughts from South Portland Surgical Center’s Lianna McDowell
- Unity Center ramps up ‘toward normal operations’ after addressing safety concerns
- Providence Health & Services taps new Oregon region CEO
WASHINGTON
- $78M Trios hospital sale is delayed. Here’s why — and for how long
- Seattle Children’s announces Odessa Brown Clinic in Rainier Valley
WYOMING
- Hospital Board elects new officers
- Health report shows Natrona County lagging behind on care for expecting mothers
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- SF’s newest hospital to expand maternity care, end long-term nursing
- Joseph Health in talks to oversee Healdsburg District Hospital
- California hospital VP sues facility over alleged harassment by physician exec
- California hospital will scale back services to cut costs
- $538M San Francisco hospital opening in August
- California Medical Board’s free app helps consumers track doctors’ license status, discipline
- Shuttered California hospital to reopen as ‘healthcare city’
- Sutter hospital evacuates as California wildfires roar
- California hospital CMO responds to backlash over service cuts
- KPC Health System appoints COO, hospital CEOs
- The most vulnerable part of a hospital’s business? Poor patient experience, says Tahoe Forest Hospital District’s Jeff Rosenfeld
- Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean on how his upbringing affected his views on healthcare
COLORADO
- Boulder County hospitals strategize to cope with national opioid shortage
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado says it will no longer be a Medicaid provider for 2,500 patients
- Paul Chodkowski, CEO of St. Anthony Summit for the past 13 years, will retire this week
- Kaiser Permanente workers picket in Denver for bargaining rights
- DaVita HealthCare: 2Q Earnings Snapshot
- Colorado biotech company’s shares soaring after getting good news from FDA
- Boulder biotech wants to settle with the SEC for $20 million
- Clovis beats analyst expectations despite quarterly loss
- Associates in Family Medicine expanding in Windsor
- Anthony Summit Medical Center CEO to retire
HAWAII
- Healthcare Association of Hawaii honors state lawmakers for commitment to healthcare
- Medicare contributes $2.4 billion to Hawaii economy, study says
- Hawaii to receive nearly $2.5 million to fight infectious diseases
NEVADA
- Nevada treading water despite efforts to address doctor shortage
- Henderson Hospital opens new neonatal unit
- NV Health-Insurance Rates to Continue Their Rise in 2019
UTAH
