NATIONAL
- General surgeon shortage growing and 5 other things to know about the healthcare workforce
- How 5 lawsuits could change US healthcare industry
- Nurses at many HCA hospitals say they are willing to strike over pay, staffing, security
- Could a Nationwide Ob-Gyn Shortage Spark Digital Health Innovation?
- 8 healthcare leaders share physician alignment strategies
- What Amazon’s success can teach healthcare execs: 4 takeaways
- Healthcare job growth continues; hospitals added 8K jobs in August
- Hospital-led ACOs perform worse than those led by physicians, study finds
- Optum co-creator named COO of Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan venture
- CJR shows early success
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Business community can play key role preventing prescription opioid abuse
- CT to launch health data exchange next year
MAINE
- Children’s nonprofit gets $9.3M more from DHHS without competing for it
- Lewiston hospitals illegally turned away patients experiencing mental health crises
- Psychiatric Patients Turned Away From Lewiston Hospitals
- Maine hospitals violated federal law by turning away patients with mental health distress
MASSACHUSETTS
- Hospitals are finally starting to care about the food they serve
- Partners brings specialty pharmacy in-house, expects $23M in annual savings
- MetroWest Medical Center CEO resigned on Aug. 10
- Cambridge’s Akcea discloses layoffs after FDA drug rejection
- Saint Vincent’s interim CEO
- Massachusetts nurse staffing regulations did not reduce patient mortality, complications in ICUs, Beth Israel study finds
- Why Boston Children’s reimagined its food court
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
- MVHS officials provide update on downtown hospital project
- NewYork-Presbyterian’s net income tumbles 47%
- Neurosurgery comes to New York hospital with surgeon addition
- New York health system gets $180M loan for $480M expansion
- NYC dermatology group enters Philadelphia area
- New York VA hospital physician misreported patients’ surgical outcomes, investigation reveals
- Northwell Health nurses rally in NYC over staffing, wages, paid leave
- Mount Sinai launches its own TV show in NY
- Baxter to lay off 131 New York employees
- How NYU Langone went from $120M in losses to 10% operating margins
RHODE ISLAND
- Lifespan’s net income slumps 27% in Q3
- Schuur is named Lifespan’s emergency medicine chief, Brown’s emergency medicine department chair
- CNE required to maintain Memorial Hospital building as part of closure plan
- OHIC: BCBSRI to contribute $5M to Behavioral Health Fund
VERMONT
- Rutland Regional tackles nursing shortage
- Vermont Home Care Initiative is Model for Other States
- Vermont sues Purdue Pharma for its opioids marketing practices
- 1-year pay freeze urged for Vermont hospitals execs making more than $500K
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction
- Delaware passes new law to help patient access to primary care
- Beebe offers workshops for patients with chronic illness
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Ascension fires 75% of DC-based Providence Health System’s board
- Board of Providence Hospital overhauled amid plans to end acute services
MARYLAND
- How Johns Hopkins Hospital preps for infectious disease threats, bioterrorism
- Maryland pharma company buys overdose-reversing Narcan maker
- Post-merger Bon Secours Mercy Health names 14 senior leaders
- Maryland Proton Treatment Center raises $277M in bond deal to stabilize finances
- OrthoBethesda sells to Connecticut-based private equity firm
- United Therapeutics strikes nine-figure deal to commercialize new form of drug delivery
NEW JERSEY
- Morristown Medical Center dedicates medical college
- J.W. Childs, New Jersey Urology team up
- Monmouth Democrats target medical debt
PENNSYLVANIA
- Camden health system adds second helicopter
- Pennsylvania hospital lays off staff after bank accounts frozen
- Reading Hospital upgraded as trauma center
- Penn State Health pitches hospital plans to Hampden Township residents
- King of Prussia District Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will build inpatient facility
- Penn State Hershey names new president
- Allegheny Valley Hospital nurses ratify new contract
- Lancaster County Hospital Surpluses Generate Media Controversy
- NYC dermatology group enters Philadelphia area
- Pottstown Hospital names chief operating officer
- Labor board says UPMC intruded on employee council
VIRGINIA
- Novant Health UVA Health System appoints new leader for two regional hospitals
- Bon Secours and Mercy Health complete merger
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Hospitals, Jackson General Hospital enter into management agreement
- WVU Medicine sees new hospitals enter its umbrella
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa to pay $2.5M after University of Iowa Hospitals psychiatric patient jumps from parking ramp
- Medicaid company that pulled out of Iowa has yet to pay thousands of medical bills
KANSAS
- Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas receives $105k grant
- Topeka doctor seeks elixir for billing dispute with KanCare company
- HCA Midwest’s new CMO brings self-starting approach
- Kansas Supreme Court upholds $907K malpractice verdict
- OptumRx looks to add 135 employees in Overland Park
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic joins nonprofit consortium that makes generic drugs
- Mayo Clinic invests nearly $800M to expand in Florida, Arizona
- CMS erroneously sends termination letters to 38K+ BCBS Medicare members
- Hutchinson Health CEO to retire in 2019
MISSOURI
- Negligence suit filed against SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital over man’s death
- Mercy Hospital Appealing $28 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict
- HCA Midwest’s new CMO brings self-starting approach
- Steven Schieber becomes Wright Memorial Hospital’s interim CEO
- PHI on 20K Children Exposed in WellCare Healthcare Data Breach
- BJC HealthCare appoints new CIO/treasurer
- Missouri hospital to split with BJC HealthCare
- Christian Hospital hires new chief nursing officer
- BJC HealthCare, Boone Hospital to end 30-year operating agreement
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City COO resigns for new opportunity
NEBRASKA
- UNMC targets rural workforce shortages in health care industry
- Jefferson Community Health and Life, to Open Plymouth Clinic
- Cardiac surgeon had job offers in Denver and Chicago. Then, he got a call: ‘Why not Kearney?’
- Boys Town National Research Hospital launches second phase of $15 million renovation project
- Nursing homes struggle with new Medicaid rates; number of facilities down in Nebraska
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Rapid City Hospital Sends Garbage 300 Miles Away
- City: Sioux Falls ambulances not affected by fed fraud settlement
- Sanford CEO quashes rumors of resignation, forced exit
- South Dakota-based health system eyes Chicago-area hospital system
- Troubled reservation hospital gets more time to fix problems
- Sanford potentially eyeing merger with Edward-Elmhurst Health
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Centegra Health System, Northwestern Medicine begin merger
- A potential buyer scouts Chicago-area hospitals—but which one?
- Fletcher named philanthropy specialist at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital
- Loyola Medicine names new CEO
- New bill aims to encourage competition in medical supply industry
- Little Company of Mary Hospital to stop pediatric inpatient services
- South Dakota-based health system eyes Chicago-area hospital system
- Suburban Chicago hospital seeks to end inpatient pediatric care
- Baxter to lay off 131 New York employees
- Sanford potentially eyeing merger with Edward-Elmhurst Health
INDIANA
- New leaders at IU Health Center focus on holistic wellness for IU community
- TRIMEDX Announces Executive Team Addition
- IUPUI Professor Lands $2M NIH Grant
- New CEO For Primaria Health
- Cook Biotech Partnering with Massachusetts Company
- Community Healthcare System’s parent taps new CIO
- Indiana health center names CFO
KENTUCKY
- Cabinet for Health and Family Services announces key leadership appointments
- Prolonged Jewish Hospital negotiations creating uncertainty, even among employees
- Facing shortfall, Kentucky mulls ending Medicaid expansion
- Kentucky names new Medicaid commissioner
- Norton Healthcare to operate retail health clinics in Louisville-area Walgreens stores
- Owensboro Health, UofL partner on new family medicine residency program
- Why Norton ‘prompt care’ centers at 8 Walgreens make a ton of sense
- Norton Healthcare ventures into health clinics
- Baptist Health names Dr. Jody Prather chief strategy officer
MICHIGAN
- University of Michigan Health System settles drug violations for $4.3M
- MSU Creates New Health Care Group
- Beaumont Health racing to open 30 urgent care centers in metro Detroit
- Michigan State forming new healthcare organization
- New president announced for Saint Joseph Ann Arbor, Livingston hospitals
- Beaumont to open two new outpatient campuses in Southeast Michigan
- U-M’s Mott named among most innovative children’s hospitals by Parents Magazine
- Mercy Health Saint Mary’s president to lead Southeast Michigan hospitals
- Health system re-assigns hospital leader
- Health administration company acquires firm
OHIO
- NE Ohio hospitals give early introduction to careers in healthcare: Pathways to Prosperity
- Highland District Hospital planning expansion with outpatient orthopedic clinic
- New report: Dayton hospitals among biggest job advertisers
- ProMedica lays off 100 employees, cites rising costs
- Massillon chooses operator for former Affinity Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic’s operating income plummets 80% in Q2
- SRMC CEO explains new partnership
- Ohio has significant shortage in health care professionals: Letter to the Editor
- Paramount Matrix Healthcare tapped as new Affinity hospital operator
- Post-merger Bon Secours Mercy Health names 14 senior leaders
- Premier Health to add four new Dayton-area facilities
- OhioHealth to open wellness center for stroke, neurological rehabilitation in 2019
- OhioHealth headquarters designed to promote collaborative ‘collisions’
- UC Health provides location, advisers for Netflix movie
- Greater Cincinnati health center acquired
- Senior living community gets new name, remodel after acquisition
- Cincinnati Children’s surgeon helps develop lifesaving technology
- Shuttered Ohio hospital could reopen in fall
WISCONSIN
- Advocate Aurora Health operating income down, revenue up in first half of year
- Children’s Community Health Plan growth boosts Children’s Hospital’s operating income
- Rusk County Memorial Hospital finalizes affiliation with Marshfield Clinic Health System
- Advocate Aurora invests $75,000 in Ideawake
- Midwest Senior Living to cease management of Thiensville retirement community
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
FLORIDA
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- Lee Health claiming $4.6 million in Irma damages, extra employee costs
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s becomes first Florida pediatric hospital to have unique leukemia therapy
- A look at MRMC’s pension plan 5 years and $22 million later
- Telemedicine racks up $1 million in cost avoidance savings for Tallahassee Memorial
- $4 Million in False Claims Act Settlement to be Paid by Dermatology Healthcare, LLC
- A Rural Town Banded Together to Open a Hospital. Its Foe? A Larger Hospital.
- Nurses at many HCA hospitals say they are willing to strike over pay, staffing, security
- Health care system names new watchdog officer
- NCH Healthcare looks to block rural community’s 25-bed microhospital plans
- Leesburg Regional to open expanded ER on Sept. 12
- Mayo Clinic invests nearly $800M to expand in Florida, Arizona
GEORGIA
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- Georgia lawmakers to take new look at hospital regulation
- Memorial Health on track with pledged changes
- Medicas Medical Clinic Opens In Douglasville
- SGMC to hold CEO meeting
- Hospital CEO Jim Lambert details plan for recovery
- Ex-CEO’s contract buyout leaves Georgia hospital in search of new chief exec
- Georgia physician allegedly submitted 4,500 false claims for unnecessary lead poisoning treatments
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Vidant Health operating margin narrows amid reimbursement uncertainties
- CaroMont enters new partnership to benefit Medicaid patients
- HCA Healthcare will acquire North Carolina hospital system Mission Health for $1.5 bln
- Mission and HCA Agree to Terms of Potential Sale
- New Atrium Health institute focuses on musculoskeletal care
- New physician leading Carolinas Primary Care
- Conway Medical Center now a Duke Health Affiliate in Heart
- Construction continues on new orthopedic hospital
- Interim CRHS Pres. & CEO gets the permanent post
- How Charlotte’s largest health-care providers are upping security
- Vidant Beaufort Hospital expands emergency department
- Wake Forest Baptist Health High Point Medical Center unveiled
- Cone Health Reaches Milestone with New Women’s Hospital
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC, Siemens Healthineers join to use tech to improve care
- Two hospitals officially prepare to build ERs in Carolina Forest after lengthy legal battle
- SC hospitals can be difficult to protect from gun violence, experts say
- Shriners is getting its first South Carolina CEO, bringing expertise to MUSC
- Two new ERs coming to Carolina Forest after months of litigation
- Conway Medical Center now a Duke Health Affiliate in Heart
- MUSC Plans a Statewide Telehealth Network for Palliative Care
TENNESSEE
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- Houston County breaks budget impasse with promising deal on hospital
- Nashville hospital sued after surgeon allegedly left needle inside patient during heart surgery
- BCBS of Tennessee resolves dispute with 520-member anesthesiologist, physician group
- Tennessee health system lawsuit alleges rigged Medicaid contracting by state
- Nashville General Hospital taps new chief analytics officer
- Vanderbilt attributes lower operating income to EHR install
- CEO at bankrupt Curae Health: ‘Vision was correct, but circumstances didn’t pan out’
- HCA now owns 53 hospitals in Texas
- Vanderbilt researchers think this AI solution will help hospitals flag suicide risk
- UT Medical Center CEO Joe Landsman: Standardization is the answer to some of healthcare’s biggest problems
- North Cypress Medical Center names CEO
- 7K nurses at 15 HCA hospitals vote to authorize strike
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital burn unit closed to adults
- Peter Emanuel Named Director of Oncology Services at CHI St. Vincent
ARIZONA
- Banner Health sees net income drop 33%, echoing national trend among nonporfits
- Phoenix-based Banner Health CEO among most influential in health care
- Arizona man billed for surgery he never had after name, birthdate mix-up
- Mayo Clinic invests nearly $800M to expand in Florida, Arizona
LOUISIANA
- Ochsner program helps patients manage chronic illness with fewer office visits
- Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge opts for Health Catalyst
- Ochsner, LSU to manage state hospitals in North Louisiana
- Appeals court dismisses malpractice lawsuit against East Jefferson General Hospital
- New deal for north Louisiana safety-net hospitals worked out
NEW MEXICO
- Presbyterian Healthcare to open 4 retail clinics for emergency, urgent care
- Hospital leader asks for new mill levy on Nov. ballot
- Man steals ambulance from New Mexico hospital, leads police on short chase
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma Medicaid could up provider pay after years
- Oklahoma hospital on brink of closure gets taxpayer infusion to make payroll
TEXAS
- To keep costs low, Parkland is simplifying care. Turns out, patients are healthier, too
- HCA Houston Healthcare completes North Cypress Medical Center acquisition
- Groundbreaking genetic mutation study underway in Texas Medical Center
- Judge quits St. Luke’s board after investigation finds heart transplant safety issues
- HCA Gulf Coast buys another Houston hospital, names new CEO
- HCA now owns 53 hospitals in Texas
- Texas freestanding ER closes 9 months after opening
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Community health aides: Alaska’s unique solution for rural health care
- Future of Sitka Community Hospital may be decided this week
- Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic welcomes spine surgeon
- Quorum’s bid to operate Alaska hospital unsuccessful
IDAHO
- Saint Alphonsus CEO Odette Bolano on why she left Boise, and why she’s back
- State lawmakers order investigation into treatment center
MONTANA
- Critical questions Kalispell Regional needs to answer
- Providence Montana Health Foundation announces $1.2M gift for St. Pat’s Hospital
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare CEO Responds to Nurses’ Push to Unionize
- Health Department Getting Back $30M Slashed in Budget Cuts
- Montana Matters Interview with Mountain Health
- Becker’s Hospital review names Central Montana Medical Center a top 66 Critical Access Hospitals to know in 2018
OREGON
- Heart patient says OHSU needs to fix transplant program: ‘My life is depending on you’
- Exclusive: Moda Health gets $155M capital infusion from California investor
- CMS grants Legacy Health 7-week extension to fix patient safety issues
WASHINGTON
- Lourdes completes partnership with RCCH Healthcare
- Novant Health UVA Health System appoints new leader for two regional hospitals
- This Tri-Cities hospital has lost its longtime CEO
- Hospital staff question officials after 2nd attack in a week
- Ascension sells Washington hospital to for-profit chain
WYOMING
- Albany County signs onto A.G. opioid plan
- Hospitals Prepare To Launch Their Own Drug Company To Fight High Prices And Shortages
- Mayor: Air service a model in fixing Riverton hospital
- Sheridan hospital sees increase in uninsured patients
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- California hospital chain with ties to billionaire files for bankruptcy
- More than $40 million raised for fight over California dialysis profits and patients
- California hospital opens new surgical center with focus on advanced imaging technology
- Judge tosses lawsuit against California drug price law
- Verity Health files for bankruptcy protection. Its six California hospitals will stay open
- Pay raises, tuition reimbursement in new deal with Dignity Health
- Why Dignity nurses are challenging merger with Catholic health care giant
- Alameda Company Pays $1.25M Fed Settlement
- Healthcare Consolidation in California Leading to Higher Prices, Study Finds
- California hospital files for bankruptcy, owes $250K to employees
- California nurse practitioners face challenges in filling primary care gap, study shows
- California health system’s bankruptcy challenged by employee union
COLORADO
- St. Francis Medical Center opens new Level III NICU
- Southwest Memorial has plan to recover financial health
- New St. Francis Medical Center project begins wave of Colorado Springs hospital expansions
- It’s now Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center at North Colorado Medical Center
- DaVita Medical Group Honored for Delivering Excellent Patient Care
- PPCC, UCHealth Memorial collaborate to train first responders
- Colorado health facilities: Which complaints are investigated?
- Patients question high emergency room bills from Centura Healthcare
- State law limits changes to health-insurance plans
- Hospital officials find CHA Price Report to be fair
- Why Catholic Health Initiatives’ CISO says awareness training is pivotal in hospital cybersecurity
HAWAII
- Hawaii Pacific Health to open $3.1M clinic at Ward Village
- Financing partner sought for new West Maui Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente awards $80,000 to Hawaii Public Health Institute
- HMSA reports strong second quarter earnings
NEVADA
- The Ladder: Sunrise Children’s Hospital hires new COO
- Mesa View Regional Hospital to Modify Labor and Delivery Services Effective October 1
UTAH
