NATIONAL
- Medicaid gets new acting director
- Healthcare leaders on communicating effectively with other C-suite executives
- Hospitals are turning to telehealth to manage scarce physician resources
- ACOs want deadline extended for CMS’s Pathways to Success applications
- Intermountain Healthcare-led generic drug venture CivicaRx garners new members including NYU Langone, Memorial Hermann, Oschner
- Telemedicine Licensure Compact is Now Live in Half The Country
- Micro-markets inside health centers could be just what the doctor ordered
- S&P sees mostly stable outlook for nonprofit hospitals this year
- What nonprofit health organizations need to know about the new tax on their top executives
- Healthcare M&A now more about strategy than opportunity, Kaufman Hall says
- CMS sets application deadline for new ACO program 2 months after rule
- Viewpoint: 3 HIPAA issues to watch in 2019
- Private equity firms buying more MD practices
- HHS’ Office for Civil Rights is hiring a deputy director for health information privacy
- Microsoft and Walgreens join forces to take on Amazon in health care
- Azar vows to go beyond administration blueprint if drug prices don’t go down
- Supreme Court hears case over disproportionate share hospital payments
- Report: There were fewer, but larger, hospital mergers and acquisitions in 2018
- Connecticut judge tosses cities’ lawsuits against opioid companies
- HHS asks Supreme Court to review Medicare payments ruling
- Hospitals’ online prices prove difficult for patients to understand
- AHA submits legislative, regulatory recommendations to mitigate drug shortages
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Western Connecticut Health Network gets $4.7 million to treat addiction
- Hartford HealthCare to implement $15 minimum wage
- Torrington GoHealth Urgent Care opens, replacing hospital’s walk-in clinic
- Unexpected events shape Connecticut’s health care policy
- Connecticut judge tosses cities’ lawsuits against opioid companies
MAINE
- SMHC plans $34M construction project at Sanford medical center
- Central Maine Healthcare names new president for hospitals in Bridgton, Rumford
- Sanford Medical Center expanding facilities with projects costing $34 million
- Northern Light outsources ER, in-patient providers
- Valley Regional Hospital CEO leaving to take job in Maine
MASSACHUSETTS
- Man gets 10 years for cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital
- Outer Cape Health Services Names Four New Directors
- Massachusetts hospital to close pediatric unit
- Massachusetts startups focus on personalized health care
- Massachusetts biotech proposes installment plan to buy its drug
- Newly re-branded Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Massachusetts shows off facility
- Massachusetts to conduct first survey of Medicaid patients on care quality
- Framingham health analyst acquires Vermont competitor
- Boston Children’s Hospital teams with Medumo on patient navigation app
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Randy Hayes: Four health care priorities for New Hampshire
- Valley Regional Hospital CEO leaving to take job in Maine
NEW YORK
- Staten Island providers finalize merger
- UR Medicine, ROC Regional Health team up to offer online access to doctor visit notes
- Labor Department confirms ‘active’ probe into NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
- Northwell Health Cancer Institute appoints key clinical leaders as part of ongoing expansion
- Memorial Sloan Kettering bars top executives from pharma boards
- New York probing union-busting claims at Hudson Valley hospital
- South Nassau Communities Hospital president, CEO Richard Murphy begins statewide leadership roles
- Cortland Regional Medical Center, Guthrie finalize affiliation
- Rothman Orthopaedic Institute brings joint replacement services to New York
- Callen-Lorde to build $18M Brooklyn clinic
- The Health Care Power 50
- Home nursing pay has not increased in 20 years. Now, WNY is facing a home nursing shortage.
RHODE ISLAND
- I. Hospital names Carayannopoulos chief of new physical and rehabilitation department
- PACE using $28K Champlin Foundation grant for new security system
- ACLU of Rhode Island settles suit against state on behalf of Medicaid Premium Payment enrollees
VERMONT
- Springfield Hospital updates finances, but state wants more answers
- State to boost monitoring of hospital finances
- Vermont hospital, technicians in negotiations months after nurse contract dispute
- UVM Medical Center, professional technicians begin contract negotiations
- Framingham health analyst acquires Vermont competitor
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Christiana Care, Cerna Health partner on weight loss surgery
- New Bayhealth Sussex Campus set to accept patients in early February, community open house scheduled
- Delaware-based biopharma gets new financial support
- Why is Delaware losing doctors?
- Christiana Care lands large corporate contract for bariatric surgery
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Medical school professor to address D.C. health equity in new city government role
- Providence hospital gets a key approval amid D.C. lawsuit
MARYLAND
- Meritus Health rolls out Epic EHR, with help from St. Louis-based Mercy
- Chesapeake Health Care Improves Patient Access with Clearwave Self-Service Solutions
- Maryland hospital cuts 32 positions
- Union Hospital lays off senior staff members
- Hunt Valley contract drug manufacturer appoints new CEO
- Biotech to create 170 jobs, invest $28M in new Rockville HQ
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey Gets $2.3M to Expand Telehealth Programs for Children
- Proposed Virtua-Lourdes merger to proceed without Certificate of Need
- Pallone announces $1.6 million HHS grant money for Monmouth health center
- Cooper University Health Care appoints co-CEOs
PENNSYLVANIA
- Won’t you be my neighbor? Medical facility to include ASC
- Temple’s proposed sale of Fox Chase Cancer Center to Jefferson could boost health in North Philly
- UPMC Cole Announces Leadership Transition in Northern Tier Region
- Clarion Hospital names Davis as CEO
- Mayor concerned about future of hospital as workers go nearly month without pay
- Ohio Valley Hospital, Heritage Valley Health System finalize affiliation
- UPMC Cole to transition leadership
- Penn State Health’s acute care hospital on the West Shore one step closer to groundbreaking
- Ohio Valley Hospital, Heritage Valley Health System finalize affiliation
- Uniontown Hospital unwinds partnership with UPMC, talks with WVU Medicine continue
- Won’t you be my neighbor? Medical facility to include ASC
- Cooper University Health Care CEO to retire June 1
- Uniontown surgery center certified for outpatient knee replacements
- Kelly addresses Ellwood City Hospital pay
- Philadelphia’s Bryn Mawr Hospital opens $250M patient pavilion
- How UPMC Is Bringing Enhanced Telemedicine Services to the Grocery Store
- Humana hires new chief medical officer from UPMC
- Casey tells Highmark, UPMC to address patients’ confusion over coverage
- How a Pennsylvania health system slashed readmissions 25%
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia sues over ‘misappropriation’ of its research
- Senator presses UPMC, Highmark CEOs to answer questions over coverage change
VIRGINIA
- Lee County hospital board cuts ties with Florida company after missed deadline
- LewisGale Medical Center in Salem gets a new COO
- Lee County restarts efforts to reopen hospital
- Transitional Care Clinic helps patients get beyond the ER
- LewisGale Medical Center announces new chief operating officer
- Certificate of need: A thorn in Virginia’s side for decades
- Sentara Healthcare names 1st medical groups, ambulatory services president
- Editorial stumps for Virginia to consider CON law review
- Virginia county in talks with Ballad Health to reopen hospital
WEST VIRGINIA
- Mountain Health System, CAMC to work together
- Head of Ascension Via Christi leaving for new job in West Virginia
- CAMC, Huntington-area hospitals announce affiliation agreement
- Mountain Health System, CAMC to work together
- Mountain Health names first president, CEO
- Uniontown Hospital unwinds partnership with UPMC, talks with WVU Medicine continue
- Report calls for privatizing West Virginia’s state-run hospitals
- West Virginia’s state-run hospitals should be privatized, report says
- Summersville Regional Medical Center to join the West Virginia University Health System
- Jackson General Hospital to join the West Virginia University Health System
- WVU Health System appoints 1st-ever chief pharmacy officer
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- New Mercy Medical Center service aims for shorter hospital stays
- UnityPoint starting own drug company to combat drug shortages
- Sioux Center Health purchases clinic
- Auditor wants to measure quality of Iowa Medicaid services
- Iowa Court OKs Open-Heart Surgery at Competing Hospitals
- Southeast Iowa couple awarded $14 million in case against hospital
- Appeals court rejects key University of Iowa argument in Children’s Hospital fight
- Skiff Medical Center to be renamed MercyOne Newton Medical Center
- Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City to adopt MercyOne name on Feb. 1
- Vinton hospital joins UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids as affiliate
KANSAS
- KC-based hospital company pays up at 11th hour to keep lights on at Kansas facility
- Head of Ascension Via Christi leaving for new job in West Virginia
- Official: Horton hospital stable despite financial troubles plaguing owners
- Kansas hospital is stable despite manager’s financial struggles, CEO says
- ‘A battle royale’: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s first big test will be Medicaid expansion
- Local residents worried about future of Hillsboro Community Hospital
- Tallgrass Surgical Center in Kansas acquired by hospital
MINNESOTA
- Avera Health Acquiring More Health Facilities in Minnesota
- Shoreview-based Ecumen, a national provider of senior services, names new CEO
- Mayo Clinic, Wake Forest Baptist Health join clinical research network
- Gundersen Health System unveils plan for Winona Clinic
- Children’s Hospital hires new inclusion executive
- Minnesota hospitals saw bad debt climb nearly 25% in 2017
- Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital CEO to resign
MISSOURI
- Meritus Health rolls out Epic EHR, with help from St. Louis-based Mercy
- Maryville’s Mike Baumgartner appointed Regional President of SSM Health
- Texas County Memorial Hospital expects 12.9% increase in outpatient revenue
- SSM Health selects president for Mid-Missouri region
- SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital gets large grant for research in childhood cancer
- Swope Health CEO will retire
- How to win in the blockchain game: Q&A with Children’s Mercy Kansas City CIO David Chou
- Missouri Supreme Court: Mercy won’t get new trial, must pay patient tens of millions
- Jones: Change in services at SSM not as clear cut as it seems
- Golden Valley Memorial Hospital live-tweeted its EHR go-live
NEBRASKA
- After fight over Medicaid expansion, Nebraska lawmakers will now battle over how to pay for it
- Children’s Hospital lawsuit highlights ‘own and control’ issue
- More docs choosing hospital employment over private practice; Children’s lawsuit highlights ‘own and control’ issue
NORTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health names new Bismarck region president
- Sanford regional president to make move to Montana
- Teladoc opposes North Dakota telemedicine bill
SOUTH DAKOTA
- South Dakota health care system expands grief counseling
- Avera Health acquiring more health facilities in Minnesota
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Sparta hospital CEO Joann Emge named president-elect of statewide hospital network
- Chicago’s healthcare transactions amounted to $85B+ — How other cities stacked up
- Crosby: ER nurse from Aurora partners with state legislator on bill to prevent hospital violence
- Chicago-based telemedicine provider raises $6.5 million
- Rush is third hospital in country to achieve ‘pinnacle’ of predictive analytics
- Kambic named chair-elect to Illinois Health & Hospital Association
- Clay County Hospital president to resign
- U of Chicago, Central Illinois heart-care groups team up
- Illinois hospital pilots psychiatric urgent care program
- Medline to build healthcare supply chain center, create up to 400 jobs
- Illinois hospital announces partnership with online heath care market provider
- Health Professionals Waiting Months for Illinois License Approval
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare posts $13.3M net loss, 3% rise in operating income for Q1
INDIANA
- Indiana healthcare group hit by third-party data breach
- Medicaid work requirements start in Indiana — sort of
- Eli Lilly publishes list prices of its drugs online
- Olio Launches National Tech Platform
- Indiana Hospital Association Names VPs
- Clarksville rehabilitation hospital to open this summer
- IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital Awarded Accreditation From The Joint Commission
- Healthcare Facility to Open in Glendale
- IU Health Bloomington Hospital Names COO
- Indy Healthcare Provider Acquired
KENTUCKY
- Kentucky is the only state where physician assistants can’t prescribe controlled medications. This bill would change that.
- Overdoses drop in St. Elizabeth emergency rooms: ‘It’s less of a disaster,’ doc says
- Yelp for hospitals: This website shows you operation costs in Kentucky
- Saint Joseph London hosts ribbon cutting for wound care service line
- Humana hires new chief medical officer from UPMC
- Passport says state cuts threaten future, new Louisville headquarters
- Kentucky residents again seek to block new Medicaid rules
- Jewish Hospital was once profitable. Then it joined forces with UofL.
MICHIGAN
- DCHS holds off on line of credit request
- Dickinson County Healthcare System restructuring update
- Holland Hospital sees record-setting joint surgeries
- Millennial CFO Brittany Lavis leads at DMC, talks population health
- Whitmer names ex-Obama official to lead DHHS
- Health Pointe partners with GR children’s hospital
- Health care access improves in West Michigan and Detroit, report finds
- Micro-markets inside health centers could be just what the doctor ordered
- Allegan Hospital’s plan with Ascension is part of decades-long trend
- West Michigan Cancer Center announces new interim executive director
- FirstLight Home Care Expanding to Kalamazoo, Mich.
- Detroit Medical Center names CMO, CNO for 3 hospitals
- Beaumont Health restructures leadership as 3 executives depart
- CEO of 3 Detroit Medical Center hospitals resigns for top post at Georgia health system
OHIO
- Cincinnati hospital appealing denied CON for $23M ASC
- Settlement possible in long running Hoover Co. healthcare case
- Dayton-area hospital and health care provider names new CEO
- Meet Wilson Health’s new CEO
- Ohio hospital closes behavioral health unit
- Madison County hospital unveils expanded ER, cancer clinic as part of $25M project
- Second lawsuit filed against Ohio health system, physician charged with ordering fatal pain med doses
WISCONSIN
- Ascension Wisconsin plans ‘several’ micro hospitals
- Ascension Wisconsin Held Several Community Conversations at St. Joseph and St. Francis
- Ascension Wisconsin enters joint venture to open small-scale neighborhood hospitals
- Wisconsin spine group makes partnership to join ACO
- Ascension Wisconsin partners with Emerus Holdings to expand health care coverage
- Milwaukee hospital to pay $360K for improper waste disposal
- Telemedicine Will Enhance, Not Replace Doctors In Rural Wisconsin, Experts Say
- New governor pushes for medicaid expansion
- Froedtert Health to pay $360K in hazardous waste disposal settlement
- Froedtert Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Dr. Jordan Spillane on the market disruptors that have her attention
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospital workers’ health coverage at risk after system misses payments
- Brookwood Baptist Health launches new sports medicine practice
- UnitedHealth ranks Alabama 48 in their annual report
FLORIDA
- East Coast Surgery Center owners buying $935K property
- HCA Healthcare spends $52.5M on land for planned Florida hospital
- Florida hospital cancels fundraiser amid criticism for admissions policy
- Florida system may lose 4 radiologists amid ‘controversial’ pilot program
- Lee Health hospital room rates rising again. Here’s where that money goes
- Cleveland Clinic rebrands newly acquired Florida hospitals, broadens footprint in Sunshine State
- Cleveland Clinic renames 4 hospitals
- AdventHealth breaks ground on Deltona ER
- Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida breaking ground on new center near Golden Gate
- Hospital opens new skilled nursing unit
- Two families file court documents hinting at possible All Children’s suit over botched heart surgeries
- Cleveland Clinic’s Mihaljevic embraces ‘larger opportunity’ in south Florida
- Florida health system donors redirect funds amid admissions policy controversy
- Inspectors visit Johns Hopkins All Children’s after heart surgery deaths
- County Commission to rule Tuesday on Venice Regional hospital application
- Johns Hopkins hires former prosecutor to probe safety issues at All Children’s
- Hospital changes on the Treasure Coast
- BayCare bid to build 60-bed Florida hospital challenged again
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital seeks to raise $250M, expand campus
- Florida ER lowers bill after $5K charge for 4 stitches
- Baptist Health South Florida enters generic drug business
- Rennova paid CHS $635K for Tennessee hospital
- Florida Board of Health suspends hundreds of health care licenses over student loan defaults
- Florida officials approve plans for 290-bed Venice Regional Hospital
- Former CEO of Cross Country Healthcare returns to role 25 years after leaving
- South Florida assisted living facility fined for death, attempted suicide and runaways
GEORGIA
- Shortage of mental health care in Georgia is called a crisis
- Health IT company BioIQ to relocate HQ to Cobb
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center plans another expansion for Braselton hospital
- Phoebe Putney Health System hires new chief human resources officer
- Atrium Health and Navicent Health celebrate collaboration
- Grady’s ER trailer returns to combat flu
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center anticipates $12 million project for Braselton hospital expansion
- Hospital Groups Open To A Few CON Changes; Critics Say More Needed
- Georgia health system duped out of $1.2M recovers funds
MISSISSIPPI
- North Mississippi Health Services acquires Gilmore Memorial Hospital
- Mississippi could see push-pull on Medicaid expansion
- Forrest Health president assumes additional role upon CEO retirement
- Mississippi might be warming to limited Medicaid expansion
NORTH CAROLINA
- Murphy Hospital announces name change to show growing influence
- $29 million earmarked for nursing home improvements goes unused for years
- With super-majorities gone, is Medicaid expansion on the table in NC?
- North Carolina hospital to close birthing unit
- Mayo Clinic, Wake Forest Baptist Health join clinical research network
- Atrium Health and Navicent Health celebrate collaboration
- The robot in the room: Changing stroke care through tele-medicine
- Atrium Health-Union unveils new sign
- Hearing set on proposed CRH clinic
- Cone Health previews new women and children’s hospital
- Sentara Albemarle’s Breast Center redesign nears completion
- Northern gets Top 10-percent ranking
- Consultant: Mission sale price to HCA deemed ‘fair’
- BCBS of North Carolina to fund PCP program amid shortage
- Vidant, ECU medical groups merger efforts end
- Medline to build healthcare supply chain center, create up to 400 jobs
- North Carolina gets a ‘F’ on how equally it treats mental and physical health issues
- Duke, UNC Health among health systems to join value-based program with Blue Cross NC
- C. Attorney General signs off on Mission/HCA deal
- HCA’s $1.5B acquisition of Mission moves forward
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Trident Health acquires North Charleston site for a new specialty hospital
- Midlands health system headquarters, CEO to be based in Greenville after merger
- Summerville Medical opens new observation unit for expedited care, testing
- South Carolina’s largest health care system conducting national search for new CEO
- Prisma Health senior leadership to be located in Upstate
- Trident Medical purchases 17-acre site for new behavioral health hospital
- Roper, MUSC plan to team up on a new rehab hospital in Berkeley County
TENNESSEE
- HealthStream pays $18M for SNF quality specialists
- See how Nashville ranks among the nation’s top cities for health care M&A
- Tennessee resumes extra payments to rural health clinics
- CHS CEO Wayne Smith: We’re no longer a rural hospital chain
- HCA Healthcare spends $52.5M on land for planned Florida hospital
- HealthStream buys Denver company for $18M
- Dispute between Community Health Systems, Quorum Health settled by arbitrators
- State resumes payments to rural clinics struggling to stay open
- Ambulances, fire department stretched thin after Tennessee hospital closure
- Pharmaceutical firm to lay off 225 Memphis workers
- In-debt hospital takes monetary issues to court
- Rennova paid CHS $635K for Tennessee hospital
- AmerisourceBergen cuts half its workforce at Tennessee compounding plant
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas medical center reaches settlement on failure to pay onsite, overnight workers overtime
- Training docs just part of job at med school; ASU’s osteopaths aiming to make communities healthier
- CHI St. Vincent names physician president of Hot Springs market
- Arkansas hospital allocates $50K to keep ER staffed
- Closure of Little Rock hospital’s labor and delivery unit dismays nurses
- CHI St. Vincent restructures leadership team after 2 executives depart
ARIZONA
- Phoenix Nursing Facility CEO Resigns After Patient In Vegetative State Gives Birth
- Staffing company sues Green Valley hospital over unpaid bills
- Arizona’s surprise billing law takes effect
- Physician staffing company sues Arizona hospital
LOUISIANA
- Health system announces plans for hospital renovation
- CHRISTUS Health investing $43M to transform Highland Campus
- Humana can’t seal documents in antitrust suit involving Louisiana health system
- Christus Health to spend $43M expanding Highland Med Center
- Ochsner Health System joins national effort to bring down cost of prescriptions
NEW MEXICO
- Project ECHO Receives $10 million Grant From Co-Impact
- UNMHSC’s Project Echo to receive $20 million grant
OKLAHOMA
- Head of Ascension Via Christi leaving for new job in West Virginia
- Enid doctor opens new by-membership primary care clinic
- Why an Oklahoma-based ASC values autonomy
- Oklahoma hospital employees receive food donations as shutdown continues
- Lawsuit seeks to oust operator of Oklahoma hospital
TEXAS
- Parkland Names Executive Director of Its Community Health Plan
- Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center-Marshall names new administrator
- Texas psych hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding gets reprieve
- Melinda Stephenson reflects on 10 years as Kingwood Medical Center CEO
- Northwest Texas becomes first local hospital to offer ECMO treatment
- Health care group relocating headquarters in southwest Fort Worth
- Dallas’ Promise Hospital to Go Up for Auction After Bankruptcy
- The Hospitals of Providence names new Sierra Campus CEO
- Providence owner buys clinics closed by bankrupt health care company
- Capital Senior Living Corp. Names President and CEO
- Providence Children’s Hospital NICU earns highest designation in Texas
- Interim CEO of Texas hospital resigns
- How Texas hospitals are syncing data in battle against opioid abuse
- How Texas Trees Will Transform the Medical District
- NPH hires Hagey as CFO
- Tenet Healthcare plans to outsource 1,000+ jobs
- Parkland Hospital to add six-story, $154 million clinics and office building
- Medicaid, opioids and abortion: Health care issues to expect this Texas legislative session
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center president, other execs depart after federal review
- How Transforming the Medical District Could Transform Dallas
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Names New President
- Hospital replaces leadership after blood transfusion mistake
- Scenic Mountain Medical Center to join Steward Health Care System
- Hospital names Smith new CEO
- El Paso medical group hires 100+ providers of shuttered orthopedic surgical hospital
- Medical City Plano, Medical City Frisco selects chief development officer
- Somebody break it to the boss: Morale’s a problem at Tenet Healthcare
- Huntsville Memorial Hospital selects acting CEO
- Healthcare Shopping: An MRI in Dallas Can Range From $240 to $3,290
- Healthcare company leaves Irving for new headquarters in Plano
- Two new lawsuits allege surgical errors during heart transplants at St. Luke’s in Houston
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Federal ANMC staffers’ pay covered during government shutdown
- Hospitals could merge by end of fiscal year
IDAHO
- Burst Biologics Partners with Adventist Health System
- Local pediatric clinic now offering specialized care through Primary Children’s Hospital
MONTANA
- Hospital paid $10 million to settle federal lawsuit over radiology services
- Missoula native tapped as new Chief Operating Officer at Polson hospital
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare announces new president, CEO
- Fully remodeled ICU opens at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings
- New coalition aims to make Billings more dementia-friendly
- Bozeman Health hospital monopolized cardiology services, physician claims
OREGON
- Oregon system, nurses reach tentative labor deal
- A first peek at the cool new guest house for OHSU Doernbecher families
- Media doesn’t unfairly target pharma for rising health care costs, OHSU researcher finds
WASHINGTON
- CHI Franciscan leases property for future Bremerton clinic
- PeaceHealth adds software to make medical records accessible by cell phone
- CHI Franciscan announces new clinic at 4205 Kitsap Way
- Just looking for a problem? That’s Providence St. Joseph’s strategy for its new $150M venture fund
- Drug Price Transparency Bill Coming to Wash. Legislature
- Providence adds first hospital-based K9 force in Washington State
- MultiCare starts $15M Tacoma emergency department expansion
WYOMING
- Wyoming tribe says hospital overcharging tribal members
- Macker to chair statewide health committee
- JAC backs UW residency clinics bill
- Wyoming health system overcharged tribe, boosted profits 700%, tribe claims
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Long-time independent South Bay medical group sold to much larger DaVita
- UC San Diego Health opens California’s 1st accredited ER for seniors
- California AG tries to halt sale of 2 hospitals
- Molina Healthcare Slapped with Large Fine for Lapses In Handling Grievances
- WellSpace Health will buy 3 clinics, gain 19,000 patients in Sacramento
- California’s Delano Regional Medical Center to join Adventist Health
- California hospital district’s dissolution temporarily halted
- Delano Regional agrees to join Adventist Health
- Outset Medical Appoints Chief Medical Officer and People Operations VP to Leadership Team
- Healthcare CEO pleads guilty in bribery case
- Corner Office: Erik G. Wexler, CEO of Providence St. Joseph Health, Southern California Region
- Los Alamitos Medical Center appoints COO
COLORADO
- Long-time independent South Bay medical group sold to much larger DaVita
- Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital taps new CEO
- Peak Vista purchases building for first southeast Colorado Springs clinic
- Lawmakers Prepare To Tackle Hospitals, Big Pharma In New Legislative Session
- New Vail Health CEO Will Cook learning to lose the necktie
- Medical provider faces 50 charges
- HealthStream buys Denver company for $18M
- Colorado lawmaker seeks deep dive into how hospitals spend tax dollars
- EMCH is going ‘alternative’ when it comes to opioids
- Man breaks into, spends 6 hours ransacking hospital clinic overnight
- Paladina Health Acquires Activate Healthcare to Amplify Impact of Primary Care Nationwide
HAWAII
- REHAB Hospital of the Pacific: Healing through art
- Hawaii Convention Center to host major medical conference
NEVADA
- Sunrise Hospital NICU services in jeopardy over low Medicaid reimbursements
- UNR Med expands health care services in northern Nevada
- Nevada providers, insurers hopeful for consensus this year on surprise billing solution
UTAH
- Utah may become the next state to seek Medicaid work requirements
- Intermountain Healthcare-led generic drug venture CivicaRx garners new members including NYU Langone, Memorial Hermann, Oschner
- Utah Valley Hospital opens new, 12-story patient tower, nearing the end of $430M renovation
- Huntsman family donates $30 million to expand cancer institute in honor of the late Jon Huntsman Sr.
