NATIONAL
- CMS paid $84M for nursing home services that didn’t meet Medicare rule, audit finds
- S. judge will not block Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health venture’s new hire
- Senate Inquiry On Drug Prices Echoes Landmark Hearings Held 60 Years Ago
- Physician burnout rate drops 10.5 points after spike
- The metrics healthcare leaders check daily
- Amazon exec says A.I. in health care is finally moving beyond hype
- Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices Rose 128% Since 2012
- CVS Looks To Make Its Drugstores A Destination For Health Care
- These 10 States Are in Danger of the Most Rural Hospital Closures
- Big Pharma Heads To Capitol Hill
- My Doctor Makes What? How Physicians Are Paid
- Docs generate an average $2.4M a year per hosptial
- Healthcare organizations experienced more than 1 data breach per day in January
- HCA, Cleveland Clinic among world’s most ethical companies 2019
- With industry backing, American Hospital Association CEO rebuffs ‘Medicare-for-all’
- Investment income made up almost 50% of hospitals’ net margin in past 2 years
- Amazon continues its push into the pharmacy business, and has appointed a 14-year vet to run it
- Medicare chief wants to overhaul primary care payment system
- HHS sets release date for interoperability rule
- Tax-exempt hospitals to get an IRS checkup on federal law compliance
- Senate’s drug price hearing: 6 takeaways
- Amazon taps longtime exec to lead pharmacy business: 5 things to know
- FTC to create task force to monitor ‘big tech’ mergers
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- UConn Health Says Data Breach Could Impact More Than 300,000
- YNHH named best heart hospital in CT
- Hospital tax cut replaced with tax hike in Connecticut budget plan
- Connecticut Aims to Grow Its Biotech Industry
- Southwest Community Health has new president/CEO
MAINE
- Mayo Regional Hospital’s board to vote on merger with Northern Light Health
- Health Affiliates Maine opens new intensive outpatient program in Saco
- Dover-Foxcroft hospital board will take a first vote on merging with Northern Light system
- Bar Harbor assisted living facility to close in April
- Loss of Riverview certification cost state $14M last year
- Bangor pediatrics group will continue care for newborns
MASSACHUSETTS
- Mass General Hospital designing $1 billion emergency buildings
- Newton doctor who overbilled Medicare, MassHealth agrees to pay $680000 fine
- Op-ed: First up for Partners’ new CEO? Repair relationship with Harvard
- First look: Inside the new $89 million Nantucket Hospital
- New Partners HealthCare CEO thrives on helping other women succeed
- $1B Boston hospital expansion will include disaster, flood protection
- Group opposing Massachusetts nurse staffing question broke record for ballot committee spending
- Report: Costs vary widely among Boston-area hospitals
- Lahey Hospital names new chief medical officer
- Exec: Brigham, Mass. General alliance ‘has never been stronger’
- Financial updates from Dignity Health, Vanderbilt + 4 other health systems
- MassBio launches new digital health offshoot, plans legislative push
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- North Country Healthcare Pledges to Continue Collaboration
- North Country Hospital Group Loses Largest Member
- Littleton Regional Healthcare withdraws from regional partnership
- H. Medicaid Work Requirement Underway But Debate Continues
- Medtronic to close New Hampshire office, affecting 150 jobs
NEW YORK
- New York health system cuts jobs after poor financial performance
- Area hospitals receive funding for quality improvements
- Hospital affiliations expand local services
- Group of former Massena Memorial Hospital Board members respond to town supervisor’s moves
- Stony Brook Hospital names Julie Mirkin chief nursing officer
- HCA, Cleveland Clinic among world’s most ethical companies 2019
- Eastern Niagara Hospital files certificate of need for emergency department project
- NewYork-Presbyterian CFO Michael Breslin: There are ‘limitless’ opportunities in telemedicine
- Massena Hospital Looking At Bailout Options
- New York considering a bill that would lower emergency sirens sounds
- Unique Partnership with New York’s Largest Multicultural Physician-Led Network Integrates Multiple Risk-Management Programs into a Single Platform
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital appoints COO
RHODE ISLAND
- After federal probe, hospital fixes accessibility problems
- Rhode Island’s Medical Makeover
- Health Services Council to consider Encompass Health’s application to acquire Care Resources
VERMONT
- Troubled Vermont hospital announces major restructuring
- Report: More Vermont individuals are covered by health insurance
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Health Records on iPhone available to Christiana Care Health System patients
- State officials push plans to reduce health care costs
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- MedStar must face Medicare fraud whistleblower lawsuit – judge
- Danaher acquiring GE biopharma business for $21.4B
MARYLAND
- Panel regulating Maryland hospitals services gets new chair
- Skyline Urology To Pay $1.85 Million To United States To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- LifeBridge Health reaches agreement to purchase Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital
- Maryland governor appoints Dr. Andrew Pollak as chair of statewide healthcare commission
- AFL-CIO protests Johns Hopkins Bayview’s planned $469M expansion
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey moves closer to joining multistate licensing pact for nurses
- Saint Michael’s Medical Center selects CFO
- Newark Hospital Announces New CFO
- Nursing home fired aide on her second day because she was pregnant, state alleges
- ‘I knew we had a problem after the 4th death’: Failures led to 11 Wanaque center deaths
- RWJBarnabas Health makes 17 systemwide, regional leadership changes
PENNSYLVANIA
- North Philadelphia Health System emerges from bankruptcy
- UPMC fires back at Pa. attorney general with federal lawsuit
- Construction of Allegheny Health Network’s mini hospital in Harmar stalled by land issues
- Tower Health, Drexel University finalize plan for regional campus in Wyomissing
- Penn State approves new leadership model for its academic health center
- Drexel, Tower Health sign 20-year academic agreement
- Patient engagement in the social media era: Q&A with Jefferson Health’s 1st social media chief
- State issues 2018 nursing home survey results; most local facilities in compliance with regulations
- Group of Lancaster residents not ready to say goodbye to UPMC Pinnacle hospital
- Joyce talks opioids, staffing needs at Chambersburg Hospital
- Roche agrees to buy Philadelphia biotech Spark Therapeutics for $4.3 billion, enriching CHOP, founders
- Westmoreland County hospital nears completion
- Excela bolsters system’s health with focus on primary care
- Penn State Health to split CEO, med school dean roles amid Dr. Craig Hillemeier’s exit
- Geisinger Home Health and Hospice partners with national provider in joint venture
- health system ‘street medicine’ program decreases ED usage 80% for homeless patients
- Roche agrees to buy Philadelphia biotech Spark Therapeutics for $4.8 billion
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia spinoff investment pays off big with Roche acquisition
VIRGINIA
- Virginia biotech firm Aperiomics solves medical mysteries
- Fast-growing Southern Illinois women’s clinic joins forces with Virginia-based company
- Doctor’s visits at Sentara go high-tech with Virtual Visits
WEST VIRGINIA
- Why 2 hospitals are slashing medical bills by 50%
- Medicaid work bill dies in West Virginia House
- Living like a leader: A day with Albert Wright, CEO of WVU Hospitals and WVU Health System
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa Medicine Board names new executive director
- Almost $10 million added to UI Children’s Hospital costs
- Investigation finds misuse of funds at Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- UI owes construction company additional almost $10 million for children’s hospital
- Carroll Hospital Planning Regional Cancer Center
KANSAS
- Hutchinson hospital may lose LifeSave helicopter
- Report: Rural hospitals on the brink of closing in Kansas, Missouri
- Newton Medical Center partnership with Shriners St. Louis to benefit rural Kansas children
- KU Health System to offer innovative, new proton therapy cancer treatment
- Clinical trials in Topeka help develop new treatments
- No paychecks: Horton hospital may close
MINNESOTA
- UnitedHealth loses bid to block exec from joining Amazon/Berkshire/JPMorgan health care venture
- Hennepin County Board, Hennepin Healthcare meet to discuss hospital merger with North Memorial
- Physicians’ group asks Mayo to stop use of live animals in training Minnesota doctors
- Allina Health appoints Kelly Spratt president of 2 hospitals
- Hy-Vee acquires 10 pharmacies in Minnesota
MISSOURI
- Change In Health Records System Leads Barnes-Jewish Hospital To Cut Thousands Of Tests
- Missouri hospitals provided $3.3B in community benefits in 2017, study finds
- Louis leaders recognized as top women in health care
- Newton Medical Center partnership with Shriners St. Louis to benefit rural Kansas children
- Financial updates from Dignity Health, Vanderbilt + 4 other health systems
- SSM Health Medical Minute: New SLU Hospital on target to open September 2020
- Louis Children’s Hospital performs 500th heart transplant
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska HHS hints at Medicaid expansion curbs
- Nursing home closing in southern Nebraska
- Hospitals, other medical facilities continue to expand
- Opinion: Property tax exemption needed by hospitals
- Cohesity backup saves time and space for Nebraska hospital
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Rural funding initiatives help to fill health care gaps in South Dakota
- Sanford Health expands midwifery services to Dakota Dunes
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Why this Chicago hospital treats homelessness as a health issue
- Family wins malpractice case against OSF Healthcare in 2012 case
- Fast-growing Southern Illinois women’s clinic joins forces with Virginia-based company
- Pipeline Health seeks to invest in outpatient care with request to close suburban Chicago hospital
- Amita Health appoints CEO for Illinois hospital
- Illinois hospitals seek reform of Medicaid managed care system
- Blessing Trauma Center Re-Designated as Level 2 Center
- Illinois nurses lobby for staffing ratios
- Illinois association publishes billing guide for Medicaid managed care
- OSF Healthcare launches telemedicine program amid neurologist shortage
INDIANA
- Indiana nurse practitioner bill draws ire from doctors
- Nurse practitioners respond to Indiana House proposal
- Kentuckiana Medical Center closing after years on financial life support
- Deaconess to Break Ground on Downtown Clinic
KENTUCKY
- Jewish Hospital deal could prime University of Louisville for growth
- What is Passport Health? And why is it halting its west Louisville headquarters?
- Data breach at Louisville health provider compromises data of 16,000 patients
- Kentucky PBMs took $123.5M in hidden fees, report claims
- Passport Health to suspend work on west Louisville HQ amid Kentucky Medicaid cuts
- Is Passport too big to fail? At least one health care analyst thinks so.
- AG’s office secures more than $5M for KY from Medicaid fraud settlement with dialysis provider
- Why UofL has short window to find partner for Jewish Hospital acquisition
- Judge postpones critical Passport Health Plan hearing
- Trilogy Health Services Refreshes Brand
- Kentuckiana Medical Center closing after years on financial life support
- Area hospital to close, lay off 200 employees: report
- Passport CEO: ‘Time is of the essence’ as judge delays lawsuit hearing
MICHIGAN
- Michigan schools, health system training doctors on opioids
- Cadillac hospital among 11 in Michigan to get national recognition
- Munson Medical Center one step closer to breaking ground on new expansion
- Covenant Announces Mary Free Bed Rehab Expansion
OHIO
- Shortage of allied health pros felt in NEO
- Ohio State wins clearance to buy 34 acres for outpatient care center
- Mount Carmel hospitals still in danger of losing Medicare funding, health agency says
- Ohio State names Michael Papadakis permanent CFO, overseeing Wexner Medical Center
- Local hospital works with Icelandic company for healthcare treatment
- Greater Dayton’s 5 most pressing health needs
- Hospital president talks health care in the Miami Valley
- HCA, Cleveland Clinic among world’s most ethical companies 2019
- Ohio doc, hospital now face 22 lawsuits over drug doses, deaths
- Ohio hospital pilots EMS information-sharing program
- Trinity Health System begins demolition for $75M expansion
- Ohio health care transparency law blocked by judge decision
WISCONSIN
- Wisconsin governor vows not to give up on Medicaid expansion
- Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee plans $16 million labor, delivery unit
- Report: Medicaid expansion proposal would cost Wisconsin $600 million a year
- Columbia St. Mary’s Milwaukee plans $16M labor, delivery unit
- UHS appoints Jake Baggott as new executive director
- Bipartisan bill targets prescription drug costs in Wisconsin
- Advocate Aurora nets approval for planned $228 million project in Mount Pleasant
- Rogers Behavioral Health preps $20M in residential treatment space
- Wisconsin Village Board approves Advocate Aurora Health’s $228M medical center, office building
- Wellspring is scrambling to find new nursing homes for its 105 residents after its bank account is frozen
- Froedtert Health’s Director of Enterprise Care Coordination and Redesign Dr. Erika Smith on delivering better care: ‘Focus on how you are providing value’
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Debate shifts, but Medicaid expansion in Alabama still seems far off
- V. Stabler Memorial Hospital in Greenville gets new name
FLORIDA
- Capital Regional Medical Center’s new ERs adding jobs to Tallahassee health care sector
- Braden Hospital founder talks about the past and future for medical care in eastern Collier
- New federal report details widespread problems at All Children’s Hospital in Florida
- Tampa General wants to build new medical rehab facility near downtown Tampa
- Williston’s Regional General Hospital Faces Potential Closure In Wake Of Utility Debt
- Tabula Rasa HealthCare opens research office in Lake Nona Medical City
- Lee Health phasing out baby delivery at Gulf Coast Medical
- Lee Health opens multimillion-dollar Shipley heart and lung rehab center expansion
- S. alleges Florida mail order diabetic testing supply company submitted false Medicare claims
- MedSquare Health Breaks Ground Next to Baptist Hospital
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s has widespread oversight issues, CMS report says
- Florida hospital unveils telehealth app as part of rebranding
- Rennova Health completes acquisition of Jellico Community Hospital
- HCA, Cleveland Clinic among world’s most ethical companies 2019
- Florida hospital unveils telehealth app as part of rebranding
- Northside Hospital CEO heads for Chicago
- UHealth Will Bring World-Class Academic Medical Center To North Miami’s $4-Billion Master-Planned Community SoLé Mia
- Advanced pediatric heart diagnostics and treatment coming to Jacksonville hospital
- Action News Jax Investigates: Specialty doctor shortages in the Jacksonville area
- DeSantis endorses healthcare bill that encourages patients to shop for care
- Wellington Regional Medical Center names new CEO
- Halifax Health lays off 25 employees
GEORGIA
- Nonprofit hospital CEOs back Georgia’s controversial Medicaid bill
- Hospital breaks ground to begin extensive renovations
- Nonprofit hospitals back Kemp Medicaid waiver plan for Georgia
- Extension Of Hospital Provider Fee Advancing Swiftly Through Ga. House
- Grand opening of Navicent Health’s new Children’s Hospital
- Georgia lawmakers consider 2 solutions for surprise billing
- Bill to ease Georgia hospital restrictions passes House committee
- This year to bring new hospital in Lee County, new CEO to Phoebe Putney Health System
- Georgia Gov. Kemp’s Medicaid waiver proposal passes Senate
- Jackson Healthcare Introduces On-Site Childcare
- Georgia House committee approves CON bill
- Navicent Health selects chief information and digital officer
MISSISSIPPI
- Out-of-state healthcare professionals are prohibited from providing free care in Mississippi
- Mississippi pharmacy owner pleads guilty in $200M pharmacy fraud scheme
- Half of Mississippi’s rural hospitals at risk of closing, report says
NORTH CAROLINA
- After 15 years, Piedmont Medical gets go-ahead over Atrium to build Fort Mill hospital
- After Mission purchase, HCA veteran named head of company’s new North Carolina division
- Luke’s Hospital names new CEO
- Novant Health names new CEO at Triad center
- AdventHealth Hendersonville earns four excellence certifications
- Vidant Health offers advice to out of work Washington County Hospital employees
- Nearly complete North Carolina hospital hiring for all positions
- North Carolina hospital forced into bankruptcy
- Federal telemedicine grant to benefit Forsyth, five other counties in region
- Grant to help expand telehealth opportunities in WNC
- Luke’s Hospital names Michelle Fortune as new CEO
- Judge approves revised consent order against Chemours
- Bill filed to stop State Health Plan changes
- Patients and physicians call for expanded Medicaid coverage in NC
- North Carolina lawmakers fight treasurer’s proposed reimbursement cuts
- UNC REX Healthcare and Wake Radiology Formally Launch Partnership for Medical Imaging
- Novant taps Atrium Health executive as VP of research and innovation
- Marlboro County council passes resolution in effort to get help in getting a hospital
- Advanced practice nurses press legislature for autonomy from MD supervision
SOUTH CAROLINA
- MUSC forges unlikely partnership with medical device business
- MUSC to build a $50M hospital and replace 2 others in rural SC
- Having collected $33M from SC taxpayers, Charleston Naval Hospital developers seek more
- 2 South Carolina hospitals agree to close, transfer services to new facility
- New DHEC Director brings over 25 years of public health sector experience to SC
- Marlboro County council passes resolution in effort to get help in getting a hospital
- $28 million North Charleston facility could end up saving MUSC even more
- Lawmakers, physicians call for repeal of health care law
- Aiken Regional Medical Centers selects new CEO
TENNESSEE
- HCA creates new division, names president
- What to do about Tennessee’s rural hospital closure crisis | Opinion
- Saint Francis-Bartlett hires competitor’s exec for its C-suite
- Blount Memorial relies on investments to buffer losses
- Community Health Systems reports $788M loss, admissions drops
- Report: 6 rural hospitals at ‘high financial risk’ in Tennessee
- Council likely to pass Fort Sanders hospital district expansion despite opposition
- Nashville nursing company Wellness Solutions hasn’t paid at least 100 employees in months
- HCA accused of billing fraud: 3 things to know
- HCA, Cleveland Clinic among world’s most ethical companies 2019
- HCMC One of Tennessee Hospitals Recognized As Part of Nationwide Decrease in Hospital-Acquired Conditions
- Tennessee governor proposes $15M more for mental health
- Nurses go months without pay after staffing company loses Medicare funding
- HCA board member steps down, will be replaced by former Disney exec
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s operating income more than doubles
- CHI Memorial appoints COO
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- U of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to open digital health, innovation institute
- Bill would allow Arkansas physicians to help terminally ill patients end their lives
- Healthy Connections to buy Arkansas hospital
- Northwest Arkansas Children’s Hospital Celebrates One Year Anniversary
ARIZONA
- Hospital Goes Out of Business, Pulls Medical Records Offline
- Price transparency helps Arizona health system achieve financial turnaround
- Plan OK’d for patient access to 2 closed Arizona hospitals’ records
- Bankrupt Arizona hospitals ordered to give former patients access to their EHRs
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital posts $39M loss in most recent quarter
- Hospital countersues doctors group for breach of contract, other claims
LOUISIANA
- Teri Fontenot, longtime head of Woman’s Hospital, to retire later this year
- New Lafayette General Orthopaedic Hospital unveiled
- Louisiana officials notify thousands that they could lose Medicaid coverage
- Glenwood is first hospital in region to offer new heart surgery
- Louisiana shopping for new Medicaid managed-care contracts
- Louisiana mayor announces plans for medical corridor
- LHC Group and Geisinger announce definitive agreement for home health and hospice joint venture
- Banner Health launches podcast of real medical stories
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
- Orthopedic Surgeon Paying $85K to Resolve Kickback Allegations
- EmpowerHMS-owned Oklahoma hospital misses 3rd payroll
- Oklahoma sales tax vote to decide fate of county hospital
TEXAS
- Looking at the North health hub expansion in Abilene
- Records: Chronic problems with elevators at Texas hospital
- Surgeons in Forest Park trial: Why are we here?
- Houston-area physicians, scientists receive a combined $38.1M for cancer research
- Christus Trinity Mother Frances Health System expanding Canton facility
- Texas Medical Association CEO Set to Retire
- Alleged kickback trial involving Dallas-area hospital has industry on high alert
- Tenet posts another quarterly loss
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center sets correction plans following patient death
- Texas Children’s operating income slides 39% in Q1
- Tenet Healthcare posts losses for quarter but beats expectations
- Medical City to open heart hospital and spine hospital in Dallas this fall
- Medical City Frisco break ground on new office building and ambulatory surgery center
- Turmoil at Baylor St. Luke’s
- Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital opens outpatient center
- Texas hospital owner convicted in $20M healthcare fraud scheme
- Most North Texas Hospital Systems Are Clearing More Than 10 Percent in Yearly Profits
- Physicians accepted $40M in kickbacks from Texas hospital, feds say
- Memorial Hermann CEO to step down at end of year
- Texas lawmakers seek to clarify confusion over freestanding ERs
- Tenet shrinks loss to $5M, plans new $200M cost-cutting drive
- Dupont Hospital CEO Lorenzo Suter overseeing change in demographics
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- House health care bills we’re watching in Alaska
- Proposed Medicaid cut raises concern for health centers, hospitals
- Alaska hospital downsizes mental health unit to push summer opening
- ‘A desperate situation’: Mat-Su hospital downsizes planned mental-health facility to bring it online faster
- Alaska governor proposes $249M Medicaid cut
- Medicaid cuts threaten financially vulnerable rural hospitals
- Health care sector drives job growth in Anchorage
IDAHO
- Hospital CEO explains details of $40M project
- Idaho trims behavioral health spending
- Saint Al’s didn’t file Medicare claims for a year. What does that mean for patients?
- Medicaid expansion repeal effort in Idaho fails
- First Pediatric Urgent Care To Open In Treasure Valley
- Q&A with Idaho Falls Community Hospital COO
MONTANA
- Billings hospitals see higher than usual patient numbers
- Montana hospital puts patient beds in conference room, hallways amid ED overcrowding
- Montana hospitals reach capacity, urge patients to consider other clinics and offices before visiting ER
- Montana Senate advances bill allowing preventive health care by paramedics
- Montana hospital reports medical records room break-in
OREGON
- 6 months after OHSU heart transplant program implodes, Providence offers a helping hand
- By the narrowest of margins, Providence Portland health care workers vote to unionize
- Oregon hospital support staff win union by 1 vote
- Crisis Looms For Oregon’s Medicaid System Without Major Shift
- Bill to ease Oregon’s nursing shortage advances
WASHINGTON
- UW Medicine data breach: Approximately 974,000 affected patients
- Limited demand hamstrings Seattle outpatient medical office market
- Jury awards $14 million in Seattle Children’s Hospital malpractice suit
- Misconfigured database leads to major data breach at UW Medicine
- Yakima hospital decides to pull funding from residency program
- PeaceHealth chief administrative officer to retire at year-end
WYOMING
- Memorial Hospital Clinic Has Three New Leaders
- New Medical Devices may soon be more commonplace in Wyoming
- Fremont County hospital group confirms it will close Lander mental health unit
- Wyoming’s Medicaid work requirement moves forward
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Cincinnati hospital administrator hired as new Stanford-ValleyCare president/CEO
- Bankruptcy court approves $610M bid for 4 California hospitals
- Jason Liauw to lead MemorialCare Neuroscience Institute at Saddleback Memorial Center
- New infusion center opens at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
- 11 North Bay leaders in health care you need to know in 2019
- Controversial ZSFGH billing practice that left privately-insured owing thousands could be banned
- California’s proposal to end surprise ER bills: 7 things to know
- California attorney general fails to stop county’s purchase of 2 hospitals
- HCA accused of billing fraud: 3 things to know
- Financial updates from Dignity Health, Vanderbilt + 4 other health systems
- Former California pharmacy owner gets 4 years for orchestrating $1.3M Medicare scam
- California bill would require hospitals to give 180-day public notice before closing
- How publicity spurred Zuckerberg hospital to consider billing changes: A timeline
- Cedars-Sinai to equip 100 rooms with Alexa-powered platform
- UC San Francisco to use blockchain to share medical data
COLORADO
- Non-profit group helps patients fight unexpected, costly medical bills
- Bill to eliminate liens for medical debt stalls
- Kristi Olson steps in as interim CEO of St. Thomas More Hospital
- Vail Health Hospital’s east wing site has hit bottom — now it’s time to build up
- Hospital Cost Shifting Still Occurring in CO Despite Coverage Gains
- Centura Health CEO: Why we hit pause on ‘mad rush’ to value-based care
- Colorado hospitals reject report claiming their profits soared by passing on more costs to insurers’ customers
- Colorado’s Chief Medical Officer joins 9Health
- Colorado health groups partner for joint venture orthopedic ASC
- Bill At State Legislature Would Cut Premiums Paid To Hospitals & Doctors
- Fed up with high health care costs, a community asks for a better deal
HAWAII
- 7 arrested in opioid crackdown on Hawaii health care providers
- Adventist Health Castle expansion to cost $438M
- Adventist Health Castle is expanding in Windward Oahu
- Hawaii ambulance breaks down on way to call; patient dies at scene
NEVADA
- Rose Dominican Hospital unveils two state-of-the-art operating rooms
- Southern Nevada Health District’s controversial chief could get contract extension
- Nevada’s Future: Opioid crisis evolves
- Reno City Council approves proposals to increase housing & healthcare services
UTAH
