NATIONAL
- How hospitals are making investments that create new revenue streams
- Civica Rx CEO predicts ‘stampede’ if Amazon’s Haven succeeds
- HHS cuts maximum civil monetary penalties for HIPAA violations
- Healthcare sweeps ranking of top-paying jobs — Salaries for surgeons, orthodontists & more
- PBM executive: Industry has been discussing end of rebates for a ‘long, long time’
- FDA Okays Healthcare Blockchain Pilot to Track Specialty Drugs
- At 30, Stark Law Chugs Along But It’s Overdue for Repairs
- 5 top supply chain stories in April
- Healthcare mergers were down a bit in Q1. But watch for more partnerships, report says
- AHA urges DOJ to scrutinize Centene-Wellcare merger
- CMS launches 5 primary care models in new value-based push
- CMS seeking ideas for new ACA innovation waiver concepts
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- CT nursing home union calls off strike plans
- Hospital merger gives western CT new doctor pipeline
- Yale-New Haven Hospital announces $838 million Neuroscience Center at Saint Raphael campus
- $15 million gift for Norwalk Hospital
- Officials say St. Vincent’s, Hartford deal good for all
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Unveils New Virtual Reality Infusion Center
MAINE
- Northern Maine Medical Center physician leads Maine association
- Soaring health care costs drive consolidation of Maine’s hospitals
- Seven of eight towns favor Mayo/Northern Light Merger
- CMMC could lose Medicare and Medicaid funding due to problems
- Maine Med to share federal grant that will get cardiac patients into research trials
MASSACHUSETTS
- Class-action lawsuit filed against Massachusetts-based healthcare provider over data breach
- Tenet taps Carolyn Jackson as Massachusetts market, hospital CEO
- Startup offering medical second opinion service partners with Boston Children’s, Nationwide Children’s
- Boston hospital receives largest philanthropic gift in history for HIV/AIDS vaccine research
- Assault on healthcare workers could be felony under new Massachusetts bill
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Portsmouth Regional Hospital to become a teaching hospital
- Patients being returned to hospital after boiler problem
NEW YORK
- White Plains Hospital breaks ground on $272M expansion
- Shooting victim’s lawsuit against Bronx Lebanon Hospital will move forward
- Wyoming County hospital approved for ortho expansion
- New York approves Wyoming County Community Hospital’s $1.1M orthopedic expansion
- Patient falls from 8th floor window at New York hospital
- Healogics Wound Care Center Opens at Hudson Regional Hospital
- North 60 $1.2B bioscience center: More details of mixed-use project for Valhalla
- Patients urged to share billing frustrations, organize to shape health policy
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island to dock Medicaid payments to some nursing homes
- Lifespan launches website criticizing Partners takeover of Care New England
- Ortho Rhode Island breaks ground on medical office building with surgery center
- Care New England CEO: Lifespan is ‘fear-mongering’ on Partners deal
VERMONT
- Vermont hospital considering partnerships, bankruptcy as financial struggles drag on
- WCAX Investigates: The ripple effect of wait times at Vt. hospitals
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- 5 Delaware biotech startups to watch
- Company seeks $1.2 million grant for new medical facility in Delaware
- Pennsylvania, Delaware medical societies team up on improving care, controlling costs
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- New Branch of GU Medical Center Appoints Leadership
- Children’s NICU slashes unintended extubation rates by 60% over 10 years
- Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, named president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States
- Providence’s emergency services are gone. Here’s what’s coming on the D.C. campus.
- Providence Hospital closes after 158 years | ‘I think it will put a lot of people in jeopardy’
- DC hospital closes after 158 years
- Johns Hopkins Hospital CFO Daniel Smith on the value of EMRs
- Chief of Maryland medical system resigns amid scandal
- University of Maryland first to use unmanned aircraft to deliver kidney for transplant
- Shore Health wins approval for $38.5M freestanding facility with ASC
- Drone delivers kidney for transplant at U of Maryland
- Maryland’s Largest Independent GI Provider Announces Grand Re-Opening Near Bowie
NEW JERSEY
- New Bridgton Hospital president addresses concerns, offers look ahead
- RWJBarnabas, Trinitas near merger agreement
- Paycheck errors have hit hospital workers across N.J., union complaint says
- Statement of Debbie White, President On the hiring of the next President/CEO of University Hospital
- Panel raises questions about $13M in tax credits to hospital
- NJ health commissioner leaves to become University Hospital president and CEO
- University Hospital Can Be ‘Pride Of Newark,’ New CEO Says
PENNSYLVANIA
- Nurses in demand: City needs to lure workers from other U.S. metros
- Pennsylvania hospital to end maternity, pediatric services after UPMC ends affiliation
- Uniontown Hospital ending maternity, pediatric services June 30
- Another central Pa. hospital system and health insurer decide to pair up
- Tyrone Hospital Announces Leadership Changes
- WVU Medicine doctors expected to staff Uniontown Hospital’s emergency room
- Pennsylvania, Delaware medical societies team up on improving care, controlling costs
- Reading Hospital names new COO
- How Jefferson Health standardized clinical products to cut costs while maintaining care quality
- Penn State researchers to study need for hospice care in rural Pennsylvania
VIRGINIA
- Virginia pain management clinics agree to pay $3.3M to settle civil fraud claims
- National Spine & Pain Centers involved in $3.3M settlement over fraud allegations
- Life Sciences Industry On Uptick In Virginia
- Local healthcare transport startup fuels up with $5M in new capital
WEST VIRGINIA
- Hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky sign onto massive suit aimed at pharma industry
- Health systems representing 25 W.Va. hospitals file lawsuit against drug companies
- WVU Medicine doctors expected to staff Uniontown Hospital’s emergency room
- Kurban named chief medical officer at WVU Medicine East
- WVU Medicine East names new vice president, chief medical officer
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Genesis Health Systems realign workforce according to officials
- New Behavioral Health Hospital Will Address Treatment Shortage
- Nurses recognized for patient and workforce safety achievements
- UI considers using third party to create final Children’s Hospital construction records
KANSAS
- Hospital clinics recognized as ‘Pinnacle Practice’
- Regional general Hospital owner Jorge Perez under federal investigation.
- Olathe Health plans first phase of expansion
- Liver transplant change delayed amid lawsuit by KU, St. Luke’s, other hospitals
MINNESOTA
- Children’s Hospital Minnesota launches new Gender Health program
- Mayo Clinic accelerator picks include AI, remote patient monitoring tools
- Budget fight erupts at Minnesota Legislature as health care provider tax is set to expire
MISSOURI
- Regional general Hospital owner Jorge Perez under federal investigation.
- One of St. Louis’ largest architecture firms expands in health care industry with acquisition
- Schnucks grocery chain opens 9th specialty pharmacy
- St. Louis biotech startup acquires German firm, snags private equity investment
- St. Louis-area health care organization ranks on ‘top health systems’ list
- Liver transplant change delayed amid lawsuit by KU, St. Luke’s, other hospitals
- IBM Watson names Mercy among top five large health systems for 2019
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital celebrates 500th heart transplant
NEBRASKA
- Boys Town Hospital expands surgical services for kids, adds 4 physicians
- Nebraska Medical Center named to 100 great hospital list for sixth time
- Tri Valley Health System appoints Jessica Fisher CEO
- ‘A flying intensive care unit’ — StarCare provides air medical service for rural Nebraskans
- Local hospital named on 100 great hospitals list
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Encompass building $28M, 40-bed rehab hospital in southwest Sioux Falls
- Avera Gregory Hospital earns five-star marks in federal ratings
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Edward-Elmhurst nurses oppose Illinois mandatory staffing ratio bill
- Galesburg Cottage Hospital CEO to resign
- Schnucks grocery chain opens 9th specialty pharmacy
- Local hospitals’ quality projects showcased at State Capitol
- Illinois hospital installs new spinal robot for precise spinal surgery
- Westlake Hospital closing approved by unanimous state review board vote
- Illinois health board approves Quincy Medical Group’s ASC proposal with slight objections
- Lisa DiMarco named chief nursing officer for SSM Health in Southern Illinois
- ‘A great day’: Alton Memorial Hospital joins Siteman Cancer Network
INDIANA
- Lutheran Health Network Expands Leadership Team
- Indiana University Health, WakeMed Health & Hospitals test blockchain for drug delivery
- Visibly files suit seeking to overturn Indiana’s ban on corrective lens prescription via telemedicine
- Executive team addition announced at Decatur County Memorial Hospital
- ‘Anywhere but Indiana’ — Why employers are avoiding hospitals in the Hoosier State
- Lilly Reports Higher Profit, Cuts Guidance
- Reid Health Announces Partnership with Earlham College
- Indiana Hospital to Launch Cerner EHR Implementation
- Indiana ASC wins ‘best places to work’ award
- Indiana University Health names Dr. Michelle Janney COO
- Methodist Hospitals Appoint Assistant VP
KENTUCKY
- Cloud interoperability tech eases interface work at University of Louisville Hospital
- Baptist Health Lexington Makes Becker’s Healthcare Top 100
- Norton Healthcare partners with Kentucky schools to offer students virtual visits
- Hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky sign onto massive suit aimed at pharma industry
- Baptist Health inks strategic alliance with BluMine Health to support employer-sponsored health, wellness programs
- Waystar’s owner reportedly mulling sale of company
- Louisville health care startup wins Venture Sharks competition
- US WorldMeds settles whistleblower suit for $17.5 million
- Humana earnings beat expectations
- Norton Healthcare & Select Medical tie up on outpatient rehabilitation
- Kentucky Hospitals Join Together to Fight Opioid Epidemic
- Kindred Healthcare Acquires Promise Hospital in Los Angeles
MICHIGAN
- Pine Rest aims to ease strain on ERs
- Health system earns distinction for electronic records
- Three Michigan health systems collaborate on $48 million laundry service facility
- Pregnant women at Manistee Hospital soon will need to go elsewhere to give birth
- Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital launches new program
- Dickinson County Healthcare System announces layoffs
- Oaklawn Hospital names Gregg Beeg permanent CEO
OHIO
- Mercy St. Vincent Nurses, staff issue 10-day notice to strike
- Ohio State’s Harding Hospital opens 18 new inpatient rooms for psychiatric patients
- New Mount Carmel Grove City hospital set to open this Sunday
- Cincinnati Children’s, Teladoc to develop pediatric telehealth
- TriHealth COO Gail Donovan to step down
- Wrongful death lawsuit against Summa, ER physician group settled
- Proposed solution to Ohio’s healthcare shortage gains AARP support
- Startup offering medical second opinion service partners with Boston Children’s, Nationwide Children’s
- Ohio moves further down list of worst states for nurses
- Bon Secours to merge with Ireland’s largest private health system
- Hospital’s replacement opens amid scandal over doc, dosages
- Nurses, staff set to strike at Ohio hospital next week
- Akron Children’s Hospital provides glimpse inside new Massillon pediatric center
- Mercy Health Youngstown lays off over 30 employees
- Northeast Ohio nursing homes are diversifying to stay afloat
WISCONSIN
- What you need to know about the St. Joseph Hospital controversy
- Aspirus Riverview Hospital ‘front-line’ employees enlist union to seek higher pay, cheaper insurance
- Carroll University, St. Joseph Medical Clinic partner on new downtown Waukesha clinic
- LifeCare Hospitals of Wisconsin in Waukesha to close
- Marshfield Clinic completes affiliation with Beaver Dam Community Hospital
- Dycora cuts Wisconsin ties
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- UAB alumni forging the future of medicine, patient care in Alabama
- Helen Keller Hospital picks new president with Huntsville ties
- Alabama ASC proposes physician buyout by Covenant Surgical Partners
- UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium aims to improve health with multi-level approach
- UAB’s Grand Challenge winner lands $2.7M to boost health in Alabama
FLORIDA
- Ex-leaders of diabetes test supplier to settle fraud charges for $1M
- Key hospital budget issues resolved
- Certificates of Need about to Become History
- Legislature could pass telehealth bill in Florida
- Broward health care tech closes on $9M in Series B
- Nicklaus Children’s Health System head warns of proposed funding cuts
- Freestanding ER in the works for Citrus Hills
- How is it going at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg? City officials have questions.
- Bayfront Health St. Petersburg sues property appraiser for ‘unlawful’ tax bill
- Florida hospital sues Aetna over readmission payment policy
- Former Florida hospital chain CEO to pay $3.5M to settle false billing allegations
- Florida bill would allow new hospitals to be built without state approval
- Florida hospital sues Aetna over readmission payment policy
- Orlando Health snaps up 28 acres in Osceola County
GEORGIA
- Kemp could model Georgia Medicaid waiver off Grady program
- Augusta University Medical Center buys remaining ASC shares for $2M+ from University Hospital, physicians
- Kemp signs bill freeing cancer hospital to grow in Georgia
- Augusta University opens long-awaited nurse-run clinic
- Doctor sues hospital, claims billing done for patients he never saw
- Three Atlanta hospitals ranked among America’s 100 greatest
- Emory, WellStar engaged in years long court battle over Smyrna hospital
- Athens Piedmont hospital ranks as one of the best hospitals in the US
MISSISSIPPI
- Neshoba General Hospital getting new look
- Covington Hospital CEO also administrator of Magee General
- Mississippi health system now live on Epic
NORTH CAROLINA
- Indiana University Health, WakeMed Health & Hospitals test blockchain for drug delivery
- Cooper, hospitals push for Medicaid expansion
- Judge signs off on settlement in lawsuit against Atrium Health involving health care costs
- Western North Carolina Community Health Services appoints interim chief executive officer
- N.C. CEOs: Now’s the time to expand Medicaid
- Rural hospital CEOs call for Medicaid expansion
- NC House proposes new help for people in assisted living in state budget
- Solving the nursing shortage: HCC expansion hinges on new building
- Washington County Hospital reopening today, accepting patients Thursday
SOUTH CAROLINA
- New VA health facility in North Charleston expected to open in 2021
- Coastal Carolina Hospital names chief nursing officer
- Nurses at Orangeburg hospital feared for their safety before shooting. They still do.
- SC needs more health providers, but there aren’t enough spots to train them
TENNESSEE
- Spero Health Appoints Clint Cromwell as Chief Legal Officer
- Clinical care, academic programs unite as ETSU Health
- Nurse’s arrest shows flaws in Tennessee background check reports
- Tennessee children’s hospital opens new outpatient center
- CHS reports $118M loss, revenues dip 8.5%
- HCA beats revenue estimates, logs 20th straight quarter of admissions growth
- Unlike Other Hospital Chains, Nashville-Based HCA Remains In Buying Mode
- Memphis pharmacy joins FDA pilot to secure U.S. drug supply chain
- TriStar building $17.3M surgery center on HCA property after lengthy delay
- TDH commissioner OKs Ballad Health’s NICU plan
- Mayor Briley announces Nashville General Hospital to get $43.1M from budget
- HCA won’t wait to grow its newest asset
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas sues 3 drug distributors over opioid crisis
- Hospital quality improvement award goes to Magnolia Regional Medical Center
- Eureka Springs Hospital Commission concerned ER doctors not getting paid on time
- Investing in new technology is high stakes. Here’s how a Banner CEO tackles the challenge
- Arizona hospital under construction seeks nurses, other healthcare workers
ARIZONA
- Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital selects Ryan Harper as COO
- Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University reveal 6 startups in new MedTech Accelerator
- New East Valley hospital looking to hire medical professionals
- Banner Health and Radiology Partners join forces to create Banner Imaging
- JLL sells Arizona property anchored by USPI surgery center
- Mayo Clinic names CEO in Arizona
- Banner Health and Select Medical break ground on Peoria hospital
- New Head Of Arizona Hospital And Healthcare Association: This Is A Time Of Uncertainty And Opportunity
- The Ensign Group Acquires Two Arizona Post-Acute Care Campuses
LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge nurse’s death prompts medical workers nationwide to demand workplace safety
- East Jefferson General Hospital has new financing option for patients
- UHC, LCMC Health partner on physician assistant program
- Nurse Practitioners Key to Strengthening Louisiana Primary Health Care Access
- University of Holy Cross, LCMC Health team up to launch physician assistant program
- Ochsner Health System’s telehealth program is built on trust
- The rise of New Orleans as a healthcare innovation hub
NEW MEXICO
- Roosevelt General Hospital expands service with new clinic
- Report: Rate of ER visits higher in southeastern New Mexico
- Hospital board braces for change as terms expire
- Christus St. Vincent joins Mayo Clinic network
- A New Mexico hospital has become the first in the state to join the Mayo Clinic Network.
OKLAHOMA
- Southeastern Oklahoma Heart Walk to shine light on low health rankings
- Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine receives $10.8 million grant
- Prague hospital back on track under new management
- Medicaid expansion debate continues in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Specialty Hospital Selects the Evident Thrive EHR System
- New management requires unpaid former employees to return for back pay at Osage Co. hospital
TEXAS
- Could Tenet Healthcare Corp. Be on the Move?
- Cook Children’s plans to open pediatric hospital in Prosper
- Texas managed care accountability bill advances
- Ka-ching! Tenet’s CEO gets $30 million in stock with few strings attached
- Two Major Children’s Hospitals Plan To Build Facilities In Prosper
- UH College of Nursing receives $3.5M from Houston’s largest health care system
- Nilest named CEO of rehab hospital
- 5 new technologies enhancing health care at Houston Methodist
- Timothy Harlin appointed University of Texas Medical Branch Health System CEO
- Tenet reports $27M loss in Q1
- Baylor Scott and White – Waxahachie is Now a Trauma Center
- Houston-based real estate co. launches health care division, first project
- Texas Health Hospital Frisco’s First President
- AMN Healthcare, nation’s biggest staffing firm, grows larger with $200 million deal
- Texas Medical Center reveals new details and renderings for its TMC3 campus
- Texas lawmaker (and doctor) wants to study state’s physician shortage
- How Forest Park Medical Center players got away with paying medical kickbacks for so long
- A New CFO at Medical City Denton
- Plano medical software firm is doubling its headquarters
- UH College of Nursing receives $3.5M from Houston’s largest health care system
- Where are they now? An update of Texas healthcare legislation
- UTMB Health System names new CEO
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Growth of Alaska’s senior population outpacing available living options
- Alaska House bill would require warnings from doctors about opioid dangers
- Woodin resigns as South Peninsula Hospital CEO
- Noel Rea appointed interim CEO at hospital
IDAHO
- St. Mary’s/CVH optimizes value-based healthcare
- Hospitals say Medicaid expansion will help them, patients
MONTANA
- Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital unveils new surgery center
- New Kalispell Hospital CEO Takes Over In Wake Of $24 Million Lawsuit
- Travelling medical lab helping rural doctors keep their skills sharp
- Providence Health Expansion Pairs Social Workers, Physicians To Improve Patient Outcomes
OREGON
- Trillium Set To Lose Contract With PeaceHealth
- Nurses hope Oregon legislation will stem assaults by patients
- Safety for health care workers looked to be improved under proposed Oregon bill
- Washington, Oregon named among best states in nation for nurses
- Changes possible for health care groups that oversee the Oregon Health Plan
WASHINGTON
- Kirkland hospital measures fail
- East Adams Rural Healthcare appoints Corey Fedie CEO
- CHI Franciscan hospitals required to pay debt relief as part of lawsuit settlement
- Parent company of Tacoma’s St. Joseph hospital to pay millions over illegal charity care practices
- Brain cancer doctors at Swedish believe they’re close to breakthrough to improve survival
- Washington, Oregon named among best states in nation for nurses
- Hospitals required to pay debt relief as part of settlement
- Hundreds stuck in Washington hospitals without a medical need to be there
- Legislature OKs bill to guarantee rest breaks for nurses
- Has Astria Health improved patient care since acquiring Yakima Valley hospitals?
WYOMING
- BCBS of Wyoming CEO hands over role to insurer’s first female chief
- Hospital partners with TeleStroke Wyoming
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Mendocino hospital seeks partner, buyer
- 144 cancer research office workers in California vote to unionize
- Behavioral Health Organization to Lay Off 74
- Sutter Health to Pay $30M in Medicare Advantage Settlement
- Marin Specialty Surgery Center plans big expansion as demand for outpatient procedures grows
- Kindred Healthcare Acquires Promise Hospital in Los Angeles
- Generations Healthcare CEO: Why We Built New SNFs in California, Nevada
COLORADO
- Boulder Community Health employees bid farewell to Broadway campus
- Developer plans surgery center in healthcare’s new hotspot: Colorado Springs
- DaVita taps Javier Rodriguez as CEO
- DaVita CEO Kent Thiry leaving post after 20 years
- UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center expands partnership with Anthem to bring new program to Routt County
- Wade Tyrrell named CEO of Sterling Regional MedCenter
- Sterling Regional MedCenter taps Wade Tyrrell as CEO
- Hernia patient sues Colorado hospital after face-first tumble off operating table
- Plan-provider partnership looks to lower costs in northwest Colorado
- Colorado awarded $65 million to test plans to improve health care
HAWAII
- HMC cardiac unit proposal stalls
- Wilcox Medical Center on Kaua’i getting $12.3 million upgrade
- FEMA funding $4 million to replace generators at Kauai’s Wilcox Hospital
- Hilo Medical Center Ups Security After 3 Employees Stabbed
- Nurses at North Hawaii Community Hospital to picket, highlighting various concerns
NEVADA
- NV Collaboration Using Health Data Exchange to Cut Readmissions
- Mitchell Asset Group Completes, Sells NV Health-Care Center
- Wanted: 25,000 DNA samples from Las Vegas for Healthy Nevada Project
- Generations Healthcare CEO: Why We Built New SNFs in California, Nevada
UTAH
