NATIONAL
- States inch forward on nurse staffing laws
- Bill backed by generic drug companies gets PhRMA endorsement at Senate hearing
- As MACRA Implementation Turns 2, Industry Leaders Call for Change
- Best & worst states for physicians to practice, ranked by Medscape
- Some hospitals turn away ambulances when the patients are more likely to be poor, study finds
- 12 ways AI will revolutionize healthcare in the next year
- How hospitals are using control centers to predict patient emergencies
- Supreme Court rules on False Claims Act statute of limitations
- States: Drugmakers collude on generic price hikes, overcharge consumers and states billions
- 10 ASC industry notes
- Healthcare billing fraud: 5 latest settlements
- Majority of avoidable patient deaths occur in hospitals with ‘C’ grade or below: Leapfrog
- CMS issues guidance to cut spread pricing in Medicaid
- In high demand, new doctors recruited like blue chip athletes
- Hospital Payment Disparities Emerge Among Private Payers, Medicare
- Where are the 41 ‘straight-A’ Leapfrog hospitals?
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut nursing home workers set new strike deadline
- Daily log of CT nursing home staffing levels required under proposed law
MAINE
- Doctors quit EMMC as changes leave less time with patients, push morale to ‘all-time low’
- A proposal to help Maine’s hospitals is moving to lawmakers
- Physicians quit Maine hospital as morale hits ‘all-time low’
- Hospital finds pharmacy a success
- Alternative health act scaled back after nurses sound alarm
- Group Ranks Maine Among Top Five States For Hospital Safety
MASSACHUSETTS
- Another round: Massachusetts union tries again on nurse staffing ratios
- Partners closes 2 urgent care sites
- Mass General president: Size helps Partners set high prices for insurers
- Report: GE Healthcare partners with Boston Children’s for radiology-based AI dev
- Opioid-related deaths continue to decline in Massachusetts
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Physician and surgeon compensation for all 50 states — New Hampshire No. 1 at $275,840
- Listening session for public input on Dartmouth-Hitchcock/GraniteOne Health proposal
- New Hampshire hospital transitions to Epic HER
- A plan to ease healthcare workforce shortage
- 19 NH Nursing Homes Get 5 Stars From New Government Grade System
NEW YORK
- NYC Health + Hospitals launches its first nurse recruitment campaign
- Teaneck’s Holy Name Medical Center joins Mount Sinai for cancer, cardiac care
- New York’s top hospital CEOs got multimillion dollar bonuses in 2016
- New York’s arbitration program for surprise billing leads to decline in consumer complaints: study
- NewYork-Presbyterian contracts with device makers to run cybersecurity tests
- 107 New York nursing homes receive lowest fed rating: What to know about staffing, quality
- Hospital Safety Grades Show NYC Facilities In Poor State
RHODE ISLAND
- Ortho Rhode Island breaks ground on medical office building, surgery center
- Lifespan CEO speaks out against proposed Partners-CNE deal
- Miriam Hospital gets $2.4-million grant for childhood obesity program
VERMONT
- UVM Health Network shares long-term plan
- Vermont health insurers propose big rate increases for 2020
- RRMC only Vermont hospital to receive an ‘A’ for Patient Safety from Leapfrog
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Delaware taking the lead in the bioscience sector
- Delaware hospitals announce coordinated approach to tackle human trafficking
- Beebe Healthcare starting construction on new surgical hospital
- Delaware joins lawsuit alleging conspiracy by generic drugmakers to raise prices
- Washington moves to end healthcare-sharing ministry’s operations
- Delaware has the best hospitals, according to U.S. News and World Report
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC Council Gives Preliminary Approval for Budget Cuts at United Medical Center
- D.C. Council votes to speed up East End hospital, cap UMC subsidy at $15M. Here are the details.
- DC votes to close city’s only public hospital within 4 years
MARYLAND
- Medical program puts Baltimore students on the fast track to medicine
- New health care facility plans wins approval
- Maryland board approves UM healthcare campus proposal
- Study shows Maryland’s global budget had limited impact on rural hospitals
- Maryland’s all-payer model shows limited effects for rural hospitals
- Maryland hospitals pursue merger
- Anne Arundel Medical Center, Doctors Community Health System announce plans to combine
- Lobbyist Julia Pitcher Worcester to Take PhRMA Gig
- Johns Hopkins Health’s operating income tumbles after closing heart institute
NEW JERSEY
- Teaneck’s Holy Name Medical Center joins Mount Sinai for cancer, cardiac care
- Hackensack Meridian Health receives $33.3 million NIH grant
- New Jersey gives drugmakers more leeway on gifts to physicians
- New Jersey joins suit against 20 drug companies that allegedly conspired to raise prices on more than 100 generic drugs
- Pecora to become CEO of health care startup — but will continue to work with HMH as consultant
- N.J. group pays $21 million for downtown healthcare site
- What are N.J.’s safest hospitals? See how yours fared in this new national report.
- No ‘F’ grades for N.J. hospitals in latest Leapfrog safety scores, but ‘A’ marks are down, too
PENNSYLVANIA
- Jefferson, Wills Eye to create eye-brain research center
- UPMC Pinnacle sets opening date for new York hospital
- Saint Vincent in Erie debuts women and infants center
- Nurse practitioners say they want to do more in rural areas
- LifeCare Hospitals declare bankruptcy
- UPMC-Highmark split to take center stage in state Supreme Court showdown
- Is Pa. likely to have a shortage of doctors? Study aims to predict what states will be hit hardest
- Ellwood City Medical Center back to full wages each payday
- UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg’s new NICU features private rooms, additional technology
- Fox Chase Cancer Center teams up with Chinese hospital for clinical trials initiative
- Local hospitals’ operating margins below state level, report says
- Pennsylvania hospitals saw operating income dip 4% in FY 2018, state report finds
- Former CNN ‘Hero”‘ joins Jefferson Health to lead new autism center
- State report: Hospitals battling to stay in black
- Erie hospitals post strong financial numbers
- Western Pa. hospital operating margins down; smaller facilities hit hardest
- PA Hospital Safety Grades 2019: The Best And The Worst
VIRGINIA
- Virginia hospitals are increasing psychiatric beds, proposing more outpatient services
- Meet the nurses of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
- Carilion to build new tower as part of major expansion at Roanoke Memorial Hospital
- Hospital Safety Report: Virginia ranks second best in nation; VCU, Southside Regional lag with C grade
- Virginia health care firm plans $300M hospital expansion
WEST VIRGINIA
- Acadia pays $17M settlement
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare rolls out tele-ICU across 12 hospitals
- CAMC, HospiceCare to open inpatient hospice unit
- WVU Medicine Takes ‘Bold Step’ by Buying The Health Plan
- Officials say WVU Medicine, Health Plan merger will benefit residents
- West Virginia, 42 other states accuse drug companies of price-fixing
- Hospital countersues False Claims whistleblower
- Beckley hospitals disagree over whether more heart attack emergency treatment is needed
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Judge clears way for execution of award in University of Iowa Children’s Hospital spat
- Iowa ranks near bottom in hospital safety
- Report: One corridor hospital receives “A” grade for patient safety
- Drug company involving SSM Health, UnityPoint Health to make generic antibiotics
KANSAS
- Kansas nurses try to shake physician contract rule
- Working as Kansas nurse could cost thousands each year due to this state requirement
- Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma join lawsuit alleging conspiracy to fix drug prices
- Pediatrics deal will expand physician-led network to 2,700 docs
- Dealing With Hospital Closure, Pioneer Kansas Town Asks: What Comes Next?
- HCA hit with lawsuit alleging sex discrimination at Kansas clinic
MINNESOTA
- Kraus-Anderson begins construction on Minnesota’s Lake View Hospital
- Minnesota joins multistate lawsuit against generic drugmakers over prices
- Minnesota hospital leases new space for Orthopedics and ENT clinic
- Machine Learning Improves Patient Collections at Allina Health
- Twin Cities nurses stress workplace safety in contract talks with hospitals
- Mayo Clinic and Israeli health companies to create new medical technologies
- Minnesota Hospital Safety Grades: 3 Hospitals Get ‘D’ Grade
MISSOURI
- SSM Health is offering $25 virtual visits to all Wisconsin, Missouri residents
- ‘Virtual visits’ make healthcare more accessible
- SSM opens pediatric specialty center in North County
- One group recommends a proposed sales tax question to support the Nevada hospital
- Collaborating outside of hospital walls: Q&A with Ascension’s 1st chief community impact officer
- Missouri joins lawsuit alleging price fixing of some generic drugs
- Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma join lawsuit alleging conspiracy to fix drug prices
- Plans coming together for Fulton hospital
- Missouri hospitals support 310,000 jobs, $27.1B in production: Report
- North Kansas City Hospital CEO retires
- Seven local hospitals score ‘A’ ranking in safety report
- Drug company involving SSM Health, UnityPoint Health to make generic antibiotics
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska attorney general joins antitrust lawsuit against generic drug manufacturers
- Nebraska joins 43 other states in lawsuit alleging drug manufacturers conspired to inflate prices
- Nebraska health system replacing surgery center
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota Hospital Expands Palliative Care to Include Home Visits
- North Dakota’s lawsuit against opioid producer dismissed
- Essentia contacts state of ND regarding concerns with Sanford-owned F-M ambulance
- ‘He wouldn’t be here’: Sanford Health AirMed saves lives in rural North Dakota
SOUTH DAKOTA
- ‘He wouldn’t be here’: Sanford Health AirMed saves lives in rural North Dakota
- Avera honored as top-15 health care system in U.S.
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Brian Sinotte named president of UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial and CHHD
- Outcome Health sells majority stake to private equity firm after fraud allegations
- Illinois hospital chooses Epic EHR
- Hospitals say Illinois bill to require more nurses will just make care more expensive
- Edward-Elmhurst named a top health system
- Sterling family wins $2 million lawsuit against hospital
- University of Chicago Medicine names Brian Sinotte division president, Ingalls Memorial Hospital leader
- Julie Sprengel to lead CommonSpirit Health’s new Southwest Division
- Morris Hospital starts work on new emergency department
- Leapfrog Gives UChicago Medicine 15th Consecutive A for Hospital Safety
- 42 Illinois Hospitals Rank Among Safest in the Country: Report
- Physician buys 2 Illinois ASCs’ assets for $50K after one halts operations
- New Report Grades Chicago Hospitals on Patient Safety
- Illinois Hospital Grades: 5 Hospitals Get ‘D’ Grade
INDIANA
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- Parkview Health featured in NYT report on hospital overcharging
- New Franciscan ExpressCare location gets blessing in St. John
- Parkview assessing ranking on cost list
- Reid Health To Acquire Fayette Regional Health System
- Rehab hospital slated for Carmel, but operator has been closing other locations
- Reid Health, Fayette Regional reach deal
- Franciscan Health pilots EHR training, simulation program for nurses
- No local A grades on nonprofit’s spring hospital safety report card
- Safety grades shift for hospitals
- Covance Plans to Grow Indy Operation
- New Rehab Hospital Coming to Carmel
- Nurses’ union seeks resignation of CEO tied to some NWI hospitals
KENTUCKY
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- Appalachian Regional Healthcare rolls out tele-ICU across 12 hospitals
- Kentucky hospital on brink of closure seeks new management
- Kentucky hospitals join together to fight opioid epidemic
- Baptist Health care coordination aims to identify ‘superutilizers’
- Norton Healthcare takes stake in physical therapy chain KORT
- Jewish and University of Louisville hospitals score a D on safety again
- Lucina Health announces partnership with Trusted Health Plan
- Safety grades: Norton earns three As, Jewish and University each Ds
MICHIGAN
- Nurses, community speak out against OB closure at town hall meeting
- Several West Michigan hospitals honored for excellence in maternity care
- Hurley Medical Center receives failing grade for patient safety
- Study grades Covenant Healthcare an A, Hurley Medical Center an F
OHIO
- One of Dayton area’s largest companies names new executive
- Ohio health system opening Pain & Spine Center
- Ohio Health Marion General Hospital $46 million project underway
- OhioHealth consolidates 22 offices at $90M administrative building
- Barnesville Hospital receives recognition for environmental stewardship
- 4 local Cleveland Clinic, 4 UH hospitals rated 5 stars for safety, quality
- How hospitals are using control centers to predict patient emergencies
- Mercy Health: ‘Medical Center and Children’s Hospital is staffed and operational.’
- Mercy Health-Springfield appoints Jenelle Zelinski CFO
- Study: Akron Children’s Hospital had $1.5 billion impact on Ohio economy
- Summa’s new tower, front door almost ready
- Bill would potentially ban mandatory overtime for Ohio nurses
- HHS investigates Ohio hospital closure
- Toledo mayor calling for an end to Mercy strike
- Ohio ASC to close, reopen as joint venture
WISCONSIN
- SSM Health is offering $25 virtual visits to all Wisconsin, Missouri residents
- Mayo Clinic Health System to lay off employees in Wisconsin
- Froedtert, MCW bringing $53M to area
- Wisconsin ASC, health center expected to make $53M splash
- The dilemma of distance complicates health care options in rural Wisconsin
- More than half of nursing homes within 50 miles of MKE are rated below average or worse
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- UAB Health plans to increase statewide telehealth services
- Alabama hospital in danger of closing as physicians leave town
FLORIDA
- Halifax ends legal fight over Deltona hospital after legislative relief
- Hospital issue, other bills go to Gov. DeSantis
- Florida hospitals face crisis amid nationwide nurse shortage
- Two Osceola hospitals expand due to booming population
- Advanced practice nurses feel Florida’s cold shoulder
- Gov. DeSantis signs bill that opens door for Halifax Health’s new Deltona hospital
- AdventHealth Ocala expands footprint
- Florida hospital adding medical office building next door
- Jackson Health System pushes on for a Doral hospital
- Central Florida hospitals get high safety grades from Leapfrog
- Lee Health earns ‘A’ for patient safety, NCH Healthcare System receives ‘B’ grade
- Florida hospital recoups contested Medicaid payments
- TimberRidge hospital now seems unlikely
GEORGIA
- Georgia group plans nearly $2.3M cardiology ASC
- Phoebe Putney Health System generates $1.27 billion for local, state economy
- Award honors Paulding hospital for increasing patient safety, employee relations
- TriStar recruits VUMC exec
- WellStar Atlanta Medical Center opens Integrative Health Employee Renewal Center
- Lee Co. wants more time to build hospital
- These are the safest hospitals in Georgia, according to Leapfrog Group’s new report
- Rural Georgia Community Trades Hospital For Freestanding ER
- Piedmont Fayette Hospital plucks new CEO from Charleston, S.C. hospital
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta opens first aquatic therapy pool
MISSISSIPPI
- Miss. joins lawsuit accusing generic drugmakers of inflating prices
- Mississippi hospitals pushing for a plan to reform Medicaid
- Mississippi Hospital Association proposes new Medicaid reform plan
- Mississippi hospitals propose $20-a-month insurance plan
- Proposed regulation change could expand telemedicine in Mississippi
- Safety group awards A-F grades to Mississippi hospitals
NORTH CAROLINA
- Campbell medical school, Fayetteville health center, make deal to boost medical care
- Local leaders move to end UNC oversight of Greenville hospital
- Wake Forest Baptist Reports $450.6 Million in Community Benefits During Fiscal Year 2018
- Mission Hospital president, former COO to join Honolulu-based health system
- Radiology Partners announces new deal with Greensboro Radiology
- Local leaders move to end UNC oversight of Greenville hospital
- UNC Lenoir Health Care appoints Robert Enders CEO
- Report grades NC hospitals and some Triangle facilities received high marks
- North Carolina board approves Triad Center for Surgery’s $7.2M ASC
- North Carolina drops in national rankings on senior care
- Novant Health hires chief marketing officer
- North Carolina approves UNC, Duke’s request to expand surgical projects
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Bill gives SC physician assistants looser rules, greater prescribing power
- Physical therapy practice with Sumter location settles suit
- Summerville Medical Center begins ER expansion
- Piedmont Fayette Hospital plucks new CEO from Charleston, S.C. hospital
TENNESSEE
- Ballad Health Investing $10 Million in Nurses’ Raises
- CEO Wayne Smith bets on CHS turnaround with $3M investment
- Acadia pays $17M settlement
- Quorum selects R1 RCM to provide revenue cycle services at 26 hospitals
- Quorum sees net loss shrink to $39M in Q1
- Study: Nashville’s For-Profit Hospital Systems Are Among The Most Expensive
- Nation’s Largest Nurse’s Union Calls for Ouster of Wayne T. Smith, CEO of Community Health Systems
- HCA selects chief administrative officer of Tristar Division’s southern region
- Study shows Nashville-area healthcare systems to be among most expensive in the nation
- ‘I’ll be the last one:’ Tennessee communities brace for times with no doctors
- Nashville health care company’s strategic review leads it to China
- TriStar recruits VUMC exec
- East Tennessee Children’s Hospital launches chest wall clinic
- Ballad Health reports nine-month results: Strong financial performance, capital investment and major regional collaboration
- Tennessee’s rural hospitals are dying off. Who’s next?
- Ballad Health: Losses have turned into operating gains
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- DeQueen Medical Center Closes Doors, Part of Larger Trend of Closings
- State 45th in hospital safety filing; several facilities earn D grades
- Group raises historic $1.54M for Arkansas Children’s Hospital
ARIZONA
- Phoenix Children’s Uses Big Data Dashboard to Curb Chemo Side Effects
- Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons get real-time feedback from alert surgery patients
- Arizona AG joins antitrust lawsuit against 20 generic drug manufacturers
- U of Arizona to develop EHR alerts for patients at risk of drug-induced sudden cardiac death
- Solera Health raises $42 million to match chronic conditions with treatment plans
- Non-Profit Awards 8 Phoenix-Area Hospitals Get Top Grades
- UA Mobile Health clinics expand services with $450K Banner gift
LOUISIANA
- Ochsner to expand critical care teleICU program
- Louisiana AG joins lawsuit against major generic drug companies for price fixing
- Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Launches Telehealth ICU Program
- LCMC Health Introduces System-Wide Brand and New Logo
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico cancer patients have lower survival rate, study finds
- New Mexico prepares for Medicaid payment increases
- Gov. Lujan Grisham delivers on increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates
OKLAHOMA
- Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma join lawsuit alleging conspiracy to fix drug prices
- New ER operator takes over after Oklahoma hospital closes
- Group challenges plan to ask Oklahoma voters to expand Medicaid coverage
TEXAS
- Medical Center Health System CEO Rick Napper to retire in September
- Nursing home leaders want lawmakers to solve “crisis”
- Helping kids or building empires? Why children’s hospitals are popping up in Dallas suburbs
- New Frisco location doubles the care offered by top-performing children’s hospital
- Feds sue a South Plains hospital for overpayment of Medicare, Medicaid
- Medical City Healthcare conducting national search for Frisco, Plano hospital CEO
- Texas Health to build $128 million specialty center for women and infants in Denton
- Central Health will tear down former Brackenridge hospital; redevelopment plans remain uncertain
- Surprise Billing Legislation May Go Federal
- CEO of 2 Medical City Healthcare hospitals departs for new role
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Alaska Healthcare Transformation Project announces new reform report
- Douglas hospital CEO resigns, takes position in Alaska
IDAHO
- Report: Idaho improved in emergency readiness, lags in health lab testing
- Idaho’s preparedness for health emergencies has improved
- Douglas hospital CEO resigns, takes position in Alaska
- Idaho medical school names new regional leaders
- Madison Memorial Hospital utilizing new knee replacement surgical system
- Idaho awaits word on Medicaid expansion plan
MONTANA
- Governor signs Montana’s Medicaid expansion bill
- Montana joins lawsuit against drug makers claiming market, price fixing
- Montana Medicaid gets 6-year extension
- Montana hospital selects athenahealth EHR
OREGON
- OHSU researcher unlocks clues to Oregon’s high health care prices
- OHSU chair of emergency medicine to step down
- Leadership Change At Adventist Medical Center
WASHINGTON
- Sacred Heart nurses hold second rally as contract talks with Providence drag on
- Nonemergency first responders unit could ease strain on Seattle hospitals
- Northwest Kidney Centers CEO Joyce F. Jackson to Retire
- Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises $3M to unlock data from medical records
- Nurses get uninterrupted breaks, under new Washington state law
WYOMING
- Wyoming more prepared for health emergencies, still below national average
- Memorial Hospital of Converse County CEO to resign
- Wyoming health officials move forward on unique air ambulance plan
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- California health data network to develop HIE between EMS, hospitals
- Kimberly Hartz Named New CEO of Washington Hospital Healthcare System
- Federal agencies launch investigation into secret recordings at California hospital
- California Nurses Association tells Barton Health they plan to strike
COLORADO
- How CHI’s virtually integrated care model seeks to transform nursing
- How much do you pay for hospital services in Colorado? Likely many times more than what Medicare does.
- Colorado, 42 other states bring price fixing suit against generic drug makers
- DispatchHealth, At-Home Medical Test Startups Raise Over $113M Combined
- Greeley hospital first in state with enrollment site for national research program
- Denver Health’s $160M outpatient medical center tops out
- Julie Sprengel to lead CommonSpirit Health’s new Southwest Division
- UCHealth welcomes first patients to new Greeley Medical Center
- St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center one year after lay offs
- Another possible reason for high health prices in Colorado: a lack of competition among hospitals and insurance companies
- Health care costs highest in rural Colorado
- University of Colorado Health to build campus at North Park in Broomfield
- New lawmaker says ‘reinsurance’ to lower Western Slope health premiums
HAWAII
- Adventist Health Castle – President Kathy Raethel on career and family
- In Hawaii 4 of the top 6 jobs in demand are in the medical field
- Hawaii joins states suing drug companies
- North Hawai’i Community Hospital to Unveil Specialty Clinic at Open House
- Mission Hospital president, former COO to join Honolulu-based health system
- Hawaii health care takes top spot in nationwide survey
NEVADA
- Nevada expands genetic population health study
- Nevada’s Largest Non-Profit Hospice, Nathan Adelson Hospice, Selected for Modern Healthcare’s ‘Best Places to Work’ for 2019
- Nevada joins lawsuit against generic drug manufacturers
- The Ladder: Southern Hills Hospital gets its first woman CEO
- Unique Partnerships Expand Mental Health Services
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