NATIONAL
- How CMS’ New Value-Based Bundled Payment Method Affects Healthcare Providers
- The Uber of prescription drugs: Web startups raise concerns about access to Rx medicine
- Cybersecurity lawsuit against Allscripts tossed by judge
- AMA’s president-elect is Texas allergist, immunologist Dr. Susan Bailey
- CMS plans to release list of 400 troubled nursing homes following Senate report
- 5 hospitals, health systems already implementing AI
- 4 hospitals, health systems with large hiring plans
- 11 latest healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
- CVS and Amazon are the biggest threats to healthcare organizations
- New AMA president: Time for physicians to create history together
- What hospitals should consider before changing security infrastructure
- The role of the chief medical social media officer
- American College of Surgeons’ new standards for geriatric patients
- CMS speeds up probes of hospital deaths, labor violation charges
- How the AMA plans to promote gender equity in healthcare
- Nation’s largest doctor group rejects ‘Medicare for all’
- 9 pharma bankruptcies this year
- Rural healthcare a top issue among voters for 2020
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- City opens Hope Street as Bristol Health launches $26 million medical center downtown
- Connecticut nursing home industry faces double-edged sword
- CT, Illinois demand health-data breach details
- CT regulator nixes St. Francis-Manchester cardiac collab
- Connecticut public option bill defeated in Senate
- Hospital officials break ground on new Winsted health facility
- How Yale physicians turned a conference room into a pop-up flu clinic in 4 days
- Report: CT top 5 nationally in state health system performance
MAINE
- Bills tackling health care head to governor
- Prescription drug reform moves ahead in Maine
- MMC lands five-year grant to ‘transform’ the training of doctors
- MMC expansion receives $10.5M in pledges, including largest-ever family donation
MASSACHUSETTS
- Partners HealthCare Pulls Out of Hospital Merger Deal with CNE
- Massachusetts puts transparency demands on PBMs as drug spend jumps 4%
- Massachusetts patient awarded $11.5M in radiology malpractice suit
- Boston Medical Center joins Avia’s Medicaid innovation project
- Medical errors affect 20% of Massachusetts residents
- CHIA good source of data about Mass. health care
- Mass. facilities fight low reimbursement rates, high hospital salaries
- Boston Children’s Hospital president: ‘Enabling others to build the best pediatric care’
- Lawrence General Hospital now live on Meditech EHR
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Elliot Health System to break ground on new cancer center
- New Hampshire hospital opens 2nd outpatient building in $50M project, 3rd slated for 2020
- Portsmouth Regional, Parkland Medical Center earn patient safety award
- Small NH hospital remains relevant as others struggle to survive
NEW YORK
- Valhalla Nursing Home Among 17 Underperforming Facilities In NY
- Renderings For Lenox Hill Hospital’s Show Two Towers On The Upper East Side
- Northwell Health and Canyon Ranch sign strategic alliance
- 18-physician group, 2 New York hospitals advance $8M ASC project
- More than 270 Mount Sinai physicians named to New York Magazine’s 2019 “Best Doctors” issue
- As dispute-resolution bill advances, hospitals ramp up opposition
- Wyoming County hospital acquires two medical practices
- Hospital for Special Surgery creates medical leadership office to ensure high standards are met
- WCCH adds doctors and other medical providers for expanded hospitalist program
- NY faults Oswego nursing home in deaths of 2 residents
RHODE ISLAND
- Partners HealthCare Pulls Out of Hospital Merger Deal with CNE
- Rhode Island Hospital honors emergency center director
- St. Joseph pension plan $12M settlement with some defendants get preliminary approval
VERMONT
- MVP Health Care’s Denise Gonick to step down as CEO
- Vermont Gov. signs ASC licensure bill into law
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center launches new cardiac monitoring technology
- SVMC, D-H partner to provide specialty care for children via telemedicine
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Delaware ASC recognized for quality improvement, safety efforts
- How Delaware officials want to tackle health care costs
- Nemours-Christiana Care partner on delivery of babies with diagnosed conditions
- 5 nursing facilities accused of ‘persistent poor care’
- Some of Delaware’s sickest babies will now be delivered at Nemours
- Nationwide Healthcare completes purchase of Bayhealth Hospital site
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- George Washington University Deeply Frustrated With Hospital’s Majority Owner
- Paul Corso, cardiac surgeon who performed high-risk procedure, dies at 74
- Who’s who amid UMMS leadership shake-up, review after ‘Healthy Holly’ scandal
- Baltimore’s John Hopkins Hospital says it will allow nurses to unionize
- New biotech deals coming in Maryland
- 4 more University of Maryland Medical System leaders depart in wake of board scandal
- Baltimore hospital hires those with violent experiences to help patients
- University of Maryland Medical School Creates Palliative Care Division
- Baltimore hospitals partner with ride service firms to improve access, lower costs for patients
- Anne Arundel Health System hopes acquisition will advance vision of local care
- Review: Maryland medical board deals lacked full approval
- Maryland medical devicemaker admits contamination of 30,000+ wound dressings
- U of Maryland Medical System board names interim leadership, 11 new members after upheaval
- Rockville medical network acquires two practices following $32M raise
NEW JERSEY
- S.J. hospitals lead state in reducing unnecessary surgical births
- Valley Hospital gets approval for $735M project
- Positive signs reported in NJ’s opioid abuse battle
- RWJBarnabas, Rutgers solidify academic medical center partnership with $750M cancer center plan
- How a New Jersey health system’s CIO shifted the culture to make its 3rd EMR implementation a success
- Healthcare improves in NJ, but spending remains a concern
PENNSYLVANIA
- UPMC dropping prepayments policy for some patients
- Penn Highlands Healthcare adds 5th hospital
- Vawdrey takes helm as CDIO at Geisinger Health System
- Letter to the editor: UPMC-Highmark relationship in Western Pa. won’t affect local landscape
- Can Philadelphia be the next big biotech hub?
- Pennsylvania ranked 20th in nation for nursing home complaints
- How UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s new president aims to create ultimate patient care experience
- Pennsylvania nursing homes get bad marks from national group
- Pennsylvania HCR ManorCare workers rally outside ProMedica for union recognition
- Weinstein retiring as president, CEO of Washington Health System
- Central Pa. hospital gives up stun guns after wrongly using one on patient in mental crisis
- Senate backs bill to expand role of nurse practitioners
- Jefferson exec’s health care vision shaped by unique obstetrics career, wife’s cancer battle
VIRGINIA
- SCC seeks to stop surprise billing of hospital patients
- Virginia wants to cut down on surprise medical bills
- Ballad ends surgeries at Norton hospital, catching patients and regulators by surprise
- Valley Health CEO announces retirement
- Ballad officials: Virginia health officials were notified before surgeries stopped at Norton hospital
- Ballad Health ends surgeries at Mountain View Regional Hospital
- Inova Health System selects new CFO, 3 other leaders
- Report: Virginia ranked number 11 for most nursing home complaints in U.S.
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Medicine’s heart transplant program nearing completion; kidneys program close behind
- WVU Medicine, Highmark strike long-term contract
- West Virginia ranks 5th for money spent on prescription drugs
- Wheeling Hospital receives accreditation for treating STEMI heart attacks
- New South Charleston hospital unit opens for infants suffering from opioid withdrawal
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Physician shortage in Iowa and nation
- Living like a leader: A day with University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics CEO Suresh Gunasekaran
- Iowa hospital to bring back orthopedics
- Opening of $10.6M behavioral health center allows MercyOne chance to better serve North Iowa
- Spencer Hospital generated $46 million in economic impact last year
- CHI Health Missouri Valley appoints Jonathan Moe as president
- Iowa ranks first in national quality awards for long-term care
- MercyOne clinics in Perry, Panora to join Dallas County Hospital
KANSAS
- Kansas hospital eyes opening of rehab center focusing on orthopedics, spine
- Kansas health system finalizes surgical building acquisition
- His latest False Claims case is settled, but this Kansas doc is still fighting the DOJ
- Disability advocate claims Kansas nursing facilities for mentally ill ‘de facto warehouses’
MINNESOTA
- Oregon, Minnesota regarded best for nursing workplaces
- Minneapolis Med-Tech Startup Flywheel Lands Another $2.5M
- Q&A: Allina Health | Aetna CEO on the joint venture’s first year
- Winona Health earns Minnesota Hospital Association award
- St. Luke’s Health System appoints Kevin Nokels CEO
MISSOURI
- For rural Missourians, access to quality health care is a nightmare
- SSM Health Care reaches $60 million settlement in church plan case
- SSM Health strikes $60M deal in pension plan case
- Missouri hospitals report employee turnover rate near 20%
- Missouri ranks 43rd in a new state-by-state health care scorecard
- Ascension names interim CEO, new leadership team
- Missouri hospital closes
- MU Health revenues to set another record
- How this St. Louis hospital cut C-section rates with better communication
- How necessity helped this St. Louis company merge telemedicine with the ICU
NEBRASKA
- New hospital to be only small part of 108-acre development
- Nebraska AG concerned about health care costs, transparency
- To prevent strokes, Nebraska Medicine’s clinic puts heart and head together
- Nebraska stands alone while the rest of the U.S. sues OxyContin’s maker over opioid abuse
NORTH DAKOTA
- Rural emergency: North Dakota ambulance services fight alarming lack of EMTs
- CHI St. Alexius Health, Carrington named top 20 critical access hospital
- New North Dakota hospital takes shape with ideas from the community and staff
SOUTH DAKOTA
- South Dakota mental health helpline hails surge in calls
- South Dakota nursing home closure renews Medicaid debate
- Regional Health to participate in research initiative
- Native American Health Board to Operate Most of Hospital
- Forbes ranks Avera as South Dakota’s best employer
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- CT, Illinois demand health-data breach details
- Illinois nurses to continue fight for mandated nurse-patient ratios, despite bill’s failure
- Illinois Nursing Homes Receive $240M Funding Increase
- Understaffed Nursing Homes Face Big Fines in Illinois
- Multistate dermatology practice affiliates with Rush University Medical Center
- Quorum to discontinue inpatient operations at MetroSouth hospital in Illinois
- Nurses’ union hits U. of C. Medical Center with complaints
- MetroSouth Medical Center could close by end of year if no buyer is found: owner
- Rush names new outpatient center after Chicago bakers
- Chicago nursing homes settle for $10M in Medicare fraud suits
- Nurses charge University of Chicago hospital with patient neglect
- Advocate Aurora Health offers early retirement buyouts to hundreds
- Chicago hospital to close if buyer isn’t found
INDIANA
- $3.6 million to settle hospital kickbacks
- IU Health distribution center plans to deliver to ASCs
- Orthopedic Hospital gets national honor
- IU Health to Provide Urgent Care for Veterans
- Dan Konow named CEO for Lutheran Health Physicians
- How One Hospital Drastically Cut Opioid Prescriptions
- How Indiana’s Healthcare System Compares To Nation
KENTUCKY
- U of L getting close to key deadline in KentuckyOne Health talks
- KentuckyOne Health came within hours of pulling funding for U of L amid deal talks
- Ky. hospital pulling out of backup ambulance agreement
- Nursing home, pharmacy to pay nearly $13M in judge’s death
- Pikeville Medical Center Adopts Indoor GPS Technology
- Louisville to become a hub for AI in healthcare with Microsoft support
- Why Walmart is raising $3M for Norton Children’s Hospital
- St. Claire HealthCare to reduce staff, spending
- U of L won’t buy Kentucky One Health assets
- University of Louisville ends talks to buy KentuckyOne assets, including Jewish Hospital
MICHIGAN
- Payroll company introduces HIPAA compliance service
- More than a dozen hospitals in rural Michigan at ‘high risk’ of closing
- Henry Ford Health System Payer Arm Acquires Detroit Medicaid Plan
- Michigan hospitals work to safely reduce rising C-section rate
- Reshaping patient care in Southwest Michigan
- UP Health System-Marquette appoints Jerry Dooley interim CEO
OHIO
- MetroHealth CEO: Our chance to make Cleveland healthy ‘is slipping away’
- MetroHealth’s Boutros: Big Fancy Hospitals Don’t Matter
- 40-bed rehabilitation hospital proposed in Dublin
- MetroHealth’s Buckeye Health Center to feature wraparound services, social support for patients on poverty’s edge
- Community Support Services’ primary care clinic now open to general public
- Paper charts, payment & competition — 4 insights from an Ohio ASC administrator
- Ensemble Health looks to grow with new investor, CEO says
- What Cleveland Clinic looks for in the ideal IT team member — it isn’t just technical knowledge: Q&A with CIO Ed Marx
- Mercy Health St. Rita’s announces plans to build medical education center
- Healthcare RCM provider seeks to fill 1,100 jobs in Cincinnati by 2020
- Toledo mayor blasts Mercy Health over St. Vincent nurses’ strike
- Cleveland VA’s CEO retires to lead MetroHealth’s efforts to solve health disparities
- Cincinnati Children’s among best in U.S. at inclusive hiring, job quality
- MetroHealth System names Susan Fuehrer to lead health equity efforts
- Kowal Named CFO at Akron Children’s Hospital
WISCONSIN
- Fairview Health buys three clinics in western Wisconsin
- Germantown-based Preceptor Health Care acquired by California company
- Telemedicine could increase health care accessibility in rural areas
- Alverno explores remedy for region’s health care shortfall with expansion of medical curriculum
- Advocate Aurora Health offers early retirement buyouts to hundreds
- Froedtert & MCW plan new Sussex health center
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama regional medical center project awarded $2.9M
- UAB’s Viva Health named in national list of top places to work
- Alabama adopts multistate license to help with nursing shortage
- In Alabama, one rural town reached for its wallet to keep its hospital open
- Judge closes Flowers Hospital data breach case
- How a rural Alabama town helped save its hospital
FLORIDA
- Local hospitals using advanced brain imaging software to better treat stroke patients
- Florida Universities Get Creative to Meet Demand for Nurses
- Florida biotech firm aimed at cancer sells for $70 million
- Opinion: Freestanding emergency department will bring convenience
- Downtown Tampa needs a ‘medical district,’ hospital CEO says
- Why ASCs will succeed in value-based care + more insights from a Florida ASC administrator
- Lee Health CEO gets $44,000 raise, other hospital salary increases on tap for 2020
- USF Health, Tampa General Hospital Strengthen Relationship
- U.S. settles False Claims cases against Sarasota home health agency
- Michael Alexander appointed CEO of Jamestown Regional Medical Center
- Baptist Health suggests new ASCs, patient towers for new affiliate
- Lee Health board of directors announces new governance structure
- Physician Partners of America buys California ASC, pain center
- Hospital projects in Tampa Bay get state go-ahead
GEORGIA
- Nine Georgia nursing homes qualify for ‘special focus’
- Georgia Health News Report: The Troubled Nursing Homes You May Not Know About
- Phoebe Putney Health System named one of Georgia’s best employers
- Dr. Phillip Coule named interim CEO of AU Medical Center
- AAPHC opens another women’s health center
- Atlanta health care solutions company buys public health organization for $70M
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi County Could Loan $3M to Hospital
- 6 Mississippi nursing homes among problematic US centers
- Pearl River County could lend $3 million to hospital
NORTH CAROLINA
- UNC cancer center banks $1 million gift from Triad couple
- ECU makes first public statement on Vidant dispute
- Wilson Medical Center has new COO
- Vidant Health gives CEO 5-year extension amid an ongoing dispute with the UNC System
- SeHealth wants second linear accelerator to treat cancer patients
- Gov. Cooper and state reveal new, updated plan to combat the opioid epidemic
- Pardee UNC Health Care elects three new board members
- Updated North Carolina opioid action plan released at summit
- Novant touts $1.8 billion direct economic impact on Triad in 2018
- Wake Forest Baptist birthing center set to be unveiled this month; medical center will again compete with Forsyth Medical
- ECU calls on Vidant, County to reverse changes
- Novant, Cone reviewing controversial SHP provider contract
- Wake Forest Baptist Opens Occupational Medicine Practice
- N.C. debt overseer sends Atrium Health packing
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Patient takes stun gun from security, zaps nurse in hospital emergency room, SC cops say
- South Carolina medical clinic forms national telehealth partnership, expands care to 40+ specialties
- South Carolina submits a request for Medicaid work requirements
- South Carolina health system plans ASC for newly opened health plaza
- SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Hospital Association
TENNESSEE
- Parkridge Health implements alert system to help identify sepsis
- East Tennessee physicians working to prevent doctor burnout
- HCA looks to raise nearly $5 billion
- Two major local health care players partner on new innovation lab
- Quorum to divest California hospital
- What’s new at Tennova North? Sole remaining north Knoxville hospital adding services
- Why are so many small-town Tennessee hospitals failing?
- East Tennessee gets 1st specialty ASC of its kind
- Jamestown Hospital Cuts Staff But Vows To Stay Open Amid Loss Of Federal Payments
- Orthopedic rehab center to open in Tennessee
- Ballad Health files motion to dismiss lawsuit alleging board member conflicts of interest
- Tennessee hospital blames billing system switch for financial troubles
- Becker’s Hospital Review Names TeamHealth Among “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” for Fifth Consecutive Year
- Tennessee Urology Announces New Ambulatory Surgical Center
- Tennessee center eyes need-based specialty growth for $115K
- New CEO shares vision for struggling Jamestown hospital
- New hospital CEO shares vision for future
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- CHI St. Vincent Completes $30M Neuroscience Institute
- 6 Arkansas nursing homes on poor-performing list
- Arkansas hospital completes $30M neuroscience institute
- Arkansas ophthalmologists look to ballot to undo new eye surgery law
ARIZONA
- ASU, Dignity Health continue to redefine health care collaboration
- OIG Nabs AZ Hospital for Submitting Inaccurate Wage Index Data
- CFO Jeff Froisland on Mayo Clinic’s goals, expansion plans in Arizona
- State didn’t collect $36 million in drug rebates, federal audit finds
- Arizona hospital’s website down for 2+ months due to security incident
- Banner opens new urgent care in Downtown Phoenix
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana to ban freestanding ERs to protect rural hospitals
- Louisiana Medicaid program spending $400M under projections
- Ochsner eyes early fall takeover of Teche Regional
- Pediatric ICU opens at St. Tammany hospital
- Louisiana probed possible conflicts of interest in LSU contracts
- Louisiana startup behind MultiNix tool secures agreement with Medline
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico damage cap increase threatens patient care access
- Presbyterian opens ‘first-of-its-kind’ project
- New Mexico Intensifies Efforts to Battle Ongoing Opioid Crisis
- New Emergency Room & Micro-Hospital Now Open in Albuquerque
- Study: New Mexico gets low ranking for nursing home care
- UNMH Workers Picket As Contract Negotiations Stall
- Presbyterian to open one of SW’s largest specialty surgical centers
OKLAHOMA
- Teva settles with Oklahoma for $85M in opioid case
- Senior living CEO named director of Oklahoma’s largest state agency
- Oklahoma’s health system among the nation’s worst, study finds
- Oklahoma judge wants more answers on $85M opioid settlement
- ‘Major breakthrough’: Oklahoma doctors unveil revolutionary cancer treatment
TEXAS
- AMA’s president-elect is Texas allergist, immunologist Dr. Susan Bailey
- Tenet Healthcare is leaving downtown Dallas with HQ move to Farmers Branch
- Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas debut baby cameras in NICU
- CEO to leave Ascension Texas, parent of Seton hospitals
- Texas Health’s Dyad Leadership Model: Risks and Rewards
- Caravan Health, Texas Hospital Association launch Medicare ACO
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center working on corrective action following investigation into ‘adverse event’
- Jackson County Hospital District recognized for patient satisfaction
- HCA Healthcare seeks administrator for yet-to-open Texas ASC
- Report: Texas Ranks Last In U.S. In Health Care Access And Affordability
- Medical City Plano and Frisco Name a New CEO
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
- Patient’s death is a sign of deeper problems with home care in Idaho, workers say
- St. Luke’s in Boise opens Idaho’s first-ever pediatric trauma program
- Idaho health scorecard shows slow improvements in many public health markers
- Boise area health care providers debut new clinics for primary, urgent care
- Surgical group announces joint venture with Eastern Idaho hospitals
MONTANA
- Bozeman Health plans to begin construction on $20M clinic this summer
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare’s new pediatric facility prepares to open
- Providence Montana to break ground on new medical facility
- Report shines light on troubled Montana nursing homes
OREGON
- Oregon, Minnesota regarded best for nursing workplaces
- Portland healthtech startup raises cash from top VCs to rethink the urgent care experience for kids
- Unity Center nurses get go-ahead for union election
- Legislators Try To Make Hospitals Justify Their Nonprofit Status
- Washington County judge holds state hospital in contempt
WASHINGTON
- How Providence St. Joseph Health’s venture fund approaches digital innovation
- Wash. state leads nation in nursing home deficiencies, study finds
- PeaceHealth named top place to work in health care
- How Seattle made positive improvements to health care
- Providence St. Joseph invests $1.6B in social determinants of health
- Seattle Children’s To Invest Up To $8M In Workforce Housing Project
WYOMING
- Hospitals in Wyoming charging significantly more than Medicare, national study finds
- Dowell: WMC partnership will keep expenses down and patients close to home
- Feds watching Cheyenne healthcare center
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- St. Mary’s doctors unanimously approve no-confidence vote in hospital president, but executives say they will keep her on board
- Quorum to divest California hospital
- Los Angeles doctor guilty in $33M Medicare billing scam
- Orthopedic institute opens new specialty clinic in California
- Northridge Hospital Medical Center selects Betsy Hart as COO
- Physician Partners of America buys California ASC, pain center
- California to become first state to provide health care to undocumented immigrants
- Santa Cruz hospital plans $360M expansion
- California healthcare system lowers layoff estimate
- Nurse Protests at Tenet Hospitals in California
COLORADO
- UCHealth continues to grow on Memorial North campus
- State of Growth: Are hospitals keeping up with demand in southern Colorado?
- Colorado is creating a network of doctors to diagnose child abuse and keep kids from slipping through the safety net
- Children’s Hospital Colorado North Campus Expansion Tops Out
- CSU partners with CU School of Medicine to open medical school branch
HAWAII
- Troubled Nursing Homes In Hawaii Named, Kohala Hospital Responds
- Solutions in the Works for Hawai‘i’s Doctor Shortage
- Queen’s Health Systems, Kaiser agreement expires
- Patient speaks out on staff turnover, pay inequality at Hawaii hospital
- Hawaii health system joins statewide HIE
- Queen’s launches new internal app to better access Electronic Medical Records
- Loss of 2 key specialists at Hilo hospital underscores scope of doctors shortage
- Hawaii HIE seeks to increase EHR interoperability
- Kaiser files lawsuit against Queen’s following contract expiration at end of May
NEVADA
- Nevada orthopedic clinic breaks ground on 76,000-square-foot expansion
- Nevada ranks near last in overall health care despite gains in number of insured adults, children
- Nevada hospital completes $7M orthopedic ASC
- Nevada Hospitals Must Tackle Workplace Violence Under New Law
UTAH
- Ogden nursing home 1 of 5 in Utah outed in federal report on ‘substandard care’ at America’s care centers
- Utah’s latest Medicaid waiver proposal isn’t popular with the public or members of a state advisory committee
- 2 Utah health care companies named among best places to work
- Intermountain, R1 RCM collaborate to launch Salt Lake tech center
- Sanpete Valley Hospital CEO receives prestigious award
- Legislative health care priorities this interim