NATIONAL
- Electronic Health Records Creating a ‘New Era’ of Health Care Fraud, Officials Say
- ‘Epidemic’: 75% Of Workplace Assaults Happen To Health Care Workers
- Despite privacy concerns, 88% of Americans would share data for cancer research
- Nonprofit hospitals get bump in Moody’s ratings for 2020
- HHS proposed rule adds new performance measures for organ procurement
- 21 notable phishing attacks of 2019
- Medical breakthroughs, looser FDA made biotech stocks one of the decade’s best investments
- ‘Food pharmacies’ in clinics: When the diagnosis is chronic hunger
- Hospitals across the country look to expand housing for homeless patients
- Do Breach Remediation Efforts Affect Patient Outcomes?
- Top 5 healthcare supply chain stories of 2019
- Hospital Group Mum As Members Pursue Patients With Lawsuits And Debt Collectors
- Why Amazon Makes A Big Pharmacy Move In 2020
- Health Data Security: Federal, State Trends for 2020
- Dignity Health’s $100M ERISA class-action settlement was largest of 2019
- In 2019, social determinants of health got the attention they deserve
- Value-Based Care, Hospital Chargemasters Dominated 2019 Headlines
- Tenth Circuit Upholds HHS Risk Adjustment Methodology
- Physician group will refund Medicare $829K to resolve improper billing case
- Patients don’t factor in hospital’s religious affiliation when choosing care, study shows
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
MAINE
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- An era ends at Stephens Memorial Hospital
- Target date for Mid Coast, MaineHealth merger delayed, but moving ahead
- Proposed Mayo Regional Hospital, Northern Light Health Merger Faces Legal Challenge
- USDA grant will support telehealth care in central and western Maine
- Merger of Dover-Foxcroft hospital and Northern Light Health one step closer to completion
- Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center welcomes new president
- As urgent care centers expand, small hospitals feel the pinch
- With DHHS approval, MaineHealth, Mid Coast-Parkview move closer to merger
- Hospital mergers across US have raised health care prices. Now, another is pending in Maine.
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Lowell General Hospital Turns Amazon’s Alexa Into an mHealth Coach
- Partners vowing to end surprise billing
- Massachusetts’ Largest Health Care Provider Plans Expansion
- Partners HealthCare to expand in Westwood
- Many Massachusetts healthcare workers are refusing flu shots, regulators say
- Another option for family caregivers
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- As urgent care centers expand, small hospitals feel the pinch
- New Hampshire health care providers face long waits for VA reimbursement
- River Valley Community College adds nursing program to Claremont campus
- Opioids, financial turbulence alter health care landscape
- Partners Healthcare announces plans for outpatient center in Tuscan Village
- New Hampshire hospitals claim VA owes millions in unpaid bills
NEW YORK
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- In NY, number of nursing home monitors in decline
- NYU Langone Health Opens Biotech Incubator In Manhattan
- New York hospital giant gains FDA approval for PET agent to diagnose Parkinson’s
- St. Mary’s Healthcare in Amsterdam continues string of expansion projects
- News10NBC Investigates: Wesley Gardens CEO addresses mass evacuation
- Upstate hospitals falling behind in quality, report finds
- Cuomo unveils plan for health care cost website
- 2 New York hospitals merge
- Feds deny New York hospital’s application for CAH status
- New York-Presbyterian mobile stroke units cut 30 minutes from treatment time
- Massena Memorial Hospital denied conversion to Critical Access Hospital
- NY lawmakers call for minimum staffing rules at hospitals, nursing homes
- Interim head of Nassau University Medical Center to resign
- Garrison named facilities director at Finger Lakes Health
- Ellis Medicine to close surgery program
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island names Svetlana Lipyanskaya CEO
- Crouse Health selects Kevin Randall as CFO
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT
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- Community Health names Don Reuther CEO
- Group that provides care in Vermont county has new leader
- Vermont ACO whistleblower plans to abandon False Claims case
- U of Vermont Medical Center names veteran doc new president
- Health Care: In effort to save money, hospitals might get too tight
- Stephen Leffler named president of UVM Medical Center
- As urgent care centers expand, small hospitals feel the pinch
- Duchene appointed VP of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer
- Empowering patients, improving the care experience
MID-ATLANTIC/EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
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- Beebe Healthcare campaign brings in record number of dollars
- Hospital group: Pre-existing conditions protection remain in place in Delaware after Affordable Care Act ruling
- Healthcare programs in Sussex continue to expand
- How Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware fare in healthiest state rankings
- NIIMBL funding limit lifted by Congress
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- Maryland’s suburbs hit harder by prescription opioids
- Dr. Sherry Perkins named president of Anne Arundel Medical Center
- University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore to get a new face
- Governor Hogan Announces New Appointments to UMMS Board
- Anne Arundel Medical Center gets new leadership
- Maryland medical center names Brian Bailey CEO
- UMMS audit spotlights board members’ self-dealing
NEW JERSEY
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- Hackensack Meridian Health joins genome initiative
- Survey: Physicians struggle with data privacy, opioid crisis, reduced reimbursements
- New Jersey hospital auxiliary donates $1.5M to hospital’s surgery center fund
- Survey: NJ doctors spending less time with patients, not by choice
- Why New Jersey Outranks Neighbors in Overall Health
- FDA seeks more data before making decision on South Jersey pharma firm’s generic drug
- New Jersey drugmaker files for bankruptcy
- South Jersey health care startup raises $3.5 million
- Doylestown Hospital $54M heart center readies for debut. Here’s a look inside.
- Four NJ entities to lead new pediatric payment model with $15.8M CMS award
- How Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware fare in healthiest state rankings
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Lehigh Valley Health Network acquires Coordinated Health, makes inroads into Lackawanna County
- Former Penn Health System CEO lands a new job
- Paoli Hospital Recognized As Age-Friendly Health System
- Geisinger enrolls more than 250K in precision medicine initiative
- This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening
- Wage payments still coming for Ellwood hospital workers
- Shapiro petitions to defend rights of Ellwood City Hospital workers
- Philadelphia-area hospitals, health systems kept builders busy in 2019
- UPMC whistleblower lawsuit can proceed, appellate court reaffirms
- Allegations Include Services Provided to Patients in Middle Tennessee Hospitals
- Court revives whistleblower lawsuit against UPMC neurosurgeons
- Punxsutawney Area, Tyrone Hospitals Agree to Participate in Pennsylvania Rural Health Model
- Rural health group gets $1M boost
- Eight more hospitals join PA’s rural health model
- Uniontown native serving as president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Pennsylvania hospital lays off 152 employees, falls behind on payroll
- Top health care story of 2019: Hahnemann University Hospital shuts down
- Dermatology practice operator expanding Philadelphia-area footprint
- 3rd Circuit tosses arbitrator’s award that said hospital could not deny vacation days
- Larry Kaiser resigns as Temple Health CEO
- New regulations are changing which drugs Medicaid covers in Pennsylvania. Here’s what that means for consumers.
- Doylestown Hospital named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in 2020
- Hospital chain files for bankruptcy
- Penn State Health St. Joseph names new vice president for medical affairs
- How Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware fare in healthiest state rankings
- Allegheny Health abruptly closes cancer center months before UPMC deal
- UPMC drops tax appeal after announcing hospital will close
VIRGINIA
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- Ballad Health: Emergency room services to end at Mountain View Regional Hospital January 5
- Virginia Physicians For Women Plans Medical Office
- Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Virginia Hospitals
- Sentara to expand living wage initiative all employees by 2022
- 2 Virginia hospital systems pledge $15-an-hour wage by 2022
- Bon Secours Mercy Health ups minimum wage to $15
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
KANSAS
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- Feds: Kansas Mental Hospital at Risk of Losing Medicare Cash
- 1 Year After Losing Its Hospital, A Rural Town Is Determined To Survive
- Rural Hospitals Continue To Close
- Wichita VA hospital fires doctor under scrutiny in Missouri
- Kansas hospital’s future still murky
- ‘We will not have ― or do we need ― a hospital,’ Kansas city leader says after closure
- Dealing With Hospital Closure, Pioneer Kansas Town Asks: What Comes Next?
- Kansas lawmakers want stronger law on mental health coverage
- Olathe health care staffing agency redefines rural care
MINNESOTA
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- HealthPartners continues southwestern expansion with merger plans
- Former Mayo doctor’s Bloomington startup helping hospitals with complicated prior authorization process
- Mayo will test robotic heart procedure for rural patients
- Mayo Clinic Health System long-standing patients donate to clinic’s facility dog program
- Healthcare executives on topics to follow in 2020
- Tentative deal averts strike at northeast Minnesota hospital
- St. Luke’s Hospital cited for ‘maltreatment by neglect,’ denies staffing is the issue
MISSOURI
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- SSM Health, MU Health Care announce end to exclusive negotiations
- Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital gets top nursing recognition
- Hospital chain files for bankruptcy
- MO HealthNet director reflects on agency challenges
- Wichita VA hospital fires doctor under scrutiny in Missouri
- Hospital backs Medicaid petition
- New county director of public health appointed
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Two Illinois Hospitals Ranked Among The Best Rural Hospitals
- Are doctors washing their hands enough? These Illinois hospitals install technology to track hand hygiene.
- Uptown Psychiatric Hospital Losing Federal Funding Gives First Comments
- Lurie Children’s Hospital notifies some patients about unauthorized access to medical records
- Advocate Aurora taps Terika Richardson as president of Chicagoland patient service area
- Libertyville begins discussions on $52 million rehab hospital proposal
- Law changes to healthcare coverage in Illinois
- Data breach at Sinai Health System put personal info of nearly 13,000 people at risk
- Sinai Health System alerts 12,500 patients of data breach
- Keith Parrott is Amita Health’s new CEO
INDIANA
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- Big Investment: IU Health bought 137-acre lot for $5.3 million
- IU Health to add surgery center in Allen County
- Indiana hospital loses longest-serving board member
- Indiana looks to create healthcare price transparency database
- IU Health eyes local hospital
- Indiana Medicaid Waiver Allows for Expanded Mental Health Care
- Hospital auxiliary contributes $2.19 million to Highpoint Health
- Lutheran Health loses on appeal
- Indiana hopes to end surprise medical billing
- Newburgh Hospital Named ‘Top Hospital’ for 2019
KENTUCKY
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- K-TECH Program Launches in NKY, is State’s Third
- Baptist Health adds precision medicine tools to Epic EHR
- Jury awards $10.5M for sponge left in woman
- Gov. Beshear makes decision on $8 billion in Medicaid contracts
- Local long term care center recognized nationally
- St. Claire HealthCare surgery team, physicians honored
MICHIGAN
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- Children’s Hospital CEO departs amid DMC plan to cut asthma services
- West Michigan Surgery Center receives re-accreditation
- Detroit Medical Center names new CEO
- World-Renowned Neurosurgeon Selected To Lead Nationally-Recognized Henry Ford Medical Group
- Studies: Michigan’s Medicaid expansion proving successful in expanding health care access
- Health system hires VP of primary care
- McLaren Hospice awarded CHAP Accreditation
- Telehealth for rural residents latest tool in opioid fight
- U-M’s Mott Children’s, Von Voigtlander hospitals name new chief operating officer
- Healthcare nonprofit names Dan Takens as new leader
OHIO
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- Nurses say proposed Ohio bill could improve access to care, but not everyone is for it
- University Hospitals names Dr. Cliff Megerian new CEO
- Summa agrees to pay $10 million
- New bill in Ohio would allow surveillance cameras in nursing home resident rooms
- Nurses defend former Mount Carmel doctor charged in deaths at hospital
- New $10M Ohio’s Hospice facility will expand care in Troy area
- Ohio Hospitals Investing More In Community Programs
- MetroHealth’s Parma Emergency Department designated as Acute Stroke Ready Hospital
- UTMC’s future to be discussed at community meetings
- Trumbull Regional has made improvements
- Former Mount Carmel doctor facing murder charges sues for defamation
- Ohio Hospitals Invest More Than $6 Billion in Community Issues, Study Finds
- Report: Health Care in NE Ohio Is a $22B Business
- Health care key to Northeast Ohio economy
- Firm acquires $18.4M Ohio medical office building
- Ohio bill would allow cameras in nursing homes to reduce abuse
- Roth tabbed by Ohio hospital group
- 8 Cincinnati biotech companies with big steps to watch in 2020
- Summa Health provided almost $111M in community benefits
WISCONSIN
- Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics names new president
- New Health Center Planned for Greenfield
- Gundersen, Marshfield health systems call off merger talks
- Barnes & Noble in Greenfield will close; Ascension Wisconsin micro-hospital to move in
- UW Hospital nurses seek union recognition
- Report: Tomah Health provides $5 million to area communities
- Health experts report opioid deaths have declined statewide in Wisconsin
- Health system’s online assistant helps patients find the right kind and level of care
- Health systems want to grow. That’s a problem when it comes to controlling health care spending.
- Wisconsin Nurses Unionize, Join Fight Against Corporatization
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
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- Russell Medical talks technology, more at chamber luncheon
- United reverses decision to drop Alabama hospitals from Mississippi Medicaid coverage plans
- Rural healthcare isn’t easy. Here’s how one Alabama woman bridges gaps in the Black Belt
- Encompass Health appoints three to board of directors
- Patients File Lawsuit Against DCH Health System After Cyber Attack On Their Records
- DCH Health System patients file federal suit over ransomware attack
FLORIDA
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- Memorial Hospital closes strong year with sports partnership
- Naples medical practice pays $85,000 to close probe of potential privacy violation
- After suffering ‘extensive business losses,’ Smart Pharmacy lays off most of its workforce
- Tampa General is bringing back house calls
- Bipartisan Florida House bill to address Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ ‘predatory practices’
- Braden Hospital could break ground in Ave Maria sometime next year
- Southwest Florida Hospital Eyes 2020 Construction
- Boca Regional Hospital Foundation receives $25 million donation
- Nemours to soon open this part of $29 million expansion
- UNF medical nexus funding faces budgetary hurdles
- UF Health acquisition of Central Florida Health hospitals could lead to growth
- Holy Cross Hospital to lay off 63 in 2020
- Florida hospital extends Cigna agreement for ‘last time’ after talks collapse
- Local hospitals tout major improvements, look forward to 2020
- Florida hospital to close billing department, lay off 63 employees
GEORGIA
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- South Georgia Medical auxiliary donates laser
- Georgia’s Top 10 health care stories of 2019
- Georgia’s Key Health Care Stories Of 2019
- Ga. ambulance company pays $65K HIPAA settlement
- Columbia County hospital license faces another hurdle
- Georgia health system, Anthem near payment agreement
- Emory buys two plots from city government for ASC
- Georgia hospital to abruptly close operating room
- Georgia hospitals get new transparency rules
- Georgia Medicaid Provider Ordered to Pay $10.1 Million
- Georgia governor tours Grady Memorial Hospital following massive flooding
- Emory Healthcare, Verily partner for data-driven improvements to lab, medication ordering
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- North Carolina healthcare provider warns 4,500 patients of data breach
- Cone Health to pay its executives after changes to Atrium agreement
- Duke, UNC join $16M partnership for child wellness program
- Rural NC community that lost its maternity services to get a freestanding obstetrics clinic
- From Mission Health To The Opioid Crisis: Looking Back On WNC Healthcare In 2019
- Plymouth hospital to stay open; employees will get paychecks
- What stories grabbed you in 2019? NC Health News most-read stories of the year
- Novant Health clinic to stop accepting new patients who do not vaccinate children
- Stitching Wake Forest Baptist-Atrium?
- Southeastern Health gets $450,000 grant renewal
- Novant Health and NHRMC expand medical care
- Forsyth Medical opens obstetrics emergency department to handle high-risk births
- North Carolina hospital secures loan to pay employees
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- South Carolina health system forced to reschedule procedures after malware attack
- Editorial: Charleston County’s hospital deal could help heal old wounds
- MUSC’s board spends more than half its time in secret meetings not open to the public
- MUSC opens a new Charleston campus inside a former J.C. Penney
- Bon Secours St. Francis to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
- Molina Healthcare opens first Molina Closet in South Carolina to provide families with food, hygiene necessities on ongoing basis
- Medical University of South Carolina opens practice with surgery center
- AnMed Health CEO Bill Manson to retire
- Mount Pleasant facility becomes the first to debut new cataract surgery technology
- South Carolina hospital closes primary care practice
TENNESSEE
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- Electronic Health Records Creating a ‘New Era’ of Health Care Fraud, Officials Say
- Covenant takes ownership of LMU Medical Clinic
- Nashville General leads $120M settlement with Momenta, Sandoz
- Nashville emergency room sues 700 patients over unpaid bills
- Tennessee DAs take state’s opioid battle to courtroom
- One year after opening, Children’s Hospital at Erlanger’s new outpatient center continues to boost care in Chattanooga
- BCBS of Tennessee specialty drug change brings physician backlash
- New Tennessee law stiffens punishment for elder abuse
- Allegations Include Services Provided to Patients in Middle Tennessee Hospitals
- Paychecks late at Tennessee hospital
- Vanderbilt helps Epic with EHR tweak aimed at ICU delirium
- Tennessee Hospital Association names Will Cromer COO
- TeamHealth’s ER billing scrutinized at Nashville General
- Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Virginia Hospitals
- Hospital chain files for bankruptcy
SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas nursing home in receivership shuts its doors
- Hospital chain files for bankruptcy
- Charity ball raises $1.1M for Mercy Health Foundation
- Arkansas hospital to change management companies in February
- For foreign patients, long path leads to Little Rock hospital
- Sheridan woman named president-elect for Arkansas Health Information Management Association
ARIZONA
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- Musical chairs for top Banner Health leaders
- BRMC Outpatient Surgery Center Breaks Ground
- Phoenix ranks among top US cities with unfilled physician jobs
- Arizona hospital responds to ‘women don’t do well here’ physician job posting
- Phoenix Rehabilitation acquires new physical therapy clinic
- Arizona Attorney General’s health care fraud, abuse section ranked second highest in the nation
LOUISIANA
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
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- Cummins returns to Plainview, joins Covenant Health
- Behavioral Hospital in Texas Nears Mid 2020 Opening
- Texas health commission to pay $15 mil in SNAP settlement
- Methodist Health System Names CEO
- Houston Methodist Adds Rejuvenation Station In ER
- Micro-hospital to open on San Antonio’s Southwest Side
- Owner, COO of Texas urgent care clinics charged in bribery scheme
- 100,000 UnitedHealthcare members on verge of losing network access to Houston Methodist hospitals
- Solving Texas’ rural health care crisis will require more collaboration
- Tenet’s $350M divestiture deal faces opposition
- Texas leans on Lyft and Uber to get Medicaid patients to the doctor
- Judge set to rule Thursday on baby life support case
- Health Care Deserts
- Patient data management in 2020 and beyond: Key notes on Texas Children’s Hospital’s approach
- 3 leaders depart from Texas Medical Center
- Texas children’s hospital posts first profit
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
MONTANA
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- Montana chiropractor ordered to pay $100K for Medicaid fraud
- Shodair Children’s Hospital to open outpatient mental health clinic in Missoula
- Montana one of only three states to receive $2.3 million mental health grant to train counselors for rural areas
- UM, state partnership garners $16M to provide health care for Montana families
OREGON
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- Health system, nonprofit launch new approach to tracking needs of vulnerable clients
- Family sues Bend hospital for $26.5 million after woman died following breast infection
- Health system, nonprofit launch new approach to tracking needs of vulnerable clients
- Inside Legacy Salmon Creek’s fight against malnutrition
- OHSU researcher pioneers ‘tooth on a chip’ for personalized dentistry
- Health Share approves back payment to transportation providers
WASHINGTON
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- Nurses on verge of ‘largest healthcare strike in recent history’ in Washington state, union says
- How UW Health’s population health chief is moving the needle to address social determinants of health
- UW Hospital nurses revive union, ask board to recognize it
- Seattle nurses inch closer to strike, cite ‘severe’ staffing issues, overpaid CEO
- Virginia Mason Memorial receives certificate to do heart procedure on elective basis
- Swedish Medical Center nurses could send notification of strike by year’s end
- Pullman Regional Hospital acquires Palouse Health Center
- Northwest Hospital becomes UW Medical Center’s 2nd campus
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Health system pays $575 million to settle anti-trust lawsuit
- Roseville’s Adventist Health to manage Stockton’s struggling Dameron Hospital
- Antitrust settlement pushes Sutter Health to quarterly loss
- Kaiser Permanente’s disaster preparedness playbook
- Adventist Health to take over 20th California hospital
- Sharp HealthCare taps Brett McClain as COO
- Care coordination notifications help reduce opioid deaths by 32% at county hospital
- Hospital workers voice concerns about workplace violence amid contracts talks
COLORADO
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- Urgent care services now offered every day of the week in Vail
- Colorado human services department warns 12,000 of error
- Denver VA hospital curtails some surgeries for maintenance
- DaVita Kidney Care welcomes new CMO
- Colorado HIEs pool data-sharing services, expand reach to millions of patients
- UCHealth pledges $250,000 to help create Health Care Careers Center in Fort Collins
- Memorial Regional Health Population Health Management enhances local care
- The Innovations That Will Revolutionize Health Care in Colorado
- Vail Health doubles down on behavioral health
- Middle Park Health names new CEO
- SCL Health to apply analytics to improve surgical outcomes, costs
- Checkup Denver: Our top Colorado health stories of 2019
- SCL Health Announces Partnership With Empiric Health
HAWAII
NEVADA
UTAH
