NATIONAL
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- 90% of US adults are unaware of CMS’ price transparency rule
- 94% of Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages
- American Hospital Association seeks extension for hospitals to follow COVID-19 workplace safety rules
- ASC, practice fraud whistleblowers got $107K-$1M+ in the last 2 years: 4 cases
- CMS announces new director of Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
- COVID-19 is still delaying surgeries, even as cases die down. Here’s why
- Delta now most common strain in US, sequencing data show
- HHS ‘absolutely supportive’ of permanent telehealth provisions after pandemic, Secretary Xavier Becerra says
- Hospital Price Transparency Rule Awareness Low Among Consumers
- Kaiser, Memorial Hermann, Ascension + 53 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches this year
- Key hospital metrics showing recovery, Kaufman Hall says
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Microsoft deepens its presence in healthcare: A timeline
- Only 4 states have hit 75 percent LTC staff vaccination goal, new CMS data reveal
- Site-neutral payments: The Supreme Court weighs in
- Supreme Court upholds site-neutral pay cuts
- Supreme Court won’t hear site-neutral payment case
- Where the US stands on telehealth coverage: 5 states that let orders expire or kept expansions
- Why Medicare Advantage Could Be a $5B Market for Home Care Providers
- Trump-era law on surprise medical bills advances under Biden
ALABAMA
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- Alabama nurse stabbed in chest by patient
- Encompass Health, BLOX team up for new hospitals
- Delta variant showing up in Alabama in fully vaccinated people
- Alabama falls short when it comes to kids’ health
- Alabama’s new commission on medical marijuana taking shape
- 6 Alabama counties ‘very high risk’ for COVID
- Alabama health system finalizes controversial hospitalist contracts
- Gov. Kay Ivey names doctor, pharmacist, banker to Alabama’s medical marijuana commission
ALASKA
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- Alaska patients have reduced access to out-of-state telehealth appointments as emergency declarations end
- Supreme Court sides with Alaska Natives in COVID-19 relief money case
- Peninsula remains in low alert level for COVID-19 cases
- Budget politics threaten Alaska’s federally funded health insurance relief program
- Alaska Medicaid to begin covering gender-affirming health care after class-action lawsuit
- Alaska patients have reduced access to out-of-state telehealth appointments as emergency declarations end
ARIZONA
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- How Arizona became an ASC powerhouse
- Survey: Arizona Seniors Support Long-Term Care Reform
- Phoenix Children’s fires physician who made antisemitic social media posts
- CAIR-AZ, others join lawsuit against Phoenix Children’s Hospital for firing doctor over anti-Israel Facebook post
- Biden halts Medicaid work requirement possibility in Indiana, Arizona
- 406-bed Arizona hospital exploring partnership with LifePoint
- Gov. Ducey signs law that dissolves Arizona’s Psychiatric Security Review Board
- The Most Influential Women in Arizona Business for 2021
- This Is How Much Arizona Spends on Your Health
- New ASU Havasu program aims to help address nurse shortage
ARKANSAS
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- Mercy Hospital Fort Smith plans $162 million ER, ICU expansion
- These are the pockets of the US most at risk as the Delta Covid-19 variant spreads, expert says
- Arkansas vaccine incentives not working: Health officials
- Why the Delta variant has Northwest Arkansas doctors on edge
- Arkansas reports ‘sicker and younger’ COVID-19 patients, Mid-South seeing growing delta cases
- ‘We are now going in the wrong direction’: 479 new COVID-19 cases in Arkansas
- Arkansas hospitals seeing more pregnant moms being hospitalized with COVID-19 variants
- Delta COVID variant spreading across Northeast Arkansas
CALIFORNIA
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- California hospital beats suit over ER fee nondisclosure
- California Northstate University to build 13-story teaching hospital in Sacramento
- California’s 2nd largest SNF operator pays $450,000 to settle whistleblower claims
- Kaiser, Molina, HealthNet accused of running ‘ghost networks’ in California
- Major Sacramento skilled nursing home to pay $450K fine in Medicare overbilling case
- Outpatient care migration + other challenges this California hospital’s cardiovascular department is facing
- Physicians’ objections to system execs grows with recent ‘no confidence’ votes
- UC San Diego Health launches digital vaccine record through EHR patient portal
- University of California Sets Rules for Religious Hospitals
- California virus cases rising as delta variant spreads
- California delays funding to handle public health emergencies in new state budget
- Without enough boots on the ground, California’s vaccination efforts falter
COLORADO
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- A Colorado hospital charged $722.50 to push medicine through an IV. Twice.
- Centura Health announces new health equity fund in Colorado, Kansas
- Children’s Hospital Colorado receives its largest-ever corporate gift
- Colorado’s COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions rose slightly last week
- GI Alliance expands into Colorado
- Grandfather files $25 million claim against Children’s Hospital Colorado after 7-year-old dies
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Colorado stays course as mask policies are revisited amid rapid spread of delta variant
- “We are going to be cleaning up for a long time”: Colorado faces a lingering mental health crisis from coronavirus
- Colorado on pace to hit national 70% vaccination goal
- Colorado Hospital Deals With New Surge of COVID-19 Cases
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut ASC now offering robotic-assisted knee replacements
- Connecticut physician ordered to pay $15M in billing fraud case
- CT Hospital Association endorses statewide COVID-19 vaccine requirements for employees
- Yale New Haven Health closing COVID mass vaccination sites as demand drops
- Report: Connecticut must improve health data collection on race and ethnicity
- Accused sex offender to return to CT to face charges in nursing home assault
- M&T Provides $7.1M Loan for Refinancing of Connecticut Assisted Living Facility
- Hospitalizations and positivity rate decreases
- 8-Year-Olds in Despair: The Mental Health Crisis Is Getting Younger
- CHA endorses requiring all state hospital, health system employees get COVID vaccine
DC
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- Adventist HealthCare Named Top Workplace in Annual Washington Post Rankings
- Patients and staff brace for large cuts to SE DC’s only hospital
- Latest coronavirus test results in DC, Maryland and Virginia
- Young people lag in coronavirus vaccinations in D.C. The city is struggling to reach holdouts.
- Georgetown Hospital to Face Suit Over Ending Doctor’s Privileges
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- 1st female president named for Johns Hopkins children’s hospital in Florida
- Florida’s ASC surge: 11 new ASCs in 2021
- Florida’s emergency order for telehealth expires
- Lee Health wants primary care medical offices near Hertz Arena, FGCU
- Memorial Healthcare System names new COO
- Oncologist sues Health First over firing
- SCA, Orlando ASC to settle lithotripsy kickback allegations for $3.4M: 6 details
- Tampa General partners with innovation accelerator: 5 things to know
- UF Health restores EHR nearly 1 month after cyberattack
- UF Health restores records system a month after ‘cybersecurity event’
- Health education sees age-focused reform under new Florida law
- UNF team surveys 3,000 Florida health care workers to learn from the pandemic
- Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and Florida Blue sign three-year in-network contract
- COVID-19 cases in Florida are rising as health officials warn of the highly contagious Delta variant
- How one hospital earned HIMSS Stages 6 and 7 and a Davies Award in the same year
GEORGIA
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- Georgia health system IT network still offline, but cancer services back on schedule amid ransomware attack
- ‘It’s evil’ Ransomware attack on hospital system in Savannah is part of a growing trend
- Piedmont to equip hospital security officers with tasers, body cameras
- Ransomware attack exposes PHI of 38,000 Georgia fertility clinic patients
- Vaccinations for Ga. hospital workers lagging
- Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
- Gov. Kemp ‘comfortable’ allowing public health emergency to expire
- Georgia seeking to postpone limited Medicaid waiver
- Georgia hospital workers’ vaccine rates: The good, the bad, and the unknown
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Pacific Health CEO Ray Vara to serve as national chairman of American Heart Association
- Health director confident state will hit 70% vaccination benchmark
- Hawaii to offer cash prizes, extend COVID vaccination campaign into August
- High Hawaii child health rating offset by poor economic wellbeing
- Some healthcare professionals in Hawaii are concerned about COVID-19 hospitalization numbers
- A sustainable solution to Hawaii’s physician workforce shortage
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago-Area County Holds Highest COVID Vaccination Rate in Illinois, Data Shows
- Chicago nurses reach tentative agreement with Cook County Health
- Illinois nursing home that closed files bankruptcy
- Nursing strike ends, another begins involving Chicago healthcare workers
- SCA, Orlando ASC to settle lithotripsy kickback allegations for $3.4M: 6 details
- Illinois doles out $94 million to health care providers
- New COVID-19 case count inches up in Illinois
- Best Children’s Hospitals in Illinois
- Delta COVID Variant Could Be Dominant in Illinois By Fall, Pritzker Says
- OSF HealthCare now owns Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois
- Urbana Hospitals Not Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine For Employees Yet
INDIANA
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- A top Indiana health official who helped lead pandemic response is stepping down
- Franciscan Health Central Indiana Promotes Two
- Governor extends Indiana COVID-19 emergency declaration through July
- Hoosier Research Leads to FDA Approval for Bleeding Disorder Drug
- Indy, Marion County Set to Lift COVID Rules
- IU Health LifeLine Integration Expands EMS Services
- IU Health names 1st chief health equity officer
- Riley Health hires new president from Connecticut
- Work Requirement Removed from HIP Program
IOWA
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- Iowa hospital to end administrative contract with Mayo Clinic
- 2 Iowa hospitals combine
- Only 12% of Iowa nursing homes meet staff COVID-19 vaccine standard
- Mercy Iowa City to exit affiliation with statewide MercyOne network
- Iowa hospital exits MercyOne affiliation
- West Burlington and Fort Madison hospitals to become Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
- Most hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Iowa are unvaccinated
- How Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Telemedicine in Iowa?
KANSAS
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- Centura Health announces new health equity fund in Colorado, Kansas
- COVID-19 was Kansas’ leading cause of death last fall. Legislators want more info on co-morbidities, benefits
- Report points to shortage of skilled health care workers in Kansas; Which jobs are in high demand?
- Study shows 75% of nursing homes worried about staying afloat through next year
- County commissioner questions turnover at Heartland health center; former COO discloses discrimination complaint
KENTUCKY
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- Anthem, Humana alum rolls out mobile clinic business
- Hosparus names new president and CEO
- Humana Inc. names new CFO
- Interim Humana CFO made permanent
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Kentucky surgeons leave hospital employment to open private practice, ASC
- Nursing homes, assisted living facilities across Kentucky facing worker drought
- UofL Health data breach potentially exposes health info of 42,000 patients
- ‘We’re going to sell everybody the boxing gloves.’ Atria CEO John Moore on tech, acquisition and serving the edges of the market
LOUISIANA
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- Ochsner Health chosen to sequence COVID-19 variants circulating in Louisiana
- Ochsner LSU Health announces new affiliations with rural northwest Louisiana hospitals
- The exodus of nurses: 5 telling trends from Louisiana hospitals
- Louisiana hospital saw diabetes cases double in children amid pandemic
- Mass Gen, Rush + 6 other execs on making health equity a top priority
- Home health giant Amedisys to acquire hospital-at-home startup Contessa Health for $250M
- Louisiana hospitals grappling with nurse shortage
- This Is How Much Louisiana Spends on Your Health
MAINE
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- Maine Hospital Association proposes COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers
- Hospitals want mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all Maine health care workers
- Maine Hospital Association wants COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for health workers
- Two of Maine’s largest hospital systems won’t require employees to be vaccinated
- This Is How Much Maine Spends on Your Health
- Northern Light’s work at 3 of its hospitals will cost more than $60M
- Bridgton Hospital phasing out obstectrics, expanding other services
MARYLAND
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- Frederick biotech readies for clinical trials armed with new executive, $17M in funding
- Maryland’s COVID state of emergency ends tomorrow
- University of Maryland Children’s Hospital opens ‘trauma-informed’ psychiatric inpatient unit for kids and adolescents
- New Maryland law allows 12-year-old children to get mental health without parents knowing
- Maryland’s mask mandate officially ends
- Some of Maryland’s COVID emergency mandates including masking requirements end today. What will change?
- Howard County snags healthiest community in Maryland, according to report; Anne Arundel 4th, Carroll 5th, Harford 7th
- UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown moves toward Maryland Rural Hospital Designation
- COVID-19 In Maryland: State Nears 75% Vaccination Rate
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Children’s inks 5-year genomics tech collab, cements potential for spinoffs
- GE’s health care division gets a new CEO
- Mass General launches health equity campaign to collect data from 1 million patients: 4 things to know
- Massachusetts hospital makes new offer to striking nurses
- Massachusetts hospital systems to require employee shots
- Massachusetts nursing home must pay $90K settlement over neglect resulting in patient death
- Tenet Massachusetts hospital proposes new offer as nurses’ strike nears 4th month
- Mass Gen, Rush + 6 other execs on making health equity a top priority
- UMass Memorial completes acquisition of Massachusetts health system
- Will staffers at Cape Cod area hospitals be required to get the COVID vaccine? Not yet, but…
- Tenet Massachusetts hospital delays Cerner EHR rollout amid nurses’ strike
- Harvard, MIT researchers create COVID-19 diagnosing mask
MICHIGAN
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- 208-bed Metro Health gets new name
- Beaumont Health plans opening of new breast care center at Wayne hospital
- Blood shortage impacts Metro Detroit hospitals, donations needed
- Bronson Healthcare announces plans for $35M Battle Creek psychiatric hospital
- Henry Ford Health System to require workers to get COVID-19 vaccine
- ‘I only see the potential for massive financial loss’: Former Spectrum CFO doubts value of Beaumont merger
- McLaren Macomb nurses authorize strike
- Metro Health becoming University of Michigan Health-West
- Delta variant is increasing in Michigan
- Money for health providers impacted by auto no-fault changes advances in Michigan Legislature
- Michigan hopes $5 million vaccine lottery inspires more people to get shots
- MSU Health Care announces Affiliation with Everside Health to Transform Employer-Based Primary Care Services in Michigan
MINNESOTA
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- Allina Health makes flu shot for employees mandatory
- What makes Minnesota one of the best states to practice
- 5 recent lawsuits, settlements filed over data breaches
- Former Mayo physician charged with inappropriately accessing patient medical records
- Minnesota health system 1st in world to use 4D hologram tech during heart procedure
- Essentia Health’s Amanda Hines on leadership & the importance of mentoring
- What Mayo’s study of 1.2M EHR notes revealed about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines
- Minnesota misses state COVID-19 vaccine goal, hits federal target
- Minneapolis City Council votes to extend COVID-19 emergency
MISSISSIPPI
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- False Claims Case to Proceed Against Hospice Provider Southerncare
- State health officials: COVID-19 isn’t over, Delta variant cases climbing in Mississippi
- Bank donates $1M to Mississippi children’s hospital
- National report finds some health disparities on the rise in Mississippi
- May is new CEO at Merit Health
- COVID-19 Delta strain spreading ‘rapidly’ in Mississippi
- Mississippi Lawmakers Get Medical Marijuana Advice From Oklahoma And Utah As They Craft New Bill
- Board of Aldermen divided on sale of General Hospital property
MISSOURI
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- COVID-19 surges and influx of younger, unvaccinated patients reported at some Missouri hospitals
- SSM Health plans $20M ASC at St. Louis hospital
- SSM Health to build $25M surgery center at Saint Louis University Hospital
- SSM Health to require COVID-19 vaccination by September
- St. Luke’s Hospital to require Covid-19 vaccination for physicians, employees
- Judge dismisses privacy claim in BJC HealthCare phishing attack lawsuit
- Kansas City hospitals take in COVID-19 patients from over-capacity hospitals in SW Missouri
- Southwest Missouri hospital turns away COVID patients as Delta variant gains momentum
- Some COVID-19 patients being transferred to Kansas City from overwhelmed Springfield hospital
- Health care ‘breaking point’: Cox confirms some Springfield COVID-19 patients transferred to St. Louis, Kansas City
MONTANA
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- Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming Lag in Vaccinations
- Gianforte declares ends to COVID-19 state of emergency
- St. Vincent Healthcare welcomes new senior leadership
- Montana to use COVID funds to boost child care capacity
- COVID-19 hospitalization rates not declining in Montana; most patients younger, unvaccinated
NEBRASKA
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- Fifteen months in, Nebraska’s Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 will expire
- MercyOne Nebraska hospital closes
- 5 recent lawsuits, settlements filed over data breaches
- Retiring Great Plains Health CEO vying for Nebraska Legislature seat
- Nebraska hospital to close
- Lincoln health care facility only one in Nebraska using new surgical imaging technology
- This Is How Much Nebraska Spends on Your Health
NEVADA
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- At Las Vegas hospitals, about 1 in 4 workers still not vaccinated
- Delta variant cases triple in Nevada, spur new precautions in LA County
- Hackers hit Las Vegas hospital, steal data and post online: 5 details
- Las Vegas health officials not considering new restrictions amid rising COVID-19 cases
- Las Vegas hospital hit in cyberattack, data stolen
- Many Las Vegas Hospital Workers Pass On Getting COVID Vaccine
- Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming Lag in Vaccinations
- Renown Health names new CIO
- State nursing home in Las Vegas completes expansion
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Hospital serving New Hampshire’s largest metro is expanding its ED
- New Hampshire hospital employee fired after hidden camera found in employee restroom
- New Hampshire health officials praise progress against COVID-19, say there’s more to do
- Man who infected 46 patients with hepatitis C denied release
- New Hampshire Hospital Begins Emergency Department Expansion
- Council unanimously approves $52.4 million for community mental health centers
- This Is How Much New Hampshire Spends on Your Health
NEW JERSEY
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- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- N.J. hospital mandates COVID vaccine for workers. Others are still debating.
- Vaccine goal cleared, but state says be wary of virus variant
- 4 Things To Know About The Delta Variant Of Coronavirus In NJ
- New Atlantic County Health Clinic Will Serve Veterans
- Construction underway on New Jersey’s first free-standing cancer hospital
- Paterson nets $4M federal grant to address lingering COVID-19 challenges
NEW MEXICO
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- $34.5M ASC, medical office building opening in New Mexico
- Albuquerque health tech company to be acquired for more than $100M
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- UNM Carrie Tingley Hospital is Home to New High-Tech Spinal Imaging System
- New Mexico’s aid-in-dying law takes effect
- New state nursing home wing expands mental health services in Northern New Mexico
- 8 New Mexicans had cardiac issues following COVID-19 vaccine
- New Mexico reports 66 coronavirus cases, two more deaths
NEW YORK
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- 200 beds close as inpatient care ends at One Brooklyn hospital
- FEMA refusing to reimburse NYC hospitals for $860M in COVID costs due to ‘inexplicable’ payout system: officials
- Largest health care union in the U.S. will oppose mandatory vaccines
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Oswego nursing home denies mayor’s allegations of broken AC units, excessively hot temps
- Regent Surgical opens joint-venture ASC in New York
- OIG tags New York hospital for erroneous billing
- NY hospitals now have large stockpiles of PPE
- New York, New Jersey see lowest COVID hospitalizations since pandemic started: ‘It’s just night and day’
- Delta Variant in N.Y.C.: What to Know
- NYC Health + Hospitals and DocGo’s Street Health Outreach + Wellness (SHOW) Mobile Units Provide Healthcare to New Yorkers Experiencing Homelessness
- New York Hospitals Now Have Stockpiles of Personal Protective Equipment
- Piles of PPE Left to Rot Outside State-Run Queens Nursing Home
NORTH CAROLINA
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- ‘A second pandemic’: N.C. hospitals plead for help with another health care crisis
- As coronavirus subsides, NC hospitals plead for help with another health care crisis
- Inside Novant Health’s plan to make a big difference in pediatric care in region
- Majority of staff at one ED experienced assault in last 12 months, survey finds
- NC senators pass medical marijuana bill in committee vote
- North Carolina remains near bottom in COVID-19 vaccinations
- Mission Hospital RNs reach tentative agreement with HCA; nurses to vote on settlement next
- One county’s struggle to control COVID-19 highlights challenges in rural NC
- Duke Health now meeting people where they are in North Carolina to provide COVID-19 vaccinations
- ‘Overcrowding can be a problem’ at mental health facilities, Charlotte clinic discloses
- North Carolina doctors being incentivized to counsel Medicaid patients about COVID-19 vaccine
- ‘Behavioral health emergency’: NC health organizations ask state leaders for help
- North Carolina nurse suspended over ‘unprofessional’ TikTok videos involving patient care
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Altru finalizes rehab hospital agreement with Encompass
- Inpatient rehabilitation services expanding in Grand Forks as Encompass Health and Altru Health System form joint venture
- Encompass Health (EHC), Altru Forms JV to Serve North Dakota
- Two North Dakota schools collaborate to address nursing workforce challenges
- Sanford Health looking to train patients for at home dialysis treatment
- Many nursing home staff resist COVID-19 shots; these North Dakota facilities have the highest and lowest vaccination rates
- This Is How Much North Dakota Spends on Your Health
OHIO
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- Biotech firm to build $365 million packaging plant in New Albany
- Bon Secours Mercy Health’s HQ sells for $100M – biggest deal in county in 5 years
- Dayton hospital’s parent selling to larger chain
- Ohio health system employee snooped 7,000+ patients’ EHRs for 11+ years
- Ohio Hospital HIPAA Violation Goes Unnoticed for Over a Decade
- COVID cases spike Thursday in Ohio after downward trend
- Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital Breaks Ground On Cancer Center Expansion
- Health provider Firelands Health displays new brand name
- Blood shortage in Southwest Ohio, state: How it’s affecting local hospitals
- Kettering Health inks new partnership with Ohio University
- Ohio allocates $2.2 billion for businesses and children’s mental health
- MetroHealth to open dental clinic in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood
OKLAHOMA
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- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Merger creates academic health system in Oklahoma
- Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma
- Oklahoma health expert applauds SSM Health’s decision to require employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
- University of Oklahoma Health promises better service, more research with hospital merger
- Oklahoma Methodist Manor is now Trinity Woods
- Northwest Oklahoma is a ‘maternity desert’
- ‘A very joyful moment’: Medicaid expansion takes effect in Oklahoma
OREGON
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- CEO to retire after 35 years at Oregon hospital
- Hospitals struggle to deal with jammed emergency rooms after exodus of nurses
- How Cambia Health Solutions is using the cloud to ‘cut through the noise’ of digital health tools
- Legacy Health CEO reflects on bumpy year for health care
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Oregon to reopen June 30, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination rate
- Oregon, Washington hospital beds in short supply amid heat wave
- Oregon’s heat wave turns deadly; Portland metro-area hospital beds at ‘critically short supply’
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Health care professionals unanimously vote to unionize in Delaware County hospitals
- Hundreds of Pennsylvania nursing home workers threaten to strike
- Lehigh Valley Health Network to open hospital July 1
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- New Pa. budget lessens nursing home concerns, but doesn’t immediately quell possible strikes
- Nursing home workers take steps to strike in mid-July
- Philadelphia-area digital health startup with Jefferson ties raises $50M, lands valuation of $550M
- UPMC to settle lawsuit over pension error allegations
- Why Valley Forge Medical Center’s new owner made the deal, and what’s next for the hospital
RHODE ISLAND
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- HHS report cites leadership as reason for problems at troubled Rhode Island hospital
- ‘Leave to protect’ policy helped Rhode Island hospital finance exec dodge 2 layoff attempts
- Verbal abuse, decrepit facilities and safety issues found at Rhode Island hospital that may lose accreditation
- Chief medical officer of embattled Rhode Island hospital to step down, CFO on leave
- Care New England, Lifespan approached lawmakers about certificate of public advantage
- Review of State-Run Psychiatric Hospital Blames Leadership
- ‘Question the value’: RI official offers warning about Lifespan-CNE hospital merger
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Carolina Forest hospital on hold until mitigation bank concerns are addressed
- Lowcountry hospital expands advanced heart program
- McMaster signs bill providing immunity to businesses threatened by COVID-related lawsuits
- MUSC board votes to acquire Providence Health and KershawHealth
- MUSC to purchase 3 South Carolina hospitals
- MUSC’s vaccine mandate deadline is June 30. How has it gone so far?
- SC panel gives MUSC final approval to buy Columbia, Camden hospitals
- Trident Medical in North Charleston to become a teaching hospital
- What you need to know about MUSC Health as it eyes Columbia hospital expansion
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Tennessee raises CON fees
- Nashville tech startup sets sights on rural doctors inundated with ailing patients
- Tennessee group pays $9.39M for Greensboro medical site
- Blood Shortage: Vanderbilt doctor says hospital has a contingency plan if they run out
- Advocates for the elderly call on Tennessee to tap federal funds to provide better care
- New COVID-19 cases continue drop in county, state
- Brad Smith, Russell Street Ventures launch rural health care startup
- West Tennessee Healthcare, Le Bonheur announce pediatric collaboration
TEXAS
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- Amid nurses’ strike, federal lawmakers seek probe into Tenet’s use of COVID-19 relief funds
- Baylor Scott & White Health CEO to retire, announce McCanna to take over role
- El Paso medical provider agrees to pay $750,000 settlement in health care overbilling case
- How cash injections from a real estate firm boosted Steward’s finances
- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Texas blood supply reaches emergency low levels
- Houston Methodist offers $15K sign-on bonus to nurses
- Grand jury won’t indict Texas physician accused of vaccine theft
- ‘It’d be catastrophic’: Dallas-area hospitals could lose $1.1B annually without Medicaid waiver, healthcare group warns
- Baylor Scott & White CEO to retire
- Tenet Massachusetts hospital delays Cerner EHR rollout amid nurses’ strike
- Houston Methodist CEO, execs: How to develop a vaccine mandate
- Defibrillator fire that burned patient spurs internal probe at HCA hospital
- 7 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
UTAH
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- After a weekend ‘perfect storm’ of need, Intermountain hospital raced to find blood
- Civica exec named administrator of Intermountain hospital
- Will the Delta variant bring back masks in Utah?
- Last beam placed at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi
- Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming Lag in Vaccinations
- Utah COVID-19 hospitalizations spike
- Utah reports largest COVID-19 increase since April with 574 new cases
- Utah hospitals may have to delay surgeries due to blood shortage
VERMONT
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- HCRS to pay $170,000 for violating False Claims Act in Medicaid case
- Vermont mental health agency agrees to $170,000 penalty for seeking payments for ineligible employee
- New state laws on sexual consent, health care and alcohol sales take effect July 1
- What’s driving an increase in hospital admissions across Vermont? It’s not COVID-19.
- Rutland Mental Health lands $600,000 for pilot program for young people
- SVMC seeks input on colorectal cancer screening
VIRGINIA
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- Construction begins on $6.8M ASC in Virginia: 4 details
- How Virginia lawmakers are pushing for changes to the state’s nursing home system
- Some Virginia hospitals will require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
- UVA Health acquires full ownership of 3-hospital joint venture
- Virginia patients: How good are your local hospitals? You deserve to know.
- Emergency Orders Are Ending In Maryland And Virginia
- Delta variant spreading, but Virginia sticking to CDC guidance on masks
- Virginia hospitals report surge in emergency room patients, and not because of COVID-19
- Ballad Health reopens Lee County Community Hospital after almost 8-year closure
- UVA Health completes purchase of Novant, hospitals in Northern Virginia
WASHINGTON
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- Lifespan, UW Medicine + 9 hospitals, health systems hit by data breaches in June
- Oregon, Washington hospital beds in short supply amid heat wave
- Washington blood banks, hospitals issue urgent call for donors amid critical shortage
- Washington health officials celebrate reopening, but keeping close eye on variants
- Everett hospital that treated first COVID-19 patient reacts to Washington reopening
- Snohomish County among top counties in Washington for COVID-19 vaccination rates
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Report ranks West Virginia as 10th best in nation for healthcare jobs
- Thomas Health marks first day with no COVID-19 patients in more than a year
- Morgantown, West Virginia’s Mon Health announces new senior VP, CIO
- ‘This is a different virus:’ West Virginia health experts urging caution amid Delta variant
- West Virginia health officer warns of ‘tripling’ Delta variant cases
- Mostly good news on COVID-19 in WV, but there is one growing concern
WISCONSIN
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- Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital raised more than $300 million for cancer research and public health
- All of Northeast Wisconsin ‘medium’ or ‘low’ for COVID-19 activity
- SSM Health to require COVID-19 vaccination by September
- Positive COVID-19 tests tick upward in Wisconsin
- Encompass Health announces plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the greater Madison, Wisconsin area
- Delta COVID-19 variant cases in Wis. nearly double from the week before
WYOMING
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- Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming Lag in Vaccinations
- Sublette County’s long, bumpy road to build its first hospital
- Report: Wyoming ranks high nationally for children’s well-being, except for physical health
- Wyoming and the Delta Variant
- COVID hospitalizations in Wyoming rose by 16 since Tuesday
- Recent Wyoming data illustrates vaccine success
