NATIONAL
- 21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022
- $1B joint venture sets sights on ASCs, medical office buildings
- 3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals
- CMS revises surprise-billing arbitration process
- GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes
- Healthcare Orgs Struggle With Software Supply Chain Risk Management Policies
- Healthcare workers warn of the harms of consolidation
- HHS Secretary Outlines FY 2023 Mental Health Investments at Senate Hearing
- HHS Issues Warning to HPH Sector about Hive Ransomware
- HHS is giving $226.5 million in ARP funds to train health workers in local communities
- Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% payment increase in 2023
- Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity
- Physician pay is climbing after early-pandemic slump
- Supreme Court tosses Medicaid work requirement cases
- The Critical Shift in ASC EHR Adoption: Overcoming Barriers
- This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. Then it deleted deaths.
- U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains after court ruling
- Mask mandate ruling was ‘irresponsibly abrupt,’ hospital exec says
- 3.2% payment increase is not enough, American Hospital Association says
- Healthcare worker training org aims to root out bias in care
ALABAMA
- Alabama law expands CRNAs’ scope of practice
- Judge orders Children’s of Alabama to hand over medical records of late 7-year-old Kamiya in wrongful death suit
- Alabama health officials continue to monitor adenovirus cases
- Alabama hospital on the verge of closure
- Alabama health system CEO to retire; replacement named
- General Fund budget will address Alabama’s maternal mortality crisis
- Thousands of job vacancies challenge Alabama hospitals
- Encompass Health Replaces Rehabilitation Hospital In Alabama
- Medical experts investigating mysterious illness causing severe liver damage in Alabama kids
- New lawsuit filed to challenge law criminalizing transgender medical care
- Alabama’s first RAM clinic prepared to see ‘a heck of a lot of patients’
- West Alabama hospital gets money for upgrades and new equipment
ALASKA
- Juneau clinic offers new option for treating opioid use disorder
- Staffing shortage forces Alaska hospital to halt inpatient care
- Reps. Fields, Prax discuss DHSS split, other Alaska health care initiatives
- Skagway officials weigh the future of the town’s health clinic and housing shortages
ARIZONA
- Banner Health to build new hospital in Buckeye
- Bill banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates heads to Ducey’s desk
- Intermountain, Banner + more expanding telehealth programs
- Phoenix orthopedic ASC property acquired
- National hospital system takes over Abrazo Health’s Arizona Mesa Hospital
- 3 maternal health innovations from Banner, Northwell + more
- Steward acquires 5th Arizona facility
- Labor Department may revoke Arizona’s oversight over its work safety program
- 5-story neuroscience center opens in Phoenix with ASC on the way
- Arizona’s bioscience sector hits record highs 20 years into strategic plan
- UArizona launching new programs to address health care workforce shortages
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas hospital replaces CEO
- Report: Black Women’s Health in AR in “Critical State”
- Arkansas Children’s Names Jefferson, Rumpel as 2022 Marion B. Lyon Revocable Trust New Scientists
- IAFNS and Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center Team Up for 3-Part Webinar Series
- UAMS Study Finds Marshallese in U.S. Mobilized to Address Pandemic Hardships
CALIFORNIA
- California to delay COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students
- California weighing third COVID-19 ETS renewal
- Cedars-Sinai names new CIO
- CMS gives California rehabilitation hospital 30 days to avoid shutdown
- Feds cut funding to Laguna Honda hospital, putting future of facility in doubt
- Inside Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain’s telehealth strategy
- Kaiser Permanente adds $200 million to its affordable housing fund
- Kaiser Permanente is spending $400 million on affordable housing initiatives
- Lawsuit Filed Against SuperCare in Breach Affecting 318,000
- San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital Loses Medicaid, Medicare Funding
- SuperCare Health sued after data breach of 318,000 patient files
- Sutter Health: Nurses who staged 1-day strike must wait 5 days to return to work
- Thousands of health care workers strike over staffing, COVID protocols, pay
- CA dismantles key piece of COVID response
- Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital Opens In California
- Health care workers in Northern California strike over short staffing, COVID protocols, pay
- CMA files brief in federal court that will shape California’s corporate bar
- Intermountain, Banner + more expanding telehealth programs
COLORADO
- Bright Health’s financial, legal woes continue to mount
- Colorado’s COVID public health order extended a month, but you probably won’t notice
- DaVita and its former CEO acquitted of U.S. antitrust charges
- Hospitals in Colorado Springs see an increase in health care workers
- Intermountain CEO looks to bring ‘click-and-mortar’ health care to Colorado
- Kaiser to restructure Colorado, Washington operations
- Southern Colorado medical clinic pays settlement amid false claims allegations
- Why Colorado’s ongoing fight against high hospital prices is now a lot more complicated
- Peak Vista opens new health center in Downtown Colorado Springs
- Colorado’s COVID cases rise for a fourth week as BA.2 variant becomes dominant
- Colorado Springs health clinic to pay settlement in fraud lawsuit
- Portion of $5M Colorado hospital donation will update ASC
CONNECTICUT
- Order to Expire Requiring Masks in Nursing Homes, Hospitals
- Major Connecticut hospitals, nursing homes to continue requiring masks despite end of state mandate
- Hartford HealthCare is expanding across Connecticut. Its urgent care centers have lower costs than hospital emergency rooms.
- Nuvance Health promotes Bethel resident to human resources role for seven hospitals in CT, NY
- Harvard Pilgrim exiting CT’s commercial health insurance market
DC
- DC mayor breaks ground on $40M Joy Evans Therapeutic Recreation Center
- Howard’s new hospital to deliver later than planned — with more land devoted for expansion
- DC Health Officials Watching Rise in COVID Cases, But Hospitalizations Stay Low
- COVID cases in DC tip over into ‘medium’ levels
- How Georgetown Home Care Continues to Lower Readmission Rates for Hospital Partners
DELAWARE
- Delaware summit to focus on maternal health
- DPH opens COVID testing and treatment in one location
- Atlantic General straddles line for recruitment, patients
- Bayhealth builds new Harrington medical office
FLORIDA
- Florida physicians: 5 key stats
- Florida provider group to pay $24.5M after False Claims Act allegations
- Go inside HCA’s new $50 million specialty hospital in Tampa
- HCA Healthcare names new COO
- Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute plans liver center
- US probing coronavirus aid paid to closed Rennova Health hospital
- Magic Johnson joins Central Florida fight for equal health care, affordable housing
- HCA Florida Capital Hospital cuts ribbon on new rehab center
- Florida gifts U of Florida Health $80M to honor its 1st Black CEO
GEORGIA
- Atlanta could get a new VA hospital, but it could take decades
- Can an out-of-state hospital system block a new project in Ga.?
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta launches $1B fundraising campaign
- Georgia health system CEO, CFO resign amid leadership shuffle
- Georgia scales back on reporting of COVID-19 data
- Gov. Kemp declares state of emergency for supply chain disruptions
- VA proposes massive changes to health-care system in Georgia
- Medical cannabis in Georgia tangled up in legal disputes
- Anthem contract dispute in Georgia rages on
HAWAII
- North Hawaii hospital nurses hold informational picket
- Positive COVID-19 tests on the rise as Hawaii’s free testing program comes to an end
- Why This Wahiawa Nursing Home Will Close Its Doors In July
- Kona hospital reports uptick in flu patients as COVID cases wane
IDAHO
- ‘A pediatric desert’ New medical residency program launching in Idaho
- Primary Health opening new Nampa clinic in late 2022
- Primary Health to expand, remodel former bank building for new clinic
- Saltzer Health clinic on Ten Mile in Meridian to help relieve burden on emergency rooms
- Idaho Falls Community Hospital Earns Higher Trauma Designation
- Saint Alphonsus heart surgeon achieves life-saving milestone
ILLINOIS
- Appellate court declines to block enforcement of vaccine, testing mandate
- Chicago hospital to mentor next generation of doctors, change face of medicine
- Dr. Ngozi Ezike to become CEO of Sinai Chicago hospital system
- Group of women suing Deaconess and former doctor over medical records
- Ill. Nursing Home Will Settle COVID-19 Death Suit
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare makes 2 hospital leadership changes
- OSF Healthcare closes on purchase of real estate, equipment from Galesburg Cottage Hospital
- Sinai Chicago names its 1st Black female CEO
- Trinity to become sole owner of MercyOne, acquire CommonSpirit’s share
- Illinois coronavirus: Cases keep rising
- Illinois lawmaker secures funding to address shortage of school-based mental health professionals
- Quincy’s hospital dispute revolves around private equity
INDIANA
- Anthem pays $4.5M to Indiana hospitals in ER billing dispute
- As the pay for travel nurses comes back down, hospitals hope nurses seek permanent employment
- Hospital Guild Donates $1M to Behavioral Health Academy
- Indiana federal arbitrator rules against Anthem, similar to insurer’s approach in Maine
- Indiana State BON Guilty of Discriminating Against Nurses With Opioid Use Disorder
- Supply chain issues continue to burden hospital
- Hospital President: Memorial Expansion Signals Commitment
- Memorial Hospital to Invest $230M for Expansion
- Paradigm Health Appoints CEO
- Community health center conducts grand opening
- Indiana system names chief nursing officer
- Rezoning Approved for Fort Wayne IU Health Campus
- Why physician-led care teams are key to battling doctor shortage
- ‘I just did what I was supposed to do’: Baptist Health Floyd employees honored for heroic actions in the community
- Kids Count data: Indiana ranks 36th in the nation for the health of its children
- Lilly CEO: Indiana must improve education, reduce health care costs to stay competitive
IOWA
- UnityPoint Health making strides in behavioral health care
- Trinity Health buying out CommonSpirit Health’s stake in Iowa’s MercyOne regional health system
- Ames police looking for man who allegedly assaulted nurse at Mary Greeley
- Iowa hospitals offer incentives, programs to fill staff vacancies
- Surveillance shows suspect ‘swinging their arms’ at Iowa nurse
- Patient sues Iowa hospital for alleged burns caused by burning coffee
- Masking requirements relax at certain UnityPoint hospitals
- Iowa licensing board loses legal fight over subpoenaed patient records
KANSAS
- Data Breach Goes Unnoticed For Nearly 1 Year at KS Hospital
- Kansas’ shortage of behavioral health experts exacerbates community treatment challenges
- Labette Health aims to expand healthcare in the area
- Newman Regional Health notifies patients of breach that exposed personal information
- New Kansas law permits APRNs to prescribe medications in effort to address physician shortage
KENTUCKY
- Gov. Beshear signs 14 bills supporting mental health, addiction treatment and more
- Louisville health care company growing nationally with physical therapy practices
- The story of six Kentucky nuns who built a hospital in India
- What a new law aimed at the nursing shortage means for colleges in Kentucky
- Norton Healthcare Selects Project Team For Kentucky Hospital
- Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville receives state funding to combat child abuse
- Hospital Must Turn Over Info on Famous Cardiologist, Appeals Court Says
- NKY lab lands incentives for multimillion-dollar expansion
- Humana investing $25M in affordable housing initiative
- Humana announces nearly $3B deal to sell Kindred at Home divisions
LOUISIANA
- Children’s Hospital New Orleans innovates pediatric healthcare with world-class facility and top experts
- Children’s Hospital New Orleans completes $300M expansion
- Louisiana AG sues UnitedHealth, alleging drug overcharges in Medicaid
- Rape survivors in Louisiana closer to gaining access to their written medical records
- Edwards administration scraps proposal for secret nursing home reports
- The use of travel nurses — and their pay rates — skyrocketed in Louisiana amid COVID-19; here’s why
- After Hurricane Ida’s chaos, Louisiana lawmakers address nursing home evacuation plans
- Week 5: Legislators look to protect nursing home residents, push for constitutional carry
MAINE
- Indiana federal arbitrator rules against Anthem, similar to insurer’s approach in Maine
- Northern Light Health hospital names new president
- Governor Mills Signs Supplemental Budget Delivering Significant Financial Relief for Maine People Amid High Costs
- Northern Light Health names new president of Waterville hospital, care center
- Maine Health’s Anthem Troubles Have Deep Roots
- Federal arbitrator in Indiana rules against Anthem practices that are similar to insurer’s disputed approach in Maine
MARYLAND
- Maryland Doctor Among 18 Indicted In COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Scheme, Allegedly Overbilled For COVID-19 Tests
- Congressman Steny Hoyer Tours New Center For Health Sciences Construction Site
- CEO to retire after decade at Maryland health system
- Maryland’s medical cannabis industry hit $600M in revenue
- With Implicit Bias Hurting Patients, Some States Train Doctors
- Were you overcharged? Understanding new protections against surprise medical bills
- Covid cases rise in DC, Maryland and Virginia with BA.2 wave
MASSACHUSETTS
MassHealth to provide behavioral-health funds to hospitals
- Pharma trade group blasts Baker’s drug-pricing bill
- Tenet hospital CEO resigns amid service cuts
- Massachusetts General Hospital taps neurosurgeon as chief medical officer
- Shriners to end inpatient care at Massachusetts hospital
- Boston Public Health Commission recommends masks indoors after new Covid spike
- Two startups get new CEOs, workforce dev coalition ramps up
- Mass. biotechs have cut hundreds of jobs so far in 2022. Here’s a list.
- MGH taps neurosurgeon as new chief medical officer
- Amid push for clinical trial diversity, Reify Health raises $220M
- Satellite Bio launches with $110M, science out of MIT, BU
- First look: Check out Sanofi’s new Cambridge Crossing campus
- Blood-disorder startup cuts staff to just 6 people
- Science born out of Genzyme underpins new cystic-fibrosis startup
- Checkmate stock quadruples on news of Regeneron acquisition
- Finch cuts one-fifth of staff amid Hep B program pause
- Flagship-backed ‘gene-writing’ startup Tessera raises $300M
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont Health names 2 new board members
- BHSH and GVSU reach $19 million agreement to expand workforce pipeline in Michigan
- Trinity to become sole owner of MercyOne, acquire CommonSpirit’s share
- Fungal outbreak forces Detroit specialty hospital to stop admitting patients
- UM Health-West opens Allendale health center
- Emails: Michigan health director urged ‘edits’ to nursing home death audit
- Michigan health system to receive AHA Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award
- Proposed Bill to Increase Mental Health Professionals for Michigan Students
- Beacon’s Regional Medical Director discusses the fragmented behavioral health system in Michigan
- Michigan health officials predict COVID cases will double soon due to BA.2
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic developing mobile app to staff nurses
- Minnesota has the most long-term care facilities with staffing shortages, national report says
- Allina Health names new leader for acute care services
- 14 health IT innovations, partnerships
- Minnesota multispecialty center project breaks ground, includes ASC
- Allina Health names new hospital president
- How U of Minnesota is tracking crucial drug shortages
- Essentia Health begins nursing residency program
- Nursing home workforce shortages hit Minnesota the hardest, California the least
MISSISSIPPI
- Nearly $3M federal grant invested in Miss. for rural healthcare
- Half a million dollars donated to Children’s Hospital at UMMC
- Rural Partners Network helps provide federal resources
- New Children’s of Mississippi concussion clinic offers follow-up care
- Mississippi to award new forgivable loan programs for health-related degrees for first time since 2015
- What’s next for Medicaid expansion efforts in Mississippi without a ballot initiative process?
- Following lawsuit, MS Dept. of Health changes regulation to allow weight-loss coaching
- $575,000 check for Hill Hospital in Sumter County
MISSOURI
- Meditech genomics goes live at Missouri hospital
- 15K-square-foot ASC property sold
- Missouri hospital’s ASC plans back on track with $1M grant
- $17M Missouri ASC to open in May
- Missouri nursing school gets CDC grant to fight vaccine hesitancy
- MU nursing professor serves on national nursing home panel
- Senior health startup that raised $100M expands C-suite with new hire
- Centene board member appointed in shakeup resigns, cites need to ‘refresh approach to leadership’
- Remembering Michael Neidorff: What the numbers say about Centene’s meteoric rise during his tenure
- Rural concern grows over 2 Noble Health hospitals limiting services
- Vandals break into Noble Health Audrain Community Hospital
- Legislators weigh blocking COVID visitor restrictions at Missouri hospitals, nursing homes
- Job fair held for health care workers as industry sees ‘unprecedented’ rates of turnover
MONTANA
- Montana State Hospital administrator leaving position
- Montana State Hospital staff say facility still struggling
- Dillon nurses vote to unionize
- Montana’s rolled-back public health powers leave some in limbo
- How the Montana State Hospital came to lose its federal funding
- Intermountain Health leader meets staff at St. Vincent in Billings
- Emergency responders make house calls to reduce 911 calls
- Benefactors aid children’s hospital with land donations; recreationists could also benefit
NEBRASKA
- 3 maternal health innovations from Banner, Northwell + more
- UNL Study Shows Barriers to Healthcare for Yazidi Refugees in Nebraska
- Children’s Hospital plans pediatric mental health centers for Nebraska
- State Medicaid seeks bids to manage care of 347,000 Nebraskans
NEVADA
- Gov. Sisolak pushes for more access to healthcare in Nevada with Summit
- North Las Vegas aims to create $5M medical hub Southern Nevada
- Nevada COVID-19 hospitalizations at ‘record low,’ association says
- Renown garners recognition
- St. Rose Dominican hospitals celebrate 75th anniversary
- Nevada to receive $1 million in federal money to kickstart 988 mental health hotline
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Executive Council puts off vote on $52M contract to operate youth mental health hospital
- As COVID infrastructure winds down, NH public health leaders worry about missed opportunity for investment
- New strategy aims to improve emergency mental health care in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire devotes fed funds to mental health system
NEW JERSEY
- Hackensack Meridian Health sells off majority of its long-term care facilities to Complete Care
- Court Ruling Brings an End to Proposed New Jersey Hospital Merger
- Romanelli to Lead Merck Human Health International
- Jefferson Health pursuing development of proton therapy center in Northeast Philadelphia
- Virtua Health expands midwifery program with new Camden practice site
NEW MEXICO
- Veteran health care leader named COO of Lovelace Medical Group
- Uptick in cases of coronavirus in NM possible
- New Mexico Department of Health reports first child death of flu season
- New Mexico extends COVID public health emergency through May 16 as positivity rate ticks up
NEW YORK
- At least 40% of top execs have left New York health plan in last year
- Kaleida’s HighPointe nursing home fined $40K for Covid-19 violations
- Lost medical records impacting New York patients, providers
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: What’s on patient experience leaders’ to-do list this spring
- NewYork-Presbyterian names chief investment officer
- St. Mary’s Healthcare hires doctor for C-suite position
- Terminated orthopedic surgeon contracts with another New York hospital
- Hospital for Special Surgery names chief nurse
- 3 maternal health innovations from Banner, Northwell + more
- Memorial Sloan Kettering receives $50M gift
- Northwell Health expects to hire medical debt ombudsman when public health emergency ends
- Stony Brook U Hospital taps new chief medical officer
- Mount Sinai launches tech fund for female, Black, Indigenous and people of color innovators
- New York surgery center integrates asynchronous video with partnership
- How Keith Dolan ended up right where he wants to be
- One of the fastest-growing jobs in the state is also one of the hardest to keep filled
- Meet the 26 honorees of the annual Excellence in Health Care Awards
- When it comes to addressing health equity, technology has a role to play
- These top-ranking executives have left Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in the last year
- Seneca Nation affiliate plans opioid clinic on Buffalo/Cheektowaga border
- New York health officials alert public to two new BA.2 subvariants spreading in their state
- New York Increases Funding for Mental Health Care for Kids
- Northwell Receives $100K State Grant to Support Behavioral Health Center for Children and Teens
NORTH CAROLINA
- Archdale nursing home banned from accepting new patients
- Duke University Hospital plans to launch new program to curb violent crime
- North Carolina’s Frontline Behavioral Health Workforce: Overlooked, Overworked, Underpaid
- ‘People are just struggling.’ WakeMed asks local leaders for help to build new hospital to deal with growing need for mental health support
- Raleigh med-tech led by UNC physician raises $15M
- The state of medical marijuana legalization in NC
- NC sees 50% increase in COVID cases compared to last week
- Refurbished medical equipment fills supply chain gaps
- Mission competition? AdventHealth applying for 67-patient room hospital in Asheville area
- Nurses at HCA hospital in North Carolina rally for safe patient staffing
NORTH DAKOTA
- Adaptive Health Integrations Data Breach Affects More than 510,000 Individuals
- Orthopedic surgeon corrects 86-degree curve in scoliosis patient
- Trinity Health Foundation launches capital campaign
- Essentia Health begins nursing residency program
- North Dakota State Hospital reaccredited
- Grand Forks Public Health shifting to sustained public health response for COVID-19 in community
OHIO
- Jury acquits Ohio physician accused of 14 patient deaths
- Shortage of mental health workers means longer wait times to get help
- City sues state over health-care law that allows denial of care
- Cases tick up in Ohio with BA.2 accounting for 84% of infections
- Union nurses at University Hospitals in Geneva left out of COVID appreciation bonuses
- Ohio rural communities receive over $1.3 Million in emergency rural health care grant funds
- Concerns rise over proposed Chillicothe VA Medical Center closure
- Mercy Health-Youngstown welcomes new St. Joseph Warren Hospital president
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center hosts beam-signing for new College Hill expansion
- Mercy Health-Cincinnati taps leader for new Mason hospital
- Cincinnati Children’s, CTI make first hire as part of multimillion-dollar joint venture
- One of region’s largest medical groups names CEO
- Two Greater Cincinnati nurses charged with patient neglect at nursing home
- New rehab hospital is coming to southern Ohio
OKLAHOMA
- Experts watch for potential summer COVID-19 surge as ER visits level off in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma hospital fires CEO, shakes up C-suite
- Bill moves forward to change Oklahoma Health Commissioner requirements
- Integris honors two Oklahoma healthcare workers
- Oklahoma Senate approves bill requiring coverage of diagnostic mammograms
- New Oklahoma City Rehabilitation Hospital Names CEO
- JLL arranges $600 million sale of healthcare property portfolio across 10 states
OREGON
- Nurses at Providence St. Vincent vote on whether to authorize strike
- Providence St. Vincent nurses to vote whether to strike over unfair labor practices
- Oregon officials address rising coronavirus case numbers
- Former Oregon Health Authority employee allegedly embezzled $1.5 million in COVID-19 vaccination funds
- OHA: Pandemic Still Going, But Emergency Phase Is Over
- OHA awards $550K to expand Central Oregon behavioral health workforce
- Oregon medical providers rely on diminishing number of out-of-state nurses, study finds
- Summit Health, Partners in Care form palliative care partnership
PENNSYLVANIA
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Launches Research Institute Dedicated to Advancing the Care of Pediatric Cardiovascular Diseases
- Crozer Health tells municipalities pay up or lose paramedic service
- Trafford-based home health care provider pays $383K to 46 workers to settle overtime claims
- UPMC disputes report challenging its community benefits
- Pennsylvania acting health secretary to resign, new acting secretary named
- UPMC to open new medical office complex, and 10 other health care groups plan projects in central Pa.
- Pennsylvania receives $25.6 million to improve maternal and infant health at new Philly center
- Pa.’s most unhealthy county launches program to boost resident health
- Pennsylvania lawmakers seek 6-month notice of hospital closures, cite Crozer Health
- ‘We are in a true crisis’: Delco Council introduces emergency ordinance to address potential Crozer hospital closures
- Jefferson Health pursuing development of proton therapy center in Northeast Philadelphia
RHODE ISLAND
- Lifespan President and CEO Dr. Timothy Babineau to step down
- RI pediatricians, psychiatrists declare child, adolescent mental health ‘State of Emergency’
- Doctors declare state of emergency for RI kids’ mental health
- CDC: 4 Rhode Island counties raised to ‘medium’ level of COVID-19
- Larger, less profitable hospitals more likely to have ownership change
SOUTH CAROLINA
- 19% of South Carolina hospitals sold in 6 years, new data shows
- SC lawmakers decide to not fully fund 988 hotline
- South Carolina hospital offering 50% off of health care bills
- Mental health advocates want funding for Suicide Hotline number change
- SC Health System Implements AI Tool to Enhance Virtual Health
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Veterans demand answers for delayed medical appointments, proposed VA facility closures in South Dakota
- Avera nurses picket over concerns of understaffing
- Sanford Health leaders to be panelists at Becker’s Meeting
TENNESSEE
- Ballad Health forms alliance to boost healthcare innovation
- HCA Healthcare hiring 11 administrators
- Knoxville Center for Behavioral Medicine celebrated grand opening last week
- Nashville General to open care centers in Bordeaux
- Nashville mayor invests $600K in mental health services
- US probing coronavirus aid paid to closed Rennova Health hospital
- COVID-19 is waning in Tennessee, but is another surge on the horizon? Public health experts weigh in
- New partnership makes healthcare innovation a community strategy
TEXAS
- Behavioral Health Center Opens At Texas Medical Center
- Children’s Health Launching New Effort to Combat Mental Health Crisis in Kids
- UT Health San Antonio to Expand Access to Substance Use Disorder Support App
- Steward acquires 5th Arizona facility
- 7 updates on hospital construction projects from HCA, UHS, CHS, Tenet
- MD Anderson names chair of nursing department
- Harris Health reports no COVID-19 patients for 1st time in 2 years
- Baptist Health System in Texas names youngest hospital CEO
- Texas hospital decontaminating water system after pinpointing source
- Tenet hospital CEO resigns amid service cuts
- Founders of Texas labs plead guilty in $300M fraud scheme
- Physicians sell 5-OR Texas ASC property
- Texas hospital that performed 4K+ robotic surgeries adds spine robot
- Tenet’s operating income climbs to $648M in Q1
- CEO: Life sciences logistics firm eyes future growth in Houston, Central Texas markets
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center receives $10M for collaborative research
- Cryoport, Cryogene growing Houston presence with new supply chain, logistics facility
- PAM Health rehab facility launches in new space after partnership with University Health
UTAH
- Behavioral health experts discuss the need for medical and behavioral reintegration and how to fill access gaps in Utah
- Inside Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain’s telehealth strategy
- Nomi Health partners with Tava Health to deliver $1 million in free mental health support
- Intermountain takes action against Utah drought
- U of U Health program aims to eliminate pain and preserve the hip
- Utah comes out on top of national study of states’ responses to COVID-19
- Intermountain, Banner + more expanding telehealth programs
VERMONT
- Substance use disorder recovery program is expanding across Vermont
- UVM Medical Center to begin negotiating with newly formed medical residents union
- Vermont nurses worry for future incident reporting following Vought conviction
- Even as Covid cases rise nationally, Vermont’s rate remains highest in the nation
- After major budget shortfall projection, UVM Health Network suspends adolescent mental health unit project
- 9 Vermont counties have ‘medium’ Covid levels, CDC says
- Senate passes $8 billion budget
- Some travel nurses are staying in Vermont permanently, helping to address staffing crisis
- VAHHS opposes $5 million bill for GMCB and alternative payment methods
VIRGINIA
- COVID test positivity percentage climbs in Virginia
- Vaccine mandate prompts officials to eye nursing home sale
- Virginia Hospital Center rebrands itself as VHC Health
- Virginia Hospital Center rebrands, now known as VHC Health
- HCA Virginia names new LewisGale CEO and market president
- Virginia health system promotes HCA veteran to market president
- Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association elects 2022-2023 leaders
WASHINGTON
- Head of Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla being replaced
- Kaiser to restructure Colorado, Washington operations
- Providence names chief digital officer
- UW Medicine CEO retiring after 25-year run
- Washington state retools first-in-nation payroll tax plan for long-term care costs
- Washington to change hospital charity care law
- With slight rise in COVID cases, Washington health officials see optimism in other trends
- Biotech giant Seagen reveals plans for 270K square-foot manufacturing facility near Seattle
WEST VIRGINIA
- J&J’s Janssen settles with West Virginia for $99M in opioid lawsuit
- West Virginia University Medicine hospital director fired after voicing COVID patient concerns: Lawsuit
- Program aims to address nursing shortage in West Virginia
- WVU, Thomas Hospital merge
- Marsh: More of West Virginia’s COVID-19 hospital patients vaccinated than unvaccinated
- Value-based care, population health management the focus of WV Health Network Conference
- Former hospital director accuses WVU Medicine affiliate of compromising patient safety
WISCONSIN
- Masking rules remain in place at health-care facilities in western Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota
- COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Averages fall for cases, deaths and hospitalizations
- Community health partners launch ConnectRx Wisconsin, a care coordination system centered on Black women
- Wisconsin DHS Makes Changes To COVID-19 Data Webpages
- Aurora Medical Group buys former Master Z’s site for new Waukesha clinic
- Why venture capital-backed firm believes Milwaukee is ready for tech-related health care
- Froedtert & the Medical College partnership with digital health company will include new clinics
WYOMING
- Governor’s focus for health care improvement in 2022 is on emergency medical services
- Wyoming Department of Health: Wyoming deaths trend upward again in 2021
- COVID-19 was Wyoming’s third leading cause of death last year
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Announces Changes to Visitor Policy Effective April 20
