NATIONAL
- 4 Health Systems Join Provider-Created Data Collective to Improve Care
- Amazon wants to add payer strategy muscle
- Full 4th Circuit to tackle Medicaid fraud standard under False Claims Act
- House passes reform to Medicare Advantage prior authorizations
- On Average, Two Nurses Are Assaulted Every Hour, New Press Ganey Analysis Finds
- Physician compensation trends could face years of uncertainty
- Physician shortages: Appointment wait times average nearly 4 weeks in large cities
- Rural hospitals in trouble if Congress doesn’t renew funding programs, AHA says
- These 10 states still have COVID emergency orders in place
- Why asking about social determinants of health is so important
- Why Physicians Are Opening Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Medical Impact of Roe Reversal Goes Well Beyond Abortion Clinics, Doctors Say
- Joint Commission to review, revise quality standards
- HHS expected to renew COVID-19 PHE for 11th time
- Rural hospitals on ‘life support’, more closures likely: Report
ALABAMA
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- Alabama Women’s Health Center Suffers Data Breach, 34K Impacted
- Metro area hospital names new CEO with hospital admin experience
- Sanders Capital Partners Completes $12.4 Million Surgical Dermatology Portfolio Acquisition
- Southeast Health wants to receive additional property taxes
- Alabama’s COVID-19 positivity rate, hospitalization rate continues its decline
- ‘There’s very much so a need’: New mental health outpatient facility coming to Madison
- Alabama hospital CEO resigns to take Kentucky job
- Goff resigns as CEO at Mizell Memorial Hospital
- Navigating an uncertain landscape in Alabama’s medical cannabis industry
- Alabama medical center names Holly Dean CEO
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
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- UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center names Dr. Sunny Singh director
- UAMS, Arkansas Rural Health Partnership, Doctor’s Orders Pharmacy Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Jefferson County
- $18.7M Gift to Expand UAFS Nursing, Arts Programs
- University of Arkansas at Fort Smith given $18.7 million by Windgate Foundation to expand nursing, art programs
- ‘The MammoVan:’ Arkansas hospital brings mammogram screenings to patients
- Arkansas hospitals possibly facing closure as they struggle financially
- UAMS Breaks Ground on Child Development Center
- Baptist Health hospitals receive national recognition for stroke care
CALIFORNIA
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- Bakersfield Heart cites pandemic in laying off 114
- Hospital giant buys San Jose property where it operates medical site
- Kaiser taps Jay Robinson to lead Sacramento hospitals
- Large New Medical Office Building Planned for Santa Rosa
- LTC Completes $62 Million Joint Venture Investment for Purchase of Three Skilled Nursing Centers
- Senior living operator launches CNA training program for next generation of staff
- Warner Thomas to lead Sutter Health; Pete November named Ochsner Health CEO
- Why California Is Facing a Mental Health Care Worker Shortage
- Health officials confirm California’s first Monkeypox death
- Backup generators fail at Northern California hospital during record-breaking heat wave
- Second person in the U.S. dies after contracting monkeypox
COLORADO
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- Colorado focused on strategic improvements to behavioral health workforce pipeline
- Community Hospital breaks ground on new clinic in Palisade
- Denver Ranks as 9th-Largest Medical Office Market in the U.S.
- New CEO outlines plans, management style for Southwest Memorial Hospital
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations fall, but wastewater suggests more spread around Denver
- What Colorado law protects with healthcare billing
- Reported monkeypox cases trending down in Colorado
- Three Springs Surgery Center to open in 2024
- Colorado mental health workers demand equal pay. But a new state report says their rates are “adequate.”
- Palisade breaks ground for future medical facility
- Colorado will provide free education to students for health care jobs as it tries to fill dire worker shortages
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut hospitals racked up nearly $1.48 billion in profit in 2021
- Highly sought medical office property in West Hartford Center sells for $3.3M
- Trinity Health of New England names Dr. Montez Carter as new CEO
- Hartford HealthCare nurses give strike notice
- PE-Backed First Docs Eyes National Expansion, Home Health As ‘Big Growth Sector’
- Windham Hospital nurses’ union files notice to strike
- CT Hospital Cleaning Staff Not Feeling So Essential
DC
DELAWARE
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- Main Line Health shifts pediatric affiliation to CHOP after 25 years with Nemours
- ChristianaCare adds Hockessin primary care practice
- Delaware public health officials working to expand monkeypox vaccine access
- Children’s Hospital takes over pediatric work at Main Line Health as Nemours affiliation ends
- How these community health workers aim to help people experiencing domestic violence
FLORIDA
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- Florida Hospitals Recruit From Philippines Amid Nurse Shortage
- Experience Senior Living community in Naples will meet need for housing in fast-growing city
- Man accused of attacking fellow patient at South Florida hospital
- South Florida is changing and so is healthcare construction
- Appeals court to decide whether Florida Department of Health has to share daily COVID-19 totals
- SW FL hospitals see labor, supply costs jump
- Interactive chart has FL hospital beds, ICU occupancy rate
- The new 988 mental health line is reaching more Floridians in crisis two months into launch
- Tampa General Hospital Is Recognized for Reducing Unnecessary Cesarean Section Deliveries in First-Time Mothers
- Hospitals divert primary care patients to health center ‘look-alikes’ to boost finances
- Baptist Health South Florida adopts the Innovaccer Health Cloud to drive population health analytics and provider engagement
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta mayor: Wellstar needs to answer how it will ‘mitigate harm’ of hospital closure
- CareSource invests $2.5 million to support affordable housing
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta using data analytics to improve patient care
- Ciox Health Faces Lawsuit Over Excessive Health Record Copying Fees
- Fulton County approves $11M payment to Grady Hospital ahead of AMC closure
- Kemp, metro leaders announcing $100M+ to expand Grady on Thursday
- New details: Financial rescue planned for Grady Health System
- State House committee looks at healthcare access as hospitals close
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Department of Health receives $3.5M to establish behavioral health center
- Senator explains need for immigrants to address Hawaii’s health care crisis
- Bloom Health expands to Hawaii
- Hawaii Health Department reports 2 more monkeypox cases for total of 30
- Amid severe shortage of nurses, Hawaii nursing schools reject 100s of qualified applicants
- Hawaii’s daily COVID-19 case count declines
- 4 Health Systems Join Provider-Created Data Collective to Improve Care
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Atrium Health, Advocate Aurora Health merger suffers setback in Illinois
- Illinois delays Atrium, Advocate Aurora merger
- OrthoIllinois opens new clinic in Elgin
- UChicago Medicine to acquire controlling stake in 4 AdventHealth hospitals
- U of Chicago launches course aimed at addressing healthcare misinformation
- Man dies after fall from roof at Illinois hospital
- Illinois children’s hospitals are coping with a surge of kids with respiratory illnesses, filling beds
- Census: 7% of people in Illinois lack health insurance
- Nurses protesting at Illinois Veterans’ Home over staffing issues
INDIANA
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- Indiana hospital to end inpatient pediatric, PICU services
- Indiana’s abortion law goes into effect today
- Whole Woman’s Health continues to provide essential care despite abortion ban
- Regenstrief, IU land CDC grant to study ‘long COVID’
- Elevance Health Foundation awards $23M for food as medicine programs
- Indianapolis OB-GYN talks health care, maternity deserts and patient care
- RUSH, Franciscan to partner on clinical services for cancer, neurosciences
- Methodist Hospitals names new director of Women’s and Children’s Services
- Indiana ASC expanding surgical team
IOWA
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- MercyOne exploring a partnership with Genesis Health System. Here’s what it could mean:
- Trinity Health completes acquisition of MercyOne
- UnityPoint Health plans new clinic in Waukee
- Trinity Health’s mega deal: 5 things to know
- Genesis Health System and MercyOne to partner
- Iowa health system receives $753K grant for Epic EHR install
- Iowa nurse fired for incorrectly administering monkeypox shots
- Lawsuit seeks to unmask nursing home owners who ‘defrauded’ creditors
- Grassley Relays Concerns Of Iowa Rural Hospitals To CMS As Deadline Approaches For New Rural Emergency Hospital Program
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- Norton Healthcare preparing to release results of survey on planned west Louisville hospital
- NKY Health announces new district director
- Alabama hospital CEO resigns to take Kentucky job
- Kentucky Covid numbers hold steady past two weeks
- Q&A: Baptist board chair works toward building diverse workforce
- Bluegrass Community Hospital announces new Senior Life Solutions service
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- Maine hospital opts for Meditech EHR system
- Hannaford donates $350,000 to MaineHealth in support of Food As Medicine program
- Nurses at Maine Medical Center reach tentative deal for first union contract
- Maine Medical Center nurses reach first ‘tentative’ contract agreement
- Maine nursing home selling off beds to fund its reopening. Locals are skeptical.
MARYLAND
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- Adventist HealthCare awards 3 $20K scholarships to area nursing students
- How U of Maryland Medical Center’s Alison Brown advanced her career
- Johns Hopkins faces backlash from donors over paused women’s center
- Johns Hopkins Medicine may terminate contract with CareFirst
- LHC Group and University of Maryland Medical System announce home health partnership
- Senior Housing Development Coming to Bethesda’s Strathmore Square
- U of Maryland Medical System debuts nursing program that puts students at patients’ bedside
MASSACHUSETTS
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- $278M financing secured for Massachusetts life science development
- Boston Medical Center to open inpatient psychiatric and substance use treatment center in Brockton
- Mass. nursing facilities operator settles with DOJ over addiction discrimination claims
- New Threat Brings Police to Boston Children’s Hospital
- Skilled nursing company with CMass locations resolves discrimination allegations
- Steward Health Care names new flagship hospital president
- Vantage Builders Completes 26,000-SF Renovation Project For North Shore Physicians Group
- Massachusetts nurse pleads guilty in $100M fraud scheme
- 3 Iranian nationals charged in thwarted cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital
- Trinity Health of New England names Dr. Montez Carter as new CEO
- Boston Medical Center to open inpatient psychiatric and substance use treatment center in Brockton
- Former Nurse Agrees to Plead Guilty to Drug Diversion from Two Boston-Area Hospitals
- Massachusetts Skilled Nursing Operator Settles With DOJ Over Opioid Admission Denial Allegations
- Union files 21-count unfair labor practice charge against Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
- A ‘Painful Couple of Years’ Ahead For Operators as Nurses Say Workforce Crisis Hasn’t Improved
MICHIGAN
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- Robert G. Riney named CEO, president of Henry Ford Health
- Spectrum Health Lakeland cuts two dozen leadership positions
- Why emergency care is likely to take longer in Greater Lansing
- Michigan is tracking 225 monkeypox cases across the state
- Rural health care now available in 14 Michigan counties
- Beaumont-Spectrum Health lays off 400 employees amid financial pressures
- FEMA awards $7.6 million to Henry Ford Health for COVID-19 expenses
- Sparrow unveils its first freestanding emergency center in Okemos
MINNESOTA
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- “Disappointed” health care workers and hospitals prepare for nurses’ strike Monday
- Thousands of Minnesota nurses launch 3-day strike over pay
- World’s top 5 hospitals in 11 specialties, ranked by Newsweek
- Strike by 15,000 Minnesota nurses reaches final day
- Dr. Mohamad Bydon operates on Gov. Kristi Noem
- Minnesota State University partners with 3D metal printer for bone implant development
- UnitedHealthcare fires back, sues Envision for allegedly exaggerating patient claims
- Minnesota health department OKs Fairview plan for psychiatric hospital at St. Paul’s Bethesda
- Minnesota nursing strike enters last day, with union and hospitals still far apart
MISSISSIPPI
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- CDC confirms 55 monkeypox cases in Mississippi
- New COVID-19 booster available in every Mississippi county health dept.
- How close is Mississippi to medical marijuana being available?
- JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center closure
- Federal monitor: Gaps still remain in Mississippi’s mental health system
- Memorial Hospital in Gulfport ranked number three hospital in Mississippi
MISSOURI
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- Saint Francis Healthcare names Justin Davison CEO
- Missouri hospital names interim CEO
- St. Louis County Couple Sentenced for Defrauding Medicaid
- MU Health Care expands into Mexico (MO) after hospital closure
- University Health opens new $18M NICU to treat smallest babies
- Mercy’s gig worker app fills in staffing gap at Missouri hospitals
- Hospitals in ‘crisis’ as staff shortages persist at Missouri mental health facilities
- University Health unveils new neonatal intensive care unit
MONTANA
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- Billings Clinic to open multispecialty clinic in Bozeman on Tuesday; surgery center still under construction
- DPHHS: State hospital worker bypassed background check by using different name
- SCL Health downtown clinic provides one year of additional medical services to Butte
- Big Sandy Medical Center aims to raise funds for its kitchen
- Study finds Montana underpays Medicaid providers by tens of millions
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska hospitals raise concerns about cuts to telehealth payments
- Could robots fill the gaps at Nebraska’s understaffed senior living facilities?
- Health care industry in Nebraska ‘thankful’ after licensing backlog averted
- Getting rural Nebraskans mental health care remains a challenge
- Blue Cross telehealth reimbursement cut has officials worried about potential for more
NEVADA
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- Hill Valley Healthcare Spends $50 Million for Las Vegas Nursing Facility
- Health District expands eligibility for monkeypox vaccine
- Nevada expert says more are using 988 suicide prevention lifeline than originally anticipated, defends against critics
- Southern Nevada is set to lead in quality, equitable healthcare
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Aaron Weismann on ransomware attacks
- Lawsuit accuses RWJBarnabas Health of ‘years-long’ monopolistic scheme to crush 3-hospital competitor
- N.J. hospital to close under proposed deal. Some services would move to another medical center.
- New Valley Hospital in Paramus NJ will be radically different
- Proposed hospital sale would include closure of St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton
- Three New Jersey Hospitals and a Birth Center Launch TeamBirth To Enhance Patient Experience During Labor and Delivery
- NJ Health Care Could Collapse If Nurses Stay Left Behind: Advocates
- Health Partners Plans expands into New Jersey
- Racism pervades this N.J. hospital, former exec says. She was forced out because of it, she claims.
- Valley Health System joins New Jersey’s Healthcare Transformation Consortium
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Recognizes Important Milestones in Its Pioneering of New York City’s Commercial Life Science Cluster
- Hochul to let New York’s COVID state of emergency expire
- New York declares state of emergency over polio
- St. Mary’s Healthcare president and CEO to retire
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens Hospital settles federal healthcare fraud allegations for $2.5M
- New York health system inks settlement over ‘repayment fees’ in nurse contracts
- NewYork-Presbyterian’s ‘Stay Amazing’ campaign debuts at the US Open
- New York improperly billed Medicaid $84.3M, OIG says
- Physicians Realty Trust acquires New York medical property, ASC for $81.5M
- Top 25 hospitals for orthopedics in 2023: Report
- Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island expands to meet rising demand
- Teladoc names first-ever chief health equity officer
- Inflation, staffing shortages, and more. How Mount Sinai South Nassau is weathering the storm
- A lesson from the past? A New York study looks at the impact nursing strikes had on patients
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health, Advocate Aurora Health merger suffers setback in Illinois
- Atrium Health seeks state approval to build $85.8M hospital in Harrisburg
- HCA’s Mission Health invests $22M in employee raises
- Hundreds of UNC health professionals, med students and faculty push for compromise on Medicaid expansion
- Illinois delays Atrium, Advocate Aurora merger
- WakeMed reports significant increase in people seeking mental health care, proposes new psychiatric hospital
- Why Morrisville is shaping future development around life sciences
- Meet Mary Wakefield, the nurse administrator tasked with revamping the CDC
- Wilmington Health surgeons perform robotic-assisted surgeries at Novant Health NHRMC
- North Carolina hospital using new transplant device that helps heart beat outside body
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Memorial Health Outlines Plans To Commission
- Ohio hospital to end most services in November
- New Ohio COVID-19 cases fall farther in decline
- Where health systems will focus innovation spend next
- St. Vincent service reduction the latest in a long history of hospital closures and consolidations
- Premier Health chief grows diversity, inclusion initiatives
- CareSource further expands its geographic reach
- Cleveland Clinic’s chief wellness officer emeritus launches health app
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
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- CIT Provides $50.8MM to Seavest Healthcare Properties
- Oregon hospitals in crisis: Samaritan CEO says it could take a generation to recover
- Oregon surgery center enters partnership to increase bed capacity
- First Medicaid mobile mental health service to launch in Oregon
- Oregon 1st state to get extra funds for mental health crisis services
- Oregon state hospital cited over handling of assaults on staff
PENNSYLVANIA
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- CHS wins case over hospital’s ‘as-is’ sale
- Judge sides with Community Health Systems in dispute with Tower Health related to Montco hospital sale
- Main Line Health shifts pediatric affiliation to CHOP after 25 years with Nemours
- Pa. nursing home workers reach contract agreement
- Public hearing on Capital Health’s proposed acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center set for next week
- Baptist Senior Family to close Mt. Lebanon skilled nursing, personal care homes
- Why St. Luke’s University Health Network isn’t recommending the new COVID vaccine
- Monkeypox cases slow down nationally and in Philly, but authorities warn that the outbreak isn’t over
- Pennsylvania Reports Most COVID Deaths in 3 Months
- CHOP To Build 250K SF Cell And Gene Therapy Research Center East Of Schuylkill River
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC Health breaks ground on Sea Islands Medical Pavilion
- New Piedmont Medical Center in Fort Mill opens its doors to the community
- OrthoSC opens North Myrtle Beach practice inside former K&W Cafeteria building
- Piedmont Medical Center patient thankful for new hospital
- Tenet Healthcare opens long-awaited hospital in Fort Mill
- SC 988 suicide crisis hotline sees influx of calls, seeks more funding
- Prisma Health forms SC addiction center for research and treatment in face of opioid crisis
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- CEO discusses what’s to come for Nashville General Hospital
- CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center joins CVS Health board
- HCA Healthcare Veteran Executive Bruce Moore to Retire After 40-Year Career With the Company
- LifePoint Health announces partnership with Google Cloud
- Summit BHC Names Todd Wyatt CFO as It Continues Expansion Plans
- Judge sides with Community Health Systems in dispute related to hospital sale
- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital to get state-of-the-art broadcast studio
TEXAS
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- $354.7 million hospital bond delayed due to 12,000-page petition
- Anesthesiologist’s license suspended; Incidents at surgery center under review
- Ciox Health Faces Lawsuit Over Excessive Health Record Copying Fees
- Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital planning Tomball, Magnolia expansions
- ‘It was just ungodly’ : Family suing Beaumont senior living facility after ‘horrific’ attack on 80-year-old dementia patient
- Ransomware gang threatens 1m-plus medical record leak
- Police arrest Texas physician accused of tampering with IV bags
- Steward Health Care names new flagship hospital president
- Top 10 radiation oncology residency programs, ranked by physicians
- UTMB releases records on president’s abrupt exit
- SA lands major funding for children’s cancer research
- Christus plans $95M Westover Hills hospital expansion
- Texas hospital hit by ransomware attack
- Dallas’ State Psychiatric Hospital Will Have 100 Pediatric Beds
- Texas hospital facing communication issues, system rebuild amid ransomware attack
- New West Texas clinic opens in rural health care desert
- Children’s Health to build 100-bed pediatric inpatient mental health unit
- Kelsey-Sebold to open 165,000-square-foot Texas campus with ASC
- Texas Health Resources launches acute-care-at-home program
- CareSource partners with Texas company in bid to serve Texas Medicaid members
- UNT Health Science Center taps former deputy surgeon general for president
- Texas physician who ‘gives other physicians a bad name’ pleads guilty to over-prescribing, fraud
- Texas spine, orthopedic hospital to replace shuttered facility
- Children’s Health will fund pediatric unit at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission – UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatric hospital
- Tenet opens South Carolina hospital
- Ben Taub Hospital detects Legionella in water supply
UTAH
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- U of Utah Health research funding surpasses $450M in 2022
- Utah Health Department and Doctors launch project to place air purifiers in Utah schools
- Utah surpasses 5,000 COVID-19 deaths this week
- Utah governor says initiative will reduce health care costs
- A new free mental health resource in Utah will visit children in their moment of crisis
- Utah’s COVID-19 death rate, hospitalizations fall
- New nationwide 988 suicide and crisis hotline sees success in Utah
- Executive leadership appointed to One Utah Health Collaborative
- Doctors, researchers from around the world coming to Utah to discuss stillbirth
VERMONT
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- US agency sues Vermont nursing home over racial abuse claims
- Vermont Nursing Home Sued Over Racial Abuse Claims
- Garnet Healthcare brings direct care to the office
- EEOC Sues VT Nursing Home Over Racial Harassment Claims
- Green Mountain Care Board’s decisions on hospital budgets draw rebuke from UVM Health Network
- Vt. health regulators embrace challenges, opportunities
- UVM Health Network names president, CEO
- Rutland hospital celebrates newly renovated psychiatric unit
VIRGINIA
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- Evolent names new president, will bid farewell to co-founder
- HCA’s Loudoun hospital campus could more than double its medical office footprint
- Inova secures Fairfax County board’s go-ahead for Springfield hospital
- Patient steals, crashes ambulance at Virginia hospital
- ‘A central Virginia problem’ – state probes improper use of mental health crisis service
WASHINGTON
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receives $78M gift
- Health system partners with Walla Walla University for student, faculty health care
- Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Updates Project Plans In Washington
- Nearly 400 workers in Washington state will be laid off due to Amazon Care shutdown
- Seattle’s largest community health center names new CEO
- Seattle Children’s names chief research operations officer
- WA, King County officials pool $10M for behavioral health treatment
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Man faces charge of assaulting West Virginia hospital nurse
- West Virginia eye doctor to pay over $900K for allegedly submitting false Medicare claims
- West Virginia University To Open $291 Million Children’s Hospital
- West Virginia passes sweeping abortion ban with few exceptions
- W.Va. Health Dept.: West Virginia Recognized for Innovations in Its Medicaid Program
- West Virginia University To Open $291 Million Children’s Hospital
- Community Care of West Virginia receives multiple Community Health Center Quality Recognition awards
WISCONSIN
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- Atrium Health, Advocate Aurora Health merger suffers setback in Illinois
- Aurora Medical Center now open in Mount Pleasant
- Froedtert Hospital says employees who claimed COVID vaccine exemption must get new option that does not use fetal cell lines
- GE Healthcare spinoff date set for early January
- Illinois delays Atrium, Advocate Aurora merger
- Milwaukee Regional Medical Center sees nearly $800 million in new developments. Their impact is felt throughout Wisconsin.
- UW-Madison orthopedic head steps down after proposed ASC denied
- Wisconsin hospital to close emergency department
- Community Health Centers face challenges in serving low income families
- UW Health nurses, administrators reach tentative deal to avert strike
- After sustaining losses, Advocate Aurora, Froedtert weigh cuts to clinical services
WYOMING
