NATIONAL
- AHA and AMA withdraw lawsuit over enactment of No Surprises Act
- ‘Already a three-headed dragon’: Medical groups rebuke judge’s approval of UnitedHealth, Change merger
- Amazon PillPack Founders to Leave in Latest Health-Care Shakeup
- Congress presses Meta about health data privacy after hospitals remove Facebook tracker
- Healthcare Compliance Will Be a Challenge in Post-PHE World
- Health systems grow apprenticeships to tackle shortages
- HHS alerts health sector to monkeypox-themed phishing campaign
- House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe practices as pandemic hit
- More than 1M patient records breached in the last 30 days
- Senators Seek HHS Update to HIPAA, FBI Warns About Legacy Devices
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospital CEO resigns
- Vaccine mandate violates religious beliefs, lawsuit claims
- Alabama’s COVID positivity rate, hospitalizations drop considerably
- New Cooper Green facility gains final approval to begin construction
- Medevac Alabama certificate of need application pending approval
- Huntsville Hospital Health System Ranked Among America’s Best Employers by Forbes
ALASKA
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- New Bartlett Regional Hospital CEO lays out vision on Action Line
- Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: State reports significant decrease in cases, hospitalizations
- As COVID rates continue decline in Alaska, how close are we to end of pandemic?
- Monkeypox vaccine eligibility expanded in Alaska
- Many Alaska pharmacies are understaffed, leading to sporadic hours and patients turned away
ARIZONA
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- Aspen U surrenders nursing program license
- Aspen University in Phoenix surrenders nursing program license, failing to meet NCLEX first-time pass rate
- Kindred Behavioral Health and Dignity Health Announce Plans for New Inpatient Behavioral Health Hospital in Glendale
- Here’s how Arizona bioscience sector is making a difference
- Massive East Valley industrial project starts construction; new restaurants coming to Tempe
- Coronavirus cases in Arizona, mapped by county: September 21
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
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- Ambry Genetics Reaches $12.25M Settlement Over Healthcare Data Breach
- Calif. hospital building ASC with $712M project
- Hospital giant buys San Jose property where it operates medical site
- Panorama City hospital employee stable after stabbing; suspect at large
- California easing COVID-19 mask recommendations
- More out-of-state patients begin arriving in California for reproductive health services
- California ends COVID test mandate for unvaccinated workers
- California’s Borrego Health Files Chapter 11, Vows to Keep Clinics Open
- Stabbing of nurse prompts California hospital to intensify security
- Providence announces $712 million expansion in southern California
COLORADO
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- Centura Health trims 1% of workforce
- Colorado senior-care company pauses expansion into Indiana after Medicare audit
- Intermountain St. Mary’s Medical Center names new VP and Chief Medical Officer
- Newly appointed Penrose-St. Francis CEO sets priorities amid economic pressures, new hospital added
- Polis extends COVID-19 disaster recovery order
- Three Springs Surgery Center to open in 2024
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations tick down, but “the pandemic is not over”
- Over half of Colorado counties lack mental health co-responding units
- $12M capital campaign to back Poudre Valley Hospital updates
- Centura Health Plans New Mercy Hospital Surgery Center In Colorado
- Parkview Health adds new Cancer Center
CONNECTICUT
DC
DELAWARE
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- Children’s Hospital takes over pediatric work at Main Line Health as Nemours affiliation ends
- ChristianaCare planning ‘phased approach’ to reopening former Jennersville Hospital campus
- The Top Doctors Making a Difference in Delaware in 2022
- Declines continue in Delaware COVID cases
- Delaware extends public health emergency order 30 days
- St. Francis Hospital and Merakey granted $2.5M partnership
- ChristianaCare starting from scratch in reopening former Jennersville hospital site
- Kenney’s chief of staff resigns for position at Delaware health system
FLORIDA
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- Bayfront Health unveils plans for 60,000 square foot Women’s Pavilion in downtown St. Pete
- Encompass Health buys site for new Palm Beach County hospital
- Lee Health’s Trauma Center set to move to Gulf Coast Medical Center in January
- Time running out for Florida Blue, BayCare to resolve dispute
- CHS closes Florida hospital
- Monkeypox cases slow in Florida as vaccine supply improves
- Charges upgraded after victim dies following attack at Florida hospital
- FL Health System Adopts Conversational AI to Enhance Patient Experience
- Florida’s healthcare professional shortage is only getting worse. Could education be the answer?
- Workers’ comp insurers fight Florida’s hospital payment plan
- A federal judge schedules a hearing on Florida’s Medicaid transgender rule
- HCA Florida Orange Park: New facilities to meet community growth
- Baptist Health’s Boulenger to be first new CEO in 36 years
GEORGIA
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- Georgia pain practice reports data breach affecting 39,000+
- How Georgia is seeing successful results through new 988 mental health hotline
- Georgia’s 988’s rollout exposes more mental health needs
- 2 companies granted licenses to produce medical cannabis in Georgia
- How Georgia is tackling its nursing shortage
- Ga. Justices Won’t Review Toss Of Health System’s CON Case
- Mercer program puts primary care doctors in rural Georgia faster
- Georgia senior care facilities fumble do-not-resuscitate orders
- New Emory program trains nurses via simulation and connects rural areas to care
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- $194M Chicago ASC cuts ribbon
- Akorn to pay $7.9 million to resolve Medicare fraud claims
- Culbertson Memorial Hospital to unveil new specialty clinic renovations
- Illinois grappling with nurse shortage which officials say will get worse
- Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Change in State COVID Guidelines Take Effect
- Illinois’ COVID-19 case rate, new hospitalizations show deepening decline
- Airica Steed named next president, CEO of MetroHealth
- Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Celebrates 50 Years
- UnityPoint stands to make $75M in hospital affiliation transfer to Carle Health
INDIANA
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- Colorado senior-care company pauses expansion into Indiana after Medicare audit
- Closure of Ascension St. Vincent Dunn Hospital could create maternity care desert in Lawrence County
- Groundbreaking ceremony set for new patient tower at Memorial Hospital
- Interoperability is a ‘unicorn,’ says Franciscan Health’s Chuck Christian
- Judge grants injunction blocking enforcement of Indiana’s new abortion ban law
- Aspire Indiana Health to reopen renovated Indy clinic
- Cityblock Health teams with MDwise to open health hubs in Indiana
- Indiana hospital sees surge in pediatric cases of rare respiratory illness
- Maple Knoll Communities inks partnership with Indianapolis-based BHI Senior Living
IOWA
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- Iowa hospital ends contract with coffee shop over marriage, sexuality beliefs
- Bank tells judge that Iowa nursing home residents are in a ‘precarious position’
- Iowa’s only inpatient eating disorder unit set to close
- Vendor sues to identify mystery owners of shuttered nursing home so it can sue for fraud
- Trinity Health’s MercyOne, Genesis Health System explore merger
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- COVID-19 cases continue increasing in EKY despite national decrease
- Kentucky releases report on athletes filing inaccurate timecards at UK Health. Read it here
- Kentucky health system uses workforce tech for hiring
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Easter Seals partnering to expand care for children with special needs
- Cannabis research center established at UK
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s celebrate five years of helping kids’ hearts
- New strategy aims to further develop Louisville’s medical district
- Texas-based company to invest $3.5M in new Louisville-area facility
LOUISIANA
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- Nursing home owners seek changes to proposed state regulations
- Louisiana health system wins antitrust appeal over LSU hospital
- North Oaks Health System and Children’s Hospital New Orleans partner for pediatric service
- Louisiana nursing home owners seek changes to proposed state regulations from Hurricane Ida
- State’s push for patient safety leads to tussle over emergency planning rules, consequences
- New Louisiana law aims to prevent health care facility violence
- Ochsner’s growth exploded under Warner Thomas’ tenure. What happens next?
MAINE
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- Finger on the pulse: Five innovative startups set out to ‘disrupt’ health care
- Health care workers appeal dismissal of lawsuit over Maine’s vaccine mandate
- Nurses at Maine Medical Center reach tentative deal for first union contract
- IT restructuring to affect 104 employees at Bangor St. Joseph Hospital
- Maine saw the nation’s largest drop of people without health insurance
- Thousands of Maine people per day getting their booster doses
- MDI Hospital recognizes Maine Seacoast Mission as partner of the year
- Maine Has Largest Decline in Uninsured Rate Under Governor Mills According to New Federal Data
- Maine nurses agree to contract with state’s largest hospital
- State releases new numbers for COVID-19 outbreaks at Maine long-term care homes
MARYLAND
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- Hopkins may leave CareFirst network, leaving patients in the lurch
- Johns Hopkins Medicine surpasses 1.5 million telemedicine visits since start of pandemic
- UM UCH Announces Progress on Bel Air Construction Projects
- UMMS invests $14 million in socially conscious companies, funds
- CalvertHealth Announces Affiliation with Duke Health for Cancer Care
MASSACHUSETTS
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- How Boston Medical Center used remote patient monitoring to track vulnerable patients
- How much is Massachusetts spending on primary, behavioral health care?
- Martha’s Vineyard Hospital runs with 25% of jobs vacant amid housing crisis
- On Martha’s Vineyard, even the doctors can’t afford housing anymore
- UMass, Mass General Brigham to train 1,000+ unemployed individuals for healthcare roles
- Athenahealth names new chief marketing officer
- Protesters, counterdemonstrators face off at Boston Children’s over transgender care
- Tensions high during demonstrations outside Boston Children’s Hospital
- Woman charged with making fake bomb threat against Boston Children’s
- Massachusetts woman faces judge in bomb hoax targeting Boston Children’s Hospital
- Summus and Boston Children’s talk specialty virtual healthcare and bringing 2nd opinions to the world
- 10 states with the highest, lowest average physician office visit price
MICHIGAN
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- Michigan health system merges with Trinity Health
- Michigan’s HIE partners on post-acute care interoperability
- Michigan physician convicted of $1.8M fraud scheme
- University of Michigan nurses reach tentative contract deal
- Children’s Hospital Michigan patients get hands-on STEM opportunity
- Michigan health system taps physician as next CEO
- MyMichigan Health names new president and CEO
- Mental health professionals mixed on bill to shorten evaluation window
MINNESOTA
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- Minnesota nurses’ strike effects reach students
- Pharmacist group objects to UnitedHealth acquisition
- Judge signs off on UnitedHealth-Change deal, rejects DOJ challenge
- Minnesota nurses return to work after 3-day strike
- Mayo Clinic expands partnership with AI firm on disease diagnosis, treatment discovery
- The Minnesota nurses strike is over, but there’s still no deal
- Minnesota health systems doing better financially, but bracing for Medicaid cliff
- Why 15,000 nurses went on strike in Minnesota
- Another fall COVID surge? Minnesota ‘hoping for the best’ and planning for the worst
MISSISSIPPI
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- Merit Health reducing services at Jackson facility, company confirms
- Staff, services ‘dwindling’ at South Jackson hospital
- Former top Mississippi health official pleads guilty to fraud
- UMMC seeks to lease struggling Delta hospital
- CDC confirms 71 monkeypox cases in Mississippi
- Dobbs takes helm at Population Health
- Five Mississippi hospitals on the brink of shutting down, according to MHA president
MISSOURI
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- Missouri hospital, physician group enter partnership
- Children’s Mercy KC says its genomics system allows it to identify rare diseases like never before
- Orthopedic surgeon, gastroenterologist were ‘much needed additions’ to South City Hospital, CEO says
- Ascension nurses in Texas vote to unionize
- Workers at Missouri hospitals fired following company takeover
- Liberty Hospital promotes chief medical officer Dr. Raghu Adiga to CEO role
- Ascension reports $1.8B annual loss
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- New public health center opens in east Las Vegas valley
- Northern Nevada Medical Center to open 50-bed mental health hospital in Reno next year
- Nevada launches free digital discount card for prescription drugs
- COVID-19 deaths in Nevada, Clark County fall to lowest point in pandemic
- Behavioral health providers confront disparities and the ‘misconception of what therapy is’
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- New hospital would add more than 100 beds for psychiatric and substance misuse care in NH
- New Hampshire hospitals near capacity
- N.H. wants to get vaccine vans rolling again, as new COVID boosters arrive
- Hospital beds are full – but not with COVID-19 patients
- NH lawmakers launch review of Board of Medicine amid hospital malpractice reports
NEW JERSEY
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- Cooper University Health Care, Cooper’s MD Anderson Cancer Center to undergo expansion
- Health care in Hudson: North Bergen hosp to expand ER, Bayonne again considers eminent domain grab of BMC
- N.J. hospital is closing. It’s a major blow to this community, officials say.
- Nurses at this NJ hospital say they ‘lack trust,’ wouldn’t feel safe as patients
- What does $225M buy? N.J. hospital says 137,000 square feet and ‘top-quality’ care.
- Children’s viruses and diseases surge in NJ, hospitals on alert
- South Jersey health organization to lead formation of state’s first public health institute
- Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel 1st to successfully implant special pulmonary valve system
- New Jersey hospital owner knew dozens of guns were kept in closet, police report says
- 2 RWJBarnabas Health facilities among 1st in N.J. to launch TeamBirth NJ initiative
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Albany Med laying off dozens of workers
- Albany Med Health System Pays Back More than $24K to Overseas Nurses in ‘Illegal’ Repayment Fees
- Developer seeks tax breaks for Auburn hospital cancer center project
- Kaleida Health workers move toward possible strike
- New $14.4M cancer treatment center at Auburn Community Hospital will come with millions in tax breaks if approved by IDA
- NYC ending vaccine mandate for private employers on Nov. 1
- Paul Scimeca came to Glens Falls Hospital 30 years ago. Now he’s CEO.
- New York spent $250M on unused ventilators, X-ray machines amid COVID-19
- Could NY’s nursing home staffing law lose its teeth under proposed rule change?
- Northwell exceeds $1B in fundraising campaign
- Albany Med to rebrand 4 hospitals
- Microsoft AI for Health, NYC Health + Hospitals collaborate on heart health equity
- New York health system names 1st official female president
- 3 steps Catholic Health has taken to improve access
- Kaleida Health and employees continue contract negotiations to avoid “devastating” strike
- New York spine group now accepts major insurance plans
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health CISO Todd Greene Joins Semperis as Strategic Advisor
- Berger says latest offer from hospitals on CON reform is all show, no substance
- ‘Having those beds would be so beneficial for us’: Hospitals compete for beds in Wake County
- HCA Healthcare files motion to dismiss class-action antitrust lawsuit
- HCA opens North Carolina hospital
- NC Cancer Hospital renamed after late State Senator Marc Basnight
- North Carolina hospitals offer new Medicaid expansion proposal
- Raleigh medical company’s new acquisition supports top US hospitals
- Senate leader: NC hospitals’ Medicaid proposal not ‘serious’
- University of North Carolina Health workers urge CEO to leave state hospital association
- A new rural family medicine residency to begin in Pender County
- Shifting strategies for monkeypox vaccines
- North Carolina’s Medicaid program receives award for COVID-19 response
- Western NC hospital competition may have monkey wrench thrown into process
- Novant Health launches VR training
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Groundbreaking held for new Cando medical center
- Sen. Cramer Celebrates Towner County Medical Center Groundbreaking
- ND nursing conference gets new focus
- Nurse administrator with North Dakota roots tasked with revamping CDC
- North Dakota boy battling rare diseases can now get lifesaving treatments in Fargo
OHIO
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- Airica Steed named next president, CEO of MetroHealth
- BVHS leaders speak on “The State of Bluffton Hospital”
- Cincinnati-area hospital systems see connection between housing, medical needs
- Miami real estate firm Vitalis acquires Qualderm Partners medical office building in Westerville for $7 million
- Ohio hospital to lay off 978 employees
- ValueHealth joint venture to develop multiple ASCs in Ohio
- Ohio breaks 10-week pattern in COVID-19 cases
- Nearly 1,000 employees to be laid off as part of St. Vincent restructuring, state filings say
- High schooler makes $250,000 donation to Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Maple Knoll Communities inks partnership with Indianapolis-based BHI Senior Living
- CEO tapped to lead multimillion-dollar Cincinnati Children’s, CTI joint venture
- UC Health wraps $15M facelift as part of $221M campus revamp
OKLAHOMA
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- NexCore Group orthopedic medical office building opens in Omaha, Neb. suburb
- Oklahoma Children’s Hospital opening ambient room for pediatric behavioral health patients
- State advances plan to replace Griffin Memorial Hospital
- Oklahoma hospitals impacted after false alert of active shooter at high school
- Oklahoma families fight cuts to private-duty nursing for medically fragile kids
- Oklahoma lawmakers recommend more than $1B in pandemic relief spending
- Lawton’s efforts in tackling the nursing shortage
OREGON
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- Oregon State Hospital issued $54K workplace safety fine
- St. Charles Health System to welcome back unvaccinated workers
- Oregon State Hospital will start releasing patients facing criminal charges
- Oregon health system lifts employee vaccine requirements
- Oregon’s oldest rural health clinic perseveres two years after devastating Holiday Farm Fire
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $55M gift creates Cancer Interception Institute at Penn Medicine
- Belmont, Jefferson enter into academic affiliation for behavioral health job training
- ChristianaCare planning ‘phased approach’ to reopening former Jennersville Hospital campus
- CHOP study explores the use of telemedicine in child neurology in largest study to date
- Cooper University Health Care to Embark on $2B Expansion in Camden
- Crozer Health to Convert Delaware County Memorial into Behavioral Health Hospital
- Emergency department closed at Berwick Hospital
- Gettysburg Cancer Center gets new name, opens third clinic
- MLP Ventures expanding King of Prussia office building to include more life sciences space
- Tower Health to close 1 of 7 hospitals, sell another
- Tower Health gets three-notch credit downgrade from Fitch, to extremely low level
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC to Build Indian Land SC Hospital, Doctor’s Office Site
- ‘Working through details’: Prisma Health, Greenville County work toward deal to reopen North Greenville ER
- First baby delivered at new South Carolina hospital
- Calls to 988 mental health hotline up 63% in South Carolina, advocates say
- New Prisma Health addiction center offers hope, recovery
- New crisis network, mental health coverage model could come out of SC task force
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Timing is right for Sanford Health’s $350 million expansion in telemedicine, experts say
- Why timing is right for Sanford’s $350M telemedicine expansion
- Sanford Aberdeen named a Bronze Safe Sleep Hospital
- Avera Health cutting ‘nonclinical’ jobs, blames inflation
- Q&A with Avera Health on key considerations for implementing rev cycle technology
- 10 states with the highest, lowest average physician office visit price
TENNESSEE
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- At Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, construction team and staff members work seamlessly during expansion – while keeping kids in mind
- HCA Healthcare files motion to dismiss class-action antitrust lawsuit
- HCA opens North Carolina hospital
- Nashville General CEO: New hospital will generate more revenue, offset taxpayer burden
- Nashville General Hospital Welcomes Dr. Sands as New Medical Director of the New Nashville Healthcare Center at Bordeaux
- OGA, Heritage Medical Deliver $30.6M Medical Office Building Near Nashville
- West Nashville medical office building fetches $21M
- Lawsuit over East Tennessee Children’s Hospital data breach dropped
- Tennessee attorney general vows to investigate claims against VUMC transgender health clinic
TEXAS
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- Ascension nurses in Texas vote to unionize
- Hackers access 23,379 patient files from Texas surgical hospital
- Houston hospital receives historic $50M gift from anonymous donor
- Houston Methodist not mandating updated booster for workers
- Life sciences properties in high demand — and Houston is taking note
- Parkland Health launches new ‘Hospital at Home’ program
- Pulse Healthcare System to gain majority interest in Crystal ASC
- Texas Children’s Hospital specialized clinic helps prevent childhood cancer
- UTMB releases records on president’s abrupt exit
- Centene to pay Texas $166M in latest state settlement
- Texas Medical Center to build biomanufacturing center for medical supplies, drugs
- Texas physician ‘gold card’ rules take effect Oct. 1
- Texas hospital to use telehealth for pre-surgical physicals
- DHR Health renames trauma center after Dr. Kenneth Mattox
- Texas ASCs: 6 moves in an industry hotspot
- Healthcare Solutions Holdings to open $85M Texas medical campus with ASC
- Texas medical center to break ground on orthopedic facility
- Odds Are Against Texas Operator Growth As Federal Reforms, Chronic Underfunding Compound
- Texas Health Fort Worth commended for spine surgery
- Stress of pandemic has added to mental health struggles for Austin-area nurses
- ‘It was wild to not have that control’: Nursing shortage hits some Austin delivery rooms
- Orthopedic ASC opens on Medical City Spine Hospital campus
- Texas physician accused of tampering with IV bags held without bail: 5 updates
UTAH
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- Intermountain Healthcare Launches Pediatric Telehealth Services
- Intermountain Pediatric Telehealth Consults Make Expert Care Accessible for the Youngest Patients
- New surgery center at St. George hospital aims to make surgeries less of a back-breaker
- Logan hospital recognized as a top performing hospital
- Utah ranked lowest among Medicaid expansion states for public health insurance coverage of low-income children in 2021
VERMONT
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- UVMMC submits Certificate of Need to expand access to robotic surgery
- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital names Jennifer Griffey CFO
- Federal funds help ease a rural health care crisis but challenges remain
- Statewide Covid levels ‘low’ as PCR testing continues to decline
- 10 states with the highest, lowest average physician office visit price
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
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- Amazon Care vets raise $5M for virtual health startup focused on Latino patients
- CEO named for newly merged, renamed health care company with Seattle roots
- CHI medical group to pay $2.5M to settle wage-theft case tied to Gig Harbor clinic
- Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips leaves Providence
- Harborview Medical Center seeing record number of patients
- King County to buy treatment center as mental health beds are on the decline
- LPC West and Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation Close on Future 9-Story Life Sciences Building Near Seattle’s Space Needle
- Predictive Analytics Streamline Hospital Operations at Seattle Children’s
- Washington health care organizations launch projects to boost residents’ health by mitigating the impacts of social determinants
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Corner Office: Froedtert Health CEO Catherine Jacobson on mourning mistakes, celebrating victories
- COVID-19 hospitalizations across Wisconsin at nearly three-month low
- Milwaukee hospital ends religious exemption for vaccine
- Where competitors stand on Advocate Aurora deal with Atrium Health
- New health clinic, housing development planned for downtown Ashland
- Wisconsin releases new study analyzing state’s health insurance marketplace
- UW Health, nurses come to agreement on union
WYOMING
