NATIONAL
- 340B safety-net hospitals lost $2.96M from drugmaker restrictions, AHA finds
- Amazon launches virtual doctor marketplace in newest healthcare play
- American Hospital Association Throws Weight Behind Nursing Home TNA Legislation
- CMS leader says health innovation must be accessible to everyone
- Decades of neglect in nursing homes spur Biden plan for staff mandates
- Health system cash reserves plummet
- Health systems eye real estate moves in post-pandemic world
- HHS to partner with health systems on national patient safety alliance
- MGMA urges Congress to address Medicare payment cuts
- New CMS report highlights need to improve health equity data
- New healthcare privacy challenges as online data tracking, sharing methods evolve
- Pediatric health groups call for national emergency to fight respiratory illnesses
- Private payers spent $1.87B on social determinants of health over 5 years: 5 things to know
- Senate at odds with White House over ending pandemic emergency declaration
- The next supply chain crisis is coming. Here are 3 things CEOs can do.
- U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January
- Where are the 22 Leapfrog straight-‘A’ hospitals?
- Where are the 14 Leapfrog ‘F’ hospitals?
ALABAMA
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- AHA’s Dr. Don Williamson: Alabama facing health care crisis
- Alabama leaders searching for solutions to state’s opioid crisis
- Alabama hospitals struggle with money, staffing and more
- University of Alabama opens new medical clinic
- Alabama experiencing ‘very high’ flu activity ahead of holiday gatherings
- Alabama expands peer-supported mental health program for firefighters
- Flu in Alabama at highest level on CDC scale
- Athens-Limestone Hospital, ACS, LCS face flu-related staffing challenges
- 5 unique ways this local hospital + NICU help sick babies thrive
- Alabama Medicaid Agency expands covered visits for cancer patients after cancer center push
ALASKA
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- After leading Alaska Health Department, Adam Crum named state’s Revenue commissioner
- Incarcerated man dies at Mat-Su hospital, bringing Alaska’s in-custody deaths this year to 17
- Med student spends time in Alaska as part of tribal medicine training
- Flu and cold season is off to an early start in Alaska
ARIZONA
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- Caddis Healthcare announces a new medical building in Buckeye, AZ
- 2 southern Arizona nonprofits awarded grants to improve rural health care
- Nonprofit hospital system Honor Health outbids Banner in Arizona land auction
- Banner, Dignity Health hospitals restricting visitors due to RSV, flu risk
- Arizona’s largest health system imposes visitor restrictions because of flu, other viruses
ARKANSAS
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- $24M delayed Arkansas hospital project to open doors next month
- Arkansas hospitals face staffing concerns amid flu season surge
- Arkansas doctors and hospital seeing high levels of flu and RSV cases
- AANA recognized as a winner of Modern Healthcare’s 2022 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards
- INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine Names UAMS as Recipient of Health Professions HEED Award
CALIFORNIA
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- 21,000 Kaiser nurses to strike
- California hospitals are forced to treat patients in tents as the number of positive flu tests is up 259 percent from last year
- California hospital CEO asks Newsom for financial aid
- Hoag launches $300 million expansion, renovation campaign
- Los Angeles Lags Behind ‘Red Hot’ US Life Sciences Sector
- UC San Diego Health names Dr. Joseph Califano director of cancer center
- Nurse practitioner requirements changing in California
- CAs Safest Hospitals: New Ratings Released For Fall
- The factors that led a California hospital to file for bankruptcy
- California Spends the 11th Most on Health and Hospitals
- ‘Swarm’ of variants is driving up California COVID cases
- Wage boost for Inglewood hospital workers expected to pass
- California hospital taps Dr. Carlos Becerra for medical director
- U of California physicians hold rallies to support bargaining
- States Weigh Laws for Nurse Practitioner Full Practice Authority
- UCLA Health workers protest for improved working conditions
- California hospital CEO writes open letter to governor following $127M loss
- Fight Over Health Care Minimum Wage Yields a Split Decision in Southern California
- California cities split over $25-per-hour healthcare minimum wage
COLORADO
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- Children’s hospitals in Colorado overwhelmed by surge in RSV, flu, COVID cases
- Colorado hospitals announce new visitor restrictions for facilities
- First Speculative Medical Office Building Constructed in Encinitas, CA in 15 Years
- Keynote: A conversation with Denver Health’s Dr. Connie Price
- Willing to work nights? Centura Health offers $30,000 sign-on bonus for nurses
- Colorado’s RSV, COVID and flu hospitalizations all rising, adding new strain to health care system
- Northern Colorado Banner Health emergency rooms stock closets for patients’ clothing needs
- Colorado begins Ebola monitoring for people traveling from certain African countries
- Hospitals have few beds as RSV surges
- City, County of Denver and Denver Health announce $70M proposed 2023 operating agreement
- Colorado rolling out new plan to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- Centura offers $30,000 bonuses to entice nursing hires
- Colorado Rapids and UCHealth launch health-focused initiative as part of multi-year jersey rights deal
CONNECTICUT
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- Physician, medical office to pay more than $2.6M involving clinical lab kickbacks
- Yale hospital acquisition plans draw concerns over competition
- UConn Health rolls out Epic’s MyChart Beside
- Connecticut hospital cancer center proposal shot down for 2nd time
- Connecticut hospitals at or near capacity with RSV and flu patients
- Multiple Connecticut hospitals seek to shutter labor and delivery centers
- Connecticut physician fined for overprescribing narcotics
- ‘Twindemic’ of RSV, flu hitting Connecticut children’s hospitals hard
- CT essential worker bonuses for most could be $233, not $1,000
DC
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- Children’s National doctors rally over working conditions amid RSV surge
- Resident Physicians From DC Hospitals Gather to Protest Working Conditions
- Howard University Hospital Mentors DC Teens in Effort to Reduce Violence
- DC hospital tracks ‘rapidly increasing numbers’ of flu amid RSV, COVID-19 cases
DELAWARE
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- Beebe Health buys Mobile Health Clinic to reach underserved residents in Sussex County
- Delaware extends Public Health Emergency another 30 days
- Delaware warns of rising flu cases in COVID-style health briefing
- Nurses respond amid flu, RSV surge ahead of winter
- Select Medical relocates Delaware ‘hospital within a hospital’ to ChristianaCare’s Wilmington campus
FLORIDA
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- 12-property medical office building portfolio sells for $1B
- Bayfront Health to build four-story cancer and orthopedic center in downtown St. Pete
- Best Nursing Homes In FL: 44 Ranked ‘High Performing’ By U.S. News
- Broward Health CEO named to DeSantis’ transition team
- CareMax closes its largest acquisition yet
- Florida ASC trends: 4 new developments
- Florida Awards Chapters Health CON for Pinellas County Expansion
- HCA Healthcare Launches Hospice, Palliative Care Fellowship Program in Florida
- Florida seniors have big medical debt, new study shows
- FLs Safest Hospitals: New Rankings Released
- Judge rules for Sarasota County in hospital litigation
- AdventHealth plans hospital in Winter Haven, Lakeland Regional adding emergency unit
- Florida names an attorney to lead state’s medical-marijuana industry
- HCA Healthcare withdraws application for new South Lakeland hospital after public outcry
- Former employees amend lawsuit against defunct Florida hospital over layoffs
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta Rehab Hospital Starts $300 Million Expansion Comprising Two Towers
- Atlanta councilmember accuses Wellstar of never wanting to provide urban health care
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is opening a 10-acre mental health center, thanks to donor funds
- Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation to Pay $55,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Suit
- Georgians’ high stroke rate combined with string of hospital closings hurts chances of survival
- Lincoln Buys Atlanta Medical Office Building for $72 Million
- Northside Hospital Submits CON Application For Tower Addition
- Georgia’s most in demand health professionals
- Georgias Safest Hospitals: Latest Ratings Released For Fall
- Flu season hits Georgia earlier than in previous years
- New facility boosts quality of cancer care at AU Health
- East Point city councilman hopes to re-open Cleveland Avenue hospital
- Veteran state lawmaker named to lead Georgia’s mental health reform efforts
- Rural Health Day brings attention to rural health care issues
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Hospital renovations in 2022 and beyond
- Workers at Maui’s main hospital demand higher wages
- Improving Mental Health with an Innovative App
- Hawaii’s shortage of health care workers worsens
- Hawaii records 1,049 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths
- University of Hawaii tackling rural health care with $1M grant
- 911 sees more calls for help as RSV infections among Hawaii kids soar
- Report: Hawaii Needs More Health Care Employees To Meet Growing Demand
- Hawaii Nurses’ Association to picket at Straub Medical Center, highlighting various concerns
- Adderall shortage hitting Hawaii puts patients at risk
IDAHO
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- Donations bring non-medical forms of care to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital
- RSV on the rise in North Idaho
- ‘We are independent, but we are not isolated:’ CEO says Idaho hospital not for sale
- Infusions at new health clinic in Idaho Falls help reduce symptoms for variety of conditions
- Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Receives $6 Million Donation from MacKenzie Scott
- Applewood starts as new Syringa Hospital CFO
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora-Atrium deal advances after key Illinois decision
- Blessing Health CEO to retire
- Chicago rises back up to ‘medium’ COVID-19 risk level
- CommonSpirit posts $400M loss due to higher labor costs, dip in volumes
- New Safety Ranking Grades Illinois Hospitals. See the Full List
- Illinois hospital rankings slip
- 1 Chicago Hospital Given ‘F’ Grade, 7 Others in Illinois Get a ‘D’ in New Safety Report
- Illinois regulators approve Atrium Health-Advocate Aurora deal, but hurdles remain
- Pediatric ICU Beds Almost Full in Illinois Due to RSV, With Only 4% Availability Statewide
- Illinois Study Shows Big Jump in Suicide-Linked ER Visits by Teens
- New Study Says Illinois Is One Of The Healthiest States During The Holidays
- Advocate Aurora posts $310M Q3 loss: 5 details
INDIANA
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- Community leaders call on Marion County Hospital Corp. to drop Supreme Court case
- Eli Lilly lost billions after fake Twitter account promotes free insulin
- Franciscan Health Partners with 57 Nonprofits on Social Impact
- Indiana hospitals rely on virtual nurses amid labor shortage
- Indiana hospital prices named fourth-most transparent
- Indiana Health Department announces first monkeypox death
- States Weigh Laws for Nurse Practitioner Full Practice Authority
- Indiana reports 3955 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths
- Indiana hospital adds spine robot, imaging system
- Five ways small hospitals are making a big difference in Northeast Indiana
- Patient advocacy group wants Elevance Health to overturn health insurance claims denials
IOWA
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- Fairfield Advisors announces sale of MercyOne Health Medical Building in Des Moines, IA
- Iowa’s growing ASC presence: 4 new projects in 60 days
- Nursing home worker fired after helping resident call 911 for ambulance
- University of Iowa hospital eyes $16 million in upgrades, conversions
- U of Iowa seeks pause on $12.8M jury award to contractors for children’s hospital
- Iowa health system goes live with Meditech EHR
- $16M in projects approved by regents at U of Iowa hospital
- Cedar Rapids care facility cited for untrained workers, resident abuse
- Iowa hospital breaks ground on multimillion-dollar renovation project
- Iowa nursing-home director allegedly stole opioids from resident
- MercyOne locations named for performance
KANSAS
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- Kansas pediatrician pleads guilty to conducting $300K telemedicine scheme
- William Newton Hospital automates patient transfers, freeing physicians and nurses
- National Rural Health Day Highlights Growing Needs in Kansas
- USDA providing $108M in loans for new hospital in NW Kansas
- Colby getting $108M grant for new hospital
KENTUCKY
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- Kentucky Children’s Hospital at capacity due to RSV surge
- Kentucky children’s hospitals face ICU bed shortages amid rise in respiratory viruses
- Kentucky tops CDC list of states with high colorectal cancer
- Who can use medical marijuana in Kentucky? Here’s what to know about the requirements
- Health Care: Major expansions improve treatment
- Kentucky sees a jump in counties at medium COVID-19 community level
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana hospital to kick off $50M expansion, its largest to date
- Ochsner partners with 12-physician group
- University Medical Center plans to end dialysis program for undocumented patients
- Louisiana nursing home operator settles for $12.5M
- Louisiana hospital sells surgery center for $8.95M
- Louisiana hospital undergoing $25M expansion
- Ochsner prepares for 2023 Clearview opening with upcoming job fair and final details on Metairie facility
- State health officer: Louisiana doctors treating a lot of RSV and flu cases
- LSU Health New Orleans study reveals economic burden of gun violence
- Ochsner Lafayette General, Oceans Healthcare Partner to Build Behavioral Health Center
- Ochsner Health Awarded ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group
- Impact Network Physician Group Joins Ochsner Baton Rouge
MAINE
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- Mercy Hospital to use $1.2 million gift to expand behavior health services
- Triple-demic Threat: Pediatric beds full ahead of Thanksgiving gatherings
- Maine surgeon’s career advanced despite sex discrimination complaints
- Commission recommends annual infusion of $76M to help Maine’s beleaguered emergency medical services
- Husson University offers online nursing program to help address Maine’s health care needs
MARYLAND
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- 12-property medical office building portfolio sells for $1B
- LifeBridge Health will establish Baltimore regional campus for George Washington University medical students
- MD’s Safest Hospitals: New Ratings Released, 8 Facilities Earn A Grade
- Robotic arm helps doctors at Union Memorial with orthopedic testing
- State distributing $25 million to Maryland hospitals to tackle uptick children sick with RSV
- University of Maryland Medical System to launch AI institute
- U of Maryland Will Build New Biotech Campus in Montgomery County
- Maryland Department of Health launches RSV website
- Maryland health department leaders deny audit’s finding that mismanaged contract cost state millions
- Meritus Health names Miranda Ramsey new VP of physician services
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Medical Center’s rooftop farm recognized by the White House
- Dana-Farber gifted $69M for cancer research
- Tufts Medicine makes 6 leadership changes
- LG, Amwell partner on virtual discharge tool aimed at combating workforce shortage
- Mass General Brigham lowers breast density scan wait times with AI imaging tool
- ‘It feels like we just got them into Harvard’: The high-stakes mission to ease gridlock inside Mass. hospital emergency departments
- Mass. medical groups call for RSV mitigation measures
- Boston hospital’s rooftop farm catches attention of the White House
- RSV is pushing Boston’s pediatric units to the brink. Here’s what hospitals are doing about it.
MICHIGAN
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- Corewell Health West designated regional hub for special pathogen patients, awarded $3M
- Michigan health systems face budgets full of red ink
- Name change underway at former Beaumont Health hospitals
- Some metro Detroit hospitals losing millions amid high workforce costs, lower patient volumes
- MI’s Safest Hospitals: New Ratings Released
- RSV cases fill U-M’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital: What to know
- Michigan hospitals seek more state funding to cope with RSV
- New mental health resource for Michigan first responders
- Nurses rally for competitive wages at Michigan hospital
- MI HIE Hosts Community of Practice to Advance Social Care Data Interoperability
- Michigan adds 12,860 cases, 123 deaths from COVID-19 over last week
- Michigan hospital adds wide MRI equipment to ease patient anxiety
MINNESOTA
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- Minneapolis’ MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate closes on more than $300 million in acquisitions
- Minnesota Nurses Association opposing possible Sanford merger
- Sanford-Fairview merger back on the table
- Video technology allows Children’s Minnesota specialists to help save Wisconsin baby
- 15,000 Minnesota nurses to consider 2nd potential strike
- Mayo Clinic Platform partners with Atropos Health on clinical decision support tool
- Google collaborates with Mayo, Highmark, others on ‘healthcare data engine accelerators’
- HealthPartners appoints new president of Minnesota hospital
- Wilderness Health selected for rural health award
- Top-ranked hospitals for 10 specialties
- 6 things to know about Twin Cities Orthopedics
MISSISSIPPI
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- Baptist invests $35 million for new Madison location
- Who’s opposed to Mississippi Medicaid expansion and why?
- House committee hears hours of testimony on mental health resources in Mississippi
- 3-hospital system in Mississippi up for sale
- Reeves pitches tax cuts but omits hospital crisis, Jackson water in budget proposal
- Singing River breaks ground on Mississippi’s first medical apprenticeship facility
MISSOURI
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- Hammes starts construction on surgery center in Kansas City
- Justice Department Launches Disability Rights Investigation into Missouri’s Use of Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Missouri hospital plans emergency department additions
- Missouri hospital taps Stace Holland as new CEO
- The exec: Ascension’s chief experience officer
- VIDEO: MU Health Care proposes new projects to expand healthcare access
- Kansas City hospital beds filling up as RSV, flu, and COVID-19 hit residents
- Ascension to improve patient experience using data analytics
- ‘Vast conspiracy’: Missouri hospital board, executives speak out on controversial reshuffling
- Ascension creates foundation to address health inequities
MONTANA
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- Montana Hospital Association makes leadership change
- Billings doctors brace for ‘tridemic’ as pediatric beds fill up nationwide
- Montana health department sued after denying public records request
- State health department reports 169 influenza cases so far this year
- How the critical access designation helped keep Montana hospitals open
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska health care leaders offer insights into hospital financial pressures
- Nebraska hospitals facing increasing cost pressures
- Nebraska Medicine chief transformation officer promoted to COO
- Second medical office building coming to Grand Island Prairie Commons
- BCBS Minnesota adds MercyOne clinic to in-network Medicare Advantage plan
- Nebraska hospitals contend with historic financial pressure
- Desperate for heart surgery for their baby, a family feels the effects of pediatric hospital shortages
NEVADA
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- Hospital association: Pediatric hospital beds across Nevada are full
- Las Vegas hospitals might put older kids into adult beds as shortage of pediatric rooms grows
- Some Nevada hospitals seeing record volumes for pediatric patients as respiratory illnesses spread
- Why did a rural Nevada county turn down money to create a public health department?
- Amazon virtual health service clinic to begin in Nevada
- COVID-19 cases level off in Clark County, flu hospitalizations on the rise
- Saint Mary’s hospital in Reno closing maternity ward immediately
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- CBRE: N.J. life sciences vacancy rate of 8.1% poised for decline
- See how your local hospital scored in latest safety rankings. N.J. is 6th safest in the U.S.
- New Jersey health officials are recruiting children under 5 for COVID bivalent vaccine trials
- New Jersey governor’s mental health initiative pitched nationwide
- At AtlantiCare, new pavilion is all about increasing access — and expanding programs
NEW MEXICO
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- Santa Fe sculptor creating statue as tribute to nurses
- State health officials discuss flu, RSV, COVID cases in New Mexico
- New Mexico urges flu, COVID immunization for children
- UNM Hospital activates emergency operations over pediatric illness surge
- Eight New Mexico counties part of national COVID hot spot in new CDC data
NEW YORK
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- Elder care oversight program didn’t visit 59% of NY nursing homes, care facilities: Report
- Hospital for Special Surgery’s ambulatory surgery volume grows in Q3
- Memorial Sloan Kettering to lay off 3% of staff
- New affiliate network brings two of region’s largest nonprofits together
- New York ASC market: 5 updates in the last 60 days
- Nursing Home Cited 7 Times by Inspectors Before Legionnaires’ Outbreak
- NYC Nonprofit Hospitals Saw High Tax Breaks, Low Community Investments
- Peconic Bay Medical Center embarks on major emergency department expansion
- U.S. Supreme Court’s Sotomayor rejects challenge to N.Y. COVID vaccine mandate
- New York hospital unveils in-house pharmacy
- Mount Sinai spinoff to lay off 500 employees; exit reproductive, women’s health testing
- Northwell hospital receives $1M for new lobby, visitor lounge
- Weill Cornell Medicine executive vice provost retires
- Hacker gains access to NewYork-Presbyterian laptops through remote IT program
- Michelin-star food for the same price as frozen meals: Q&A with Northwell’s Sven Gierlinger and chef Bruno Tison
- Dr. Sameh Said named chief of cardiac surgery at two hospitals
- New York hospital CFO takes CEO reins
- AR holds potential in spinal tumor cases: study
- 9 New York hospitals fall short on giving back to community by $727M: Lown Institute
- Mount Sinai Hospital debt ratings confirm ‘A’ grade, stable outlook
- Northwell Holdings, Aegis Ventures team to launch virtual menopause care platform Upliv
- New York GI practice to become part of UVM Health Network
- Northwell Health appoints Dr. Dawnette Lewis maternal health center director
- New Mount Sinai database aims to examine racial segregation, patient outcomes
- New York hospital to begin $20M emergency department expansion
- Mount Sinai names dean of women’s health
- Dr. Daniel Alexander named chief administrative officer at New York hospital
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Aurora-Atrium deal advances after key Illinois decision
- Atrium, Novant compete to add hospital beds in Mecklenburg. NC will have final say.
- CON law denies N.C. $1.5 billion in health care investment, study finds
- Illinois regulators approve Atrium Health-Advocate Aurora deal, but hurdles remain
- Many NC hospitals get ‘A’ grade in Leapfrog safety report, some score ‘C’
- Medtech startup 410 Medical lands new cash transfusion: $6.3 million
- N.C. hospitals competing for acute care beds
- NC loses top spot in Leapfrog hospital rankings. But don’t blame the Triangle.
- Report: $1.5B in lost health care investments in North Carolina due to certificate of need law
- Three years since world’s first case, COVID-19 still present but down across North Carolina
- UNC to get infectious disease treatment designation
- North Carolina hospitals enact new visitation limitations
- Pushback growing against North Carolina’s COVID liability law
- Lawsuit charging private-equity owned nursing home harmed residents crawls forward
- ‘None left.’ Some Charlotte pharmacies low on Tamiflu as NC flu cases surge
- Survey: Health care costs impacting small businesses
- Health systems make a play for women
- Atrium Health partners with insurer Ambetter on federal health insurance plans in Triad, Charlotte
- Three months after leadership change, vTv Therapeutics reports cash of $15.3 million and net loss of $4.3 million in Q3
- UNC Health expanding in Johnston County boomtown
NORTH DAKOTA
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- New COVID cases down in North Dakota
- Certified nursing assistant gets a year behind bars for injuring patient in Valley City
- Interior Health says there are no plans to close ER in Grand Forks after politicians raise alarm
- Grand Forks City Council divided on agreement for scoping services on bridges to East Grand Forks
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic to bill up to $50 for MyChart messages
- Hammes Healthcare celebrates opening of The MetroHealth Glick Center in Cleveland
- Missing Ohio nursing home resident found dead outside
- ‘Never lose your “why”‘: How Cleveland Clinic’s 1st chief caregiver officer is tackling staff engagement
- Emergency rooms across Ohio packed as three viruses act together in surge
- Ohio health system to implement virtual patient monitoring
- Ohio measles outbreak hospitalizes 7 children
- Cleveland Clinic could be at forefront of trend of hospitals charging for patient messages
- 7 NE Ohio counties have some of the highest coronavirus spread in the U.S. right now
- ProMedica continues cash burn but improves hospital results
- COVID-19 transmission ‘high’ in most Ohio counties
- UHS, Banner Health and 8 others partner with General Catalyst
- WVU Harrison Community Hospital continues to evaluate ongoing EMS services
- Birth rate increases in Ohio, U.S., but drops in Ohio’s largest counties including Cuyahoga
- Ohio hospital to close award-winning heart surgery program after 23 years
- Rural health in Ohio: Doctor shortage in small towns
- Trinity CNO receives Lifeline of Ohio award
- Ohio medical campus transitions to outpatient care, names new leadership
- Ohio State Wexner Medical hospital tower set to grow to $1.9B project
- Mercy Health honors doctors at Health Care Visionary Awards
- New biofeedback-driven health support app could alleviate burnout
- City of Hilliard adds OSU Wexner Medical Center to $66 million recreation and wellness complex
- Medina couple shares their experience of losing a child after labor and delivery unit closes
OKLAHOMA
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- OKC hospital & memorial foundation team up to help save K-12 students
- $140M VA hospital coming to Oklahoma
- COVID, flu and RSV in Oklahoma: We asked the experts about outlook for winter viruses
- Hospital administrators, others honored at OHA convention
- Oklahoma proposes landmark rule to keep mailed medications safe from extreme temperatures
OREGON
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- Cambia CEO Jared Short on what drives innovation in health care
- Oregon governor declares emergency due to respiratory infections in children
- RSV hospitalizations triple in recent weeks in Oregon
- Voters in Oregon pass health care measure
- Measure 111 passes, giving Oregonians a constitutional right to access affordable health care
- Judges, medical systems join growing opposition to Oregon State Hospital discharge rules
- Doctors, nurses warn of RSV surge as Oregon hospitals ‘on the verge of being overwhelmed’
- Portland’s Behavioral Health Resource Center holds grand opening celebration
PENNSYLVANIA
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- AG wants Crozer, Prospect held in contempt and fined for hospital closure
- Eagleview leases new 110,000-SF building to international life sciences companies; hundreds of jobs planned
- Pa. Attorney General intervenes in Delaware County Memorial Hospital dispute
- Pennsylvania physician pays $490K to resolve Controlled Substance Act allegations
- Prospect Medical says it will lose $2M a month if Delaware County Memorial Hospital injunction isn’t lifted
- Some Pennsylvania hospitals see 20% increase to ER visits after Crozer closure
- Zoning approved for Alzheimer’s personal care home and village in downtown Wilkes-Barre
- Philadelphia renames Germantown health center after advocate
- Tower Health cuts staff amid hospital sale, closures
RHODE ISLAND
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- Health officials warn Rhode Islanders of overcrowding in hospital emergency departments
- RI’s Safest Hospitals: Latest Ratings Released For Fall
- Hospital and state leaders call on Rhode Islanders to seek medical care in the right place
- Brown U. signs landmark deal with hospital groups to unify medical research efforts
- RSV, respiratory illnesses spike, straining hospitals
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Charleston-based MUSC partners with startup to develop AI platform
- North Charleston to sell old City Hall building to Roper for hospital relocation
- Roper St. Francis plans $1B new medical campus in N. Charleston
- Prisma Health and Habitat partner for record-breaking homebuilding blitz
- Two ‘A’ grades on safety for Midlands hospitals, but another is lowest rated in SC
- South Carolina patient fights back against hospital garnishment, case dismissed
- South Carolina among one of few states leading nation with record breaking flu cases
- Latest SC flu numbers 106x higher than last year; DHEC expects spike due to holidays
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates $7.6M Sale of Medical Office Building in South Dakota
- ‘I think we’re in for a rough or rocky start’: What’s next after South Dakota’s Medicaid expansion vote
- Sanford Health listed in top 5 employers for veterans in the nation
- Sanford-Fairview merger back on the table
- Sanford Health inks merger deal after failed Intermountain bid
- South Dakota DOH Launches Telehealth Partnership for EMS Services
- Sanford Health’s history of mergers
- Undercover federal investigation confirms Veterans’ healthcare concerns in South Dakota and across the nation
- Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center urgent care facility celebrates 5 years
TENNESSEE
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- 5 former Methodist Hospital employees indicted for HIPAA violations, officials say
- HCA Healthcare brings surgery center to Lebanon
- Lifepoint Health startup incubator launches six companies in first year
- Rural Healthcare Group buys four HCA Healthcare-owned clinics
- Report: Tennessee earns ‘D-‘ score for maternal, infant health
- Tennessee health hospital at capacity
- Billed After Death | Spouses need to pay each other’s medical bills in TN, even after one dies
- Report card: Fewer ‘A’ safety grades given to Middle Tennessee hospitals than in 2021
- Tennessee Ranks at Number 17 on the List for Medical and Healthcare Spending
- Tennessee health system to develop 2 clinical insight tools for its HER
- Knoxville-based TeamHealth sued by insurer for “fraudulent conduct”
TEXAS
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- $66M San Antonio outpatient, surgical center under construction
- $15.1M Vision Park MOB Welcomes Tenants In Texas
- Ascension nurses in Texas to begin contract talks
- Cook Children’s to Open New Medical Center in Prosper
- HCA hospitals experience software complications with Meditech, delaying access to patient data
- Houston Medical Building Picked by Big Sky Medical
- Memorial Hermann hospital names John Voight chief nursing officer
- New company set to take over abandoned Marlin VA hospital, construction to begin next year
- Texas’ nursing homes are missing something: nurses
- MD Anderson, Exscientia collaborate on AI-powered drug development
- Fentanyl vaccine could stop opioid use disorder relapses
- MD Anderson Cancer Center taps Dr. Eyal Gottlieb for VP for research
- UT Regents Approve Project Cost of $308M for UT Tyler Medical Education Building Construction
- Texas Children’s ER sees massive spike in kids with mental health crises like suicidal thoughts
- LiquidAgents Healthcare Promotes Exec to Newly Created Chief Sales Officer Position
- Oceans Behavioral Hospital announces Lubbock opening, hiring, and services
- Hospital Frequent Flyers: The North Texas Solution
- Former Tenet CEO dies & more leadership news
- Here’s how Austin-area hospitals rank in new patient safety ratings
- Methodist Healthcare System to acquire 9th hospital
- 5 things to know about Texas Health Orthopedic Surgery Center
- The $40,000 Difference: ACL Repair Prices in North Texas Vary Widely
- ASCs making strides in Texas
- Dr. Douglas Dirschl named orthopedic chair at Baylor College of Medicine
- At Rural Health Conference, a focus on accessing quality care
UTAH
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- CVS, Intermountain invest in $90M funding round for virtual care clinic
- Intermountain Healthcare launches ‘Primary Promise’ campaign
- Intermountain seeks to rezone Sears Block for ‘urban hospital’
- Primary Children’s ‘full to the brim’ with patients amid RSV surge
- Ryan Seacrest donates new studio to Primary Children’s Hospital
- RSV cases are now starting to overwhelm Utah hospitals
- Children’s Hospital makes plans to open Southern Utah clinics as kids with RSV fill up beds
- Vermont and Utah saw the largest increases in health and hospital spending over the past decade
- Intermountain Healthcare names Robert Allen president and CEO
VERMONT
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- New housing option for Vermont seniors opens in South Hero
- Vermont and Utah saw the largest increases in health and hospital spending over the past decade
- VDH: COVID cases, hospitalizations fall again
- New health care regulators ask OneCare executives for measurable results
- Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center names Outpatient Therapies wing in honor of late former CEO
- ‘I never made a marketing call:’ Dr John Brumsted, CEO of UVMHN
VIRGINIA
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- Former Virginia Mason CIO Ellen Wiegand joins VCU Health
- Virginia ranks No. 2 for hospital patient safety
- IHS Breaks Ground on New Virginia Health Center
- Virginia HIE Helps Providers Improve Patient Management
- VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital names next president
- Covid cases stay down, but other respiratory illnesses are surging, N. Va. health leaders say
WASHINGTON
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- Crossover Health names first employer to join its new Seattle-area clinics
- First Look: University of Washington Behavioral Health Teaching Facility
- How to heal WA’s acute nursing shortage
- Overlake Medical Center latest hospital to raise pay for nurses
- Providence’s operating loss grows to $1.1B for 2022
- Providence Swedish CEO Dr. Guy Hudson becomes WSHA board chair
- Seagen names new CEO following May resignation of Clay Siegall
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health names James Terwilliger senior vice president, COO
- Washington’s children’s hospitals ‘in crisis mode’ amid surge of respiratory viruses
- Washington pediatric hospital leaders worried they won’t have capacity to care for rapidly increasing number of sick kids
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Dr. Gregory Rosencrance to lead Thomas Health
- Thomas Health to join WVU Health
- West Virginia officials monitoring pediatric hospital bed availability
- West Virginia DHHR announces major rate increase for ambulance services
- WVU Health System to grow in Charleston region
- West Virginia hospital taking corrective actions under settlement with NRC
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Aurora posts $310M Q3 loss: 5 details
- Advocate Aurora-Atrium deal advances after key Illinois decision
- Here’s what HOPCo’s 1st Wisconsin partnership will look like
- Illinois regulators approve Atrium Health-Advocate Aurora deal, but hurdles remain
- Wisconsin issues health alert as flu and RSV cases increase
- Metro Milwaukee’s Safest Hospitals: New Ratings Released
- COVID-19 numbers in Wisconsin continue to drop
- Report finds hospital charity care declined, medical debt rose in 2021
- Security Health Plan names Johns Hopkins finance exec as CFO
- Milwaukee-based health company ending operations, plans to layoff 81 employees
- Wisconsin’s biohealth industry is growing quickly, fostering innovation
- Former Froedtert executive Bill Petasnick dies at age 76
- Health systems in the red: Advocate Aurora posts $911M loss, ProHealth loses $100M
- Fort HealthCare welcomes new CEO, Michael Anderson, in January
- Wisconsin to boost nursing home Medicaid rates 14%
WYOMING
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- Lawsuit accuses Wyoming State Hospital of abuse and neglect
- Cody Regional Health will open a clinic in Basin early 2023
- Flu infections are rising fast in Wyoming after a two-year dip
- Sublette County Health Earns Wyoming “Community Star” Award
- CRMC receives ‘Most Wired’ recognition for 10th year in a row
- Mountain West hospitals grapple with spikes in respiratory infections
