NATIONAL
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- 28% of physicians’ income has dropped in the last year
- CMS finalizes Stark Law update
- CMS to add physician relationships to Care Compare
- Healthcare organizations propose new legislation, incentives as nursing shortage worsens
- HHS, FBI, CISA Warn Healthcare of Ongoing Hive Ransomware Threats
- HHS unveils report on supporting long COVID-19 patients
- How Health Systems Are Using RPM to Extend Cancer Care into Patient Homes
- Pharma giants ditch Twitter after fake Eli Lilly tweet
- SCOTUS denies nursing home petition, keeping COVID care cases out of federal court — for now
- States push CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- Top 3 HIPAA Compliance Challenges of This Year
- White House says updated COVID vaccine will ‘probably’ be needed next year
- White House announces big nursing home COVID-19 vaccination push and providers push back
ALABAMA
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- USA Health gains approval to build freestanding surgery center in west Mobile
- Alabama hospitals still fighting low staffing amid an early flu and RSV season
- Children’s hospitals ask for Biden’s help as RSV, flu hits Alabama and US
- ‘We don’t see any improvement’: Maternity care deserts grow across Alabama
- Task force looking at solutions to Alabama’s health care worker shortage
- Alabama cervical cancer rates, diagnosis remain among highest in US
ALASKA
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- Alaska joins lawsuit against vaccine mandate for health care workers
- Crowded ERs in some of Alaska’s hospitals lead to lengthy waits, delayed care
- Alaska’s hospital safety ratings improve
- Ethel Lund remembered as a health care trailblazer for Southeast Alaska Natives
- Alaska Supreme Court overturns some limits on medical malpractice awards
ARIZONA
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- Banner’s loss hits $113M, contract labor up 7%
- Court orders Arizona business to pay $521K in back wages to 253 employees
- HonorHealth outbids Banner for 48 acres in Arizona
- ‘It’s what the community needs’: Phoenix Children’s CEO on continued growth through challenging times
- Survey: Rural Arizona residents are worried about healthcare
- RSV and flu cases are soaring in Arizona
ARKANSAS
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- Baptist Health hospital promotes chief nursing officer to president
- UAMS Signs Pledge, Joining Group Committed to Decarbonizing Health Care Sector
- National report on maternal and infant health gives Arkansas; Missouri poor grades
- Arkansas flu activity remains high
- Baxter Health ranked 11th largest health system in Arkansas
- UAMS, Baptist Health join forces
- White River hospital’s complaint contends pharmaceutical company is violating state drug-pricing law
- Task force pushing Arkansas lawmakers to expand behavioral and mental health services
CALIFORNIA
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- California AG seeks hospital cooperation in racial bias probe
- Nursing home workers end 6-week strike, get minimum medical wage and 1-year deal
- On the ‘brink of financial collapse’: California system CEO implores governor for funding
- UCLA Health workers protest for improved working conditions, more equitable pay
- Providence closes 27 retail clinics in Southern California
- California hospital confirms IT security incident
- California hospital ICU’s see 20% jump in COVID-19 patients since last week, state data show
- California ER patients spilling into parking lots during ‘tripledemic’ surge, state reports
- California hospital nurses sound alarm over planned bankruptcy
- California hospital leaders threatened workers against participating in strike, complaint alleges
COLORADO
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- Centura offers $30,000 bonuses to entice nursing hires
- Kaiser Permanente plans $70M in upgrades to Denver-area facilities
- Colorado’s flu and COVID hospitalizations still rising, while RSV continues to put “extreme stress” on medical system
- NoCo rehab, long-term acute hospitals name CEO, COO
- UCHealth, Centura hospitals in Colorado Springs open to visitors
- Paramedics facing challenges from increased call volume
CONNECTICUT
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- FEMA awards $15.5 million to Hartford Hospital for COVID response expenses
- Hartford HealthCare taps Google Cloud for digital transformation
- Hospitals formally seek state OK to merge
- Stamford Health names Liz Longmore COO
- CT children’s hospitals, swamped with RSV, brace for flu cases
- No monkeypox for a month in Connecticut
DC
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth partners with Unite Us Delaware
- ChristianaCare launches business unit to market select surgeries and services to employers nationwide
- Beebe Mobile Health Clinic bringing in care
- Delaware pediatric behavioral program appropriated $103,800
- Hospital-at-home expansion ignites quality concerns
- From cancer rates to housing instability, what this new database tells us about Delaware
- U.S. Surgeon General focuses on ‘invisible wounds’ caused by anxiety in Wilmington visit
FLORIDA
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- Baptist Hospital, Pensacola may partner on 214 affordable housing units at Moreno campus
- Cedar Health scoops up Fort Lauderdale assisted living facility for $39M
- Encompass Health announces plans to build a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida
- Florida physician pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks in $2.7M fraud scheme
- HCA Pulls Back Plans To Build Hospital In Florida
- Multispecialty surgery center opens on Jacksonville’s Southside
- Medicaid expansion in Florida? South Dakota vote may show the way.
- Naples nursing home settles patient care violations; admissions moratorium lifted
- Winter Haven Hospital CEO resigns after arrest
- Florida hospital CEO resigns in wake of arrest
- Hospital grades: See how well Central Florida hospitals rank
- MDPD: Coral Gables Hospital CEO killed in murder-suicide
- Florida health care chief Simone Marstiller stepping down
GEORGIA
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- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta opening a 10-acre mental health center
- Georgia orthopedic clinic settles kickback suit
- Grady Hospital joining the fight to stop gun violence in Atlanta
- In Georgia, health workers prepare for busy winter season
- Turner to Tackle $565M Georgia Hospital Project
- Georgia ranks 3rd nationwide in per capita monkeypox cases
- Kaiser Permanente regional leader works to fight health care inequity
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Idaho family says Primary Children’s Hospital nurse was crucial in getting baby to breathe
- First influenza death of season reported in Idaho
- Cassia Regional Hospital adds two new state-of-the-art Ambulances to fleet
- Idaho State to receive $3 million grant to establish Community Health Worker Collaborative program
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora remains in the red with reduced investments, higher labor costs
- Atrium merger with Advocate Aurora could be complete within weeks, CEO says
- Chicago’s roadmap to becoming the next big life sciences city
- Health system that filed for bankruptcy inks deal to sell 2 Chicago hospitals
- Mercy Hospital ordered to tender reports on security in 2018 shooting lawsuit
- Sale of 2 Pipeline Health System hospitals in Illinois to proceed
- SCA Health adds 700 physicians, shifts focus to larger care continuum
- SSM Health Good Samaritan CEO announces departure
- 1 Illinois hospital gets ‘F’ grade, here’s how your hospital ranked
- Illinois court rules QMG hospital can move forward
- Five Illinois hospitals changing ownership, including in Granite City, Red Bud
INDIANA
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- Northwest Health Lakeshore Surgicare completes major expansion
- 55 Indiana hospitals facing fines for excessive readmissions
- Ascension hospital in Indiana down to final weeks
- Indiana Chamber calls for action on health care costs, workforce needs
- Indiana COVID-19 bivalent booster rates are dismal. Here’s why.
- Indiana health system honored for shift-scheduling technology
- Franciscan Health gathers more than 17,000 diapers for needy
- Community Health Network’s ‘pixel’ breach may have compromised patient data
- Parkview Health Expands Virtual Care Offering
- Staffing shortages rock pharmacy industry
- Report shows untreated mental health issues cost Indiana more than $4 billion each year
IOWA
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- Hospital chief administrative officer leaving UI Health Care
- Nursing home was on lockdown after worker waved a gun in the air
- University of Iowa Hospitals to develop outpatient clinic
- UnityPoint rolls out 2 new telehealth programs
- Hospitals cited for abuse, dirty ORs and forcing a homeless vet onto the street
- Course helps University of Iowa doctors communicate with patients who speak Spanish
- Iowa hospital recipient of emergency rural health care grant
- University of Iowa participates in RSV vaccine trial
- COVID-19 pandemic back on the upswing in Iowa in last data update before Thanksgiving
- Iowa jury awards man $27M after he was sent home with the flu. It was really meningitis
- UnityPoint Health Offers New Virtual Care Option for Adults in Iowa
KANSAS
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- AG calls on White House to withdraw vaccine mandates for healthcare workers
- CVS Health invests $6.2 million in affordable housing in Bel Aire
- CVS Health investing $6.2M in affordable housing in Kansas, $14.3M in Washington
- Kansas AG Petition Biden Admin to End Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
- Kansas health system CEO resigns
- New grant to support behavioral health designation for Topeka clinic
KENTUCKY
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- Advantum Health names new CEO, CFO
- AdventHealth celebrates kick-off of new electronic health record system
- CenterWell clinics return Louisville’s Humana to health care roots
- Encompass Health names new CEO of Elizabethtown facility
- Former Henderson doctor admits to wrongfully accessing patient records, documents show
- Kentucky State Sen. Alvarado to become Tennessee’s next health commissioner
- Rise in flu cases causes Kentucky schools to close
- Kentucky Eases Restrictions On Medical Marijuana And Regulates Delta-8 THC Sale
- KAHP donates $200,000 for healthcare workers impacted by eastern Ky. flooding
- New lawsuit alleging abuse filed against Kentucky facility
LOUISIANA
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- Amedisys fires CEO, replaces him with former leader
- Former Louisiana Heart Hospital sold for $22 million
- Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington links to Tulane hospitals
- Landry seeking repeal of COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
- Louisiana rural health providers struggle with staffing, other issues
- Ochsner Lafayette General, Oceans Healthcare Partner to Build Behavioral Health Center
- Tulane plans $600M redevelopment of abandoned hospital
MAINE
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- Maine family sues U.S. military for denying transgender dependent’s health coverage
- Maine health system asks How Are You in fight against loneliness
- Maine hospital nurses to see 10%-11% wage increase over 3 years
- Surgeon named in sex discrimination complaints steps down from Maine hospital leadership posts
- Unlike last two falls, COVID infections decline in Maine
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
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- After Boston Children’s Hospital faces more threats, congressional leaders urge DOJ action
- Lifespan taps Mass General Brigham exec as CEO
- Massachusetts hospital nurses to receive 8.5% across-the-board raises over 2 years
- The lack of homes could strangle our life sciences industry
- Work begins on SGA’s ultramodern Boston life sciences building
MICHIGAN
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- 2 Michigan hospitals appeal for more beds to manage RSV surge
- Ascension Providence Hospital unveils new cardiac catheterization lab
- Corewell Health files emergency request to add capacity at DeVos Children’s Hospital amid RSV surge
- DeVos Children’s Hospital makes emergency request to add beds amid RSV surge
- Holland Hospital first in the state to offer new ACL treatment
- Senior housing community in Ottawa County completes $32 million expansion
- 25 Michigan hospitals earned lower safety grades in 2022. How did yours score?
- ‘Unprecedented surge’ of RSV continues to hit Michigan children’s hospital
- 1-in-7 parents haven’t talked with child’s doc about vaccines for two years
- Michigan sees COVID deaths climb despite reported case decline
MINNESOTA
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- AG seeking public input on potential merger between Fairview, Sanford Health
- Mayo Clinic income slumps as expenses climb in Q3
- Mayo reports $157M Q3 income, salaries and benefits increase 3.5%
- Minnesota AG seeks input on Sanford, Fairview merger: ‘We’ve heard people are concerned’
- Minnesota healthcare systems ‘sounding the alarm’ on RSV
- ‘More sick children than we can manage’: Hospital leaders discuss capacity crisis
- Northern Lakes Surgery Center names new director
MISSISSIPPI
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- Medical office coming to Madison
- Mississippi Hospital Proceeds in Suit for EMTALA Damages Payment
- Over half of Mississippi’s rural hospitals risk closing
- Senate hears from experts about hospital crisis
- A Mississippi Delta hospital anchors its community. Now it may close.
- Amoxicillin shortage impacting Mississippi patients
MISSOURI
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- 5 injured in Missouri rehab center fire
- Addition at SIHF health center will provide only urgent care in East St. Louis
- Burrell Behavioral Health eliminates 35 positions; direct client-care positions not impacted
- Groundbreaking held Tuesday for East St. Louis’ first urgent care
- SSM Health reports $484M loss amid excess costs, investment problems
- Saint Francis CIO named top health IT leader in St. Louis area
- ‘Triple-Demic’ Overwhelming Kansas City Hospitals
- National report on maternal and infant health gives Arkansas; Missouri poor grades
- Missouri hospitals not in full compliance with pricing transparency laws
- Missouri’s mental health ranking is among the worst in the country. Why and how can it be fixed?
- MHA study shows Missouri near bottom 10 in mental health
- Missouri ranks among unhealthiest states in the U.S., new study finds
- Ten rural Missouri hospitals closed since 2012; Scotland County hopes to avoid that fate
MONTANA
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- Billings nursing home forced to relocate dementia patients as troubles in Montana continue
- Montana nursing homes continue closing, residents, families stressed
- New surgical robot detecting lung cancer more accurately than ever at Montana hospital
- RSV cases on the rise in Western Montana
- Montana VA reports shooting incident at Fort Harrison campus
NEBRASKA
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- Children’s Hospital and Medical Center names Pam Johnson-Carlson chief nursing officer
- Douglas County discusses how to improve mental health care
- Flu spreading fast across U.S., including Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services awarded $5 million in grants for nursing students
- Nebraska hospital CEO resigns
NEVADA
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- Hospital in Henderson expanding its pediatric ER
- Valley Hospital says it ‘complied with all legal options’ treating abandoned patient
- Flu hospitalizations double over past week in Nevada
- Nevada Hospitals warns children could be placed in adult beds
- Former Lakeside will be site of new Barton Hospital
- Saint Mary’s recognized for multiple clinical specialties
- Rural Nevadans face ‘major crisis’ in neurological services, at higher risk for Alzheimer’s, dementia
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth Health leads effort to address rural healthcare disparities
- Health workers in New Hampshire deal with unprecedented surge in respiratory illnesses in children
- NH commission seeks ways to boost direct care workforce
- Radiologist fined $750 allowed to keep his license after missing breast cancer in 24 patients
- New Hampshire boosts Medicaid spending
NEW JERSEY
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- Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical robotic-assisted program advances spine surgery
- NJ Loses $1B Per Year To Unfair, Inflated Hospital Prices: Advocates
- NJ State Police expanding a new mental health crisis program
- N.J. health system gets strong financial ranking in U.S.
- New NJ hospital ratings: Wwhich ones get lower safety grades?
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- As RSV surges, Syracuse hospital opens overflow pediatric ward to handle kids with virus
- Catholic Health suffers credit rating downgrade
- Kaleida Health taps New York children’s hospital president
- Mount Sinai unveils nursing school upgrades
- New York physicians push for aid-in-dying law
- New York medical office building sells for $16M
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Notifies 12K of Healthcare Data Breach
- NY’s ranking in hospital safety grades improves, but far from best in U.S.
- SRS Real Estate Brokers $15.9M Sale of Medical Office Building in Geneseo, New York
NORTH CAROLINA
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- AdventHealth claims victory in fight for new hospital in North Carolina
- Atrium merger with Advocate Aurora could be complete within weeks, CEO says
- Atrium Wake Forest Baptist granted certificate of need for $30M Greensboro surgery center
- Gateway Ambulatory Surgery Center patient data leaked in phishing attack
- NC nurses experiencing burnout at ‘unsustainable levels’: survey
- Novant Health loses bid to expand into Asheville with a $328 million, 67-bed acute care hospital
- UNC Children’s Hospital opens new pediatric surge unit to account for RSV cases
- WakeMed, UnitedHealthcare strike new deal after contract dispute left patients in limbo
- North Carolina health system names CEO
- Atrium Health gains approval for $30.13M North Carolina ASC
- North Carolina in upper half of states for healthy livin
- Patient advocacy leads North Carolina hospital to post charity care application online
- UpStream Healthcare expands with partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- CareSource donates $1M toward LGBT-friendly senior living facility in Dayton
- MetroHealth fires CEO over more than $1.9M in unreported bonuses
- Ohio Children’s Hospital Sued Over COVID-19 Testing Mandate
- Ousted MetroHealth CEO Akram Boutros was going to ask county council for $7.6 million Tuesday for behavioral health care
- Premier Health constructing medical office building in Xenia
- Construction paused on portion of new Ohio State hospital tower after cracks found
- Police in rural Ohio towns struggle with surge in mental health crises
- An inside look at Wexner Medical Center’s new hospital
- Hospital receives honor from Lifeline of Ohio
- Report: Ohio and Kentucky listed in top 5 unhealthiest states
- Ohio’s new COVID-19 cases fall under 10,000
- Renowned local health leader Dr. O’dell Owens has died
- Briefs: UH Samaritan receives $10 million grant
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma sees growing demand for more health care options for veterans
- Oklahoma doctors and officials are being proactive as RSV cases double in the last month
- Oklahoma sees growing demand for more health care options for veterans
- SSM Health teams with Brendon McLarty Foundation to provide inhalers to Oklahoma schools
- Oklahoma Health Care Authority board member resigns
OREGON
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- Oregon children’s hospital adds video game therapy
- Randall Children’s Hospital delaying non-urgent procedures due to RSV surge
- OHSU shifts to emergency mode amid rise in serious pediatric cases
- Oregon runs short on hospital beds for kids sick with RSV, affecting others needing care
- Board recall effort at Oregon hospital won’t proceed
- Oregon Nurses Association pushes for stricter hospital staffing law
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Beaver County home health care workers get $47k in back pay, damages
- Firm to build new surgery center facility in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Hamister buys 10th nursing home with acquisition in Pennsylvania
- Healthcare Data Breach At PA Rehab Center Impacts 130K
- Fitch lowers Main Line Health’s bond rating after $102M operating loss
- Monroeville Surgery Center ranks 1st in Newsweek list
- Penn Highlands names new chief medical officer
- Pennsylvania hospital association CEO to retire
- Pennsylvania hospital systems agree to merge
- Pennsylvania nursing facilities ordered to pay $513K in back wages
- Tower Health cuts staff amid hospital sale, closures
- Tower Health’s proposed sale of Chestnut Hill Hospital faces one final hurdle
- UPMC names chief clinical information officer
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- CEO of Greenville Memorial Hospital talks about living five years with pancreatic cancer
- Chester Medical Center undergoes security upgrades as wing for prisoners set to open
- Roper’s $1B medical campus deal seen as another boon for North Charleston
- UpStream Healthcare expands with partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina
- SC has experienced more than 100 times more flu cases this year than this time last year
- ‘H is for Hiring’ campaign looks to fill South Carolina’s 9,000 open hospital jobs
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- 3 priorities mark Sanford Health’s proactive approach to burnout
- AG seeking public input on potential merger between Fairview, Sanford Health
- Medicaid expansion in Florida? South Dakota vote may show the way.
- Sanford Health revenue up 11%
- South Dakota hospitals receive low marks on safety
- Sanford Health reports $5.2 billion in revenue in 2021 to IRS
- South Dakota hopes $1.7M telemedicine program will boost rural ambulance service
- South Dakota Has Highest Health Care Costs
TENNESSEE
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- Construction to begin on new intensive care unit at Dickson TriStar Horizon
- HCA Healthcare buys Century Farms land for $12.2M
- Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital moves forward on $231 million expansion project
- Nashville investment group buys Chattanooga medical office for $7.4 million
- Report card: Fewer ‘A’ safety grades given to Middle Tennessee hospitals than in 2021
- Surgery Partners snags $800M equity offering
- Top of The List: Nashville’s largest hospitals
- Ky. state senator appointed Tennessee health commissioner
- Despite lower RSV case count, East TN Children’s Hospital says it is reaching capacity
- Tennessee mayor asks Blount Memorial Hospital board members to resign
TEXAS
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- 30 pediatric ICU beds open in Texas as RSV, flu surge rages on
- $231M investment to bring expanded capacity, new NICU to Memorial Hermann Sugar Land campus
- AI-powered imaging now at HCA hospitals in Texas
- At Texas hospital, ER sees 800% spike in children with mental health crises
- Bare Dermatology Signs 11,500 SF Lease at Frisco Medical Pavilion II
- Big Sky Medical Expands Texas Footprint
- CHIME Names Cook Children’s Health’s Theresa Meadows CIO of the Year
- Cook Children’s Opens State-of-the-Art Pediatric Hospital
- DFW’s Safest Hospital System
- Epic ensnared in Texas probe of parental access to teen medical records
- Holly Elliot named vice president of HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division
- Houston Methodist hospitals achieve national Magnet recognition
- Houston Primed for Life Sciences Boom
- McCarthy Completes Cancer Center at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler
- Survey shows Texas nursing shortage reaches record lows
- Texas health system employees complain of payroll issues following CommonSpirit cyberattack
UTAH
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- Intermountain braves headwinds, posts $2B profit through 3rd quarter
- Intermountain Promotes Longstanding COO to Permanent CEO Spot
- Utah children’s hospital is ‘full to the brim,’ but not turning away patients
- Utah ranks third in hospital safety rankings
- Utah nursing students get hands-on experience during international clinical trips
- Utah hospital names CFO
- Around the nation: Intermountain Healthcare names new president and CEO
VERMONT
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- Business community rallies for Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s Vision 2020 Project
- Non-Covid respiratory viruses are this year’s holiday concern
- Vermont hospital CEO resigns
- VDH: No COVID deaths again, but hospitalizations edge up
- Staffing costs drove $90 million loss for UVM Health Network
- Southwestern Vermont Health Care physician aims for the Olympics
- Southwestern Vermont Health Care Celebrates Strong Nurse Satisfaction Survey Results
VIRGINIA
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- VHC Heath to open primary care clinic near Springfield
- Virginia physician to pay $3.1M to settle kickback allegations
- Virginia is the No. 2 state for hospital safety
- Virginia again recognized as a top state in national ranking of hospital patient safety
- Report: Virginians spend more than $24 billion on health care services in 2020
- Cost of new Central State hospital rises by $48 million
- Virginia ER Nurse Kellen Squire: “Things are bad in healthcare right now. We’re faced with the worst pediatric health surge in the history of our country.”
WASHINGTON
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- CVS Health investing $6.2M in affordable housing in Kansas, $14.3M in Washington
- Everett, county councils express ‘disappointment’ in letter to Providence
- How a Kitsap County hospital illustrates WA’s emergency care crisis
- Kirkland hospital uses COVID aid to trigger $1.9M in admin bonuses
- New program will provide housing for Washingtonians with complex health needs
- Seattle biotech Bonum raises $93M Series A round
- UW Medical Center 1st to earn 7 Magnet designations
WEST VIRGINIA
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- The West Virginia Hospital Association talks healthcare in the state
- Last baby born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia
- WVU Medicine, Thomas Health acquisition means big medical changes in West Virginia
- West Virginia officials monitoring pediatric hospital bed availability
- West Virginia reports four new COVID deaths; active cases remain below 700
WISCONSIN
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- $2.4B Gundersen, Bellin merger to close Nov. 30
- Advocate Aurora remains in the red with reduced investments, higher labor costs
- Atrium merger with Advocate Aurora could be complete within weeks, CEO says
- SSM Health canceling procedures as 11 orthopedic surgeons begin early departure
- Wisconsin’s Bellin Health, Gundersen Health System to close 11-hospital merger Nov. 30
- Sen. Baldwin helps secure $13 million to improve rural Wisconsin health care
- Report urges health care price transparency
- WWH sets new record of babies delivered in month
- DOJ: Wisconsin ranks first nationally for Drug Take Back day
- Wisconsin opioid deaths hit another record high in 2021
- 8 Wisconsin Hospitals Earn A’s, While 4 Receive D’s in New Safety Report
- Wisconsin pharmacies contend with amoxicillin shortage as respiratory illnesses surge
WYOMING
