NATIONAL
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- Amazon’s Creep Into Health Care Has Some Experts Spooked
- $3.1 million grant aims to fight long-term care nurse burnout
- A sign CMS’ vaccine mandate is no sure thing
- Amazon Ends Support for Third Party HIPAA-Eligible Alexa Skills
- Behavioral health takes center stage
- Biden administration considers proposal to end military COVID vaccine mandate
- CISA, FBI Alert Healthcare Sector of Cuba Ransomware Tactics
- CMS Data Shows Upswing in Hospital Discharges to SNFs Reversed in May 2022
- CMS proposes streamlining, automating prior authorizations
- Demand for hospital-grade cribs on the rise as viral illnesses continue to surge
- Federal judge declines 14 states’ challenge to CMS vaccine mandate
- Healthcare worker vaccination mandate could end after a military vax withdrawal
- HHS proposes 5 fixes to 340B dispute rules
- HHS Warns Online Tracking May Violate HIPAA
- How Amazon, CVS and Walgreens Are Tapping Into the $4 Trillion Healthcare Market
- How HITECH Recognized Security Practices Boost Healthcare Cybersecurity
- Leapfrog’s 115 top hospitals in 2022
- Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug partners with employer group
- Medical facilities bring new life to struggling malls
- MyChart message fees live on unstable ground
- Optum, Amazon look to physicians: 5 practice deals to know in 2022
- Patients hospitalized with the flu nearly double in one week
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Banner loses land bid
- Physician-led cardiology management org gains 3 Arizona practices
- Tripledemic causing hospital beds to fill up in Phoenix area
- Two Arizona hospitals among the nation’s best for maternity care in US News survey
- Valley hospital, national health insurance provider in major contract dispute
- Phoenix Children’s Reaches Physician Transfer Agreement with Valley Anesthesiology Consultants
- Arizona hospitals remain busy as COVID-19 and flu cases rise
- Banner receives $3M grant to advance Valley melanoma center’s work
ARKANSAS
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- Defunct Hospital Reaches Settlement Over Mishandled Records
- UAMS Awarded $1.2M for Maternal, Infant Health Collaborative
- UAMS researchers design app to prevent opioid relapse
- Landmark trial on Arkansas trans youth medical ban wraps up
- Judge Weighs Legality of Arkansas Ban on Care for Transgender Youth
- Arkansas health care and broadband get ARPA nod
- Children’s Hospital, UAMS launch program to address mental health for children
- Arkansas continues reporting ‘very high’ flu rate, 11 new deaths
CALIFORNIA
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- 850 Tenet hospital workers in California avert potential strike
- 21,000 Kaiser nurses approve agreement with 22.5% wage boost
- California hospital losing staff ‘left and right’ to competitors that can pay more, COO says
- Concord nursing home agrees to pay $2.3M over claims it abused and neglected patients
- Kaiser, Virginia Mason, more say they are not partaking in the MyChart charge trend
- Pacific Coast Commercial Brokers $8.4M Sale of Medical Office Building in La Mesa, California
- Stanford Children’s names chief quality officer
- Three Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $22.5 Million for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program
- COVID-19 surge prompts slight California mask rule change, concern for hospital space
- COVID in California: Hospital stresses now ‘rival some of the hardest moments of the pandemic’
- To Attract In-Home Caregivers, California Offers Paid Training — And Self-Care
- California hospital applies for $34.5M grant for earthquake protection
COLORADO
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- 3 Denver-area hospitals rank among the best for maternity care
- Black Canyon Surgical Center nabs Newsweek nod, ranking among the best ambulatory care centers for 2023
- Denver Developer Prepares To Overhaul Former Hospital Campus After $41 Million Acquisition
- St. Mary-Corwin Hospital sued over patient’s chokehold death
- Colorado maternity wards are giving out take-home doses of the opioid overdose antidote in hopes of saving moms
- Respiratory illnesses spiking in Colorado
- Rural Colorado tries to meet increasing need for health care workers with apprenticeships
- Flu appears to be Colorado’s top respiratory threat in coming weeks as hospitalizations rise
- ‘Tripledemic’ expected to increase hospitalizations in Southern Colorado
- Here’s where Colorado stands with COVID-19
- Colorado Springs Children’s Hospital seeing historic case numbers of RSV
- Former employees speak out against Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut lawmakers to focus on reducing healthcare costs
- CT Hospital Requests To Close Labor, Delivery Services
- Legislators pledge to tackle health care costs in upcoming session
- Connecticut first lady is a major VC healthcare investor
- Hartford HealthCare to launch healthcare startups with new venture capital partnership
- Connecticut attorney general calls for review of hospital’s proposed closure of labor and delivery services
- Connecticut hospital nurses resolve nearly year-long labor dispute
- Connecticut Innovations and Hartford HealthCare Announce Partnership
- Hartford HealthCare’s new downtown HQ focuses on innovation
- Windham Hospital nurses reach contract agreement with Hartford HealthCare
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- Emergency order from state shuts down assisted living facility in Bradenton
- Enhabit Acquires Home Health Agency from Southwest Florida Provider
- Non-COVID vaccine rates for Florida school children are lowest in more than 10 years
- Physician group snags private equity investment
- COVID hospitalizations rising again in Florida after Thanksgiving
- HCA Florida University Hospital Earns Advanced Primary Stroke Center Designation
- HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Welcomes Rana Hall as New Chief Nursing Officer
- Florida panel hands TeamHealth a win in its ongoing battle with UnitedHealthcare
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta healthcare employee pleads guilty to stealing patient info for $30 million unemployment scheme
- AG Rhodes’ transition to all-private rooms leading to a more patient-centered future
- Georgia health system taps senior VP for operations
- Prospect Medical To Acquire CharterCARE Health Partners
- Piedmont Newton named top small hospital in Georgia in annual ranking
- Health officials see ‘disturbing’ spike in sexually-transmitted diseases in Georgia
- Georgia’s public health system gets nearly $100 million for workforce and upgrades
- Three Georgia hospital projects derailed by COVID now in full swing
HAWAII
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- Affordable Housing Leads to Better Health
- Amid ongoing shortage of health care workers, Hawaii hospitals see ‘unprecedented’ demand
- Hawaii’s new governor highlights several public health initiatives he plans to address
- Hawaii’s New Governor Takes Aim At Tax On Medication
- Hawaii records 1,371 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
IDAHO
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- COVID-19 in Boise area is heading the wrong way. What we know, and what CDC is saying
- TRUST program celebrates 10 years of training rural Idaho physicians
- Idaho’s immunization numbers keep dropping
- New health tech startup Switchboard Health launching in Boise
- Kootenai Health trustees outlined benefits and drawbacks of hospital transition options
- Johnson accepts new leadership role with Saint Alphonsus Health Plan
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Health names leadership team in wake of merger
- Atrium, Advocate Aurora complete merger
- Chicago-area physicians among group meeting with senators Wednesday to call for public health solution to mass shootings
- Illinois health system to advance innovative analytics
- Lawsuit accuses Roseland Community Hospital, fired doctor of fraudulent billing related to COVID testing
- Oak Park physician pleads guilty to misdemeanor Medicaid fraud
- OSF HealthCare, Insight Hospital join Chicago healthcare innovation initiative
- SIH announces that 76 leadership positions will be eliminated, reorganized
- State of Illinois Awarded $86 Million in CDC Funding to Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure
- Springfield Clinic launches its own health plan
- IL Health System Unveils Partnership to Improve Data Analytics Capabilities
- CDC awards $86 million to Illinois for health infrastructure
- Illinois system cuts, reshuffles 76 management jobs
- Illinois health system taps Tenet exec for COO
INDIANA
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- Hospitals enacting visitation restrictions amid growing flu concerns
- Incoming Parkview CEO To Continue Focus On Excellent Care And Physician Leadership
- Rehabilitation Centers at St. Catherine Hospital, St. Mary Medical Center earn 3-year reaccreditation
- Hoosier hospitals among best for maternity care
- ‘Tripledemic’ of respiratory viruses overloads Indiana hospitals
- Some patients waiting as long as 10 hours for urgent care in Indiana clinics
- Community Healthcare, Aetna fail to reach contract agreement
- Union City health tech company acquired
- One year at IU Health Bloomington celebration
- Indiana maternal, infant mortality rates stagnant or worse after 10-year focus on improving them
- CDC pushes Indiana to “very high” flu activity after 7 deaths in the last week, 11 total this season
- Workforce a key issue for mental health providers
IOWA
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- UI Hospitals seeks to expand primary care, eliciting more alarm from competitors
- How new federal help could save rural Midwest hospitals — and why some don’t want it
- Mercy Iowa City saw losses in ’22 budget year
- Hospice manager claims she was ordered to lie about COVID-19 test
- Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication
- Public home-health agencies among those cited for no-show workers and poor-quality care
- Springfield Plastics presents over $23K to John Stoddard Cancer Center
KANSAS
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- 1.35 acre medical office building proposed in Kansas
- Kansas lawsuit alleges pharmaceutical giants conspired to drive up insulin prices
- Man sues Overland Park nursing home over wife’s fatal bed fall
- Lenexa’s growing K-7 corridor could get new medical building
- Sold – Award-Winning Specialty Hospital & MOB
- Area hospitals raise funds for Damon’s Purpose
- How bad is the flu this year in Kansas, Missouri? CDC map looks grim
- Malpractice at Kansas and Missouri health centers cost taxpayers $21 million since 2018
- Wichita’s KU Med involved in study researching ivermectin for Covid-19
- KHI hosts panel to discuss growing mental health needs across Kansas
- Amoxicillin shortage leaves parents of sick children scrambling
- $2.9M Medicare fraud indictment snares two Lenexa business owners
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health names new CFO
- Metro Council to use $40M in American Rescue Plan funding to help healthcare workforce
- Union cut out of KDMC day before merger finalized
- Kentucky hospital to pay $4M for opioid recordkeeping claims
- Safety report cites infections, patient falls as concerns at Central Kentucky hospitals
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital: RSV hospitalizations down, flu cases up
- Health data shows increase in COVID-19 community levels for western Kentucky
- BrightSpring Health Services files to withdraw IPO bid
LOUISIANA
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- DOL recovers over $1M in back wages for Texas, La. healthcare workers
- FMC board declares emergency for ICU equipment
- Ochsner acquires Mississippi urgent care provider
- Ochsner Ventures participating in $113M fund for startups in Louisiana
- Tulane nurses to hold press conference in Baton Rouge to protest the proposed sale and closure of their hospital
- Ochsner Medical Center is the highest rated maternity hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report
- Ochsner Medical Center earns “high performing” rating by U.S. News & World Report for maternity care
- Patient Arrested After Assaulting Louisiana ER Nurses
- Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital Verified as Capital Region’s First and Only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
MAINE
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- Maine pharmacy board fined Walgreens 15 times for staffing issues
- Shuttered Deer Isle nursing home must raise $1.5M+ in one month to reopen
- Brewer-based hospital launches statewide How Are You? movement
- Influenza cases in Maine doubled in the last week
- In wake of Poland death, mental health advocates asking for better access to treatment in Maine
- Maine hospital fights liability for paying female doctor almost 50% less than males
- Maine panel suggest $76M in annual funding, adding to EMS providers’ benefits
MARYLAND
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- Maryland Establishing Nursing Facility Connectivity Program
- Prince George’s Co. hospital receives $800K to help trafficking victims
- Sinai Hospital, Grace Medical Center president to step down
- While RSV metrics are trending down, flu cases are rising in Maryland
- Maryland Hospital Touts Success of Community Paramedicine Program
- Don’t look now, but Maryland is seeing an uptick in COVID cases as the holidays loom
- Maryland’s RSV hospitalizations increased ‘earlier and more rapidly than in previous years’
- Maryland senior living community announces data security breach
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston gives the OK to three big new LSRE developments
- FEMA awards almost $4.7 million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs
- GE board officially approved spinoff of GE HealthCare. Local impact remains unclear
- Mass. health care workers can now apply for loan repayment up to $300K
- 10 Massachusetts health centers switch to Epic EHR with $5M grant
- Northeast Hospital Must Pay $1.9M After Failing to Keep Accurate Record of Opioid Inventory
- Massachusetts hospital to refund patients for losses after data breach
- Retired Mass General Brigham CIO to advise healthcare cybersecurity firm
- ‘The reality is we don’t have doctors and nurses’: Michael Curry on the Mass. nursing shortage
- Boston Children’s to use sequencing tech to identify rare pediatric diseases
- 50 states ranked by clinical care: Massachusetts leads, Texas lags
- Inside Boston’s Youth Mental Health Crisis
- Local startup Turtle Health aims to bring fertility care into the home
- Inflammatory, immunological disease startup launches with $169M
- Harvard, Americares release toolkit on climate disasters for community health centers
- Man charged with threatening doctor caring for trans patients, LGBTQ kids
- Four Massachusetts hospitals named best for maternity care by U.S. News and World Report
- IHI Forum: Massachusetts General Hospital makes health equity progress
- Immunotherapy startup shutters Boston research site, lays off 17
- Lahey Hospital, UMass Chan partner on new medical school campus
MICHIGAN
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- 60% of nursing home residents in Michigan are not boosted against COVID
- Ascension nurses in Michigan move closer to strike
- Catherine’s Health Center opens new campus
- Corewell Health maternity care recognized by U.S. World and News Report
- DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan CEO to exit
- Dr. Victor Savinov Pays $50,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Unlawful Kickbacks
- Michigan system lays off 31 employees; leaves 20 additional jobs unfilled
- Trinity’s quarterly net loss hits $550.9M
- Michigan hospitals lost 1,700 beds from staff shortages, seek more money
- University of Michigan Health-West reveals $10.4M expansion
- Michigan takes steps to boost bed capacity for kids in mental health crisis
- University of Michigan Women’s Hospital ranked a top US hospital for maternity care
MINNESOTA
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- 15,000 Minnesota nurses plan 2nd strike
- 15 Minnesota hospitals reach tentative deal to avoid 15,000-nurse strike
- 35K-square-foot ASC to be built in Minnesota
- Davis to begin developing 35,000-square-foot Eagan Specialty Center in Eagan, Minn.
- ‘Historic’ pay raises avert planned nurses strike in Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic gave its top leaders raises of up to 27% in 2021
- Minnesota strike could mean ‘Category 5 storm’ for hospitals, group says
- MN nurses strike won’t impact proposed Sanford merger
- Endoluxe, Mayo Clinic partner on AI research
- LHC Group delays $5.4B merger with UnitedHealth
- UnitedHealth, LHC Group extend merger agreement as FTC probe continues
- U of M report shows ‘crisis’ rate of Minnesota health care workers leaving jobs
- Nurses Reach Deals With Twin Cities And Duluth-Area Hospitals, Call Off Strike
- HealthPartners executive DeLinda Washington named to Modern Healthcare’s ‘Diversity Leaders’ list
- UnitedHealth closing for home-health care provider LHC delayed until 2023
- Minnesota hospitals battling high flu activity
MISSISSIPPI
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- KDMC retains ‘A’ safety grade, while MS hospitals drop rank overall
- State health department braces for impending hospital crisis
- Ochsner acquires Mississippi urgent care provider
- MSDH warns ICU bed availability is down amid high COVID, flu activity
- Mental health care in Mississippi sees a significant increase in services, support
- Twelve Mississippi hospitals earn ‘A’ rating from hospital safety group
MISSOURI
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- Ascension posts $118.6M loss in Q3
- Capital Region dedicates new surgery center
- Joplin physician pleads guilty in federal court to health care fraud
- Malpractice at Missouri health centers cost taxpayers $20 million since 2018
- Missouri won’t see the impact of its patient visitor law until the next health emergency
- St. Louis-based health system plans $60M medical office building in Tennessee
- St. Louis pediatric hospital hires new CEO
- Ozarks Healthcare promotes Lacey Carter to chief nursing officer
- How bad is the flu this year in Kansas, Missouri? CDC map looks grim
- Kansas City-area hospitals warn they are overwhelmed
- Missouri health system facing potential “Tripledemic” amid staffing challenges
- 2 Missouri hospitals recognized in national ranking
- Medicaid managed services giant Centene settles with state of Oregon for $17M
MONTANA
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- Montana Hospital Association announces interim CEO
- More States to Consider Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Beyond Two Months
- St. Patrick in Missoula recognized for hospital safety
- ‘We’ve seen a pretty significant viral season and it’s come earlier this year than previous years:’ Yellowstone County medical providers seeing increase in flu and RSV
- PureView CEO leaving for job at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana
NEBRASKA
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- ‘A bureaucratic mess’: insurers’ slow payments frustrating hospitals
- Bryan Health Makes Medline Prime Vendor in $140M Supply Chain Deal
- Bryan taps new CEO for its Lincoln hospitals
- Nebraska hospitals say it’s getting harder to get insurers to pay them
- COVID-19 and flu patients putting strain on Nebraska hospitals
- Amid ‘Tripledemic,’ Nebraska hospitals working with Midwest centers to find open beds for kids
NEVADA
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- Las Vegas Valley hospitals operating in ‘surge mode’ to help surge of pediatric patients
- Las Vegas hospital patient in possible dumping case expected to be discharged on Tuesday
- RSV cases in Southern Nevada doubled since last year, SNHD warns the community to take precautions
- Shortage of hospital cribs, pediatric beds in Southern Nevada as RSV cases climb
- COVID-19 cases up 50% since last week in Clark County; hospitalizations increase
- Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center breaks ground on freestanding ER at Damonte Ranch
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- New Hampshire health system appoints CIO
- New Hampshire health system names senior VP, chief human resources officer
- Costs begin to outpace revenue at New Hampshire hospital
- DHMC named to U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
- New Hampshire health officials report adult ICU capacity above 90% for first time since mid-October
- Hospitals managing a new surge: kids with RSV
- New Hampshire hospitals struggle with long wait times for patients in ERs
- Weaver confirmed as acting N.H. health commissioner, DHHS faces staff shortages
NEW JERSEY
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- Health care providers turning to outcome-based compensation models
- New Jersey hospital fined $63K over gun cache
- New Jersey hospital nurses to see historic wage increase, salaries starting at $43 per hour
- After holiday surge, N.J. pediatric hospital beds were 70% full with RSV, flu and COVID cases
- New Jersey poised to open first state-of-the-art ‘smart’ hospital
- N.J. reports 2,340 COVID cases, 10 deaths as number of positive tests continues to rise
- Atlantic Health System Cancer Care Physicians are First in New Jersey to Perform New Treatment for Prostate Cancer
- Hospitals Make Strides in Combating Cancer
NEW MEXICO
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- San Juan Regional Medical Center Settles Data Breach Lawsuit
- New Mexico issues health emergency order due to RSV spike in kids
- New Mexico health officials update state’s flu, COVID, RSV case outlook
- State agencies collaborate with UNM Hospital to offer universal nursing visits for newborns and their families
NEW YORK
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- Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center To Relocate To Thriving Eastdale Village
- Lawmakers, hospitals say staffing reaching a crisis in upstate New York
- Mount Sinai’s new way of keeping low-acuity patients out of the ED
- New York nursing homes must report infections quickly under new law
- NewYork-Presbyterian transformation chief takes on CIO duties
- Nine NYC hospitals received $1.2 billion in tax breaks, invested less than half in community: report
- NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard
- IT network crash causes New York hospital network to divert patients
- A priceless way leaders can support their clinicians, per NewYork-Presbyterian’s chief medical officer
- Hochul approves notification law for New York nursing homes
- Catholic Health taps former Northwell Health leader as hospital COO
- The AG’s Nursing Home Lawsuit Scratches the Surface of Widespread Issues
- Albany ENT and Allergy Services names its first CEO
- Borealis Dermatology expands with Syosset office
- NY Health Commish Mary Bassett suddenly quits working for Kathy Hochul
- New Mount Sinai Program Offers Telehealth for Non-Urgent Ambulance Calls
- Modern Healthcare Names Dr. Mitchell Katz One of the 100 Most Influential People in Health Care
- Hospital staff shortages have reached a crisis level, health care leaders say
- Oscar Health Appoints Bill Gassen and Laura Lang To Its Board of Directors
- Plant-based cuisine to get push at NYC hospitals thanks to new partnership
- NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx Earns Top Teaching Hospital Award From the Leapfrog Group
- MVHS welcomes new vice president of operations
- Winter Triple-Demic of Flu, RSV and COVID Pushes NY Hospitals to Brink, Hochul Warns
NORTH CAROLINA
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- AdventHealth awarded certificate for 67-bed hospital
- Advocate Health names leadership team in wake of merger
- Atrium, Advocate Aurora complete merger
- Atrium Health nurse help saves life of fellow passenger on plane
- How critical care, health services are operating during Moore County power outage
- NextGen Healthcare acquires Chapel Hill tech firm in potential $90M deal
- Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center recognized for ‘quality care’
- Novant’s bid to open hospital in Asheville is denied. Hospital system can appeal decision.
- Plans advance for new senior housing in Apex with $2.5M land deal
- UNC Health Rex taps Lorie Rhine as chief nursing officer
- ‘We are sinking’: More anxiety, more violence, and a shortage of NC healthcare workers
- Wilmington Health requests new $5.8 million outpatient surgery facility
- NCDHHS to provide eligible North Carolina public schools with free mental and behavioral health training and support
- Study finds Medicaid managed care transition still impacted by poor communication, patient confusion and administrative burden
- Amid the trials of long COVID, glimmers of hope at UNC clinic
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Airica Steed replaces fired MetroHealth CEO
- Cleveland Clinic posts big losses for 2022 amid challenging operating environment
- Memorial Health to build $25.5M medical office building along busy highway corridor in Union County
- MetroHealth board member resigns amid bonus investigation involving ousted CEO Akram Boutros
- MyChart message fees live on unstable ground
- Ohio House approves $615M for nursing homes
- Private equity’s move into health care reaches Cincinnati, Dayton in Ohio
- State’s nursing homes in line for $610 million bonanza based on care, costs
- University Hospitals suspends workers linked to Jan. 6 Capitol attack
- University Hospitals sells imaging center to Tennessee REIT
- At least 63 children are sick with measles in Ohio
- More than 16,000 COVID cases reported in Ohio for 2nd straight week
- Ohio among states with most flu cases this season
- Kettering Health CEO Departs, Leaving Governance Questions
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma hospital breaks ground on $150M expansion project
- Oklahoma surgery center attracts medical tourists with price transparency
- Video: St. Francis Hospital launches mobile healthcare unit
- Oklahoma hospital warning of possible UnitedHealthcare dispute ahead of enrollment deadline
- Dunkin’ presents $30K grant to Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health
- Price-transparent Oklahoma doctors attracting medical tourism
- Tulsa police say federal grant would expand sexual assault response in Oklahoma
OREGON
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- As showdown looms, Oregon Nurses Association reveal dire costs of understaffing
- Governor Kate Brown Issues Executive Order To Help Strained Oregon Hospitals
- Nurses: Staffing shortage to blame for Oregon’s health care crisis
- Oregon governor extends emergency order as respiratory viruses rise among children and adults
- Oregon Health Authority taps 112 contract workers to help children’s hospitals
- Oregon’s hospitals are struggling; unsafe staffing to blame, report shows
- Oregon settles with Medicaid managed services giant Centene for $17M
- These were the top 5 Oregon health care stories of 2022
- This OHSU neurosurgeon developed a realistic simulation of brain surgery gone wrong
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $38M senior housing and services project opens in Delaware County
- $513,000 judgment continues DOL onslaught against nursing homes violating wage rules
- 4 Philadelphia-area health care executives ranked among industry’s 100 most influential people
- Chestnut Hill Hospital sale to group led by Temple Health gets final approval
- Jefferson Health to migrate Epic EHR to Microsoft
- LVHN breaks ground on hospital, doctor’s offices in Lower Macungie Township
- Penn Medicine’s plan to support the growth of diverse nurse leaders
- Private equity firm acquires medical-office building in Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County
- Spectrum Health to Open New Health Care Center in Northeast Philadelphia
- Virtual urgent care, remote monitoring: How CHOP’s health IT team met the viral surge
- Penn State Health Medical Group names CFO
RHODE ISLAND
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- Lifespan will close Wayland Square Surgery Center in January
- Outgoing CEO on Care New England’s ‘major regret’ with merger attempts
- Outgoing Care New England CEO reflects on merger attempts and the future of healthcare in RI
- Prospect Medical To Acquire CharterCARE Health Partners
- Lifespan reports Q4 $46M loss, sustaining 2022 decline
- ‘Tripledemic’ of respiratory viruses burdens Rhode Island health care system
- Rhode Island Hospital Surgery Center to close in January
- Lifespan, CNE lose more than $100M combined in FY22
- South County Hospital parking expansion plans hit roadblock
- RIDOH accidentally shared information about people in COVID-19 isolation or quarantine
- U.S. News: Southcoast hospitals ‘high performing’ for maternity care
- 7 R.I. hospitals recognized for ‘billing ethics’
- Kent Hospital names Wold new chief medical officer
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Greenville County to review Prisma Health agreement to reopen Travelers Rest ER
- Upstate woman accused of faking nursing credentials at 3 care facilities
- Prisma Health issues statement on death of senior vice president, community reacts
- Dog known for bringing ‘unconditional love’ to SC children’s hospital dies of cancer
- Flu cases spike in South Carolina with more than 3,000 cases in one week, 9 deaths
- MUSC Health earns 12 ‘Zero Harm Awards’
- Hospital Operator Lists Offices for Sublease in Greenville, South Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Oscar Health appoints Sanford Health CEO to board
- Sanford Health President & CEO Recognized as Influential Person in Healthcare for 2022
- Nursing homes, education, state employees applaud Noem’s proposed budget
- MN nurses strike won’t impact proposed Sanford merger
- With assisted living homes closing, Freeman facilities make move to merge, build stronger
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas Cancer Center planned for $60 million medical office
- Blount Memorial deal on hold amid reputational concerns, CEO says
- CDC gives Tennessee highest possible rating on flu tracker
- CHS’ Wayne Smith drops ‘executive’ from board chair role
- Gov. Lee appeals to Congress to end COVID vaccine mandate affecting 800 Tennessee guardsmen
- HMP Senior Solutions Names Former Signature Exec O’Conner as CEO
- Hospitals becoming a ‘dumping ground’ for kids in DCS custody
- Memphis hospital: Halt to trans procedures is temporary
- Nashville health care workers go door-to-door to stop spread of flu and RSV
- Nashville health system to monitor patients with wearables, data analytics
- Nurses say more protection needed after guns fired, found in Nashville hospitals
- St. Louis-based health system plans $60M medical office building in Tennessee
- University Hospitals sells imaging center to Tennessee REIT
- Vanderbilt earns Magnet redesignation
- Wayne Smith to retire as Community Health Systems executive chairman
TEXAS
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- 9% Of Texas Hospitals Teeter On Edge Of Closing, Especially In Rural Areas
- $500M public partnership to expand health care access in southern Bexar County
- 5-property medical office building portfolio in Texas up for lease
- Ascension Seton nurse dedicated to career growth
- DOL recovers over $1M in back wages for Texas, La. healthcare workers
- GRMC preparing next steps for surgery center project
- More than 800 Patients Test Positive for Flu A During Previous Week at Cook Children’s
- Shriner’s Children’s expands, merges all services to Galveston hospital
- Study: North Texas Hospitals Have a $38.4 Billion Economic Impact
- Texas Kicks Off Construction of New Psychiatric Hospital in Dallas
- Hacker steals data of nearly 70,000 patients from Texas health system
- Texas A&M, University Health partner on training, research hospital
- Texas hospital names CEO
- HCA, Tenet and CHS’ margins have topped 2019 results since pandemic began
- Nurses intensify pushback on sale of 3 HCA hospitals
- 50 states ranked by clinical care: Massachusetts leads, Texas lags
- Carenet Health’s latest acquisition expected to trigger big growth
- Economic impact of SA health care and bioscience industry tops $44B
- UT Southwestern breaks ground on new state psychiatric hospital
- Nearly Ten Percent of Texas Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing
- Grapevine-based Snap Health to acquire Your Therapy Source, expanding health care services
- Medical City Alliance announces plan to construct mental health hospital in Fort Worth
UTAH
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- Primary Children’s Hospital postpones nonemergency surgeries amid surge of RSV patients
- University of Utah Breaks Ground On $185M Medical Facility
- How mental health staffing shortages are delaying justice in Utah’s courts
- Utah is still experiencing an RSV and flu surge
- A third of Utah’s Native Americans live an hour’s drive or more from respiratory care
- COVID-19 numbers rise, still ‘not overly concerning’
VERMONT
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- New $25M Project Upgrading Bennington, Vt., Hospital’s Main Entrance, ED
- A checkup of Vermont’s health care system as regulators consider community needs
- Limited nursing home beds force hospitals to keep patients longer
- Dartmouth Health sees financial losses mounting, cites staffing costs
- Nurses at Southwestern Vermont Medical Central give facility high marks in job satisfaction survey
VIRGINIA
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- Bon Secours wrapping up eight-figure expansion at Hanover hospital
- Virginia children’s health system CEO sets retirement; leadership shuffle ensues
- Smyth County’s hospital earns ‘A’ in patient safety
- Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital recognized for maternity care, report says
- Hospitals are required to share prices; here’s what happens when they don’t
- Flu, COVID-19 at ‘high levels’ in Virginia, RSV cases on the decline
WASHINGTON
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- A new Seattle firm founded by ex-Boeing leaders aims to boost health startups with diverse teams
- CommonSpirit says hackers accessed patient medical records from Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
- Health Care Leadership Award: Kristy Carrington, Providence Swedish North Puget Sound
- Health Care Leadership Award: Shaquita Bell, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Health Care Leadership Award: Thomas Stoll, Kaiser Permanente Washington
- Health Care Leadership Award: Estell Williams, UW Medicine
- Health Care Leadership Executive of the Year: Ketul J. Patel, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
- Kaiser, Virginia Mason, more say they are not partaking in the MyChart charge trend
- St. Michael president provides update on hospital challenges
- Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle Recognized as Top Hospital for Outstanding Quality and Safety
- ‘We weren’t ready’ — Inside St. Michael Medical Center during October cyberattack outages
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Volume of backorders is ‘unprecedented,’ says WVU Medicine materials management director
- WVa Health Agency Makes 2 Administrative Appointments
- West Virginia hospital introduces new helipad
- Man sues West Virginia hospital after they incorrectly told him they removed his appendix
- West Virginia hospital evacuates after bomb threat
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Health names leadership team in wake of merger
- Atrium, Advocate Aurora complete merger
- Orthopedic surgeons leaving SSM Health: What’s happened since September
- SSM Health Dean sues orthopedic surgeons leaving to start competing practice
- Telehealth department dissolving, Marshfield Clinic Health System facing financial difficulties
- Telehealth team dissolving at Marshfield Clinic, but services to continue
- Wisconsin youth health survey shows stress up since COVID-19
- DHS receives $45 million for public health system
- Health care associations urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule against court-ordered ivermectin for COVID-19
- ‘Tripledemic’ continues to fill hospitals in Northeast Wisconsin
- Wisconsin COVID-19 hospitalizations highest in nearly 4 months
- Wisconsin-based company to boost production of critical isotope for health care industry
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