NATIONAL
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- 6 nursing grants over $3M fighting nurse shortages in 2022
- 4 states expand, clarify CRNAs’ scope of practice in 2022
- 19 physicians elected to Congress
- Amazon a step closer to $3.9B One Medical acquisition
- ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal, seek to ban them
- FDA says it will greenlight pharmacies to fill prescriptions for abortion pill
- HHS proposes new rule requiring employers to protect employee rights, avoid discrimination based on conscience, religious beliefs
- Hospital-at-Home Care Model: What it is and Why it Works
- Patients Satisfied with SDOH Needs Addressed Via Telehealth
- Study: Healthcare ransomware attacks doubled in five years
- Walgreens, CVS to consider next steps after FDA rule on abortion pill
ALABAMA
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- 4 states expand, clarify CRNAs’ scope of practice in 2022
- Crestwood Medical Center to open freestanding emergency room in Harvest
- Alabama Hospital Association reacts to hospitals rerouting patients
- Alabama prisons pick new inmate health care provider
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alabama double in December
- Alabama healthcare system struggling with nurse retention
- Mental health phone response center expands to all Alabama
- Counties with the shortest life expectancy in Alabama
- University of Alabama medical center names new CEO
- Stephanie Mitchell on a mission to keep midwives in Alabama
- Health care leaders look to more service lines, workforce stabilization in 2023
ALASKA
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- 4 states expand, clarify CRNAs’ scope of practice in 2022
- Alaska man loses chance for heart transplant due to winter storm
- Spending bill secures funds for Native American health care
- Heidi Hedberg named as state’s health commissioner
- Alaska ranks in bottom third of health categories
- Juneau hospice and nursing home closures are the latest symptom of the nation’s nursing shortage
- An Anchorage doctor’s office has become a destination for patients whose lives have been upended by long COVID
- New youth behavioral health facility set to open in Juneau this spring
ARIZONA
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- Nonprofits fill gaps in southern Arizona’s health care
- Not All Right: Arizona’s Youth Mental Health Emergency
- Biden border crisis leaves Arizona hospital with $20 million in unpaid bills
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- Arizona AG sues Phoenix drugmaker over advertising claims
- Pima Health Dep’t director Cullen tapped by Hobbs to lead ADHS
- Serious Mental Illness Startup Vanna Health Raises $29M for Community Support Platform
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Ranks 48th in Annual America’s Health Rankings Report
- Nashville hospital investigating data breach within computer system
- Real Deals: Lowell medical office building sells for $5.25 million
- Rural Arkansas hospital set to open Jan. 10, CEO says
- Arkansas hospital names Stephanie Whitaker chief nursing officer
- Dr. Susan Smyth, dean at U of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, dies at 57
- Medical office building formerly occupied by UAMS sells for $5.25M
- Arkansas Hospital Notifies Patients of Healthcare Data Breach
- Arkansas hospital reports data security breach
- 26 women CEOs of hospitals and health systems to know
CALIFORNIA
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- 4-year 22.4% pay increase on table as Sutter nurses end 9-day strike
- California hospital to close after Trinity sale called off
- California medical office acquired for $28.1M
- Directors near funds for new hospital
- GV Health breaks ground on new senior care facility
- In a matter of days, healthcare access deteriorates in Central California
- Kaiser gets entitlements for Roseville hospital tower, parking structure expansion
- Millions in Borrego Health assets will auctioned off next month, bankruptcy judge rules
- Settlement: Scripps Health agrees to pay $3.5 million to patients affected in 2021 data breach
- Soon-Shiong Pumps Another $107 Million into ImmunityBio
- The Elizabeth Hospice Purchases $8.1 Million Building with Long-Term Growth in Mind
- California hospitals still stressed by flu, RSV, COVID levels
- California’s new 2023 health care laws, explained: Naloxone at colleges, CARE Court
- California to receive $470 million from CVS in opioid settlement
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in California
- California hospital CEO estimates contract renegotiations will add $12M in revenue
- California hospital CEO sets retirement
COLORADO
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- 2022 hospital merger put St. Mary’s under new management
- After years of profits, many Colorado hospitals are facing a downturn
- As Tri-County Health dissolves after 75 years, three new county health departments launch
- Aurora hospital makes national top 10 list for concerning metric
- Colorado closing last remaining COVID-19 community testing sites later this month
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in Colorado
- Hospital-based violence intervention program expanding at UCHealth due to increase in crime-related injuries
- How Life Sciences Are Fueling the Real Estate Demand in Colorado
- Leadville hospital paid $169k for equipment not rated for altitude, accepts bailout from county
- Valley-Wide Health Systems and Southeast Health Group merging to better serve rural Southern Colorado
- False alarm causes increased police presence at St. Francis Medical Center
CONNECTICUT
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- Johnson Memorial to renovate and expand its Enfield campus
- Retina Group of New England joins Retina Consultants of America
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- Nurses Rally For Staffing Ratios
- Nurses urge lawmakers to change Conn. law
- Health care workers rally at Connecticut capitol at start of legislative session
- Amid mental health crisis, hundreds of Connecticut children stuck on waitlist for key programs
- As pandemic evolves, CT hospitals weigh asymptomatic COVID-19 screening
- Hartford Children’s Hospital Garners Top Health Care Honor
- Housekeepers know they’re essential. They want to get treated like it.
- Rising health care costs in Connecticut can be confusing. Here’s what experts say are causes and impacts.
- CT lawmakers outline health priorities: high cost, workforce, and more
DC
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- GWU’s LaQuandra Nesbitt has a plan for tackling health care inequities. Here are her 5 priorities.
- Why a D.C.-area hospice provider is teaming with a Florida nonprofit
- After Another Crisis Year, Healthcare Unions Demand Change
- Hospitals near capacity in DMV after holiday travel
- DC’s Strengths and Weaknesses Revealed In America’s Health Rankings Annual Report
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare gets stimulus grant for building healthcare workforce
- $3.5 million federal grant to help fill Delaware’s ‘huge need’ for mental health care providers
- DHA Health Equity report shines light on initiatives
- Penn Medicine, ChristianaCare launch efforts to increase supply of health care professionals
- Beebe offers lab services in Milford
FLORIDA
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- Baptist Health suffers $227M loss as expenses rise and investment values slump
- BayCare expands mental health services with acquisition
- Empath Health CEO retires following a 40-year career
- Gov. DeSantis joins call to end health emergency
- HCA Florida Middleburg Emergency opens
- HCA Florida Brandon Hospital opens new inpatient rehabilitation center
- Lakewood Ranch Medical Center plans 60-bed, $120 million expansion
- Simulation lab training nurses and CNA’s at Lee Health
- The Exec: Memorial Healthcare System CMO Focused on Nursing Shortage
- These Orlando health care projects are the biggest for 2023
- New Florida law makes big strides in detecting hearing loss-inducing virus
- Florida 27th in nation for overall health
- Here’s where your Florida county ranks when it comes to child health and education
- Here are the Top 10 most important Florida health care stories of 2022
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta children’s hospital sued for religious discrimination over flu shot exemption
- Atlanta hospital gets 1st maternal levels of care designation from The Joint Commission
- AU Health, Atlanta-based Wellstar Health announce intent for merger and partnership
- Grady Health will operate, staff Atlanta’s diversion center
- Lab reaches $16K settlement over potential HIPAA violation
- Wellstar looks to add hospitals 8 weeks after closing Atlanta Medical Center
- Mental health reporting requirements among new Georgia laws
- New COVID-19 variant likely causing uptick in South Georgia cases
- Georgia hospital reshuffles executive team
- 5 Georgia health storylines to watch in 2023
- Action in Georgia reflects continuing hospital mergers
- Counties with the shortest life expectancy in Georgia
HAWAII
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- AlohaCare’s new Imua Loa program provides funding for Hawaii public health organizations
- Molokaʻi Community Health receives $1.6M in federal funding to expand dental care
- Long-time mental health expert named new state director for trauma care
- Hawaii State Prison EHR Outage Limits Provider Access to Health Records
- After 122 days on strike, little hope for deal in sight for Kaiser mental health workers
- Executive Insight: Dan Brinkman, East Hawaii Region CEO, Hawaii Health Systems Corp.
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health complete combination
- CommonSpirit Health sued over ransomware attack
- Family of man shot in head voices concern over how loved one is being treated at Chicago hospital
- Howard Brown Health Employees Set to Strike Across Chicago
- ‘Jetsons’-style robots invade Chicago-area hospitals, amid worker shortage
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital workers call for more staffing, better wages in new labor contract
- 9 New Illinois Laws That Could Impact Your Medical Bills in 2023
- Illinois COVID-19 cases and deaths largely stagnant, hospitalizations grow
- Medical Debt Is Being Erased in Ohio and Illinois. Is Your Town Next?
- Staunton hospital earns honor
- 54 Illinois Counties at an Elevated COVID-19 Community Level as Cases Drop
- Recent Illinois nursing graduates in limbo
- Howard Brown Health prepared for planned nurses’ strike in January
- Illinois committee takes no action on COVID-19 vaccines for kids as uptake wanes
INDIANA
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- Indiana appeals court allows Franciscan Health Hammond to close
- Indiana hospital ER shutters after appeals court ruling
- IU doc enjoys growing social media following
- Judge: NW Indiana hospital must keep ER open for 9 months
- Indiana proposal to restructure public health faces uphill battle
- Indiana hospital creates its own police department
- Franciscan Health Central Indiana leader promoted
- Indiana’s health in 2022 ranks below average in comparison
- Health care costs among top Indiana legislative priorities
- Indiana Medical Licensing Board schedules Bernard hearing in ongoing abortion case
- Health care groups say lack of reciprocity aggravates nurse shortage
- Food service provider ceasing operations at two hospitals
IOWA
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- Hospitals across 4 states band together to treat acute pediatric cases amid ‘tripledemic’
- Iowa nursing home fined thousands after allegedly abusing resident
- University of Iowa co-leading updated study on COVID vaccine effectiveness
- University of Iowa reports ‘orthopedic hospital under construction’ in North Liberty
- Iowa hospital taps interim CFO
- 26 women CEOs of hospitals and health systems to know
- Iowa home-care nurse who stole patient’s painkillers surrenders her license
- Resident bleeds to death at Iowa care facility with a history of violations
- 2022 in Review: Southeast Iowa hospitals struggle to recover post-pandemic
- Man arrested in attack on hospital staff
- U of Iowa pushing for orthopedic focus at new project despite objections
KANSAS
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- Hospitals across 4 states band together to treat acute pediatric cases amid ‘tripledemic’
- Kansas program aims to reward good nursing home care, but critics say poor oversight remains
- 97-year-old Kansas woman evicted from nursing home following contract dispute
- Lawmakers release $15 million for development of south-central Kansas mental health hospital
- University of Kansas Health System finalizes combination with Olathe Health
- After the pandemic stalled volunteer efforts, Kansas City doctors tout the gift of time
- Kansas lawmakers on quest to attract mental health care workers back into the field
- Staffing issues continue to strain nursing homes heading into 2023
- Kansas hospital reinstates CEO on administrative leave
KENTUCKY
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- Kentucky medical office building sold for $8.7M
- Kentucky’s Baptist Health reports steep investment losses for 2022
- Physician pays $931,000 to settle fraud cause
- T.J. Samson earns award for skilled nursing
- UofL Health Plans New Birthing Center In Kentucky
- Health report finds Kentucky ranks among the bottom in the nation
- Ky. hospital to begin requiring masks again due to high COVID transmission rates
- Kentucky’s COVID metrics see an uptick in latest weekly report
- Kentucky hospital CEO out after less than a year
- Two health organizations team up to expand Infant CPR training to families across Kentucky
- Pharmacies still struggling with staff shortages
- Study: Kentucky has one of shortest life expectancies in US
- Beshear’s medical cannabis order takes effect, but access for most isn’t easy; prospect of legislative action remains unclear
- Kentucky flu levels listed as ‘widespread’ for 10th consecutive week; 8th pediatric flu death confirmed
LOUISIANA
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- Incoming Mary Bird Perkins CEO envisions expansion of rural cancer care, clinical research
- LCMC Health clinches 3-hospital buy from HCA Healthcare
- Hackers accessed data on 270,000 patients from Louisiana hospital system in attempted ransomware attack
- Large Louisiana companies band together, launch coalition to address health insurance costs
- LSU Health Shreveport names Dr. David Guzick chancellor
- LCMC Health finalizes Tulane University hospital purchases with regulator’s blessing
- 26 women CEOs of hospitals and health systems to know
- Louisiana nurse indicted, charged with illegally distributing controlled substances
- Bleeding and in pain, she couldn’t get 2 Louisiana ERs to answer: Is it a miscarriage?
- Vacant nursing jobs in Louisiana; Southern University shares importance of minorities in healthcare
- Ruston nurse practitioner faces 24 years in federal prison for allegedly distributing controlled substances
MAINE
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- Farmington hospital to offer new access to care program
- Maine hospitals see lower readmission penalties after regulators relax certain metrics during pandemic
- MaineHealth promotes hospital president to regional president
- MaineHealth appoints new chief nursing officer
- Northern Light Health to shift 1,400 employees to health services company
- New COVID-19 variant spreads in Maine, but hospitalizations not expected to spike
- Influenza cases decline in Maine, but thousands still falling ill
- St. Joseph’s adds equipment to boost breast cancer detection
- Franklin Memorial Hospital appoints chief nursing officer
MARYLAND
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- 4 states expand, clarify CRNAs’ scope of practice in 2022
- Hogan proposes $100 million for new Easton hospital
- Maryland biotech advances COVID-influenza combo vaccine
- Sheppard Pratt plans to build children’s hospital in Towson
- With hospitals at 90% capacity, officials worried about new COVID-19 surge
- Hospitals near capacity in DMV after holiday travel
- COVID-19 lingers in Southern Maryland
- Kazem Kazempour, CEO of Maryland biotech company Amarex, charged with securities fraud
- Maryland biopharma Sirnaomics more than triples footprint with new HQ
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Athena Health to pay $1.75M to settle claims over care of substance abuse patients
- Boston’s St. Francis House offers Christmas spirit, prepares for affordable housing project
- Farmington nursing home operator to pay $1.75M for failing to meet needs of Mass. substance use disorder patients
- Here are Greater Boston’s 10 largest life sciences leases of 2022
- In record numbers, families without shelter are turning to Massachusetts emergency departments
- The state’s ‘front door’ to behavioral health care set to open as demand for services soars
- ‘There’s nobody’: Nurse shortage is hitting K-12 schools in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts lawmaker to propose physician-assisted death law in January
- The investments Mayo, Mass General and Cedars-Sinai made in 2022
- Mass General Hospital partners for IBS clinical trial
- Serious Mental Illness Startup Vanna Health Raises $29M for Community Support Platform
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- Western, Central Massachusetts will see $38M in earmarks from federal omnibus spending bill
- Not out of the woods yet: Health care groups struggle to solve the workforce shortage
- Mass. public health experts wary of increased cases of flu, RSV and COVID-19
- These were the six biggest Massachusetts health care stories of 2022
- ‘No better time’ to work in tech, says Mass General Brigham’s Jane Moran
- AG Healey Awards $2.9 Million in Mental Health Diversionary Services Grants
- ‘It makes you think how lucky you are.’ The painstaking mission to find guardians for hospital patients in legal limbo
MICHIGAN
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- 4 states expand, clarify CRNAs’ scope of practice in 2022
- Corewell Health pursues ‘bold vision’ as post-merger integration continues in 2023
- Corewell Health partners with medical VR training company
- Rocked by unprecedented cost pressures, Michigan hospitals face ‘very, very challenging’ outlook
- Missing doctor from Michigan hospital found dead
- Michigan health leaders looking to establish powers
- Michigan to join more than 30 states in new mental health service agreement
- Michigan partners with digital health company to fight loneliness in older adults
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in Michigan
- Governor Signs Several MHA Priorities Into Law
MINNESOTA
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- Essentia Health receives $523,000 grant to treat opioid use disorder
- Fewer than 20% of Minnesotans are current on COVID-19 shots
- Hennepin Healthcare to undertake downtown Minneapolis overhaul
- Karla Eischens details her vision as new Sanford Bemidji president and CEO
- New surgery center coming to Moose Lake
- Sanford Health announces changes in Bemidji regional leadership
- University of Minnesota Medical School proposes rural campus with CentraCare
- Wabasha hospital plans to revamp long-term care unit with federal funding
- The investments Mayo, Mass General and Cedars-Sinai made in 2022
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- Chief Healthcare Executive’s most popular management stories of 2022
- Mayo Clinic accelerator launches first startup in potential $750M deal
- 56k-square-foot medical office to be constructed in Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic picks up stake in startup making pill-sized robot
- University of Minnesota Medical School proposes rural campus with CentraCare
MISSISSIPPI
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- KDMC ranked No. 1 in state for surgical safety, top 10 in nation
- Mississippi hospital CIO wins national IT leadership award
- This Mississippi hospital ranks in top 10 percent in nation for surgical care. You might be surprised where it is located.
- Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ MSMA Tells Lawmakers
- Mississippi Hospital Grades: Clarksdale Hospital get a “C”
- UMMC researchers join fight against gun and domestic violence
- Mississippi is in the middle of a severe flu season
- Mississippi sees another spike in COVID-19 cases
- ‘The immediate crisis progressively engulfs us’: Mississippi physicians propose healthcare fixes
- Mississippi hospital stems losses amid improved operating revenues
- Brought ‘to the brink’ by the pandemic, a Mississippi clinic is rebounding strong
MISSOURI
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- EyeCare Partners to team up with Retinal Associates of Oklahoma
- Hospitals across 4 states band together to treat acute pediatric cases amid ‘tripledemic’
- St. Elizabeth Hospital condition worsening, NECAC working on project
- Startup that provides software for hearing loss rehabilitation names new CEO
- Tarlton building SSM Health medical facility in St. Charles County
- Community coordinates meal service for stretched-thin healthcare workers
- Missouri hospital confirms cybersecurity incident
- 26 women CEOs of hospitals and health systems to know
- Mercy Hospital system launches blood test to detect 50 types of cancer
- Centene Corp. loses $65B defense health contract
- Mobile simulation lab trains first responders following closures of Missouri rural hospitals
- Audrain County Commission demands repayment of hospital loan made to Noble Health/Platinum Management
- Missouri RSV cases on decline; hospital admissions still high
- Missouri health officials deny reinstatement of operating licenses for two rural mid-Missouri hospitals
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Hospitals across 4 states band together to treat acute pediatric cases amid ‘tripledemic’
- Hospitals urging Nebraska lawmakers to help financial crisis
- Nebraska hospitals ask for largest ever increase in Medicaid reimbursement rate as costs go up
- Travis Gregg named Bryan Medical Center chief operating officer
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- Douglas County Health Department reports hundreds of new COVID-19 cases
- Nebraska health officials call for financial support amid inflation, workforce crises
- Nebraska’s outgoing chief medical officer reflects on state’s handling of COVID pandemic
- No holiday spike showing up in COVID-19 cases in Lincoln
- Nebraska hospitals ask for largest ever increase in Medicaid reimbursement rate as costs go up
- Great Plains Health responds to health care executive order
NEVADA
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- AG sues Quorum Health Resources over operation of Las Vegas hospital
- Las Vegas doctor says hospitals are getting overwhelmed during nursing shortage
- New HCA Healthcare exec strives to bring ‘world-class care close to home’
- Nursing shortage prompts Nevada Hospital Association to call for licensing change
- ‘Tripledemic’ keeps hospitals busy as staff get sick too, Las Vegas Valley hospital says
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- New Hampshire hospital CEO to retire
- 26 women CEOs of hospitals and health systems to know
- New Hampshire hospitals seeing big uptick in wait times
- Year in review: Mental health sees some progress
- Hospital staff and bed shortages as winter brings greater need
- Across NH, an adult-strength shortage of children’s medications
- Portsmouth Regional Hospital appoints chief medical officer
NEW JERSEY
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- Atlantic Health dives deep on data to advance health equity
- University Hospital Names New CEO
- N.J. women’s health clinics to get $6M in state loans for expansion as demand for abortions grows
- New Jersey hospital workers reach new deal with county
- New Jersey Hospital Cyber Attack Disrupts Patient Admissions
- A century of health care. These North Jersey hospitals have a rich history
- St. Luke’s to Partner with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Ready to Retire, RWJBarnabas’ Ostrowsky Discusses His 11-Year Tenure
NEW MEXICO
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- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Albuquerque names new CEO
- Federal team comes to help UNM Children’s Hospital amidst ‘tridemic’
- Home care company finds a partner
- Patrick Allen, former director of OHA, appointed new top health official in New Mexico
- UNM Children’s Hospital receives help from federal task force
- HHS sends disaster response team to New Mexico children’s hospital
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- UNMH receives federal assistance amid surge in pediatric patients
- Amid surge at UNM Hospital, feds send relief for staff
- Lovelace implements AI tech to alleviate nurse shortage
- HHS Provides Support to New Mexico Children’s Hospital
NEW YORK
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- Bowers Development celebrates win in eminent domain case
- Construction of Wynn Hospital over 80% complete, on track for fall 2023 opening
- Garnet Health terminates CEO
- Life Sciences Development in New York City Promises to Make City an Industry Hub
- New York City nurses authorize strike as voting nears completion
- New York’s St. Mary’s names new CEO
- NYC nurses, hospitals resume contract talks; some reach pact
- Strike set at 7 NYC hospitals
- New York health system to use USDA grant to integrate Epic EHR into emergency response system
- New York health system loses eminent domain legal battle
- New York’s St. Mary’s names new CEO
- Roswell, Kaleida, Catholic Health leaders top list of top-paid WNY hospital executives
- Blue Cross Blue Shield to expedite access to care for New York members affected by blizzard
- Court OKs medical office building construction following eminent domain battle
- Garnet Health terminates CEO
- NY law aims to provide better care for LGBTQ+ youth, training for nurses
- Thousands of nurses across 5 NYC hospitals plan open-ended strike
- New York hospital offers college students a peek into the C-suite
- Nursing home group sues New York state over minimum staffing law
- New York system invests $3M in employee pay increases
- New York’s Oswego Health names CEO
- New York drops emergency PCI cases from physician-level reports
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health complete combination
- Atrium Health EVP named to WomenInc.’s list of global female leaders
- Atrium Health adds first hospital here in 30 years with opening of Union West: CBJ’s No. 7 story of 2022
- Medicaid and Moore v. Harper: two issues that dominated North Carolina politics in 2022
- More medical space wins approval in fast-growing Johnston County
- NC faces ‘behavioral health tsunami.’ More teens are seriously considering suicide
- North Carolina eye surgeon implants 1st glaucoma device in region at ASC
- North Carolina REIT purchases East Memphis medical office building
- Pine Ridge nursing home fined over $100k after 2022 staffing shortage that left 2 dead
- What’s coming in 2023 in NC’s health care scene? Here’s what we’ll be tracking.
- North Carolina ranks 30th in national health rankings
- New tools aim to make medical costs clearer
- North Carolina health system CEO sets retirement
- Some Western North Carolina hospitals are at or near capacity
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in NC
- HealthStream pays $7 million for North Carolina firm
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Cap hospital CEO pay at $800,000, physician says
- Cardinal Health recruits new CFO from Sysco
- Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologist arrested for alleged patient assault
- Dayton hospital looks to expand mental health services in $5.9M project
- Healthcare 2022: Columbus hospital expansions buck national trends
- Medical Debt Is Being Erased in Ohio and Illinois. Is Your Town Next?
- MetroHealth taps Dr. Olusegun Ishmael for new executive role
- OhioHealth adding Van Wert Health as a member of its network
- Source: Fillmore Capital Partners inks management agreement at UC Health’s Drake Center
- ‘It’s spreading quickly’: Northeast Ohio doctors concerned about new COVID-19 variant
- OhioHealth will now run hospitals in Van Wert and Cambridge
- Ohio COVID cases drop below 16,000 for first time in a month
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in Ohio
- Got Unpaid Medical Bills? Some Ohio Hospitals Won’t See You
- Ohio health system partners with cancer treatment-focused software company
- Construction update: Ohio State’s new hospital tower continues to rise
- Hospital leaders elected to OHA Board
- Cincinnati Children’s names Oliver Rhine as first chief strategy officer
- Quipt’s $80M acquisition of Great Elm Healthcare gives company ‘near coast-to-coast’ operations
- Source: Fillmore Capital Partners inks management agreement at UC Health’s Drake Center
- Ohio surgeon has license suspended after livestreaming procedures on TikTok
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma hospital using new life-saving procedure to help people with heart disease
- EyeCare Partners to team up with Retinal Associates of Oklahoma
- Rural Oklahoma hospital bucks trend with significant investments in patient care
- Warren Clinic celebrates opening of new $27.5M facility in Owasso
- OSU students find inequalities in ophthalmology research
- Medicaid changes, anti-trans bill and other health-related issues to watch for in 2023
- Oklahomans Share Their Struggle for Mental Healthcare as Feds Investigate Statewide Treatment
OREGON
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- Oregon health agency approves Amazon, One Medical acquisition
- Oregon’s health care crises will spill over into the new year
- Oregon hospitals still slammed with patients suffering from respiratory illnesses
- Patrick Allen, former director of OHA, appointed new top health official in New Mexico
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in Oregon
- Oregon Health Authority launches Hospital Community Benefit Program
- Reported COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Oregon, but hospitalized patients are rising
- Oregon passes 9,000 COVID-related deaths during pandemic
- These are the Oregon counties with the shortest life expectancy: analysis
- Nurses at Pendleton hospital underpaid, overpaid since October
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Chestnut Hill Hospital ‘reopens’ with new Temple Health leadership and ownership
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia uses AWS to analyze genetics
- Employee found dead outside Geisinger hospital after shooting
- If you call an ambulance in Chester County, you’ll have a longer ride and a longer wait at a crowded hospital
- Jet Medical and Related Companies Agree to Pay More Than $700,000 to Resolve Medical Device Allegations
- Penn Medicine to grow nursing pipeline with $7.5M initiative
- Penn Medicine, ChristianaCare launch efforts to increase supply of health care professionals
- ‘We’ve got a hill to climb’: Jefferson Health’s new CEO on the evolution of hospitals and getting back to profitability
- With Chestnut Hill Hospital sale set to close on Jan. 1, here’s what the new owners are saying
- Counties with the longest life expectancy in Pennsylvania
- 2 Pennsylvania Health Systems Merge to Form $1B Entity
- Philadelphia area hospitals are preparing for potential post-holiday ‘tridemic’ cases
- $1.2M ICU Expansion For Lower Bucks Hospital Will Bolster Beds
- Completed purchase of Chestnut Hill Hospital will give employees rewarding careers, group says
- Lancaster General Health System cancels holiday employee gift
RHODE ISLAND
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- Three R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ grade, 4 others get ‘B’ from Leapfrog Group
- Lifespan names new CFO
- Three Rhode Island counties designated as ‘medium’, two as ‘high’ in weekly CDC COVID-19 report
- Here are Rhode Island’s new laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2023
- R.I. startup helps patients fight gigantic medical bills
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- CMC secures key state approval for Carolina Forest hospital, still needs rezoning
- COVID-19 cases spike in South Carolina following holidays
- Doctors to build surgery center; partners reach agreement with RMC
- Medical report shows decades worth of successful organ transplants in the southeast
- Prisma Health introduces tool to make virtual visits more efficient
- Rural SC health clinic home to midwife Maude Callen seeking national recognition
- South Carolina hospital adds robot dietitian
- South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
- 7 SC counties should wear masks for COVID, CDC says
- Short on community health workers, a county trains teens as youth ambassadors
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Nursing home complaints surge 117% higher since 2021
- Sanford Health children’s campaign honored for outstanding content
- Nurse residency promotes work-life balance from day 1
- Crisis care centers to seek aid from South Dakota lawmakers in 2023
- New Avera Gregory health facility to ‘soft launch’ open January 2023
- Water line bursts at Sanford USD Medical Center
- New health campus for Avera Gregory opens
TENNESSEE
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- Community Health Systems sells West Virginia hospital for $85 million
- Flagship Healthcare Properties’ REIT Secures Medical Office Building in Memphis
- Former Medtronic CIO joins behavioral health system
- Gov. Bill Lee joins call to end Covid health emergency declaration
- HCA Healthcare enters into negotiations to buy Texas health system
- HealthStream pays $7 million for North Carolina firm
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare shares update on negotiations with BCBST
- Nashville’s health care industry has a rough 2022 on the stock market
- Nashville health care industry’s largest capital raises of 2022
- North Carolina REIT purchases East Memphis medical office building
- Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville CEO Alex Villa steps down, new CEO Andrew Emery named
- Tennessee program works to create better protocols for behavioral, mental health needs
- TN Hospital Operator Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program
- Tennessee state law restricted 10-month-old from returning home from the hospital
- A new Tennessee law creates slightly more transparency in health coverage disputes
TEXAS
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- Baylor Scott & White Planning More Construction Next To Its College Station Hospital
- HCA Healthcare enters into negotiations to buy Texas health system
- HCA unit plans new mental health hospital in Texas
- Medical emergency forces mistrial in oft-delayed $158 million DFW health care fraud case
- New CEO to lead multi-hospital medical center campus
- New Market President appointed to St. Joseph Health
- Physician group backs controversial Texas hospital
- San Antonio doctors involved in kickback scheme, whistleblowers and feds allege in lawsuit
- Texas physician sentenced for unlawful prescriptions, Medicaid fraud
- Steward extends credit agreement
- Texas & ASCs: 5 updates
- Dallas-based Southwest Transplant Alliance president assumes CEO role
- Kelsey-Seybold opens Stafford clinic in The Grid mixed-use development
- After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis
- Texas hospital to develop 4-story medical office building with ASC
- HCA, Tenet and others looking for 17 CFOs
- Texas hospital names new CEO
- HCA’s Medical City Healthcare in talks to acquire Wise Health System
- 30 health systems with strong finances in 2022
- 26 women CEOs of hospitals and health systems to know
- Chief Healthcare Executive’s most popular management stories of 2022
- 5 Texas Heart Institute leaders to know
- Solutions to COVID hospital problems will have to be systemic
- Physician pays $90K to settle false billing allegations
UTAH
VERMONT
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- Gifford Health Care again has specially trained nurses to care for sexual assault victims
- Covid-19 levels rise to ‘medium’ as XBB becomes main strain in New England
- With eyes and ears open, Sunny Eappen takes the helm at UVM Health Network
- UVM Medical Center to end COVID screening at hospital entrance, eliminate jobs
VIRGINIA
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- How UVA Health’s Medicine HOME program reduces hospitalizations and readmissions
- Sentara Healthcare Invests $11 Million To Support Choice Neighborhood Initiative
- Virginia nursing homes are struggling to stay staffed
- Virginia nursing home labor force inches back up — but some still in ‘crisis,’ survey shows
- Virginia Ranks High in Annual Health Report
- 2023 could bring long-term mental health solutions to Virginia
- Is the ‘tridemic’ still happening in Virginia?
- UVA Health receives $1.2M to reduce infections throughout Virginia’s long-term care facilities
- Flu cases are going down in Virginia. But COVID is getting worse.
- CDC Map: Parts of Metro Richmond remain high, masks recommended for 33 Virginia localities
- HCA Virginia Health System Welcomes New Galen College of Nursing
WASHINGTON
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- Federal Way hospital gets state’s approval for 24-bed expansion
- Providence heading into 2023: 10 things to know
- Providence Sells 468,000-Square-Foot Office Portfolio in Renton, WA
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Buys 468,000 SQFT Office Property, Providence Headquarters in Renton for $84MM
- Washington hospital CEO to step down
- Washington remains a hub for reproductive health care post-Roe
- $20.4 million in state grants will expand behavioral health care access for people in crisis
WEST VIRGINIA
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- CAMC acquires Greenbrier Valley Medical Center
- Community Health Systems sells West Virginia hospital for $85 million
- West Virginia names new state health officer
- Deaf West Virginia nurse embraces job at Charleston hospital
- West Virginia is 1 of 10 states still under COVID State of Emergency, for a few more days
- WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital receives leadership award from West Virginia Hospital Association
WISCONSIN
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- $50 million Hudson Medical Center opens its doors
- Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health complete combination
- Irgens sells ProHealth Medical Group Clinic building in Brookfield for $24 million
- GE HealthCare completes spin-off from GE
- On heels of spin-off, GE HealthCare plots expansion in West Milwaukee and future in Waukesha
- Planning can proceed for new UW Health ambulatory surgery center
- Supply chain issues force Wisconsin hospitals, pharmacies to ration flu medicine
- ThedaCare to focus on mental and behavioral health needs into the new year
- UW, Meriter hospitals penalized for readmissions, St. Mary’s not
- Booster rates fall short of health officials’ goals before holidays
- Planning can proceed for new UW Health ambulatory surgery center
- Wisconsin’s spot in America’s Health Rankings 2022 Annual Report
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear ivermectin treatment case
- Recent mergers of major hospitals in Wisconsin will impact about 8.5M patients in state and beyond
WYOMING
