NATIONAL
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- AHA ‘disappointed’ as 340B case returns to HHS
- CMS lays out timeline for Medicare drug negotiation provision
- CMS Officials Say Nursing Home Vaccination a ‘No. 1 Priority,’ Offer Resources
- CVS exploring acquisition of Oak Street Health
- CVS eyes next-generation health clinics after Amazon’s move for One Medical
- Eyes on states as challenges to abortion bans move through courts: Cases to watch in 2023
- FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug that slowed cognitive decline in clinical trial
- FTC could ban noncompetes with new rule: What ASCs need to know
- Healthcare Ransomware Attacks More Than Doubled Over Past 5 Years
- HHS: Clop ransomware group preying on healthcare sector
- More orthopedic physicians sell out to private equity firms, raising alarms about costs and quality
- Nursing home associations ask OSHA to change COVID-19 requirements
- Senior living begins 2023 with record demand, occupancy
- U.S. extends COVID-19 emergency declaration by 90 days
ALABAMA
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- New study involving Alabama patients sorts long COVID into four types
- Increase in illness, staff shortages add to lack of hospital bed availability
- Children’s of Alabama patient chosen as a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital National Champion
- North Alabama’s first freestanding emergency care center coming to Madison County
- Huntsville Hospital ER director discusses wait times
- ‘It’s going to save lives’: East Alabama Health offers new breast cancer detection technology
ALASKA
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- Bartlett Regional Hospital Seeks Hospice License to Fill Regional Care Delivery Gaps
- Alaska hospital names CFO
- Study: Juneau’s COVID-19 response a role model for success
- Bills filed ahead of Alaska legislative session seek changes to health care, social justice
- Alaska’s flu season appears to have peaked. Anchorage’s ‘snowmageddon’ may have helped.
- Homer’s COVID testing site to close amid low demand
ARIZONA
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- Health experts expect XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant in Arizona soon
- St. Joseph’s Hospital forced to treat patients in tents outside ER due to high volume of patients
- Advocates push for Arizona State Hospital reform at Joint Legislative Psychiatric Hospital Review Council hearing
- Arizona hospital expands neonatal unit for preterm babies
- Phoenix hospital sets up triage tents as capacity remains high
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital launches Division of Anesthesiology
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas cardiologist pays $900K to settle fraud allegations
- Hospital, HS cardiologist respond to settlement with DOJ
- Arkansas interest groups expect lawmakers to address Medicaid, prisons, farming curriculum in regular session
- Eight flu-related deaths reported last week in Arkansas; hospitalizations increased to 87
- Mercy has hired 32 doctors, specialists in recent months
- Medical, dental consultancy service opens; Women’s Hospital receives award
- UAMS Researchers Find that Continual Rise in Spending on Home Health Care Could Be Problematic for Arkansans
CALIFORNIA
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- Ballad, Cedars-Sinai, MemorialCare back $9M financing round for healthcare risk management company
- California county eyes options to save lone community hospital
- Carbon Health announces another round of layoffs, plans to shutter RPM, chronic care programs
- Community Memorial Health System Welcomes New Chief of Staff
- Morgan Stanley acquires $68M medical office building in Silicon Valley
- Tenet to sell California hospital
- Turning General Hospital into affordable housing
- Why California hospitals are struggling to meet earthquake safety deadline
- Workers call on HCA to boost staffing at 150+ hospitals
- Seismic safety: Hospitals struggling to meet deadlines
- A California hospital closes its doors: ‘A great loss’
COLORADO
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- 2 of Colorado’s largest health systems form joint venture
- Burnout Is Driving Colorado Nurses Out of the Industry
- Castle Rock Adventist Hospital looks to treat cancer patients
- Intermountain Healthcare, UCHealth announce new partnership
- Remaining Colorado COVID-19 testing sites to be closed
- Colorado’s COVID-19, flu, RSV hospitalizations are dropping
- Colorado could limit EpiPen costs under new bill
- Mpox not eliminated, but Colorado health officials don’t expect large outbreaks in 2023
- Colorado health system goes live with infusion management system
- Colorado hospital will emerge from difficult financial situation, CEO says
- After years of profits, Colorado hospitals face downturn
CONNECTICUT
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- New to CT, Trinity Health regional CEO Carter takes reins amid challenging healthcare environment
- Connecticut Children’s Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support
- Connecticut Health Foundation Awards Granted To New Haven Agencies
- Greenwich Hospital Recognized As National Health Care Leader
- Hospitals, other providers face financial headwinds, pressure to rein in healthcare costs
- Hartford HealthCare Announces New Digestive Health Institute
- CT Medicaid expansion launches for kids of any immigration status
DC
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare awarded $2.4 million grant
- How we rank: Health spending, prosperity, workers comp
- Delaware public health emergency extended another 30 days
- Beebe reports surge in visits to emergency room
- Covid still filling hospital beds, claiming lives
- Exciting possibilities as Beebe heads into 2023
FLORIDA
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- Former Florida physician sentenced to 20 years for $746M fraud scheme
- Lee Health taps former OSU Wexner exec to serve as chief medical officer
- Lee Health hospital beds nearing 100% capacity
- Lee Health reopens services on Sanibel Island after Hurricane Ian
- Montecito Medical acquires Tampa medical office building with ASC
- South Florida nursing homes trade for $36 million
- COVID spreading faster in Florida but isn’t as strong
- South Shore Hospital nurse going places
- HCA Florida Largo Hospital offers new procedure so patients may avoid open-heart surgery
- Florida health agency issues notice to providers following FDA decision on mifepristone
- Florida city to rename street in honor of hospital CEO killed last year
- Florida Fawcett Hospital is now fully open after Hurricane Ian
- HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital opens larger Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
GEORGIA
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- Clarkston’s free comprehensive health clinic looks to expand impact in 2023
- Conyers doctor pays $1,850,000 to resolve allegations that she performed and billed for medically unnecessary cataract surgeries and diagnostic tests
- Driver intentionally crashed into Emory Hillandale Hospital in DeKalb, cops say
- Georgia rural hospital group wants to keep state’s certificate of need program
- Lab Fined $16K for Long Delay in Providing Patient Records
- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital to launch early detection breast cancer program
- Stonemont Buys Metro Atlanta MOB
- Georgia hospital names successor to ousted CEO
- New Georgia House Speaker creates health committee
- Georgia Heart Hospital Program funds 10 rural hospitals
- As this metro Atlanta facility aims to become Level 1 trauma center, this new helipad could help
- Georgia lawmakers face thorny health issues during new legislative session
- Habersham Medical Center to join Northeast Georgia Health System this year
- Valley Healthcare System announces new president, CEO
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Hospital Giant Reaches Tentative Deal With Nurses
- Omicron subvariant, the ‘Kraken,’ now on Hawaii’s radar
- Hefty subsidies continue for Hawaii’s state-run hospitals
- Air Ambulance Crash Exposes Vulnerability In Neighbor Island Health Care
- ‘Record-breaking’ demand for healthcare takes toll on workers at Maui hospital
IDAHO
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- Idaho Supreme Court upholds state abortion law
- Health West acquiring seven Bear Lake Community Health Center facilities in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
- Idaho legislative lookahead: Medicaid expansion review
- Influx in trauma patients forces hospital to postpone scheduled surgeries
- Idaho’s St. Luke’s sees net assets decline $82M amid higher expenses
ILLINOIS
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- EMS workers charged with murder after patient dies at hospital
- Family says West Suburban Medical Center failed to store deceased loved one’s body properly
- Howard Brown Health Strike Ends, But Union Says Fight To Reinstate 61 Laid-Off Workers Continues
- Illinois hospital CEO steps down; ambulatory director steps up
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare taps CEO
- OrthoIllinois, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush form OrthoMidwest
- Over 300 calls to Memorial Behavioral Health 988 hotline
- Silver Cross Hospital and Premier Suburban Medical Group, represented by NAI Hiffman, break ground on $25 million medical office building in Orland Park
- UChicago Medicine, AdventHealth finalize joint venture
- Genesis administrator named head of Illinois hospital network
- Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Experts Brace for Potential Surge of New Variant
- Pritzker issues 38th COVID-19 emergency order
- Illinois physician faces 5 additional misconduct lawsuits
- Illinois fines health system-owned Quartz health plan for mental health parity violations
- Hinge Health Launches Physical Therapy House Calls
INDIANA
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- IU Health expands plan for downtown hospital, pushing price tag to $4.3B
- IU Health updates scope of $2.3B hospital project
- Montecito Medical Acquires 34,369 SF Medical Office Building in Indianapolis
- New Franciscan Health Michigan City GERD program aims to improve quality of life
- Three bills in Indiana Senate take aim at health-care costs, practices
- Public health remains top priority for Indiana even as budget is lowered, report says
- Norton KDH CEO Carol Dozier named Board Chairwoman for the Indiana Hospital Association
- Eskenazi Health and the Indiana Diaper Bank Partnership Assist Families in Need
IOWA
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- Davenport doctor accused of practicing in a manner harmful to the public, fined $1,000
- Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center nurses say they haven’t been paid and the facility isn’t safe
- Pharmacist compounds medicines in wake of Tylenol shortages
- Iowa nurse practitioner assaulted 9 patients before he died, police say
- Gov. Reynolds Calls For Expansion Based On Pilot Program’s Success At St. Anthony Birth Place
- ‘Unexpected logistical issue’ prevents some Iowa nursing home workers from receiving paycheck
- Police say they found evidence of patient abuse on deceased Iowa man’s phone
- Mother accuses University of Iowa physicians of negligence in lawsuit
- Cedar Rapids Nurse Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Narcotics from Three Corridor Hospitals
KANSAS
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- Colonoscopy Prep Retail Website Breach Festered for Years
- Rural Hospitals to Use Grant to Enhance Virtual Care Access
- Kansas Supreme Court rules hospital must grant woman electronic access to health data
- ‘COVID is not done with us’: Kansas City health officials face pandemic fallout 3 years later
- 5 takeaways from the Wichita chamber’s 2023 legislative agenda
- Poor oversight plagues Kansas program rewarding good nursing home care
- 5 takeaways from the Wichita chamber’s 2023 legislative agenda
- What Wichita can learn from a city that reinvented mental health crisis intervention
- Kansas bill to criminalize transgender health care for youths. Here’s what to know.
KENTUCKY
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- T.J. Samson earns award for skilled nursing
- $2.3 million to support school safety, mental health in Kentucky
- New Omicron sub-variant of COVID-19 has focus of Kentucky health officials, Beshear says
- Optum inks operations partnership with Kentucky health system, will hire over 500 employees
- Louisville-based Lacuna Health changes name to Access Point
- Louisville health care leaders Brian Holzer, Martha Mather join fast-growing company
- Baptist Health Hardin welcomes Woods as VP and chief nursing officer
- Markey launches large-scale study on precision medicine outcomes
- Economic Outlook 2023: Health Care
LOUISIANA
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- St. Francis recognized among top 5% of hospitals in patient experience
- LCMC Health and Tulane University finalize partnership
- COVID infections rise in Louisiana as new variant gains a foothold
- New hires at Ochsner Baton Rouge, Louisiana Wildlife Federation
- Dr. David Guzick takes over as chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport
- Ochsner Health Telemedicine leader joins National Advisory Group
- Will $1.3 million erase $130 million in New Orleans medical debt? City officials are trying it.
- More orthopedic physicians pivot to private equity firms, raising cost and quality alarms
MAINE
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- New COVID-19 variant in Maine is the most contagious one yet
- Northern Light Health to outsource 1,400 workers to Minnesota-based company
- Numbers lag among Maine nursing home staff for receiving the latest COVID-19 booster
- Maine hospital president to step down
- Farmington hospital chief takes expanded MaineHealth role
- FCHN President Trampas Hutches begins new MaineHealth regional president role
MARYLAND
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- 70% increase in COVID hospitalizations in Baltimore
- Alex Azar Joins AbsoluteCare’s Board of Directors
- Baltimore addiction treatment center adds 88 beds as part of $10.2M renovation
- Certificate of Need officially filed for new regional medical center in Easton
- Federal judge finds St. Joseph Medical Center, UMMS discriminated against Baltimore man for being transgender
- Hospital Association: With another uptick in COVID cases, hospitals are nearing capacity
- Maryland hospital violated Affordable Care Act in denying medical care to trans patient, court rules
- Maryland hospitals running out of room because of COVID patients, staff shortages
- Shore Regional Health files certificate of need for new medical center
- UMMS planning new 385,294 square-foot hospital on Eastern Shore
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Community behavioral health center opens at Cambridge Hospital
- Legal battle over nursing home ‘de-densification’ can continue, judge rules
- UMass Memorial calls off planned merger with Heywood Hospital
- Nursing homes clear hurdle in ‘de-densification’ lawsuit
- Massachusetts General, Beth Israel Deaconess hospitals testing in-home dementia care
- ‘Bad timing’ ends proposed merger of UMass Memorial Health and Heywood Healthcare
- Nurse’s aide accused of sexually abusing nursing home residents
- Contractor worker falls to death at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Mass General anesthesiologist switches to climate friendly sedatives
- Actions, not titles, make a great leader: Q&A with Mass General Brigham’s supply chain VP
- UMass Memorial, Heywood Healthcare call off merger plans
- Oxford nursing home sued for neglect of a patient
- Baystate Health reports $327M loss amid labor pressures, investment decline
MICHIGAN
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- Corewell Health East Hires Kelli Sadler as Chief Nursing Officer
- ‘We’ve Found the Right Partner’: U-M Health to acquire Sparrow Health, pending regulatory approval
- Here’s how a collaboration in Southwest Michigan helped older adults avoid hospitalization for COVID
- What the public health emergency extension means for Michigan
- Trinity Health examines in-hospital virtual care model
- Corewell Health East Names Derk Pronger President of Farmington Hills Hospital
- Medical society wants state financial help for doctors as costs spike
MINNESOTA
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- 2 women charged in assaults against Mayo Clinic workers
- First Minnesota hearing on Sanford-Fairview merger draws strong response
- Minnesota hospital to build new ASC
- Sanford CEO raises possibility of selling teaching hospitals back to U during community session on proposed merger
- Sanford merger meetings start in Minnesota
- Return to profitability some years off, Fairview says as it reports losses
- Best Buy founder’s charity pledges $5.5M to Children’s Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Helix collaborate on drug discovery
- University dean heightens opposition to Sanford, Fairview merger
- Robot pills and telenutrition: The startups Northwell, Mayo and Memorial Hermann are investing in
- Mayo Clinic spending $1.86M to renovate space for new digital health team
- Optum partners with 2nd healthcare system in a matter of days, adding almost 2,000 employees
- Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist tapped for Biomerica advisory board
- Optum in the headlines: 4 recent moves
- Allina Health, Qventus using AI to automate operating room scheduling
- Company backed by Mayo, Kaiser debuts ER-at-home program
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi Company to Pay $1.87M to Settle False Claims
- Newmark Arranges $30 Million Construction Financing for Medical Office Building Development in Madison, Mississippi
- Mississippi hospital taking donations to try to stay afloat
- With No Burn Center Left In Mississippi, UMMC Faces Questions About Past Efforts
- MSDH reports higher levels of COVID-19 in Mississippi
MISSOURI
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- Audrain Community Hospital “Sold” Again?
- JPM23: Ascension Health details $2.5B economic recovery plan to rebound from financial, operational headwinds
- Neurosurgery Of St. Louis Expands Practice In St. Louis And Metro East Region
- Missouri clinic to add Mako arm for hip, knee replacements
- Centene, Missouri health system split, affecting foster care children and families
- SSM Health appoints new board chair, adds 3 board members
- Kansas City-area mental health nonprofit hiring for more crisis responders
- ‘COVID is not done with us’: Kansas City health officials face pandemic fallout 3 years later
- Hospital leaders, elected officials sound SOS: Kansas City needs blood, but few donate
- BJC head elected board chair at Missouri Hospital Association
- New president named for one of St. Louis region’s largest hospitals
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Desert Springs Hospital ending inpatient services in March; 970 employees affected
- Mass layoffs coming to Desert Springs hospital
- Station Casinos sells 57 acres south of Strip
- ‘Tripledemic’ keeps hospitals busy as staff get sick too, Las Vegas Valley hospital says
- COVID-19 ‘kraken’ variant gains traction in Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 3 women schemed to steal $70K from N.J. hospital system, cops say
- Cooper University Health Care and Cape Regional Health expect merger agreement by March
- New Jersey hospital chain buys vacant medical facility with plans for rehab as mental health center
- New Jersey hospital uses cutting-edge tech to screen pancreatic cysts
- NJ Health System Diverts Ambulances Amid “IT Network Issue”
- University Hospital welcomes new exec leaders
- New Jersey health system CEO to retire
- Here’s how NJ hospitals train for mass casualty hazmat disasters
- Childbirth is getting safer in N.J. as hospitals report fewer c-sections, complications
NEW MEXICO
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- Artesia General Hospital plans for behavioral health expansion with new center
- Federal surge team leaves New Mexico children’s hospital
- UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Centers sees uptick in violence against healthcare workers
- Presbyterian to outsource physician recruitment
- UNM College of Nursing reintroduces accelerated BSN degree
- Health system to pay patients $4K each for data breach
NEW YORK
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- Inside Syracuse’s worst nursing home: Screams for help, missed medications, 10 p.m. dinners
- Major New York hospital is moving infants to other hospitals ahead of planned nursing union strike
- More than 7,000 nurses go on strike in this city demanding better pay, more staffing
- New York nursing homes say state needs to fund them if they are expected to hit staffing requirements in new law
- New York City nurses end strike as tentative agreements reached
- Nurses at Mount Sinai Morningside and West reach tentative agreement as more than 7,000 nurses still due to strike
- Nursing homes calling on Hochul for funding increase to fulfill minimum staffing law
- NYC hospitals prepare for strike
- Talks continue to avoid nurse strike at 2 NYC hospitals
- VillageMD completes $8.9B Summit Health buy
- Joint Commission adds New York hospital CEO to board
- NYU Langone Health spins off therapeutics startup in $30M deal
- Northwell Holdings, Veradigm part of $45M funding round for Holmusk
- Catholic Health hospital in New York names new COO
- New York governor dedicates $1B to address mental illness
- Northwell Health to create a line of wellness products
- ANA president: New York City nursing strike ‘indicative of systemic breakdown’
- Northwell rolls out AI chatbot for pregnant patients
- $640M URMC hospital project gets underway
- Robot pills and telenutrition: The startups Northwell, Mayo and Memorial Hermann are investing in
- NYC Health + Hospitals offers plant-based dinner menu at 14 public hospitals
- St. Mary’s names senior execs
- 5 NYC hospitals still without agreement as strike looms
- New York physician gets 30 months in prison for Medicare fraud
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health ready to open $100M rehab hospital in midtown
- Ballad, Cedars-Sinai, MemorialCare back $9M financing round for healthcare risk management company
- Liquidia inks $100M financing agreement amid patent dispute
- LTC Invests $128M in Living/Memory Care Properties in NC
- Novan seeks FDA approval for lead product
- Pineville nursing home loses five-star rating following WBTV investigation
- Samet, LindBrook to build nine-story medical office building across from Moses Cone Memorial Hospital
- Syneos Health executive to depart with $1M severance after rough 2022
- Lawmakers are back in Raleigh with health care policy wish lists for the coming year
- Duke Health beginning work on 3-story medical office bldg. in Mebane
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 8 Ohio medical updates
- Cleveland Clinic under state probe after former physician accused of sexual assault
- Dayton Children’s to expand Huber Heights medical facility
- Dayton Gastroenterology adds 1st GI Genius modules
- Lee Health taps former OSU Wexner exec to serve as chief medical officer
- Some Balgreen offices reopening
- University of Toledo Medical Center orthopedic chair to retire, investigation ongoing
- Huge mental health investment coming to Ohio
- Ohio reports fewer than 11,000 COVID cases
- Guernsey Health System Joins OhioHealth
- Summa Health opens $84 million behavioral health pavilion to support importance of mental health
- Greg Moody on Leadership and Health in Ohio
- Ohio Department of Health conducts survey at Cleveland Clinic after accusations of former physician
- UC Health’s new boss starts today. Here’s what you need to know about CEO Cory Shaw
- Seven Hills Women’s Health Centers to close 2 NKY offices as 6 doctors depart
- Mercy Health-Cincinnati taps Atrium Health’s Brian Gwyn as market president
- Christ Hospital formally names Jenny Collopy chief marketing and communications officer
- Airica Steed, MetroHealth’s new CEO, meets with media
OKLAHOMA
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- Rural Hospitals to Use Grant to Enhance Virtual Care Access
- Oklahoma lawmaker pens bill to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under age 26
- Oklahoma reports more than 5,600 new COVID-19 cases, 59 additional deaths
- OU Completes Integration with Organizational Redesign
- Oklahoma health officials will take back management of a troubled laboratory
OREGON
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- Asante outlook downgraded to negative amid operating concerns, construction pressures
- Behavioral Health Resource Center opens in downtown Portland
- Higher expenses, lower revenue continues to plague Oregon hospitals
- Judge dismisses Legacy’s lawsuit against Oregon labor agency
- New Oregon House bill aims to improve hospital staffing crisis
- Next Oregon behavioral health director seen as collaborative, ‘truth-teller’
- OHSU study documents one aspect of private equity’s effect on medical practices
- Urgent care clinics making changes to meet growing demand
PENNSYLVANIA
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- CBRE Arranges $11.6 Million Sale of Three Medical Office Buildings Totaling 57,760 SF in Broomall, PA
- Former Sacred Heart Hospital building in Norristown sells for $22.5M
- Geisinger commits to continued security training after employee was shot, killed outside hospital
- Geisinger to acquire otolaryngology practice
- Jeanes, Fox Chase nurse anesthetists ratify first union contract
- Lancaster County health care facility closed for water damage
- New state bill would ban gender-confirming care for anyone under 26
- Penn Medicine’s New ASPIRE Program Seeks to Boost Nursing’s Numbers and Diversity
- Pennsylvania medical office building portfolio sells for $11.6M
- Ransomware incident exposes medical data in Pennsylvania
- Spectrum Health opens new health care center in Northeast Philadelphia
- UPMC to raise minimum wage to $18 an hour
- Workers at Saunders Nursing and Rehabilitation Center issue strike notice
- Sena Health raises seven figures to shake up ‘status quo’ and advance hospital-at-home model
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- All but 2 S.C. counties see high to medium levels of COVID-19
- COVID-19 deaths increase across South Carolina
- Don’t shy away from AI, says MUSC innovation leader
- Five new members named to Prisma’s board of directors
- Prisma Health Baptist opens its third pharmacy in the Midlands
- Tidelands Health, MUSC expand cancer care partnership
- New map shows maternity deserts in South Carolina
- South Carolina lawmakers to consider ending part of approval process for new health care facilities
- Hospitals’ Use of Volunteer Staff Runs Risk of Skirting Labor Laws, Experts Say
- Eye Health America implements patient experience platform
- McLeod Health strikes partnership with Wesmark ASC
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- First Minnesota hearing on Sanford-Fairview merger draws strong response
- Sanford CEO raises possibility of selling teaching hospitals back to U during community session on proposed merger
- Sanford merger meetings start in Minnesota
- Avera Gregory Hospital Opens $39.4M Campus in South Dakota
- University dean heightens opposition to Sanford, Fairview merger
TENNESSEE
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- 3 HCA hospital executives resign
- Ardent Health Services launches remote monitoring across 30 hospitals, 200 care sites, 6 states
- Ballad, Cedars-Sinai, MemorialCare back $9M financing round for healthcare risk management company
- Ballad Health pulls independent orthopedic groups from ER care at Tennessee hospital
- Cook Children’s Medical Center in Prosper officially opens
- ER staffing firms keep the ‘surprise’ bills flowing in Tennessee even after federal ban
- Fahad Tahir named CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas as Tim Adams steps into new role
- HCA Healthcare enters into negotiations to buy Texas health system
- HCA hospitals make 12 executive changes
- Monogram Health closes $375 million round of funding
- Top of The List: Nashville’s largest assisted-living facilities
- TriStar Centennial Medical Center CEO resigns
- TriStar Hendersonville getting $80 million expansion
- Vanderbilt Health to drop some Medicare Advantage plans
- Workers call on HCA to boost staffing at 150+ hospitals
- Yes, Blue Cross Blue Shield has a protocol in place for reviewing requests to cover care at Methodist Le Bonheur Health
TEXAS
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- Big Sky Medical, Dallas-Based Healthcare Real Estate Investment Management Firm, Breaches yet Another Texas Market
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield could drop Ascension hospitals from network
- HCA Healthcare enters into negotiations to buy Texas health system
- Houston medical plaza earns ENERGY STAR® building certification
- Plans Taking Shape for New Behavioral Health Hospital in Fort Worth
- Texas nursing homes seeing a resurgence of COVID-19
- CVS, Cigna, Humana, Memorial Hermann back $375M home health company funding round
- Texas lab owners charged in $107M Medicare fraud scheme
- HCA’s Medical City Healthcare welcomes new division president, CFO
- Hackers access Texas surgery center’s employee email accounts
- Memorial Hermann invests in telenutrition company
- Texas medical office building earns EPA award
- Medical City Healthcare Plans Behavioral Health Project In Texas
- Dallas tech firm ShiftKey receives new funding, now valued at over $2B
- Dallas-based Ventra Health appoints Steven Huddleston to CEO
- Jersey group acquires long-shuttered med center building; plans to reopen as new hospital
- Robot pills and telenutrition: The startups Northwell, Mayo and Memorial Hermann are investing in
- Former Bright Health exec tapped to lead Texas Mutual insurance subsidiary
- 4 companies Memorial Hermann is investing in
- Texas Health taps Deaconess VP for hospital president
UTAH
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- Health West acquiring seven Bear Lake Community Health Center facilities in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
- Omada partners with Intermountain on diabetes management in Utah
- Utah is one of the states targeting transgender health care in first bills of 2023
- Highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant circulating in Utah
- OR Health System to Test AI App That Tracks Blood Sugar Levels
VERMONT
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- Vermont judge dismisses suit over accidental Covid-19 vaccination
- Vermont’s Covid levels drop back to ‘low,’ though national numbers rise
- VDH: COVID cases fall as state updates report with more fatalities
- 15 health-care leaders: Blue Cross decision to leave OneCare opens door for real reform
- ‘A lack of resources’: Brattleboro man’s multiple altercations at local hospital highlight need for mental health services
VIRGINIA
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- After 5-year fight, Chesapeake hospital approved for new heart surgery center
- Bon Secours completes $16M medical office at Richmond Community Hospital, eyes more investments in East End
- Bon Secours opens new medical center in Richmond’s East End amid controversy
- Chesapeake Regional Medical Center approved for cardiac surgery center
- HCA planning new $233M hospital in Hanover County
- Roanoke nursing home speaks on staffing shortages
- Changes to Virginia’s behavioral health system will be a major focus of this year’s session
- HCA Healthcare Submits COPN For New Hospital In Virginia
- New COVID variant could be most contagious to date, prompting recent surge in cases across Central Virginia
- Sentara Healthcare acquires Fla. insurance company
- Virginia has a first-of-its-kind plan to help healthcare workers feel more supported and valued
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Emergency department at Saint Francis Hospital to close Feb.1
- West Virginia Health System Buys Hospital Near Historic Greenbrier Golf Resort
- WVU Medicine announces changes for St. Francis Hospital in Charleston
- Coronavirus totals decrease slightly Thursday in West Virginia
- West Virginia health leaders announce collaboration to enhance health care services for residents of Logan and southern West Virginia
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension Wisconsin consolidates labor and delivery services in Milwaukee
- How this physician leader helps bring hospital care to the home
- Wisconsin halts plan to keep newborn screening samples for 10 years
- Wisconsin hospital system national leader in ‘kangaroo care’
- ‘Highly contagious’ COVID variant headed to Wisconsin
- Wisconsin orthopedic surgeon sanctioned in patient’s death
- Wisconsin mental health organization launches virtual support groups to reach rural residents
- FEMA awards $16M to Wis. for COVID-19 response costs
- Froedtert & MCW investment fund backs startup aiming to fix health care affordability
- Pittsburgh firm acquires wellness operations of Healics
WYOMING
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- Health West acquiring seven Bear Lake Community Health Center facilities in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
- Powell hospital gets funds for new ambulance bay
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center takes a look back at 2022
- New grant to expand Wyo’s telehealth infrastructure
- Wyoming hospital projects scrambling for federal funds, report says
