NATIONAL
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- Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response
- Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
- Can a drugstore be your only doctor?
- CMS finalizes RADV rule, leaves MA plans on the hook for billions
- CMS begins publicizing disputed nursing home deficiencies
- Court rules for drugmakers over HHS in 340B fight over contract pharmacies
- COVID-19 pandemic is at ‘transition point,’ WHO says
- GoodRx to be barred from sharing health data for ads under proposed FTC settlement
- Hospitals suffer worst financial year since the pandemic
- Mpox is almost gone in the US, leaving lessons and mysteries in its wake
- ‘Operation Nightingale’ busts massive nursing fraud scheme
- Patients got used to emailing their doctors with health questions during the pandemic. Now hospitals are charging them.
- Physician specialties experiencing the most burnout
- Private Equity Ownership of Rural Hospitals is Growing, Report Finds
- Strategy to ‘harmonize’ COVID vaccine opens door to mandate, flu shot changes
- What hospitals will lobby for in 2023
ALABAMA
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- Encompass Health To Add Rehabilitation Hospital In Northeast
- Hospital warns of tianeptine drug ‘crisis’ in Alabama
- Alabama’s Black women are dying of cervical cancer at disproportionate rate
- Child life specialist helps families in Alabama hospitals during most difficult times of their lives
- Amid shortages, new graduates ready to jump into medical field
- Alabama health officials say COVID and flu cases in decline after early January uptick
- No hospital for Riverchase Galleria as anchor tenants eye lease, city says
- For second time, judge orders Children’s of Alabama to hand over info in child’s wrongful death case
- UAB Callahan Eye opens branch in Homewood
- New urgent care clinic opens in Alabaster
- Children’s of Alabama names new CDO
ALASKA
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- Alaska health officials and providers work on strategies for responding to tuberculosis surge
- Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium plans to welcome Juneau Youth Services to network
- Alaska tribal entities to receive federal land transfers for health care facilities
- 9 hospitals closing departments or ending services
- Disgraced former Anchorage health director accused of defrauding state militia
- Healthy Alaskans releases first set of 2030 health improvement score cards, issues final report, scorecards from 2020 plan
ARIZONA
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- Medtech startup expands to Phoenix after Mayo Clinic partnership
- Series of ambulance thefts prompts Arizona fire district to adjust policy
- Arizona hospital taps CEO
- Arizona hospital turns to telehealth for cardiac rehab
- 4 Arizona ASC updates in 4 weeks
- Banner, ChristianaCare, U of Iowa websites also hit by cyberattack
ARKANSAS
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- U of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appoints new chief clinical officer, names other physician leaders
- Northwest Arkansas, River Valley hospitals report steady decline in flu, covid-19 patients
- Maternal mortality targeted in state
- Review Finds 20% of NWA Medicare Dollars Leaves Regiona
- Hacker steals files from Arkansas health system
- Arkadelphia hospital gets Pearl award for stroke care performance
- Community workers needed in task of regional health equity, leaders say at NWA Health Summit
CALIFORNIA
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- Casey Lynch and her Cortexyme team regroup at Lighthouse for another shot at Alzheimer’s
- Children’s Hospital LA appoints chief transformation, digital officer
- ‘Precision psychiatry’ company lines up $60M in quest for targeted depression drug
- Russian hacking group takes credit for invasion of Stanford Health Care, other hospital sites
- Thousands of patients’ data possibly impacted by breach at Chico medical clinic
- Why California hospitals spend the most on contract labor
- California Will End Its Covid State of Emergency in February
- California ends plans for kids’ Covid vaccine mandate
- California offers grants to improve safety at reproductive health facilities
- Dignity Health named greatest workplace for diversity in 2023
- California Community Hospital Closing Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit
- Blue Shield of California teams with Accolade on new virtual-first plan
- California invests in behavioral health careers to address opioid crisis and DUI programs
- California healthcare bills to expect this legislative session
- California children’s hospital expansion propelled by bond funding
- California hospital opts for Hewlett Packard IT platform to connect 30,000 devices, Epic HER
- Adventist Health moves to absorb secular Oregon hospital
COLORADO
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- Health care giants form one insurance company
- Proposed bill would give Colorado physician assistants more leeway in treating patients
- Parkview and UCHealth partnering health care services
- This hospital is offering night nurses $30,000 sign-on bonuses
- Coloradans still haven’t made up for the health care they delayed during the pandemic
- Another Colorado hospital stops letting women get their tubes tied, renewing questions about reproductive rights
- Pro-Russia hacker group claims attack on Colorado health care websites
- Slate of bills aims to offer Colorado students more mental health, wellness resources in schools
- Colorado Behavioral Health Administration releases its 2023 Strategic Plan
- Internal investigation launched for a ‘nurse’ who worked at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital
- Colorado rural residents facing hurdles to health care get assistance from a program
- St. Mary’s opens new laboratory
- New regulation proposals add up early in Colorado legislative session
CONNECTICUT
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- Dr. Megan Ranney to become next dean of Yale School of Public Health
- How is Nuvance complying with its affiliation agreement? Danbury, New Milford hospitals to discuss
- CT nursing homes are requesting more money. State officials are noncommittal
- Nursing home in CT accused of neglect, staffing shortages
- Lawsuit: Routine procedure would have saved Oxford mom who died after 2020 childbirth
DC
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- D.C.’s Unity Health Care expanding services, adding staff in push for health equity
- DC Health Link Works to Get Residents to Sign Up for Health Insurance as Open Enrollment Deadline Nears
- Behind the scenes at Whitman-Walker Health: An array of medical and wellness services
- 17 health system leaders named to Essential Women’s Leadership Academy class
- Study Shows Prevalence of Long COVID among GW Community
DELAWARE
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- 26 Delaware nurses have licenses annulled amid nursing diploma investigation
- Two public health call centers are closing down
- Delaware health system taps chief people officer
- Enrollment on Delaware’s Health Insurance Marketplace for 2023 Reaches All-Time High
- ChristianaCare’s website restored after attack; pro-Russia ‘hacktivist’ group takes credit
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth breaks ground on $45.7M Daytona Beach medical office building/surgery center
- HCA Healthcare breaks ground on new freestanding ER in Orlando
- Lee Health’s new state-of-the-art bloodmobile hits the road
- Naples physician charged with Medicare fraud gives up license; enters guilty plea
- Nemours opens full-time office for children in Panama City with St. Joe Foundation grant
- A Much-Needed Boost for Florida’s Hospitals
- Orlando Health reaches agreement to deliver hospital-at-home program in Florida
- HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Now Offers Minimally Invasive Treatment of Fibroids
- Florida hospital adds smart knee implant
- Jupiter Medical Center’s Expanded Emergency Department Now Open
- Pass rates continue to fall at Florida nursing schools, data shows
- Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Announces Historic Gift from Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin
- How profitable are Florida’s 1-star hospitals?
- Two Florida Doctors Convicted in $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
- CEO named for HCA Florida Capital Hospital
- SDOH startup Spatially Health partners with Florida ACO amid new CMS rules on equity
- HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital names new C-level officer
- Florida’s Senate Committee on Health Policy discusses upcoming Medicaid redeterminations
- CEO named for 2 Baptist Health South Florida hospitals
- Halifax Health adds planned security after shooting at AdventHealth Daytona Beach
GEORGIA
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- 24 hours in ER with sick mom gives insights on COVID, hospital strain
- 20+ practicing Georgia nurses obtained licenses with fake diplomas or transcripts, feds say
- Atlanta names city’s 22 most powerful healthcare leaders
- Lawmakers focusing in on Georgians’ mental health
- VA hospital nurses hold demonstration demanding more staff
- Wellstar Health’s Stephen Vault: ‘Remain in a state of continual learning’
- Georgia lawmakers could bar COVID-19 vaccine rules for good
- AdventHealth hospital in Georgia names CEO
- Opening of behavioral health center will expand mental health services
HAWAII
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- Hawaii lawmakers to focus on workforce needs, behavioral health, and Medicaid reimbursement rates during this year’s session
- Column: Hawaii’s health-care worker shortage requires deeper dive
- Average COVID positivity rate on continued decline in Hawaii
- Kona Community Hospital seeks $20M for repairs
- A State Abortion Coordinator? Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Overcoming Barriers To Access
- Health care centers now open to keiki at 3 West Hawai’i public schools
- Five questions with Dr. Naoto Ueno, UH Cancer Center’s new director
- Maui Health’s Mike Rembis to retire
- Addressing the shortage of licensed practical nurses
IDAHO
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- Idaho hospital investigates employee after ‘inappropriate hand gesture’ in social media post
- St. Luke’s launches investigation after social media post stirs controversy
- St. Luke’s doles out health grants to Idaho nonprofits
- Senate Health and Welfare recommends Medicaid expansion stay, asks for cost-saving measures
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago mom fought Lurie Children’s Hospital for three years to get overbilling for newborn reversed
- CVS Health kickstarts initiative targeting health outcomes in underserved communities
- GE HealthCare logs $18.3B in 2022 revenue in first-ever earnings report
- IL Hospital Reaches $380K Settlement to Resolve Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Breach
- Illinois hospital apologizes for abrupt closure announcement
- Illinois’ Public Health Emergency for COVID to Lift Later This Spring, Pritzker Announces
- University of Chicago Medicine cancer center to commence construction in fall 2023
- Workers rally as St. Margaret’s Health – Peru closes temporarily
- IL Social Services Organization Notifies 184K of Healthcare Ransomware Attack
- New residency program brings University of Illinois students to UW Health
- Eye On Illinois: Hospital closures jeopardize critical care access
- Mercyhealth recognized by Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
- Illinois under 1,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for first time since mid-October
- Q&A: Rep. La Shawn K. Ford on his healthcare priorities and outlook for the 2023 – 2024 legislative session
- Illinois hospital agrees to pay $250 to patients whose bills were sent to wrong people
INDIANA
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- American Pain Consortium acquires Indiana ASC
- Ascension St. Vincent to close 11 additional locations
- Indiana justices won’t hear 2nd abortion case for now
- Indianapolis surgeon’s medical license suspended for 90 days
- Lieutenant governor asks Senate committee to expand mental health resources
- Marian University partners with Ascension St. Vincent to address nursing needs
- Physician non-compete bill passes Indiana Senate committee
- Three years into pandemic, Indiana hospitals paint bleak financial picture
- Union Hospital gets $2.25M grant to improve physician mental health training
- Indiana lawmakers advance bill to expand public health services
- Fort Wayne VA center opens women’s health facility
- Hoosier health ranking still struggling
- Parkview Health opens clinic at Electric Works
- Meridian Health Services CEO to retire
- Indiana hospitals are in the red, and they don’t agree with lawmakers on how to cut costs
- Indiana health system names interim CEO
- COA: Hospital doesn’t have to pay emotional distress damages
- Franciscan Health Michigan City offering Gentle C-Sections for enhanced birthing experience
IOWA
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- 6 nursing and assisted living facilities across Iowa closing
- 3,000 employees ‘seriously considered’ leaving U of Iowa in the last year, survey finds
- New CEO at Ottumwa hospital where police are investigating patient assaults
- University of Iowa Health Care switching search firms for revamped VP search
- University of Iowa hospital explores new way for parents to keep tabs on ill newborns
- Univ. of Iowa Hospitals website possibly hit by cyberattack
- Iowa hospital uses Healthcare Triangle to accelerate Meditech EHR implementation
- Iowa hospital names CEO amid employee assault investigation
- Wave of rural nursing home closures grows amid staffing crunch
- Iowa legislature considers capping medical malpractice damages
- MercyOne Clinton names Melissa Wood Chief operating officer, nurse executive
- Orthopedic ASC raises costs $10M, pushes construction timeline
KANSAS
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- HCA Midwest Health names new CFO
- These are the best and worst nursing homes near Wichita, according to federal ratings
- Week 3 of the 2023 Session
- Ascension Via Christi Hospital’s Newborn Screening Program receives recognition
- Governor Kelly announces new youth mental health hospital
- Olathe Health CEO departs after merger with KU Health System
- Rural health care teen outreach programs booming across Kansas
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health Louisville leader retiring after nearly four decades
- Former Norton exec launches pediatric care platform ParentMD
- Humana names two new leaders, reports full year earnings
- Dogs helping to heal patients in Kentucky hospital system
- Markey Cancer Center works to decrease health disparities
- Kentucky hospital adds smart knee replacement
- Kentucky avoids big post-holiday bump in COVID-19 cases
- Calls To 988 Mental Health Lifeline Increasing Since Kentucky Launch
- Kentucky health advocates concerned over care, vaccine cost as COVID-19 emergency ends
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana university appoints new nursing dean
- Ochsner Opens Doors to $115M Clearview ‘Super Clinic’
- Ochsner Health names new River Region Chief Operating Officer
- Q&A: Heidi Raines, founder and CEO of Performance Health Partners
- Cardiovascular Institute of the South strikes private equity partnership for national expansion
- Ochsner Ventures Celebrates One Year of Partnering with Emerging Companies to Support Ochsner Health’s Mission
- State-of-the-Art Healthcare Destination Provides Comprehensive Suite of Services
MAINE
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- Gov. Mills nominates director of new health care agency
- Maine Med raises $179 million for expansion, renovations and other projects
- Maine’s largest hospital ends fundraising campaign after exceeding goal
- With pandemic emergency set to end, MaineCare members must prove eligibility to keep coverage
- York Hospital makes Honor Roll, summer internship: Seacoast health news
- Mercy Hospital, physician ordered to pay $6.5 million in wrongful death suit
MARYLAND
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- Adventist HealthCare opens new vascular lab in Prince George’s County
- Baltimore health care company names new CEO amid expansion
- Baltimore healthcare employee accused of killing 75-year old patient
- Health care workers are hoping for conditions to improve with new bills
- Maryland health system CIO promoted, adds digital to title
- Maryland Hospital Suffers Ransomware Attack
- Major recruitment campaign for nurses helping to bridge staffing gap in Maryland
- UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center earns top honors from Md. Patient Safety Center
- U of Maryland Medical System partners with tech company to boost population health, reduce admin tasks
- Maryland Breaks Record for Health Connection Enrollment
- Maryland bill beefs up funding for 988 hotline
- Harford Memorial Hospital projected to close by spring 2024
- Kozel updates commissioners on UM Shore Regional Health
- Luminis Anne Arundel Medical Center closes last remaining birthing center in Maryland
- University of Maryland Medical Center celebrates 200th anniversary
- Maryland lawmakers discuss the impact of violence on healthcare
- Minnesota mental health company plans Baltimore-area expansion
- Gaithersburg’s Vector BioMed launches with $15M to manufacture gene therapy technology
- Germantown’s Precigen raises $75M to advance treatments for rare diseases
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Admissions Frozen at Massachusetts Nursing Home After 83 COVID Cases, 2 Deaths
- Boston Medical Center names new COO
- 5 MIT healthcare startups
- Massachusetts hospitals adopt united code of conduct to combat workplace violence
- Growing violence against health care workers prompts Mass. hospitals to adopt new codes of conduct
- Remote cardiology monitor Implicity expands international presence
- CEO of Emerson Health to chair state’s hospital industry group
- Lawsuit alleging ‘warehousing’ of disabled people in nursing homes shining light on national issue
- Physician nixes retaliation lawsuit against Massachusetts hospital, CEO
- Brigham and Women’s nurses to highlight patient care concerns amid Magnet visit
MICHIGAN
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- CVS Health kickstarts initiative targeting health outcomes in underserved communities
- Mackinac Straits Health System to break ground on new facility in June
- Michigan doctor behind bars for distributing unnecessary opioids
- University of Michigan Medical School pulls out of U.S. News rankings
- Cyber-attack targets University of Michigan Health
- Ascension Michigan announces new leader
- Mid-Michigan doctors help patients with heart disease live longer
- Michigan nurses report more patients dying due to understaffing, poll finds
- 82 of 83 Michigan counties at low COVID level, CDC says
- Health plan expands care network to West Michigan with new Corewell Health contract
- Medicaid review could drop 400,000 Michigan residents from coverage
- Nurses at McLaren Central Michigan hospital vote to authorize strike
- Corewell Health names VP of government relations and public policy
- Hospitals battle caregiver burnout
- Cancer & Hematology Centers launch program to reuse oral cancer medications
- Local hospital supply company debuts newest innovation in medical storage
- U of Michigan Medical School researchers link gut microbiome, body temperature to sepsis
- West Mich. man among first to get new stroke treatment, improvement ‘remarkable’
MINNESOTA
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- Allina begins construction on expanded cancer clinic
- Fairview-Sanford merger: CEOs rebuff calls for delay from AG, U of M, lawmakers
- Lawmakers question hospital CEOs on proposed merger
- Medical students: Sanford-Fairview merger would reduce U of Minnesota’s ‘academic integrity’
- Minnesota mental health company plans Baltimore-area expansion
- MN state lawmakers urge slowdown in first committee hearing on proposed Fairview/Sanford merger
- North Shore Health shares changes to Care Center and re-elects board officers
- Minnesota nurses push hospital merger oversight bill
- Minnesota hospitals drop labor charges against nurses
- Rochester seeking $220K state grant for Mayo Clinic startup
- House Democrats want state authority over health care consolidations in Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic acquires stake in digital health company Xsensio
- Mayo Clinic expands partnership with data privacy company TripleBlind
- Gov. Walz signs bill codifying abortion rights in Minnesota law
- United Health Foundation Awards $3 Million Grant to Children’s Minnesota To Address Health Disparities
- Health panel considers bill requiring more medical, dental cost transparency
MISSISSIPPI
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- Merit Health Central CEO, like many of its services, exits for the suburbs
- Black maternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi
- App aims to help Mississippi medical marijuana patients
- Legal fight over abortion continues in Mississippi
- As Mississippi Hospitals Fail, Leaders Kill Medicaid Expansion Efforts Again
- Bills to watch in the 2023 Mississippi legislative session
MISSOURI
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- Ascension to split president, CEO roles
- Life Sciences Sector in St. Louis: Building on a Legacy
- Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors elect officers
- St. Louis nursing home workers strike over claims of low pay, bed bug infestation
- ‘We’ve achieved our goal’: Missouri health system to join Mercy
- Single blood test is a ‘game changer’ in cancer diagnostics
- BJC HealthCare’s approach to flexible scheduling for nurses
- Lawmakers concerned about sharply rising costs at Missouri Department of Mental Health
- Missouri establishes playbook for combatting mental health
- SSM Health taps Oklahoma hospital president
- Cape Girardeau-based health system to join Mercy
- Missouri woman files federal complaint against hospitals she says denied emergency abortion
- How America’s Health Rankings impact residents of Kansas and Missouri
- St. Louis health system plans merger with another Missouri health system
- Physical therapy provider opens 3rd St. Louis-area clinic
MONTANA
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- Bill would protect MT medical professions from refusing treatment
- Montana proposes a bill that would allow doctors to opt out of certain medical procedures
- Montana Pharmacists May Get More Power to Prescribe
- Billings Clinic receives prestigious stroke care designation
- Bill would outlaw physician-assisted death, reversing Montana’s current practice
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska Hospital Association advocates for legislation to improve rural health care
- Nebraska Medicine continues to report positive income even as expenses rise
- Nebraska completes $26.7 million ER renovation, expansion
- Nebraska rural health care roadmap aims to bolster, strengthen rural health
- Health groups collaborating to help Nebraska’s rural hospitals
NEVADA
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- Remsa Health Announces Barry Duplantis as President and CEO
- ‘They’re not meeting us halfway’: Union members picket at UMC
- New ER at Spanish Springs in Sparks officially opens doors
- UMC now top-ranked kidney transplant program in US
- Lawmakers want more health care and education for NV’s children on governor’s desk
- COVID-19 sending fewer people to hospitals; Kraken variant on the decline
- Southern Nevada public health officials, recognizing vaccine burnout, continue to push COVID shots
- Nurses say UMC’s sick call policy jeopardizes health of patients, staff
- Nevada ER visits for anxiety, depression skyrocketed in last decade
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Memorial Hospital seeks input from patients and family members
- ‘System is broken’: Mental health centers seek $30 million to add workers, bolster treatment
- The Exec: CFO Ann Duffy discusses how Cottage Hospital is dealing with labor challenges
- NH health providers say state’s low Medicaid rates add to staffing ‘crisis’
NEW JERSEY
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- CarePoint Health gets state DOH’s blessing for nonprofit status
- Mercer Hospital Gets Federal Funds For Violence Intervention Program
- Senior living community among ‘unwitting’ providers swept up in $114 million fake nursing degree scheme
- 9 N.J. hospitals made America’s 250 Best list. Two cracked the top 50.
- University Hospital Introduces $1.8B Facility Master Plan Draft
- New Jersey Health Systems Launch Digital Health Coalition to Address Maternity Care
- A cyberattack on a N.J. hospital revealed serious vulnerabilities. More are coming.
- Report: Nursing shortage in New Jersey looms
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School downplays impact of warning letter on its accreditation
- N.J. hospital appoints new top doctor after yearlong search
- Avison Young secures North Jersey space for RWJBarnabas Health
- New Jersey hospital 1st to receive Joint Commission perinatal care certification
NEW MEXICO
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- University of New Mexico Hospital staff sign final beams of new tower
- Flu activity still high in 2 regions
- Banner, ChristianaCare, U of Iowa websites also hit by cyberattack
- Lawmaker who works in health care pushes for New Mexico to codify nurse-to-patient ratios
- Satanic Temple launches telehealth abortion care in New Mexico, hopes to expand
- Gov. Lujan Grisham announces bipartisan legislation to establish Rural Health Care Delivery Fund
NEW YORK
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- BMS settles lawsuit with two fired employees who refused COVID vaccines
- Hospital unveils new trauma unit and emergency treatment rooms
- Kaleida Health/UBMD surgery center will come with $25M price tag
- New York officials file appeal in healthcare worker vaccine mandate case
- Nursing home owners drained cash while residents deteriorated, state filings suggest
- St. Joe’s to buy part of big Onondaga County orthopedic surgery center for $25 million
- NewYork-Presbyterian nurses push back on alleged doubling of retiree healthcare costs
- New York hospital names 1st surgeon CEO
- Northwell VC arm backs company detecting emotions with AI in $12.7M round
- Governor Hochul Announces Details of $1B Plan to Overhaul New York State’s Continuum of Mental Health Care
- Flu activity still high in 2 regions
- New York’s AG is suing for fraud after some nursing home owners took large profits
- NYU Langone Health gains stake in 3D digital surgery platform
- New York health system taps senior HR director
- Pearl Health clinches $75M backed by a16z to scale up value-based care tech
- Hospital system to bring new services to university campus
- New surgery center comes with $25M price tag
- 2 leadership appointments at Hospital for Special Surgery to know
- New York hospitals pushing for Medicaid increase to alleviate staffing woes
- New York hospital CEO retires after 36 years
NORTH CAROLINA
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- After 2 years, 5 months and 5 days, North Carolina’s COVID state of emergency is expiring
- Atrium Health’s website offline after being targeted by Russian hacking group
- Cone Health partners with Raleigh-based Gradient Health for AI-driven imaging diagnostics development
- Duke becomes 9th medical school to exit US News rankings
- Duke Health partners with nference to reveal EHR insights, improve care
- ECU Health to close clinics after taking $46M loss
- First Citizens Bank to put up $52.4M for medical office building portfolio
- Former NHRMC Chief Physician Executive, Chief of Staff laid off from Novant Health
- Hospital competition bill could amplify debate over Medicaid expansion, free markets
- Hospital unveils advance teaching tool
- MedSouth Healthcare Properties is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of an off market portfolio
- North Carolina physician found guilty of reusing medical devices, must pay $4.8M
- Novant Health increasing minimum wage to $17, affecting 4,400 workers
- Russian hackers allegedly take down Duke University Hospital’s website
- UNC Health Aims to Expand Medical Offices at Eastowne Over 25 Years
- COVID metrics trending the right direction, NC health leaders say
- Senate Bill 16 calls for more transparency in hospital mergers in North Carolina
- North Carolina hospital launches on-demand pay for workers
- Novant Health using MyChart to address hunger in North Carolina
- Two laws provide greater accommodations for pregnant and nursing workers
- Raleigh startup partners with Cone Health on AI-driven imaging diagnostics development
- Why Eli Lilly is tagging the Research Triangle for long-term growth
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- An employee fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine is suing a hospital
- Cincinnati Children’s buildings purchased for $78 million
- Lawsuit: Christ Hospital website sends patient information to Meta, other third parties
- Montecito Acquires Two Orthopedic Medical Office Properties in Cincinnati
- New health commissioner addresses local leaders
- Ohio COVID-19 hospitalizations continue dropping
- New Ohio program aims to improve maternal health care
- Mercy Health-Springfield to build employee housing
- Employee fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine sues Ohio hospital
- Ohio lawmakers work to fund 988 suicide prevention hotline
- Cleveland wants to nearly double the number of its school health clinics
- Lawsuit involving Ohio’s COVID death records continues
- Ohio health system launches referral platform for organ donors
- Cleveland Clinic hires Dennis Laraway as chief financial officer
- OhioHealth Berger President Tim Colburn To Retire
- Ex-CEO acted without board’s authority, concealed bonuses, MetroHealth says
- Premier Health plans to sell downtown office building, cites rise in remote work
- Airica Steed, MetroHealth’s new CEO, comes from a family of nurses and entrepreneurs
- Mary Rutan Health opens 3rd floor of the Health Center
- Business Courier names Dr. Uma Kotagal 2023 Lifetime Health Care Hero
- Cincinnati taps health commissioner following national search
- University Hospitals, Cleveland Browns extend partnership
- Nationwide nursing shortage impacting Richland County
- Cardinal Health raises FY23 outlook as turnaround progresses in medical unit
OKLAHOMA
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- Ascension St. John Broken Arrow hospital opens new ICU
- Oklahoma AG files lawsuit against US Department of Health
- OU Health to cut 100 jobs
- Oklahoma town looks to bring back medical services after closure of hospital
- SSM Health taps Oklahoma hospital president
- OKC possible location for new state mental hospital
- Civil rights groups threaten swift legal action if Oklahoma bans gender-affirming care
- How a Southwest Oklahoma Town Lost its Hospital, and is Scrambling to Get it Back
OREGON
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- Adventist Health moves to absorb secular Oregon hospital
- Gresham hospital set to close birth center due to financial losses, staff shortage
- Hospitals and the State of Oregon Battle Over Responsibility for Civilly Committed Patients
- Oregon biotech, digital health investments declined in 2022
- Providence, Legacy and other hospitals continue the fight against OHA over civil commitments
- Sky Lakes continues to report profit as expenses rise
- St. Charles, other Oregon hospitals defend lawsuit, accuse state of denying patients mental health care
- With lack of options in Oregon, some wait for weeks for mental health treatment: ‘Not enough support’
- Klamath County mental health treatment beds will double in planned expansion
- Legacy to shutter birth center at Mount Hood Medical Center
- Oregon health systems fire back at state in mental healthcare lawsuit
- Pharmacists go to bat for bills that would rein in PBMs in Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 5 staff treated after fire at UPMC hospital
- $250M life sciences conversion planned for Philadelphia’s historic Quartermaster site
- Axia Women’s Health opens Athena OB/GYN practice site in Bucks County
- Livengrin’s new CEO wants to expand treatment center’s offerings beyond alcohol, drug abuse
- Pa. hospitals call on Shapiro to address health care worker shortage
- Tower Health nears sale of 17 urgent care centers as turnaround efforts continue
- Tower Health hires new investment bank in latest effort to recover from deep financial losses
- UPMC opens new behavioral health center on the South Side
- COVID-19 deaths rising in Pa., although infections and hospitalizations move in good direction
- Emergency room at Moses Taylor Hospital to close
- Genesis Healthcare, after years of shrinking, is adding nursing homes again in Pennsylvania
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England hires CFO from rival health system
- Encompass Health To Add Rehabilitation Hospital In Northeast
- Care New England shows early signs of financial improvement, but uphill battle remains
- Women and Infants Hospital taps chief medical officer
- Dr. Megan Ranney to become next dean of Yale School of Public Health
- Rhode Island Hospital’s wake-up stroke protocol saves lives
- Care New England posts improved Q1 financial results, but still missed its goal
- BCBS Rhode Island expands access to behavioral health services
- Care New England’s new CFO is a former Lifespan executive
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Design unveiled for new $50M MUSC building in downtown Charleston
- New Greenville primary care practice offers flat-rate health care for employees
- Prisma Health develops program to help pair Black mothers with doulas
- Prisma Health Moves to the Innovaccer Health Cloud
- Prisma Health names Matt Elsey as CFO
- SC Senate passes Certificate of Need Bill
- South Carolina health system rolls out AI workflow automation
- South Carolina inches closer to eliminating state’s certificate of need program
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Medical students: Sanford-Fairview merger would reduce U of Minnesota’s ‘academic integrity’
- MN state lawmakers urge slowdown in first committee hearing on proposed Fairview/Sanford merger
- Union calls upon Sanford, Fairview to halt merger
- Monument Health names chief health care information officer
- Effort to limit gender-affirming care for trans youth in South Dakota moves forward
- South Dakota lawmakers advance Medicaid work requirement
- Lawmaker seeks $5 million to expand adult day centers
- It’s ‘Telehealth vs. No Care’: Doctors say Congress risks leaving patients vulnerable
TENNESSEE
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- Ardent Health Services rolls out virtual nursing program
- County mayor: Repeal certificate of need laws to protect health care freedom | Opinion
- HCA Healthcare closes out 2022 with revenue gains, lingering capacity constraints
- HCA healthcare investing $300K to improve access to healthcare careers
- HCA hospitals make 10 executive changes
- Hospital CEO briefs city officials on reasons behind disputed decisions
- Parkridge boss leaving Chattanooga to head Nashville hospital
- St. Jude hires Seattle Children’s doc Dr. Julie R. Park to serve as Oncology Department chair
- Tennessee hospital CEO focuses on staff retention, denies hospital is for sale
- TennCare: Nearly 300k Tennesseans likely to lose coverage
- Covenant Health pledges 10 acres of land to TN to build new health science and simulation center
- St Jude’s Unveils Family Commons
- Tennessee hospital, CEO receive AHA’s rural leadership award
- Tennessee hospital CEO to retire
- Pikesville’s Burnalong acquired by Tennessee health care company
- Ardent Health Services rolls out virtual nursing program
TEXAS
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- 5,264 patient records breached at Live Oak Surgery Center
- 24 USPI facilities recognized by Press Ganey for patient experience, achievement
- Baylor Scott & White hospital planned for north Frisco
- Cook Children’s patients create unique shoe line
- CVS Health invests $16.7M to build affordable housing complex in Galleria area for seniors
- Dallas Nursing Home Operator Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan
- Deal reached to keep Ascension hospitals in Blue Cross and Blue Shield network
- Judge dismisses physician’s $25M defamation case against Houston Methodist
- Many hospital workers forced to spend several nights at work
- Texas group’s latest No Surprises Act lawsuit challenges 600% fee hike
- Texas hospitals don’t have enough beds, services to care for children, new report suggests
- What to know about future USPI President Andy Johnston
- Former CEO named CFO at Texas health system
- Texas’ Dr. Monika Mathur named Top Medical Officer of the Year
- The Hospitals of Providence campus promotes COO to CEO
- Houston health care system back in-network with Cigna
- Inside Baylor St. Luke’s new $426M tower near Texas Medical Center
- Texas children’s hospitals seeking funds to improve mental health care across the state
- 4 Harris County residents face federal charges in fake nursing diploma scheme
- Texas children’s hospitals seeking funds to improve mental health care across the state
- 4 Harris County residents face federal charges in fake nursing diploma scheme
- Dr. Hesham Sadek earns $7.5M NIH grant for heart research
- University of Texas to offer online master’s degree in AI, including health focus
UTAH
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- Intermountain Health Helps Bring Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence Technology Detecting Early Colon Cancer to Rural Utah Communities
- Here’s the latest on that big hospital coming to WVC — and why it differs from other U. centers
- Utah to Ban Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Transgender Youth
- Intermountain Health performed a record number of transplants in 2022
- Bill to allow health care providers to seek mental health help outside of workplace moves to Utah Senate
VERMONT
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- UVM Medical Center support staff vote ‘Yes’ to join union
- Vermont’s largest health care union will almost double in size
- Support staff at UVM Medical Center vote to unionize
- State approves $151M EHR alignment at University of Vermont Health Network
- Vt. bill aims to protect health care workers from violence
VIRGINIA
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- Falls Church’s Capital Caring Health secures grant to expand in-home primary care for seniors
- North American Partners in Anesthesia appoints CEO
- Virginia Beach hospital recognized for clinical excellence
- Despite Bon Secours investigation, hospital transparency bill shot down in Virginia General Assembly
- Healthgrades ranks Northern Virginia Hospitals
- Virginia hospitals have to publish their prices. Would lawsuits compel them to obey?
- Virginia lawmakers ask for study on requiring insurers to cover doula care
- Virginia Hospitals Recognized For Clinical Excellence In National Assessment By Healthgrades
WASHINGTON
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- King County’s $1.25 billion plan for behavioral health aims to be national model
- Life Care must face trial in 2 of nation’s earliest COVID deaths
- Providence rated worst nonprofit hospital in country regarding consumer practices
- Washington Attorney General sues Providence hospitals over ‘unfair’ medical billing practices
- Privacy bill aims to protect health data on apps and websites in Washington state
- Washington State Bill Would Stop VA Record System Rollout
- Amerigroup Washington working closely with HCA to prepare for Medicaid redeterminations
- Community Health Network of Washington Receives $1 Million Digital Navigator Grant
- Jefferson Healthcare CEO gets second pay bump in 10 months
- Proposed bill would let WA naturopaths prescribe opioids, other controlled meds
WEST VIRGINIA
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- St. Francis ER closes with different mission in hospital’s future
- Women’s Health Center files lawsuit over West Virginia’s abortion law
- West Virginia hospital rebrands, will move to Epic EHR
- How One FQHC is Using Telehealth, RPM to Alleviate Staffing Challenges
- Koelsch Advances Human-Centered Care Model, Partners with August Health
WISCONSIN
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- Governor’s Health Equity Council pushes for land trusts, other housing strategies in its new report
- Milwaukee’s Behavioral Health Services mobile crisis teams are ready to respond
- Growing number of Wisconsinites say health care is not affordable
- Fewer people getting COVID shots in Wisconsin as cases, deaths also decline
- Health equity report calls for changes that extend beyond the health care system
- Ascension St. Francis workers worry for hospital’s future, as units close, beds dwindle
- As COVID-19 emergencies end, Wisconsin prepares for Medicaid upheaval
- Aurora Health Care’s newest Milwaukee-area hospital gains foothold
- Six months in, Wisconsin 988 lifeline operator hiring more to meet demand
- Aurora Sinai, Ascension St. Francis see sharp decreases in 2022 admissions
- John Boyd committed to the Rogers approach to behavioral health care
WYOMING
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- Mental health bills abound at Wyoming Legislature
- Wyoming seems to be holding spread of flu and COVID in check
- Medicaid Expansion Amendment Dies; Becoming Annual Tradition In Wyoming
- Legislation letting counties create EMS funding districts passes Wyoming Senate, heads to House
- HealthWorks awarded $265,000 through COVID-19 Health Disparity Grant
- Mental health provider shortages have Mountain West officials searching for solutions
