NATIONAL
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- 14 rural senators push CMS to extend low-wage hospitals’ payment bump in FY2024
- American Hospital Association voices support for telehealth expansion bill
- Behavioral health market to hit $262B by 2029
- Biden administration moves to establish ‘guardrails’ for telehealth prescriptions
- CMS Officials Confirm End of PHE Nursing Home Waivers, Barring Congressional Action
- CMS updates Stark Law self-referral rules: 4 things to know
- DEA’s proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities
- Feds promise to trim backlog of health care investigations
- FTC ‘makes example’ of GoodRx, fines company for sharing health information
- How Walgreens is setting the pace with physician acquisitions
- Mark Cuban’s pharmacy racks up 2 million customers in 13 months
- PBM association begins ad campaign to defend industry’s role
- Rural Hospitals Are Shuttering Their Maternity Units
- Rural Hospitals Face Renewed Financial Challenges, Especially in States That Have Not Expanded Medicaid
- The future of healthcare real estate? Increasingly, it’s in or near mixed-use residential developments
ALABAMA
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- 2023 BBJ 40 Under 40: John Wells, Encompass Health
- Opinion: Alabama hospitals are profitable enough to comply with price transparency requirements
- Alabama Hospital Debuts Dynamic New Cardiovascular Unit
- Alabama only state where Medicaid won’t cover some breast cancer screening
- Alabama Medicaid will soon begin sifting rolls
- Cullman Regional adding 20 physicians to employed provider group
- Thrive Alabama planning to build new Huntsville community health center
- Medical Properties Trust co-founder, longtime executive to retire
- Alliance of Alabama Healthcare Consumers names executive director
ALASKA
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- Hospital operator PeaceHealth marks 100 years of service in Ketchikan
- Alaska Regional health clinic closure leaves seniors scrambling to find new providers
- Department behind Alaska’s food stamp backlog will soon be processing 260K Medicaid reapplications
- Rural Alaskans will be disproportionately affected by abortion pill lawsuit, say doctors and advocates
- Report shows wide regional disparities seen in Alaska colorectal and lung cancer rates
ARIZONA
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- Mayo Clinic set to start work on 120-acre Phoenix biotech innovation hub
- Arizona hospital faces hazmat situation
- New Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix nears completion; 5 more real estate deals to know
- Arizona nursing school one step closer to shutdown
- Hospital Initiative to Combat Chronic Kidney Disease Disparities
- Walmart Health Nearly Doubles in Size With Launch Into Two New States in 2024
- Arizona officials tell House committee about burdens of border situation
ARKANSAS
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- Houston Firm Opens 2nd Hospital in Arkansas
- Arkansas health system faces lawsuit regarding its November data breach
- Physician shortage solution? Arkansas looks to students to help
- Expanding medical residency programs may help curb physician shortage
- UAMS Receives $600,000 to Provide Post-Partum Contraceptive Devices in Little Rock, Fort Smith
- Baptist Health Opens New Critical Care Unit at NLR Hospital
- Why one state’s plan to unwind a Covid-era Medicaid rule is raising red flags
CALIFORNIA
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- Becerra visits nation’s largest public nursing home as it fights for recertification
- California’s COVID-19 emergency declaration finally comes to an end
- Hospital’s CFO resigns after just five days on job
- California dangles bonuses for nursing homes that add staff
- California health system workers protest, alleging 40 violent incidents in 1 month
- Eisenhower Health to expand heart care offerings with $156M Cardiovascular Institute
- Ransomware gang posts Los Angeles students’ health records on dark web
- UCSF nurses allege ‘crisis’ working conditions
- Madera Community Hospital CEO: time running out to reopen
- UC system hospital nurses complain of overcrowding
- Can California Solve Its Ob/Gyn Shortage?
- San Mateo cancer cell startup scores $200M in funding
- California Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Keep Rural Hospitals From Closing as They Work to Meet Seismic Compliance
- Cedars-Sinai Launches Population Sciences Research Division
- Local Digital Health Companies Boost International Presence
- Sacramento health care leaders discuss labor shortage
- Aiming to conserve cash, Peninsula biotech seeks partners for several drugs
- Cancer cell therapy startup drives CAR to $200 million
- How Keck Medicine is doubling down on care quality
COLORADO
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- Colorado bill would ban ‘facility fees’ from certain medical bills. Hospitals say it could end their outpatient care
- Colorado health care workers face spike in workplace violence
- Colorado hospitals warn of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of proposed bill
- Colorado lawmakers could send millions to Denver Health for uninsured care, labor costs
- Denver Health, UCHealth to lift universal mask mandates in Colorado for patients, staff starting March 1
- MSU Denver plans to expand to help fill health care worker shortage
- New Colorado bill could eliminate hospital facility fees
- Presbyterian St. Luke’s opens Denver cancer center
- Colorado lawmakers are targeting hospital facility fees. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
- Long list of bills to ‘fix’ Colorado health care
- Children languish in emergency rooms awaiting mental health care
- Struggling hospital blames prior leadership for dire financial situation
- Shortly after opening, Denver-area behavioral health facilities expand
- DaVita execs cite ‘early optimism’ on labor costs this year
- UC San Diego aims to stabilize local hospital where CEO, CFO resigned
CONNECTICUT
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- CHEFA awards more than $1M in grants to two hospitals, other healthcare nonprofits
- CT nursing homes that don’t fill 90% of beds could be fined under new proposal
- CT proposes financial penalty for nursing homes with empty beds
- CT surgeon fined $25,000 after operating on wrong hip; two other doctors also fined
- Gov. Ned Lamont proposes legislation to reduce cost of health care in Connecticut
- IVX Health opens second infusion center in CT
- Nursing Home Reforms Move Up on the Legislative Agenda
- Universal Health Care Foundation names new president
- Yale New Haven selects new digital medication management platform
- Yale New Haven Health reports $58M gain amid stronger investment performance
- ConnectiCare, Prospect Medical reach contract agreement keeping CT hospitals in network
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- 4 projects underway at Orlando Health’s downtown campus
- 2 Florida physicians spend $1.8M on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year
- Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St. Johns counties
- Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations
- Gastric bypass surgery center breaks ground in south Fort Myers
- Lee Health expanding Southwest Florida cancer services
- Nursing home administrator acquitted in nine overheating deaths during Hurricane Irma
- Nursing home chief acquitted in patients’ hurricane deaths
- Orlando Health reveals overall gain of almost $265M amid strong revenue numbers, investments
- Proposed bill limits who may sue Florida nursing homes for wrongful death of a loved one
- HCA Florida JFK North Hospital Names Vice President of Human Resources
- HCA Florida North Florida Hospital Breaks Ground On Two Projects
- HCA Florida JFK North Hospital Appoints Chief Nursing Officer
- Clearing the air: Nurses push for smoke evacuation policies for Florida surgical rooms
- 3-year anniversary: Florida coronavirus cases rise to 7,516,906
- HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital opens new inpatient center
- BayCare sets opening date for Wesley Chapel hospital
- Possible Florida hospital cyberattack shows increasing security risks
- Report finds Sarasota Memorial Hospital COVID-19 patients fared better than most
- Mayo Clinic work continues with $8.5m permit approved
- Wolfson Children’s reaches capital campaign goal for Borowy tower, close on program support funds
GEORGIA
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- 4 takeaways from Braselton hospital expansion presentation
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta commits millions to grow rural pediatric care
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta expects 1,000 new jobs at expanding facility
- Former CSH nursing home drawing interest
- Georgia health care inequities directly impact state’s vitality
- Georgia Senate seeks to allow rural hospitals without permit
- Georgia Senate passes bill exempting rural hospitals from CON requirements
- Metro Atlanta gains new Level 1 trauma center in Gainesville, officials announce
- Policy group pushes to eliminate Georgia’s certificate of need program
- Georgia House panel backs bill building on 2022 mental health overhaul
- Georgia agency proposes rule to curb surprise hospital closures
- Georgia, other states move to crack down on nurses with bogus diplomas
- Tackling health disparities is ‘stamped in our DNA’
- Women’s Choice Award announces best hospitals in Georgia
- GA Health System to Deploy AI-Based Alzheimer’s Detection Tool
- 4 new deaths, 2 more ‘probable’ losses as Northwest Georgia ends third year of the pandemic
HAWAII
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- On Hawaii Island, a desperate request to house traveling nurses key to patient care
- Hawaii hospitals, clinics continue to embrace masks
- Demand for medical assistants in Hawaii continues to grow
- Hawaii Senate Committee on Ways and Means passes four behavioral health bills
- Hawaii Health Information Exchange expands service to reduce duplicate patient records
- Strike at Kaiser-affiliated Hawaii hospitals enters 2nd week
- Failing infrastructure threatens future of only hospital that serves West Hawaii
- Nomi Health to develop medical certificate program for Hawaiian students pursuing healthcare careers
- Hawaii COVID-19 positivity rate at 4.4%; 12 more deaths
IDAHO
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- Capella Healthcare plans to acquire St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
- Outpatient surgery center eyes Lewiston site
- St. Luke’s Health System asks judge to hold far-right leader in contempt, seeks $7.5M in damages
- ‘This is a magnet’: Saint Alphonsus to open new ICU, the first of its kind in Idaho
- St. Alphonsus opens Idaho’s first neuro ICU
- Surgeon’s arrest for sexual battery a ‘catalyst’ for Idaho health care workers to talk about abuse
ILLINOIS
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- CommonSpirit focusing on 5 areas to bring back sustained cash flow in 2023
- CommonSpirit Health a model for social determinants data sharing via EHRs: ONC
- Construction to begin at Hyde Park Life Science project, Chicago
- Home healthcare providers in Central Illinois owed $1.1million in back pay
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker launches children’s behavioral health initiative
- Nurses accuse Ascension of wage theft
- Nursing home wins right to arbitrate, but case reveals common agreement weakness
- UCMed Expands Plans for City’s First Freestanding Cancer Facility Based on Community Input
- CDC Warns Of Extensively Drug Resistant Stomach Bug Including In IL
- Illinois hospital network signs up for community solar
INDIANA
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- CVS Health grant will help fund east side affordable housing project
- Indiana hospitals may face ‘insurmountable’ financial loss after federal policy change, CEO says
- IU Health posts $715M loss in 2022
- Orthopedic groups band together to form 400+ physician platform
- Under growing pressure, Lilly to cut price of popular insulins by 70%
- ‘Paradigm shift’ for public health easily clears Indiana Senate, heads to House
- Methodist Hospitals marking centennial
- Franciscan Health prevails in challenge to summary judgment
- Protest against IU Health dismissing midwives planned for Wednesday
IOWA
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- Iowa nurse, sanctioned over adoption, is fired after licensing-board error
- Iowa nurses and aides fired for alleged abuse, drug errors and COVID-19 violations
- Iowa to end mandatory COVID-19 reporting
- Midwives say Iowa, health care industry stopping their work
- Nursing Home Not Far From Sioux Falls added to Federal Watch List
- Stead Children’s Hospital windows to cost $45 million
- Unity Point to merge with New Mexico-based health system
- MercyOne-affiliated hospital retains consultants as debt coverage breached
- Trinity Health’s MercyOne, Genesis Health System close Midwest health system merger
- UnityPoint-affiliated hospital taps CEO
- Iowa Specialty Hospitals earns orthopedic and spine center of excellence designation
- Iowa health systems combine
- Critical Number of Rural IA Nursing Homes Close
- State regulators refuse to discuss emergency evacuation of nursing home
KANSAS
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- LMH Health to have a ‘strategic clinical relationship’ with The University of Kansas Health System
- Transparency issue remains on Kansas hospital costs
- Nursing home chief acquitted in patients’ hurricane deaths
- U of Kansas Health System rolls out AI to save time spent on documentation
- Kansas Last in Nation on Mental Health Ranking
- University of Kansas Medical Center receives $2.48 million for youth mental health care
KENTUCKY
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- Pike County nursing home officials release statement following loss of Medicare agreement
- Three Humana executives drop $11.2M worth of stock
- UK HealthCare neurologist working to improve access to MS treatments
- Humana to stop offering employer group health insurance
- Markey Center study suggests better cervical cancer treatment option
- Senate bill advances to House to allow advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority
- Kentucky Medical Association calls for passage of bill to reform prior authorization process
- Kentucky health system taps 2 new leaders as 3 retire
- Coronavirus cases in Kentucky have dropped for four weeks
- Medical marijuana bill gets committee assignment in Kentucky
- Several Ky. organizations working to help with Medicaid reimbursements
- Free-standing birth centers would no longer be subject to ‘competitor’s veto’ under bills awaiting votes in Senate and House
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana anti-abortion group calls on doctors to stop denying care exempted by ban
- New Orleans hospital gaining recognition for heart surgery performed on infants
- Personnel moves at LCMC Health, Jones Walker, Postlethwaite & Netterville
- Ochsner St. Mary will end labor, delivery services
- Lafayette General improving health in underserved communities
- Teaching hospitals are facing thousands of nursing vacancies. Here’s how they’re getting creative to fill the gaps
MAINE
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- Maine CDC confirms nearly 70 cases of COVID-19 at Portland assisted living facility
- Unity’s Northern Light Primary Care welcomes new mental health provider
- Relief for Maine Nursing Facilities, Hospitals, and Small Businesses
- Maine Cancer Foundation welcomes four new board members, appoints Pfeiffenberger board president
- Partnership will expand behavioral health services in Androscoggin County
MARYLAND
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- Luminis Health’s hospital in Prince George’s County plans new women’s health expansion
- Maryland assisted living facility provides memory care to those with dementia
- Maryland lawmakers introduce reproductive healthcare bill package
- Providence Names Two to Board of Directors
- State Center COVID-19 testing, vaccination site closes in Baltimore
- UM Capital Region Health wants to bring a Level 3 NICU to Prince George’s County
- A Maryland experiment shows a better way to reduce health care spending
- Luminis Health AAMC honored for respiratory care
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Medical Center borrows $232M for hospital expansion, sustainability
- East Boston Neighborhood Health Center appoints new COO
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center names new president
- Lowell General Hospital CEO to step down this year
- Mass General Brigham switches supply vendors
- Mass. General Hospital to close outdoor area for two years for construction
- Medline tapped as exclusive medical supplier for Mass General Brigham ASCs
- Moderna’s headcount has grown 370% since the start of the pandemic
- UMass Memorial Health board appoints first woman chair, first Latina vice chair
- Mass General Brigham AI RCM spinoff lands $55M
- Mass General, Sonde partner on remote monitoring study
- Lahey Hospital names president
- Tufts Medicine suffers downgrade amid sustained financial challenges
- Boston health system names COO
- ‘It’s Flooding An Already Completely Congested Market.’ Nursing Home Closures In Western Mass. Leave Families And Hospitals Scrambling
- State weighing ‘living wage’ for all nursing home workers
- Former MA nurse indicted for unlawfully obtaining opioids charges
- Tenet names HR chief for Massachusetts market, hospital
- Lawrence General Hospital CEO to retire
MICHIGAN
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- Assisted living facility is on day 5 without power in Bloomfield Hills
- Corewell Health merger grew from deeper cross-state connections forged during pandemic
- Home care nurse found guilty in 3-year-old child’s death
- Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson has permanent president
- Trinity Health makes mental health care push in West Michigan
- Trinity Health temporarily closing surgical floor at Muskegon hospital amid staffing crunch
- New medical center with urgent care coming to Saline area
- 900-plus members join new union for Michigan Medicine employees
- Demolition of vacant Upper Peninsula hospital gets $8M state grant
- Michigan Legislature Supports Hospital Workforce
- Racial health disparities in Michigan declined according to COVID task force report
- Michigan Senate Committee on Health Policy hears testimony on bills to strengthen abortion protections
- MHA CEO Report — The Challenges for Rural Hospitals
- Dr. Jeffrey DeClaire named orthopedic surgery chief at Ascension Michigan hospital
MINNESOTA
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- BCBS Minnesota Inks Value-based Agreement With Homeward to Advance Rural Healthcare
- Grand Opening Planned For Highland Bridge Medical Office
- How strong is demand for MOB space in Twin Cities? Just look at how many medical offices are opening in vacant retail storefronts
- Mayo Clinic in the black, but operating income down by half in 2022
- Proposed $14B merger could cut services and increase prices, Minnesota nurses claim
- University of Minnesota asks state for $950M to buy health care facilities
- Workers urge Minnesota hospital leaders to address ‘widespread and entrenched’ racism
- Children’s hospitals stretched thin as home care nurse shortage continues
- Minnesota Nurses Association issues report criticizing proposed Fairview/Sanford merger
- Mayo Clinic set to start work on 120-acre Phoenix biotech innovation hub
- How Mayo, Sinai Hospital + more are using AI to diagnose patients
- Homeward moves into rural Minnesota in partnership with Blue Cross plan
- Bright Health staring down bankruptcy, needs to raise $300M, execs say
- Unlicensed Woodbury beauty spa owner charged with unlawful medical practice
MISSISSIPPI
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- Hospitals, especially in rural areas, are struggling to stay open
- Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender health care for minors
- Will MS have a burn center again, and if so, where will it be?
- Businesses set to profit from medical marijuana in Mississippi
- Missouri, Mississippi Advance Bills To Expand Postpartum Medicaid Benefits
MISSOURI
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- Missouri, Mississippi Advance Bills To Expand Postpartum Medicaid Benefits
- Missouri congressman seeks a lifeline for rural hospitals
- New St. Louis pharmacy places inclusion at forefront of business plan
- SSM Health, Cincinnati Children’s: 5 Big Tech hospital partnerships
- St. Louis-based Surround Care names CEO for physician business unit
- Digital pharmacy company owned by SSM Health partners with AWS
- Saint Luke expands home-based care program
- Missouri bill could limit restrictions for nurse practitioners
- New bills could lift restrictions on nurse practitioners
- AHA elects Ascension CEO to board of trustees
- Walmart Health Nearly Doubles in Size With Launch Into Two New States in 2024
- States move to crack down on nurses with bogus diplomas
- MO Health System Expands At-Home Hospital to Treat More Patients
MONTANA
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- Montana seeks to insulate nursing homes from future financial crises
- Her husband died after stay at Montana State Hospital. She wants answers.
- Why Western states are seeing COVID-19 hospital admissions rise
- Merger Between Billings Clinic and Logan Health Could Begin Moving Forward this Summer
- Wheatland Memorial Healthcare receives $19M to build new facility in Harlowton
NEBRASKA
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- LB 503 seeks to help add nurses to rural hospitals
- Staffing shortages leave many in Lincoln, statewide waiting for post-acute care placements
- Nebraska hospital, Health Catalyst to tackle population health using analytics
- After nursing home closure, Arapahoe redefines how to care for its own
- Bryan Health Selects Health Catalyst to Accelerate Healthcare Transformation
- Lincoln Surgical Hospital addition among significant local health care building projects
NEVADA
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- New proposal would use state lottery to fund Nevada mental health services
- Medicaid eligibility renewals could have impact on 200,000 Nevadans, state agency says
- COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations remain low
- Care Flight medical plane crash in Nevada leaves 5 dead: report
- Nevada increases incentives for doulas
- CEO of Nevada-Based Publicly Traded Health Care Company Charged with Federal Crimes for Alleged Insider Trading Scheme
- Hospital understaffing has reached crisis levels
- Nevada needs more nurses and more physicians. But what will it take to make it happen?
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth Health reducing capital spending amid $78M loss
- Judge: NH psychiatric patients can’t be held in emergency rooms
- New Hampshire hospitals struggle to fill staffing vacancies
- More details on NH’s potential licensing reforms
- NH illegally ‘commandeers’ hospital resources by boarding psychiatric patients in ERs, federal judge rules
- New Hampshire ordered to phase out practice of keeping psychiatric patients in emergency rooms
NEW JERSEY
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- Corner Office: Why Hackensack Meridian’s CEO appreciates ‘Jersey straight talk’ from leaders
- Hackensack Meridian initiative sees violence as healthcare’s business
- Shore Medical Center receives $550K grant for ER Isolation Unit
- Hoboken Water Main Break: Hospital Evacuates Patients, Residents Still Can’t Shower
- Six lawsuits filed against New Jersey hospital
- New Jersey Cancer Care launches remote patient monitoring
- Former Advanced Practice Nurse Admits Role in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
NEW MEXICO
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- Corporate name confusion delays lawsuit accusing New Mexico hospital of false advertising
- Presbyterian Healthcare reports $370M loss as investments slump
- Unity Point to merge with New Mexico-based health system
- New Mexico hospital looks to grab critical access designation, will lose 24 beds
- New Mexico Independent Medical Providers Say Rising Malpractice Cap Threatens To Shut Them Down
NEW YORK
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- A new Orthopedic Clinic for Saint Joseph’s Medical Center
- A year after Elderwood deal collapse, Weinberg Campus inks new partnership
- Attorney General James Secures Over $7.1 Million from Former Saratoga County Nursing Home for Years of Fraud and Neglect
- Endeavor, Spectrum Health, Buffalo Urban League expand mental health programs
- Hudson Square emerges as life-sciences hub as the sector struggles to find space in New York City
- Montefiore physicians vote to unionize
- New C-level execs named at Kaleida Health, Catholic Health and Erie County Medical Center
- New York physician sues employer for alleged bias
- NY COVID vaccine mandate for health workers remains in effect after court issues stay
- Northwell Health’s ED discharge program ‘game changer’ for vulnerable patients
- Nurses at Northwell hospital withdraw strike notice
- Transformation of local healthcare anticipated with opening of Wynn Hospital this fall
- UR Medicine opens ambulatory orthopaedic surgery center
- Who spent $1M to disparage a hospital?
- New York health system sued by terminated physician
- 1,600 physicians at New York, California systems file petitions to unionize
- In NY, ‘significant progress’ in fight against gun violence: Hochul
- Mount Sinai launches video series to capture healthcare’s ‘unseen’ heroes
- New York hospital snags $26M in funds to preserve financial stability
- How Northwell’s marketing chief promotes gun safety
- Highmark Western and Northeastern New York ends 2022 with $61M net loss
- Univera Healthcare parent Excellus finishes 2022 with $59M net income
- NYU Langone adds interpretation tech to Epic EHR
- NYU Langone Health brings ‘digital patient hubs’ to 1,600 inpatient beds
- New York universities team up to bolster eye care workforce
- New York sets aside $200M to expand 2 hospital EDs
- Hazmat incident shuts down New York ER for hours
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health seeks approval for $250 million community hospital in Greensboro
- Community Health Systems sells 2 North Carolina hospitals to Novant Health for $320M
- Crippling health workforce shortages mean hospitals can’t admit mental health patients — even if beds are empty
- Medicaid expansion back in spotlight in downtown Raleigh
- Orthopedic groups band together to form 400+ physician platform
- WakeMed labor expenses jump by 33 percentage points in 2 years
- “What we had here was amazing”: Five years later, residents still mourn the loss of Angel Medical Center’s maternity unit
- Deal reached on Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, top legislative leaders say
- HCA’ s top N.C. executive defends Tar Heel expansion
- Patient tried to kill another patient at North Carolina hospital, police say
- North Carolina Senate backs legalizing pot for medical use
- How Aetna is preparing to take over North Carolina’s state health plan
- Atrium Health details effects of firearm injuries on North Carolina hospitals and patients
- North Carolina Hospitals Plan Expansions, Sales Totaling $566 Million
- Atrium Health sponsors Best Buy Teen Tech Center at McCrorey Family YMCA
- Novant Health launches innovation program to help startups break into health tech
- Novant Health strikes $320 million deal to buy Lake Norman Regional, Davis Regional from Community Health Systems
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- AWS, Center for Health Affairs launch social determinants of health innovation hub
- Dayton health tech leader shares challenges
- DeWine launches task force to address nursing home quality, accountability
- Former nurse sentenced in death of Lewis Center nursing home resident
- MetroHealth Is Change Agent For Community
- ProMedica sells hospice, home healthcare business to Gentiva for $710 million
- SSM Health, Cincinnati Children’s: 5 Big Tech hospital partnerships
- New Ohio State hospital on schedule to open in 2026
- OhioHealth spending $400M to expand Grant Medical Center. What does it mean for you?
- Health center location to offer new services to Trumbull County
- Ohio surpasses 15,000 total ICU admissions for COVID-19
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital new affordable housing
- Northeast Ohio maternity ward to close
- Mayfield Brain & Spine adds location with Anderson Township office
- Demand from moms spurs Christ Hospital to open region’s fourth level III NICU
- Lindner Center of Hope acquires 18 acres in Mason for future expansion
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare taps new leaders for Fort Thomas, Covington and Dearborn hospitals
- Nationwide Children’s spinoff Andelyn Biosciences promotes CEO from within
- MetroHealth CFO resigns
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
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- Central Oregon’s St. Charles Health asks its interim CEO to stick around
- Hospitals, nurses square off over Oregon hospital staffing bill
- Legislative proposal underscores challenges of hospital nurse staffing
- Oregon Nurses Association presses Legislature for minimum staffing bill
- St. Charles Health names CEO
- St. Charles physicians, health care workers withdraw petition for union representation
- Oregon hospitals ask state to compensate them for patients who are unable to be discharged
- Oregon hospital workers and administrators disagree on staffing bill
- Oregon COVID-19 hospitalizations fall earlier than expected on third anniversary of state’s first case
- Oregon’s nonprofit hospitals are ignoring charity care law, report finds
- Legacy Health still needs approval to shutter a Gresham birth center on March 17
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $8.5M settlement reached in lawsuit involving UPMC surgeon
- Financial struggles at Philly-area health systems show no signs of letting up
- Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital holds ribbon cutting to celebrate addition of pediatric inpatient beds
- Operation on wrong leg was just one of the issues state says it found at central Pa. hospital
- St. Luke’s University Health Network unveils $79M addition to Upper Bucks Campus
- Temple University Health System posts $103M operating loss in first half of FY2023
- Allegheny Health Network celebrates opening of North Fayette Health + Wellness Pavilion
- St. Clair Health partners with Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- UPMC sees lower operating income in 2022 as economic headwinds persist
- UPMC settles lawsuit with federal government for $8.5 million
- Leadership change not a switch in direction, Viatris stresses during Q4 investors call
- Medical Optometry America continues rapid growth with new eye care site in Montgomery County
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Alzheimer’s cases are rising. Here’s what SC lawmakers want to do about it
- Prisma Health launching doula program for Black mothers, aiming to alleviate health disparities
- Prisma Health rated among “America’s Best Fertility Clinics”
- Spartanburg Regional unveils plans for new Union hospital
- Greenville physician readies for retirement by leaving behind $3M
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Ballad Health opens Woodridge Hospital Walk-In Behavioral Crisis Center in JC
- Community Health Systems sells 2 North Carolina hospitals to Novant Health for $320M
- Erlanger sees unexpected wins after raising nurse pay
- Montecito Medical Real Estate Stitches Up $50M Refi for MOB Portfolio
- Nashville acupuncture clinic to pay $300K after alleged health care fraud
- Nashville General Hospital moving forward on new health center, details remain uncertain
- New hospital location, health care center address disparities in North Nashville
- Tennessee hospitals are cutting services under post-pandemic financial pressure, according to survey
- TriStar Health to propose $21M East Nashville freestanding emergency department
- Top of The List: Nashville’s largest health care IT companies
- Physician assistants want deregulation to address TN doctor shortage
- Survey: Tennessee hospitals cutting services in response to post-pandemic financial pressure
- Knoxville Biz Ticker: The University of Tennessee Medical Center opens Regional Health Center, Halls
- Opinion: What do the rural Tennessee hospital closures mean for our state and what can we do about them?
- U of Tennessee Medical Center must ‘cease and desist’ discussions over Blount Memorial
- Tom Ozburn named CEO of TriStar Centennial Medical Center
- Three TN Medical providers settle False Claims Act allegations, combined settlements total $882,507.49
TEXAS
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- 1M square feet of health care space under construction, much of it in suburban areas
- $1.6B LBJ Hospital project to expand capacity, care options while driving economic impact
- Ascension Seton breaks ground on new women’s health tower in Austin
- Caddis Construction breaks ground on new medical office building in Frisco
- CHRISTUS St. Michael to break ground March 28 on emergency center
- HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood names new chief nursing officer
- Medical City Healthcare president Allen Harrison discusses much-needed Galen College of Nursing set to open this year in Richardson
- Medical device co. Boston Scientific cuts Houston jobs, relocates work to Minnesota
- Need a doctor with your groceries? Walmart Health to expand to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Partners brokers sale of 10,952-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Houston
- People’s Community Clinic secures federal funds
- Report: Harris Health System delivers nearly $5B in county economic impact
- Texas Children’s, Menninger Clinic form new mental health unit to address pandemic-driven surge in demand
- Texas hospital set to close, asks University Health to take over
- Texas Town Tries a New Model for Saving Rural Health Care
- Why this Humana subsidiary plans to grow senior care clinics in North Texas
- Made a mistake? ‘Fix it and learn from it,’ says 1 Texas health system CEO
- Harris Health delivers nearly $5B in county economic impact
- Tenet makes 5 leadership changes in Massachusetts
- Why Corewell Health, Memorial Hermann invested in $390M cost-cycle tech company
- Texas surgical hospital facing lawsuit for July data breach
- Physician rejects board settlement over COVID-19 misinformation claims
- How one Texas health system is using a digital platform to access diagnostics images
- Houston ASC sold
- HCA subsidiary to acquire 3-hospital system in Texas
- Researchers point cell therapy toward heart failure
- Health system delivers nearly $5B in economic impact for Harris County
- HCA Healthcare looks to expand in Dallas-Fort Worth by acquiring Wise Health System
- Texas short 30,000 nurses as threat of hospital closures loom
- Why hospitals are proliferating across Austin area
- This rural Texas hospital has closed twice. Now reopened, it hopes a new partnership can save it for good.
UTAH
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- Intermountain Health added to CHIME’s Most Wired list
- Intermountain Health CEO Rob Allen on health equity: ‘The very first thing is understanding’
- Judge tosses assault case filed by 94 women against Utah physician
- U of Utah Health CIO wins HIMSS changemaker award
- University of Utah’s Drug Information Service tracks drug shortages for patients, healthcare providers nationwide
- Utah to restart review of all Medicaid cases for eligibility
- University of Utah service tracks drug shortages for patients, health care providers nationwide
- Why Western states are seeing COVID-19 hospital admissions rise
- 3 years after Utah’s first COVID-19 case, COVID ‘long-haulers’ still suffering
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Evolent Health maps out growth plan after laying off hundreds of workers
- Record number of gunshot wounds treated at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital’s trauma center concerning, officials say
- Anonymous call informs Virginia hospital of data breach
- UVA Health discoveries nominated among biggest biomedical advances of 2022
WASHINGTON
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- Bellevue health tech company Edifecs hires its first chief revenue officer
- Novo Nordisk to lay off 86 workers, cease wet-lab research in Seattle
- Orthopedic groups band together to form 400+ physician platform
- Seattle, King County will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
- WA, other states sue FDA in push for better medication abortion access
- WSHA, unions reach compromise on staffing bill
- Abortions could get less expensive for WA patients
- Washington Senate Ways and Means Committee passes numerous health bills as deadline for legislation with fiscal impact passes
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Downgraded Marshfield Clinic takes out $10M line of credit
- GE HealthCare pursues joint venture with Chinese government-owned firm
- Marshfield Clinic Health System to lay off 346 workers, eliminate over 500 positions across network
- SSM Health, UW Health team up on orthopedic surgery
- UW Health and SSM Health: Collaborate to improve orthopedic access
- Dental building projects at Marquette, Children’s in line for money from Gov. Evers’ budget
- Froedtert & Medical College name new leader for solid organ transplant program
- Evers proposes state funds for $63M expansion of Versiti Blood Research Institute
- 10 Wisconsin groups split $1M in grants to make mental health, substance use care more accessible
- New report recommends deregulation as fix for health care issues
