NATIONAL
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- AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology
- AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance
- Biden’s $6.8T budget: 15 healthcare takeaways
- CMS posts guidance for drug negotiation program
- Emergency medicine sees tough Match Week
- Hospitals’ labor costs increased 258% over the last three years
- ‘Indentured servitude’: Nurses hit with hefty debt when trying to leave hospitals
- Physician burnout influencing post-COVID hiring trends
- States take action against nurses tied to degree scheme
- Temp nurses cost hospitals big during the pandemic. Lawmakers are now mulling limits.
- The Estimated Value of Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Hospitals Was Nearly $28 Billion in 2020
- Workforce shortage remains issue for most nursing home, assisted living employers: LeadingAge poll
- 87% of physicians support FTC move to ban noncompetes: Survey
ALABAMA
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- Alabama plan to use $1 billion on water projects, healthcare, broadband up for vote today
- Freestanding emergency departments spread in Alabama as rural hospitals struggle
- Local health care entity to open hospital as joint venture in Knoxville
- Report: Alabama lawmakers should scrap state’s certificate of need program
- Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Department Utilization in Alabama Children’s Health Insurance Program
- SYNERGY HomeCare opens new facility in Alabaster
- ‘Terrible emergency’: UAB Hospital plans temporary expansion to mitigate demand
- WebMD Care inks deal with Birmingham business
- Alabama launches health dashboard for chronic issues
- Alabama House passes bill to help fund hospitals, nursing homes
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Builders break ground on Agave Ridge Behavioral Hospital in Mesa
- Dignity Health eyes Prasada parcel in Surprise to build new hospital
- Family says their father was neglected at Casa Grande nursing home
- Pair of Arizona medical startups win federal grants to advance toward commercialization
- Summit governing board, CEO agree to change in leadership
- Valleywise Health’s new campus in Arizona set to open in October
- Arizona cardiovascular center gifted $5M from local family
- Arizona hospital CEO exits
- Acadia Healthcare Company Breaks Ground On Agave Ridge Behavioral Hospital In Arizona
- 4 orthopedic supercenters planned in the West
- Dignity Health East Valley hospitals award grants to local nonprofit projects
- Family says their father was neglected at Casa Grande nursing home
ARKANSAS
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- Brent Rosson Elected Chief of Staff at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center
- Sanders Signs Arkansas Trans Care Malpractice Bill Into Law
- UAMS, Well Fed Partner for Food Initiative in Arkansas Delta
- With dual URAC accreditations, Arkansas Health Network can guide others, CEO says
- UAMS progressing toward NCI designation, trustees told
- Boozman introduces bills to combat Arkansas physician shortage
CALIFORNIA
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- Biotechs scramble to assure investors of minimal SVB exposure
- Four Silicon Valley hospitals are among best in the world, report says
- LA assisted living facility faces felony charges over deadly COVID-19 outbreak
- Madera Community Hospital, closed for two months, officially files for bankruptcy
- Ochsner CIO moves to Sutter Health
- Sacramento County receives $45 million in state funds for two new mental health facility projects
- Sutter Davis Hospital birthing center and emergency department expansion ahead of schedule
- Why a shuttered California hospital is ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
- Overcrowding at SF Hospital Causes Major Ambulance Delays
- Union with 18,000 health care workers will protest at Dignity Health’s California hospitals
- Two Counties square off with California over mental health duties
- Advocates Launch Campaign to Prevent Harmful Health-Care Mergers
- Cash-strapped California hospital set on funding through late summer, interim CEO says
- California hospital adopts new wearable device for monitoring blood flow
- Ventura County nurses say they want less empty hero talk, more competitive wages
- 11 lawsuits filed against California medical group over ransomware attack that affected 3 million patients
- UCLA Health receives grant to expand Homeless Healthcare Collaborative program
- Dignity Health workers to protest staffing levels at 26 California facilities
COLORADO
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- Banner Health’s Skyline surgery center in Loveland to close
- Centura Health’s $180M St. Francis Hospital-Interquest Progresses In Colorado
- Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2 billion COVID bailout
- Health care staffing agency with Denver roots adds 8th brand, tracks $2B in revenue
- New cancer center opens in Denver
- Colorado hospitals under pressure to reduce costs
- Mental health nurses can earn a $14K hiring bonus in Colorado
- Pandemic accelerated remote health care amid crisis that triggered staffing shortages in Colorado
- Provisional data from 2022 shows 28% of abortions in Colorado were performed on out-of-state residents
- Aspen Valley Hospital ready for final phase of master plan completion
- With over 200,000 members added during the pandemic, Colorado Access is preparing to redetermine Medicaid enrollment
- Colorado Rural Health Center Releases 2023 Snapshot of Rural Health
- $14,000 sign-on bonus offered to nurses at state’s psychiatric hospitals in Denver and Pueblo
CONNECTICUT
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- AG Tong urges court not to deny plantiffs’ standing in Hartford HealthCare antitrust case
- Connecticut hospitals see expenses rise $3.5 billion post-pandemic
- Covenant Health cancels Day Kimball hospital acquisition plan
- CT healthcare regulator opens inquiry into VillageMD-Starling Physicians deal
- Hartford HealthCare will consolidate office space following $14.25M Farmington property purchase
- State of Connecticut to investigate VillageMD deal for 30-location medical group
- Connecticut looks to lower facility fees
- Legislators question Lamont’s approach to cutting health costs
- Connecticut hospitals criticize governor’s cost-cutting approach
- Hartford Hospital launching new seat belt safety campaign
- State orders evacuation of Waterford nursing home facility
- Worst fiscal year? CT officials question hospitals’ financial woes
- Massachusetts-based Covenant Health cancels purchase of Connecticut’s Day Kimball Hospital
- As hospital labor and delivery wards close, a new CT bill would permit birth centers
DC
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- ARPA-H, a new federal health agency, plans to set up hub in Greater Washington
- DC Health opens investigation after 7News uncovered medication errors at nursing home
- D.C. health exchange reveals more details on data breach, operating in ‘state of heightened alert’
- What MedStar Health’s Lance Kelly serves up for tennis star Frances Tiafoe
- Impact of health data breach hitting Congress ‘could be extraordinary’
DELAWARE
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- Delaware doctor to pay $500K to settle charge she defrauded Medicare by ordering unnecessary genetic tests
- Delaware launches campaign to attract physicians
- Delaware pain physician convicted of $5M healthcare fraud scheme
- DPH is pushing to recruit medical professionals to Delaware
- ChristianaCare’s virtual primary care program is launching in Pa., N.J., and Del.
- This growing company brings tech-driven mental health therapies to downstate Delaware
FLORIDA
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- Birmingham construction firm completes Tampa hospital campus
- Broward Health names new CIO
- Dr. Bill Roberts Named ACSM Chief Medical Officer
- Florida bill aims to ban APRNs from using ‘doctor’
- HCA Florida Northside Hospital names new CFO
- Health care system celebrates opening of new hospital
- Jacksonville hospital CEO looks at hospital access, mental health
- Lee Health responding to growth in Cape Coral with slate of projects
- Mayo Clinic Plans New Medical Support Building In Florida
- Moffitt Cancer Center has broken ground on its massive Speros FL center
- NCH North Naples Hospital Expands Cardiac Care with New Cardiac Catheterization/Electrophysiology Labs
- New medical office building proposed near Disney
- New president named for two Tampa Bay BayCare hospitals
- Plan for ‘medication aides’ in nursing homes moves forward
- Robins & Morton completes $246 million Florida hospital project
- South Florida is ‘ground zero’ for healthcare fraud
- Tampa General opens 1st limb loss prevention program in region
- Telehealth eyed for medical marijuana in Florida
- Transgender health care ban now in effect in Florida
- Strong market share, financial profile boosts Baptist Health South Florida
- HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital opens freestanding emergency room in Panama City Beach
GEORGIA
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- Fulton County filing DOJ complaint over Wellstar Health System hospital shutdowns
- Georgia rehab center to cease operations, lay off 94 workers
- Grady Health System Opens $237 Million Outpatient Center in Atlanta
- Grady Hospital increases patient care capacity with new 10-story tower
- Grady to celebrate opening of new outpatient surgery tower
- Grady Memorial Hospital expands Atlanta footprint with new outpatient building
- Kaiser Permanente supports work to increase access to care in rural Georgia
- Woodside Expands Atlanta MOB Footprint
- Georgia House plan to expand mental health services hits turbulence in state Senate
- Georgia lawmakers, NAACP ask HHS, IRS to investigate Wellstar’s Atlanta hospital closure
- Drop continues in new covid cases reported to Georgia health officials — but much higher here vs. the state average
- Emory: New science center will prompt major medical breakthroughs
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Health Department Says Death Records Compromised in Recent Data Breach
- 3 years after COVID hit, has Hawaii recovered?
- Tentative agreement reached in Maui County healthcare workers’ strike
- Patients are settling in at Hawaiʻi State Hospital, but construction fixes are ongoing
- Treatment needs of unhoused Hawaiians requires more attention, study says
- Nowhere To Go: Lack Of Housing And Staff Is Undercutting Efforts To Deal With Homelessness In Hawaii
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago health system CEO to step down
- Women’s health care doctor accused of defrauding insurance companies, Medicaid
- 2 area children die from strep throat; health officials urge prompt attention to symptoms
- Illinois program for children struggling with mental health issues in high demand: report
- Stomach flu outbreak hits Illinois, prompting health officials to urge caution
- Pritzker Signs Bill Mandating Paid Leave For Nearly All Workers in Illinois
- Owner of COVID testing company accused of defrauding US government out of $83M
- Edward-Elmhurst Health joins Chicagoland Childrens Health Alliance
- PCI Pharma unveils plans for $50M expansion at Illinois injectables site
- Cook County physician performed ‘medically unnecessary’ procedures to obtain fraudulent payments: indictment
INDIANA
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- Centene loses out on $3.8B in Indiana aging-in-place work. ‘Not what we were looking for,’ CEO says
- Data shows mental health, education declines for Hoosier kids
- Joint venture to build specialty hospital in Fort Wayne
- Bills would cut hospital services in Indiana not just reduce costs
- Ascension St. Vincent increases access to breast milk for Indiana babies
- Franciscan Health Central Indiana names CEO
- “Patients will have two nurses” Good Sam launches Virtual Nursing
- Alzheimer’s in Indiana: New numbers predict the disease’s future for Hoosiers
- Indiana abortions drop significantly, despite pause on statewide ban
- How is telemedicine being used in Indiana and who is it benefitting and serving?
IOWA
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- ProCircular, ServiShare partner to improve hospitals’ cybersecurity
- ‘Rural Emergency Hospitals’ Designation To Help Keep Small Hospitals Open
- QuickVisit Urgent Care opens in Washington County
- University of Iowa Health Care union ratifies ‘strongest contract’ in years
- Wolfe Eye Clinic offers new advanced macular degeneration treatment
- Care facility residents call on state lawmakers to increase monthly allowance
- Nurse accused of assaulting her father and a jailer faces licensing sanctions
- Care facility shuts down without 60 days’ notice to residents and the state
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics drops mask requirement
- Iowa legislature establishes licensure for Rural Emergency Hospitals
KANSAS
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- 3rd group of Ascension nurses votes to unionize
- KU med school preps new program in Wichita to train more child psychiatrists
- Ex-nurse sentenced for stealing opioids from Kansas hospital
- Kansas health system names interim HR chief
- Dana-Farber Cancer reports robust operating income of $51M
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital removes mask requirement for most patients, visitors
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health moving its headquarters to Jeffersontown
- Baptist Health invests in robotic bronchoscopy for minimally invasive, earlier lung cancer diagnosis
- COVID report: For second week in a row community levels show no counties rank high
- Freestanding birth centers unlikely to get bill this session
- Kentucky communities brace for Medicaid renewals as COVID-era protections set to expire in April
- Trilogy Health Services announces expansion into Wisconsin
- Two health-related bills go to Governor for signature: aid for rural hospitals, biomarker testing mandate
- UK HealthCare’s Transplant Center celebrates 500th lung transplant
- Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill
- Kentucky lawmakers struggle to finish transgender bill
- Kentucky passes cancer testing mandate for insurers
- More than a third of Kentucky hospitals at risk, warns Kentucky Hospital Association report
- Advanced practice nurses in Kentucky will have more prescribing authority under new law
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- St. Mary’s Healthcare System comes up with plan to resolve significant deficit
- Maine hospital to boost margins by hiring nurses from overseas, expanding surgical volume
- Franklin Community Health Network turns to interim leader for president’s job
- Maine health system set to spend $30M on labor costs this year, CEO says
MARYLAND
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- Advocates rally for bills that would expand access to health care
- Baltimore startup raising $4M to make nosebleeds easier to manage
- Luminis Health AAMC named one of Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals
- Md. bio Adaptive Phage Therapeutics cutting 23% of staff to focus on clinical trials, extend cash runway
- Mercy Health bonds outlook revised to positive amid healthy operations
- Rally held in Annapolis to end crippling medical debt
- Study: Maryland has some of the longest emergency room wait times
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 3 takeaways on Mass. healthcare, ahead of annual cost-growth benchmark hearing
- Beth Israel Lahey Health appoints new chief clinical officer
- Big Pharma companies back new startup out of Mass General Brigham
- CHIA adds behavioral health data to annual report on state healthcare performance
- Gov. Healey lifting state’s COVID-19 public health emergency, walking back vaccine mandate
- Health care options expanding at Mercy Medical Center
- Learning from Massachusetts Hospitals on Programs to Address Social Determinants of Health
- Martha’s Vineyard nursing home seeks to relocate in $53M project
- Provider accused of violating state rules as it shutters 4 SNFs
- How Mass General Brigham used remote monitoring to lower patients’ blood pressure
- Brigham and Women’s Faulkner deal raises workers’ wages by at least 10%
- Mass General Brigham researchers find new ways to combat C. difficile
- Massachusetts health center notifies 10K patients of data breach
- Governor Healey weighs in on proposed western Massachusetts nursing home closures
- 4 hospitalized, 70 evacuated in carbon monoxide leak at Concord, Mass. nursing home
- Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.5B on temporary staffing in fiscal 2022
- Massachusetts-based Covenant Health cancels purchase of Connecticut’s Day Kimball Hospital
- Covenant Health cancels Day Kimball hospital acquisition plan
MICHIGAN
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- McLaren Macomb opens building with ASC
- Pine Rest, Corewell to launch new behavioral health initiative
- Michigan health department works to combat maternal mortality rates
- Holland Hospital recognized for patient experience for 15th-straight year
- Michigan Legislature Passes Bill Supporting Hospital Workforce
- How state, local health departments have changed operations, 3 years after Michigan’s first COVID-19 cases
- Sparrow Health reports $171.5 million loss in 2022
- Michigan’s COVID-19 levels medium in most of UP, low everywhere else
- Q&A: Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, discusses Medicaid redeterminations and legislative forecast
- Whitmer signs spending bill to address Michigan’s healthcare workforce shortage
- Michigan nursing home workers plan to strike in Metro Detroit, Flint
MINNESOTA
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- Davis wins healthcare real estate award for 610 Medical in Minneapolis market
- Mayo Clinic Plans New Medical Support Building In Florida
- Nurses at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
- Nurses in Bemidji reach tentative contract agreement with Sanford Health
- Allina Health reports operating loss of $195.8M
- Optum Health names regional CEO
- Mayo, Kaiser, UPMC: Where hospitals are spending their innovation dollars
- University of Minnesota says $300 million is ‘upper limit’ for Fairview hospital
- U of Minnesota board approves $950M request to fund acquisition
- Precision Lenses to pay $43M for alleged anti-kickback law violations
- ‘Patients should flee from UnitedHealthcare’ amid changes to prior authorization, says 1 gastroenterologist
- ‘Deaths of despair’ pushed Minnesota’s death rate up in COVID-19’s first year: study
- Mayo Clinic considers development of avian flu test, monitors potential of human outbreak
- Mayo Clinic works with AI startup focused on prior authorizations
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi’s troubled mental health system shows signs of repair, report says
- Mississippi governor vetoes 2 bills on health insurance
- Poll shows major support for Medicaid expansion
- Prospect of Singing River Health System sale draws “multiple proposals”
- In rural Mississippi, E.R. staff are being trained to care for moms and deliver babies
- Baptist Memorial promotes new CEOs at its hospitals in north Mississippi
- Decision on new state burn center will be made in final days of session
MISSOURI
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- Centene loses out on $3.8B in Indiana aging-in-place work. ‘Not what we were looking for,’ CEO says
- Fired CEO files slander, defamation suit against Scotland County Hospital
- Missouri health system appoints strategy chief
- Missouri physician pleads guilty to $537K Medicare fraud scheme
- New Behavioral Health Crisis Center Open in Cape Girardeau
- St. Luke’s Hospital adds to C-suite
- Ascension operating margin falls to -2.9%
- Missouri physician sues former employer for slander, defamation
- Mercy forms partnership to design hospital-at-home program
- St. Luke’s finds success with its Hospital In Your Home program
- SoutheastHealth outlook revised to negative as system faces ‘headwinds’
- Ascension to shift investment focus to outpatient facilities to meet ongoing trend
- Former CEO sues Missouri hospital for slander
MONTANA
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- Montana hospital merger could bring more services, higher costs
- Montana considers 12 months of Medicaid coverage postpartum
- Montana Considers New Wave of Legislation to Loosen Vaccination Rules
- One Health opens new office in former train depot
- Local health care provider, Dr. Thorson, selected for Physician Leadership Program
NEBRASKA
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- Bryan Health Merrick Medical Center Refreshes Its Critical Access Hospital
- Nebraska health system’s IV pumps now interoperable with Epic
- Nebraska Medical Center reserves 10 beds at DCHC for long-term patients
- Methodist Fremont Health recognized as ‘Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital’
- Omaha pediatric hospital achieves success with comprehensive digital front door strategy
- Hospital back-ups mount as rising costs, demographic pressures build
NEVADA
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- COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases remain at low levels
- ‘Henry’s law’ seeks to allow cameras in nursing home patient rooms
- Nevadans see highest increase in healthcare costs among states
- Flu claims 45 lives in Southern Nevada this season, health district report shows
- Bill would require insurers to cover gender-affirming care
- End-of-life bill gets debated at legislature
- New VA Hospital Planned For Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- New Hampshire has lost 11 maternity wards since 2000 after Frisbie Memorial ends care
- Frisbie Hospital is NH’s 11th maternity ward closure in 20 years
- Birth center coalition opposes Beth Israel Lahey deal in NH
- Maribel Health raises $25M and more digital health fundings
- Opponents of Sununu’s Plan to Consolidate, Eliminate Licensing Boards Speak Out
NEW JERSEY
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- Summit Health opens Center for Advanced Surgical Excellence in Voorhees
- NJ Population Health Data Initiative Approves Pilot Projects
- Expanding program pairs New Jersey State Troopers with mental health experts
- ChristianaCare’s virtual primary care program is launching in Pa., N.J., and Del.
- Cooper University Hospital nurse helps women of color fighting breast cancer
- 8 of America’s top hospital leaders work in N.J. Who are they?
- Atlantic Health System Acquires Thompson Healthcare & Sports Medicine
- NJ nurses practicing with fake licenses? Authorities bar dozens tied to fraud investigation
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- 3 leading WNY not-for-profit senior care providers join forces in Lineage Care Group strategic alliance
- Albany health care leaders see promise in AI
- Community Healthcare Network signs 35-year lease in the Bronx
- Eastern Niagara Hospital promotes new CEO from within
- Health + Hospitals advances new strategy to house homeless patients
- How New York State is addressing the changing role of physician assistants
- NYC Health + Hospitals announces new vice president of facilities
- Northwell Health’s ED discharge program ‘game changer’ for vulnerable patients
- NYS to provide $10M to support youth, families struggling with behavioral health issues
- Off The List: New places and new faces in Albany region health care
- Opinion: New hospital is best solution for area
- Redeveloping St. Elizabeth Campus: What’s planned for closing Utica hospital
- SUNY Upstate paid nearly $10 million for consultants on aborted Crouse Hospital merger
- These three NY budget issues will help cure health care’s most pressing ailments | Opinion
- There’s a shortage of behavioral health care workers. Here’s how Boston aims to help.
- New York hospital names final CEO as closure looms
- Northwell leans on externs for nurse hiring pipeline
- New York pressures retail pharmacies to provide abortion pills
- New places and new faces in Albany region health care
- New York health system CEO undergoes colonoscopy on video
- New York State Announces Effort to Raise Awareness of Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors
- New York hospital goes international with nurse recruiting
- Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State’s Progress Combating COVID-19
- New York hospital to raise nurses’ pay by up to 40% over 3 years
- New York hospital integrates new physician assignment tool with Epic EHR
- Report: NY Nursing Homes Not Getting Enough Oversight
- Memorial Sloan Kettering 1st to receive children’s oncology surgery designation
- Garnet Health names CEO
- Vitreoretinal Consultants acquires Bronxville practice
- How leaders from Northwell, Providence, Intermountain address misinformation in the age of TikTok, ChatGPT
NORTH CAROLINA
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- FirstHealth to open $68M cancer center in Pinehurst
- Mission, AdventHealth apply for state OK to add PET scanner
- NC Medicaid expansion agreement could bolster rural hospitals
- North Carolina’s maternal mortality rate increased sharply during the pandemic, according to newly released data
- Novant Health files application for 25 new acute care beds
- Novant Health opens after-hours pediatric clinic in south Charlotte
- Novant Health, YMCA of Northwest NC to establish in-person and telehealth clinics, expand wellness programming
- Novant seeks approval for expansion at NHRMC
- Opinion: How Novant Health is preparing for the upcoming population boom
- Spin-off plans means Labcorp withdrawing from 2018 state incentives to expand in Durham
- The health care didn’t change. The office hasn’t moved. Why is UNC now charging more?
- This Triangle hospital is ranked as one of the best in the world
- UNC-Chapel Hill receives $5 million gift to address nursing shortage
- Wake Forest Baptist patient’s Post-it Note messages spread hope
- Gov. Roy Cooper’s $32.9 billion budget proposal bolsters health care, services for children and seniors
- Critics and supporters of Medicare Advantage exchange charges on program’s risks, benefits and billions in costs
- Medicaid expansion passes NC Senate with bipartisan support, 44-2
- A third of North Carolinians don’t have a primary care doctor
- North Carolina Hospital Ranked As One Of The Best In The World
- State Treasurer warns Novant hospital purchases will erode health care quality
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- A physician leader saw ‘chaos’ with ‘recycled’ administrators, so he’s charting a new course
- CareSource partners with digital health firm to expand care in Ohio
- Central Ohio Primary Care to construct $19 million medical campus in Reynoldsburg
- Cincinnati Children’s acquires long-time Kenwood practice led by Dr. Camille Graham
- Cincinnati Children’s critical care tower among nation’s top construction projects of 2022
- Cleveland Clinic’s new employer offering
- Cleveland Clinic, CVS Health join new data sharing platform
- Mount Carmel starts construction of $250M Dublin hospital
- New MetroHealth CEO suspends bonuses that led to predecessor’s firing
- These Greater Cincinnati hospitals are among the best, per Newsweek
- UC Health receives $5.25M gift from Gardner Family Foundation for UCMC upgrades
- University Hospitals switches patient records to UH MyChart; change to be complete by fall
- Valley View Health Center works to provide accessible health care in Ohio
- Former UC Health doctor appeals suspension of medical license
- ‘Sometimes they don’t come back at all’: Staffing issues plague nursing homes as task force visits Cincinnati
- How the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped public health, health care access
- Court orders Ohio healthcare provider to pay $22K in back wages, damages, penalties to 7 employees
OKLAHOMA
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- Therapists worried about Oklahoma law requiring database for patients’ mental health information
- Oklahoma law creating new medical records database comes under fire from mental health professionals
- Senate advances bill expanding nurse practitioner prescription authority
- Man arrested after officer shot, employees attacked at mental health facility in OKC
- Cherokee Nation implements ‘TeamBirth’ initiative at Hastings Hospital
- Several Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma members say they’re in jeopardy of not receiving life-saving treatment
OREGON
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- Agilent buys an Oregon State-founded biotech
- CareOregon to convert Seaside hotel into housing for healthcare workers, OHP members with behavioral health needs
- Legacy Health will close birthing center by March 17 despite penalty warnings
- Oregon Health System Uncovers 9-Year HIPAA Violation by Physician
- OSPIRG takes Oregon hospitals to task for pre-Covid charges
- Portland addiction treatment providers raise alarms about impending federal rule change on telehealth
- Providence reports $1.7B in operating losses for 2022, including a deficit in Oregon
- Oregon doesn’t have enough treatment or housing for people with mental illness
- Oregon officials say Legacy Health can’t yet close Mount Hood Medical Center birth center
- Lawmakers weigh divergent fixes for Oregon State Hospital admissions crisis
- Some Oregon hospitals still undecided about lifting mask mandate
- Hospitals and Nurses Disagree Over How Many Patients Each Nurse Can Juggle
- OHSU virtual immediate care provides alternative option for health care
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $12 million expansion planned at AHN Allegheny Valley Hospital
- A Pa. hospital’s revoked property tax exemption is a ‘warning shot’ to other nonprofits, expert says
- Complexities Of Building A Cancer Center In An Urban Environment
- Crozer Health laying off 215 workers in latest restructuring effort
- Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare Appoints Kelly Ankenbrand as CEO
- Geisinger Medical Center performs 1st lumbar spinal fusion with ‘lifetime guarantee’
- Labor Board sets July hearing over UPMC Altoona nurse’s staffing concerns
- Nursing home staff shortage left residents in ‘serious harm’
- Penn Highlands talks expansion in Washington, Fayette counties
- Penn Medicine cuts administrative jobs as part of reorganization plan to save $40M annually
- Presbyterian SeniorCare opens health clinic at affordable housing development
- Rothman Orthopaedics enacts layoffs, citing ‘spiraling costs and inflation’
- Silicon Valley Bank collapse could create ‘very serious situation’ for some Philadelphia life sciences companies
- St. Luke’s completes $6.4M renovation, expansion in Quakertown
- St. Luke’s remodels Superior’s Mariner Outpatient Surgery Center
- Tower Behavioral Health names Jenna Pacini as new CEO
- Unpaid bills: Prospect, Crozer Health struggling to pay vendors for vital hospital services
- New Butler-Excela system lays off 13 managers
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England targets RCM in new cost-cutting program
- BCBSRI Recognizes Healthcare Sites Providing LGBTQ-Inclusive Care
- Health department suspends 2 Pawtucket EMTs for failing to follow protocols
- Brown University physician to lead USPSTF as vice chair
- RI vaccine mandates would be illegal with new bills
- R.I. family caregivers provided $2.1B in unpaid care in 2021, AARP finds
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Grand Strand Medical Center celebrates five year anniversary of behavioral health program
- Roper St. Francis gives CCPL $10K to help fight community hunger
- SC health care providers rally for fewer restrictions amid worsening physician shortage
- Myrtle Beach senior nears goal of 10,000 toys for children’s hospital
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- GoCheck Kids names Naveen Kathuria CEO
- Harris administration pushes to replace Regional One with new hospital
- HCA’s CEO took 29% pay cut last year
- Le Bonheur president Michael Wiggins departing for Dell Children’s in Austin; Trey Eubanks named interim
- LifeDoc holding gala with glitterati of local chefs to fund new facility
- Local health care entity to open hospital as joint venture in Knoxville
- Mayor Cooper signs deal to increase funds to Nashville General Hospital
- Pain Consultants of East Tennessee Opens New Facility
- Tivity Health CEO Richard Ashworth named CEO of Amedisys Inc.
- UTHSC hires VCU exec Paul Wesolowski as its first vice chancellor of strategic partnerships
- Vanderbilt Health, Humana reach agreement to continue service
- Local doctor to lead Tennessee Medical Association
TEXAS
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- 2 new children’s hospital leaders to know in Austin
- Austin Senior Housing Community Lands $18.2M Refi Loan
- Downtown medical office building to be auctioned off in April
- Frisco-based ENT firm acquired by Elevate ENT Partners
- Frisco-based tech firm Livmor sells assets, cardio technology to HeartBeam
- Southwestern Medical Foundation appoints Michael McMahan to CEO
- Surgery Partners, Growth Orthopedics partner for Texas ASC
- Tenet Health Central Coast names chief strategy officer
- Texas Children’s taps Seattle Children’s COO to helm new hospital
- Texas physician to pay $3M for allegedly violating false claims act
- The mission of Synaptic Pediatric Therapies? To become the No. 1 provider of pediatric health care in DFW
- This safety-net hospital doctor treats mostly uninsured and undocumented patients
- United Musculoskeletal Partners names CEO for Texas market
- VC firm using SXSW to highlight Austin’s health care bonafides
- South Texas Health System breaks ground on 7th freestanding ER
- “Barbaric Restrictions”: 5 Women Sue Texas After Being Denied Abortions Despite Deadly Health Risks
- Half of Texas Hospitals Lost Money in 2022, and ‘There Is No Single Bullet’ to Change the Trend
- MD Anderson names chief quality and value officer
- Ascension Texas taps Le Bonheur hospital exec as president of Dell Children’s
- UT Health San Antonio partners with professional football team
- Tenet Health Central Coast taps new hospital chief nursing officer
- Why health care is still hard to access in rural towns near Texas’ bigger cities
- Workforce shortages in the state psychiatric hospital system prolong jail time for mentally ill Texans
UTAH
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- First colonoscopy saves life of one of Intermountain Health’s own
- Primary Children’s Hospital opens pantry to tackle patients’ food insecurity
- Utah governor signs legislation banning clinics from providing abortions
- Alicia Plemmons: Utah has a chance to empower nurse practitioners
- How well did Utah handle the pandemic?
- Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Helping Young Heart Disease Patients
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Bon Secours wraps up $15M project at Northern Neck hospital, sells Chester emergency center
- Partners to Build $50M Orthopedics Medical Complex within Midlothian’s Watkins Centre
- Sovah Health eliminates administrative positions in Danville and Martinsville
- Virginia health system eliminates COO positions
- U.Va. Medical Center ranked No. 1 hospital in Virginia
- 3 years after COVID arrived in Virginia, case numbers continue to fall
- As hospital cases among kids rise, Va. health groups push to prohibit unregulated THC
WASHINGTON
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- Astria Health says it is working on certificate of need changes in Toppenish
- Behavioral health crisis center to be constructed in Kirkland with $21.5M
- Moderna to hire up to 220 workers for new Seattle tech office
- Providence reports $1.7B operating loss in 2022
- Seattle biotech company CEO steps down amid steep job cuts
- Two bills pass in state Senate aimed at addressing nursing shortage, working conditions
- Washington state may boost 988 hotline funding as demand grows
- Bill would require Washington health plans to cover hearing devices
- Following passage in their chamber of origin, Washington health-related bills now await votes in opposite chamber
- Bill to protect consumer health care data garners support at Senate hearing
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Certificate of need updates, correctional emergency resolution pass West Virginia House
- Encompass Health adds 29 new private rooms to provide better, accessible healthcare
- Health care bills take center stage during West Virginia’s 2023 legislative session
- Mountain Health Network to close ASC, end home health services in West Virginia
- Raleigh General names new CEO
- Thomas Hospitals, Camden Clark to form joint cardiac program
- West Virginia lawmakers OK hospital expansion rule changes
- West Virginia hospital to close ASC, cut home health services
- COVID deaths pass 8K in West Virginia
WISCONSIN
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- Bever Dam Assisted Living Community Sells for $7M
- Encompass Health’s (EHC) 155th Hospital Opens in Wisconsin
- Marshfield Medical Center-Park Falls working on upgrades to improve patient care
- Marshfield Medical Center-Park Falls begins $35 million hospital replacement project
- Racine County announces $25 million investment to mental health
- Surgery center on track for summer opening
- Wisconsin hospital opens new rehabilitation unit
- Wisconsin prison opens assisted living unit for incarcerated people who need advanced care
- Wisconsin tribal leader calls for action on public health
- SSM Health to no longer require universal mask-wearing
- As more Wisconsinites are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the need for caregivers skyrockets
- How 3 Wisconsin groups are aiming to improve mental health with taxpayer dollars
- Edgerton Hospital forges partnership with Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Wisconsin
- Construction begins on $35M Park Falls hospital project
- Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Wisconsin opens in Eau Claire
WYOMING
