NATIONAL
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- AHA, AHCA warn CMS against unfunded nursing home staffing mandates
- AHA to Congress: Funding rural hospitals is critical for access
- AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals reintroduced in Senate
- Biden won’t veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency
- CVS-branded hospitals? What’s next for company after Signify acquisition
- Is CMS pushing procedures away from ASCs? 5 moves to know
- Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools
- Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care
- Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation
- Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission
- Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Some companies claim AI can help
- States warn of health care worker shortage as they prep for next pandemic
- How Do Rural Hospitals Survive When Facing Financial Instability?
- Expenses remain key to any improvement in healthcare performance, not investments
- Almost every hospital’s homepage is sending visitors’ data to third parties, study finds
- All healthcare actors must contribute to a system facing ‘existential crisis,’ report says
- States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees
- Open access or referral only: Health systems take different approaches to food pantry programs
- Newly reintroduced Rural Hospital Support Act helps ensure struggling small hospitals’ survival, AHA says
ALABAMA
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- AllerVie Health names new leader of Alabama practices
- Grandview Medical Center opening new ER
- New urology residency program operating in Alabama
- PE firm inks 11-hospital real estate deal for $859M
- UAB Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health unveils cohort of pilot grant awardees
- Health care authority gets $1.1 million to help Black Belt
- Complete Women’s Care of Alabama opens office at Grandview Medical Center
- Hospital visitation bill advances to Alabama House of Representatives
- Medical Helicopter Crash in Alabama Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured
- Healthcare Finance Veteran Joins UAB Hospital as New CFO
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Cypress West Partners Breaks Ground on 22,000-Square-Foot Medical Office Building in Queen Creek, AZ, Third-Fastest Growing City in the U.S.
- Dignity Health eyes 9th Arizona hospital
- A nursing shortage is hitting Arizona hard. Here’s why
- New university opens in Phoenix amid Arizona’s nursing shortage
- History made: Mayo Clinic performs first successful triple-organ transplant in Arizona
- These 5 states will be the first to kick residents off Medicaid starting in April
- UArizona program working to keep nurses in Arizona
- Phoenix selected as site of Alliant International University’s inaugural nursing program
ARKANSAS
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- Community Health Systems agrees to sell Arkansas hospital
- Group Tied to Murphy Family Buys El Dorado Hospital
- Panel OKs 115,000-square-foot UAMS orthopedic center
- These 5 states will be the first to kick residents off Medicaid starting in April
- Hospitals in Little Rock metro treating injuries, prepared for Arkansas tornado victims
- Baxter Health promotes 3 executives
- Hospitals Brace for Another Blow as Thousands Lose Medicaid Eligibility
- Group Tied to Murphy Family Buys El Dorado Hospital
- 7 patients allege an Arkansas psychiatrist imprisoned them in an inpatient facility. Sheriff’s deputies had to help 3 of them escape.
- Online Tool Provides Insight on Financial Challenges Facing Hospitals
CALIFORNIA
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- Big pharma, small drug maker spar over pneumonia drug deal
- California issues $150 million in grants to train behavioral health providers
- Cedars-Sinai Receives Record Gift
- Fight unfolds over measure to cap pay of LA hospital executives
- Founder Jin-Long Chen exits as NGM Biopharmaceuticals cuts 75 jobs
- Illumina’s acquisition of Grail should be rescinded, the Federal Trade Commission says
- Kaiser Permanente Orange County names COO
- Nurses protest California hospital’s plan to cut labor, delivery services
- Sutter Health names former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center exec Mark Sevco as chief operating officer
- UC Davis Health buys $19.5 million Elk Grove property for future expansion
- As hospital closures loom, state may step in
- California mental health funding may get overhauled
- California COVID-19 rules ease as emergency declarations end. Here’s what’s changed
- The Bay Area leads California in annual county health rankings
- California is the state with the 2nd most superbug fungus infections, CDC says
- This Valley hospital wrongly billed patients. Here’s what California investigators found
- California’s Health Care Affordability Board holds first meeting, elects board chair, and discusses state spending targets
- CMA recommends priority solutions to increase the nation’s physician workforce
- California, Michigan consider legislative action to maintain preventive care coverage requirement
- Hospital closures, cuts in services loom for some communities. How the state may step in to help.
- Judge denies challenge to measure that would cap LA hospital exec pay
COLORADO
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- Builders show little interest in city, hospital employee housing project
- Capitol Pain Institute acquires 3 Colorado practices, ASC
- Colorado lawmakers seek financial information from hospitals in larger debate over health care costs
- Colorado to advance $1.4 million to cash-strapped Western Slope hospital
- Denver-area hospitals see increase in car theft on medical campuses
- Reproductive health care access bills advance in Colorado House
- UCHealth aims to remove language barriers in prescription medications
- Cash-strapped Colorado hospital gets infusion from state
- Children’s Hospital Colorado expands urgent care services to Parker area
- Colorado doctors, advocates tackle ‘pervasive’ health misinformation head-on
- Community buses to provide COVID vaccines until May
- Once dead last in mental health metrics, Colorado experts search for lifelines
- Colorado leaders want to make hospital community benefit distribution more representative of the community
- Children’s Hospital Colorado announces White as new chair of pediatric orthopedics
- Broomfield resident to assume interim president roles at UCHealth hospitals
CONNECTICUT
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- A CT Medicaid program may see its strict income limits increase
- CT Children’s Medical Center opens fetal care center with dedicated delivery unit
- Former Lamont administration official takes VP role at Yale New Haven Health
- Greenwich Hospital raises $4 million for behavioral health expansion
- More people are aging at home, but the state provides little oversight of a growing industry of home care providers
- Nursing home files petition to close after 50 years in West Hartford
- Day Kimball CEO optimistic after acquisition deal falls through
- Connecticut physician group acquired by VillageMD planning new medical center
- CT’s nursing homes are at a crossroads. Here’s what’s going on
- CT hasn’t spent millions budgeted for health care, human services
- Opioid theft in nursing homes ‘concerning,’ data shows
- Connecticut health care spending outpaces economic growth
- Hartford HealthCare Named one of Fortune Magazine’s Most Innovative Companies
DC
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- D.C. to put Emergent BioSolutions’ opioid overdose drug Narcan in vending machines
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals wins lawsuit against FDA
- DC COVID-19 centers closing Friday
- DC To Erase Medical Debt For Thousands Of Residents
- DC-area health departments shed light on what the end of federal COVID emergency actually means
- Mary’s Center Faces Unprecedented Layoffs, Cutting 6% Of Staff
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth Palm Coast COO Wally De Aquino Named President and CEO of New Hospital on Parkway
- ArchWell Health expands across Tampa Bay
- At Baptist Health, Knight fellows engineer the future of healthcare
- 522 lawsuits filed against retired orthopedic surgeon, Ascension St. Vincent’s
- Baptist Health Innovations and COTA collaboration adds new technology for cancer care
- Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center opens at Baptist Medical Center Clay
- Billionaire Sternlicht resigns from Cano Health board, criticizes CEO
- Cardiovascular Associates of America plans more acquisitions in Florida
- Florida Senate signs off on ‘medication aides’
- HCA Florida Largo Hospital names new CEO
- Mayo Clinic acquires permit for Hogan Street office space
- Medical group plans four-story surgical center in Kendall
- Mini hospital, medical office proposed near Wellington
- Orlando Health adds two new imaging centers
- Orlando medical office complex plans final phase of expansion
- Palm Medical Centers acquires practice with goal of Orlando growth
- Select Medical to add Orlando specialty hospital
- Some Bradenton patients affected by data breach, Suncoast Behavioral Health says
- UF Health Jacksonville CEO: Trauma center funding can increase hospital’s presence, improve care
- Florida health system plucks Indiana CIO to lead IT
- New Wolfson Children’s Hospital president shares lifetime bond in Jacksonville
- Rural Health Clinic (RHC) in Florida Sees 200% Growth in Services with eClinicalWorks EHR
- The Florida Legislature may get more power in a public health emergency
- Bill aiming to rein in PBM business practices gains support from Florida senators
- Tampa hospital names its second new leader in 5 months
GEORGIA
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- ‘A huge asset’ for the state: Georgia’s newest Level 1 trauma center
- A bill to increase funding for mental health failed to pass the Senate. What happened, what’s next
- Atlanta health care startups look to heal industry challenges
- Children’s Healthcare welcomes 2 new facility dogs
- Wellstar agrees to takeover of Augusta University hospitals
- Wellstar to fund Augusta University health system ASC
- Managed care making a difference in Georgia health care outcomes
- New rankings reveal health of Georgia counties
- Georgia’s in top tier for public health emergency prep; new report shows how state could improve
- Banning noncompete contracts for medical staff riles hospitals
HAWAII
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- State health officials track worrisome uptick in COVID hospitalizations
- As Mental Health Crisis Worsens In Hawaii, Psychiatrist Shortage Takes Heavy Toll On Kids
- Hawaii, Wyoming lead the country in primary care doctor shortages
- New building coming to Waipahu High, thanks to Hawaii Pacific Health partnership
- Hawaii Hospitals Are Struggling To Meet The Needs Of The Chronically Homeless
IDAHO
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- Another Idaho hospital announces it can no longer deliver babies
- Indiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care
- Thousands of St. Luke’s patient letters go to the wrong addresses
- Health care providers sue Idaho AG over new guidance limiting out-of-state abortion referrals
- Mental health facilities for kids are coming to state; one to be in Idaho Falls
- Idaho Governor Signs Unprecedented Out-of-State Abortion Travel Ban, Calling It ‘Trafficking’
ILLINOIS
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- Dr. Michael Chmell retires as OrthoIllinois ASC medical director after 19 years
- Feds order Docs At The Door exec to pay $25M in Medicare fraud
- Illinois hospital to reduce workforce by 2%
- Illinois hospital merger rules could tighten under House bill
- Illinois health system moves to Meditech EHR in $12M switch
- Stroger Hospital names new chief executive
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital jobs: Staff demand action, claim staffing problem due to low wages
- Former worker sues OSF HealthCare in wage policy dispute
- Illinois Medical Practice Settles Lawsuit After Data Breach Impacts 228K
- Report: Illinois, U.S. need more primary-care physicians to avoid shortage
INDIANA
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- Florida health system plucks Indiana CIO to lead IT
- Indiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care
- Medical office project underway in Westfield
- ‘Virtual reality as medicine’: Startup helps police de-stress
- Indiana House committee advances bill to expand mental health services
- Higher costs squeeze Community Health’s operating income
- Indiana could save $2B if hospitals lowered prices. Hospital leaders dispute this analysis
- Little agreement on provisions aimed at reducing medical costs
- Indiana hospitals implement ‘hack lab’ tests to combat rise in cyberattacks
IOWA
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- Iowa nursing home chain faces another wrongful-death lawsuit
- Iowa nursing home fined after patient suffocated under care of staff
- Judge blocks bankruptcy filing by clinic hit with $75 million malpractice verdict
- Mercy Cedar Rapids named among nation’s top cardiovascular hospitals
- MercyOne Des Moines to shut down its midwives program
- Mercy Iowa City names Dr. Tom Clancy CEO, hires advisory firm
- Senator wants answers about for-profit Iowa hospital where a nurse assaulted unconscious female patients
- Nurse wins contested unemployment benefits claim after assault from patient
- Mercy Iowa City announces end to MercyOne relationship, again
- Program that advocates for nursing home residents adds volunteers
KANSAS
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- CareTrust REIT Grows in Texas and Expands into Kansas with New Operator
- Kansas health system gains big OR efficiencies via Epic-linked digital tool
- Severe nursing shortages continue to impact providers
- These 6 medical providers are expanding in Wichita in 2023
- Vibrant Health will pick up clinic from Wyandotte County nonprofit
- Kansas OKs bill that penalizes doctors for some abortions
- Kansas ‘born alive’ bill heads to Gov.
- CareTrust CIO: After Entering Kansas with Latest Deal, We Are Keen for Other New Markets
KENTUCKY
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- 2 Louisville developments among biggest U.S. medical offices projects
- CoverMyMeds announces large layoffs, may affect Louisville operations
- Erlanger becomes site of conflict over medical certificate of need
- How CEOc will deploy $40M in ARP funding in Louisville
- Kentucky physician, nurse practitioner sentenced for fraud, illegal controlled substance distribution
- Kentucky Board of Nursing leveraging tech to improve its role in public protection
- Kentucky physician wins $14M in lawsuit against CVS, Rite Aid
- LOUMED names first executive director
- UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health receives grant to increase number of community health workers
- With MAs in short supply, this health system is creating its own
- Kentuckiana Physician and Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances
- New campaign launched in KY working to improve the health of those in the commonwealth
- Kentucky Legislation Aims to Combat Widespread Nursing Home Aide Shortage
- Lawsuit claims UofL Health is sharing patient data with Meta
- Baptist Health ER, urgent care center set to open in Jeffersontown
LOUISIANA
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- Leader of Louisiana’s health department to resign
- Medline opens $72M distribution center in Louisiana
- Louisiana physician sentenced for controlled substance distribution
- Dr. Stanley Hoang performs Louisiana’s 1st robotics single-position prone spinal fusion
- LSU Health New Orleans Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) publishes report of statewide cancer incidence rates
- New Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health Celebrates Ribbon Cutting at Delgado Community College City Park Campus
- East Feliciana Police Jury, courts now in the mix on proposed mental health facility
- La. Health Department leader Courtney Phillips to resign this week
- New Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health celebrates ribbon cutting at Delgado Community College City Park Campus
- Cano Health board members resign, criticize CEO’s leadership
- How the doctor shortage crisis in Louisiana compares to other states
MAINE
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- NIH awards MaineHealth $802K to study possible cause of Long COVID
- Shuttered Deer Isle nursing home has a new name
- Maine Libraries Become Telehealth Hubs for Rural Health Care
- MaineHealth Buys Portland Shopping Center in Long-Term Strategy To Enhance Nearby Medical Center
- Mainers are waiting a year for dementia evaluations
- COVID is becoming part of everyday life, experts say
MARYLAND
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- 6 Maryland Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New Report
- Jury awards nearly $34M in malpractice claim against Towson hospital
- Maryland biotech Salubris Biotherapeutics clinches $35M investment for R&D
- Maryland Hospital Reveals 30K Individuals Impacted by Ransomware Attack
- Attacked on the Job: Threats Against Health Care Workers on the Rise
- Program in Maryland offers at-home care to newborns, parents
- Health care bill for immigrants appears to be stalling in state Senate
- Introducing The Daily Record’s 2023 Health Care Power List
- Luminis Health opens inpatient psychiatric unit in Prince George’s County
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Biotech layoffs 2023: About 1,500 Mass. workers were laid off in Q1
- Fast closures of nursing homes in Massachusetts raise alarms and worry over patients
- Former executives at Billerica lead poisoning test maker facing federal charges
- Lawmakers eye reforms to Health Policy Commission oversight
- Mass. has one of the highest rates avoidable hospital visits in U.S.
- MGH doctor, Harvard teacher and CDC advisor will head the Department of Public Health
- New MGH complex to be named after Phillip, Susan Ragon
- Some Massachusetts healthcare workers make less than a living wage, state data shows
- Travel nurses aiding and disrupting Mass. hospitals, report says
- Four-wheel drive vehicles for nurses? How UMass Memorial’s hospital-at-home program works
- What is Mass General Brigham investing in? 21 companies in the health system’s portfolio
- Cleveland Clinic, Boston Children’s + more seeking cybersecurity talent
- Massachusetts weighs letting judges order mental health care
- Mass General Brigham residents and fellows move forward with union push
- Health groups call on Mass. to keep mask mandates in health care settings
- Residents’ union push at Mass General Brigham moves to formal election
- Massachusetts tax bill emerging as relief vehicle for seniors, caregivers
- Mass. health officials defend decision to lift mask mandate for medical settings
MICHIGAN
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- Ascension Borgess Hospital named a top-50 cardiovascular hospital in U.S.
- California, Michigan consider legislative action to maintain preventive care coverage requirement
- Gov. Whitmer signs repeal of Michigan abortion ban
- Grand Rapids orthopedic surgeons move to Trinity Health as federal lawsuit proceeds against former practice
- Michigan House passes bill to create Rare Disease Advisory Council
- Michigan physician convicted for patient overdose, 21 counts of unlawful drug distribution
- Michigan to repay student loans for behavioral health providers
- Sparrow Health System, University of Michigan Health close $7B merger
- Michigan facing shortage of mental health workers
- Chelsea Hospital to lose its inpatient behavioral health unit
- Corewell Health bariatric surgery nationally recognized
- Michigan physician network forms joint venture with value-based care platform
- U of Michigan Health looks to reduce unnecessary administrative tasks for clinicians
- All Care Health Center CEO to to leave, take over health center in Michigan
- With short wait times and quality care, MyMichigan Emergency Department marks 1 year in Bay County
MINNESOTA
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- Fairview, Sanford delay merger again, pushing deal to late summer at the earliest
- GE Healthcare, ICU Medical could buy Medtronic units for $8 billion
- Essentia Health advances heart disease research through All of Us program
- DFL bill could doom Sanford-Fairview deal with ban on anti-competitive health care mergers
- Mayo Clinic to drop mask requirement in most clinics
- Minnesota data upholds COVID-19 vaccine benefits ahead of federal booster decision
- How Mayo is using AI investments to advance patient care
- What, exactly, the new $400M offshoot of DaVita and Medtronic aims to do
- Lifeline of medical gear flows from Minneapolis to Ukraine
- Texas company wants to build Minnesota’s first stand-alone medical rehab hospital
MISSISSIPPI
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- In last ditch effort to stay open, Holly Springs hospital ends inpatient care
- Mississippi nursing home first wins whistleblower case, and now attorney fees in sharp rebuke
- Field hospital opens in Rolling Fork following tornadoes
- Department of Health will choose state’s next burn center, Legislature says
- This pediatrician speaks up for Mississippi moms, infants
- Mississippi’s Reeves signs rural hospital consolidation bill
- Delta hospital, once projected to close within 6 months, will stay open until next year
MISSOURI
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- Missouri hospitals’ charitable burdens fell in ‘21
- MO Hospital Integration Sparks $6.5M Epic EHR Implementation
- New retention and recruitment programs have shown signs of working for St. Louis health systems, though not enough to fill the need
- TripleBlind works with Texas cancer prevention researchers
- Missouri Planned Parenthood sues state AG over transgender care investigation
- Black moms are more likely to die during or after pregnancy than white moms, studies show
- MU Health Care taps Oracle to reduce administrative tasks
- Centene board picks real estate services company CEO as new chairman
MONTANA
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- Billings Clinic orders doctor pay cuts, retirement plan reductions to save $4.55 million monthly
- Senior exec salaries cut by 10% in Billings Clinic financial stability plan
- ‘There’s more need’: St. Vincent Healthcare announces Level I Trauma Center plan, expansion of services
- Montana employers trying to engage high schoolers into healthcare to fill shortage
- Expansion to life-saving services at St. Vincent Hospital.
- Billings Clinic say it’s moving ahead with merger, Level 1 trauma designation
NEBRASKA
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- ‘Let’s get you some help’: Sarpy County asks Washington D.C. for $6M for proposed mental health crisis center
- University Health Center faces estimated $2.3 million deficit
- Is the nursing shortage real?
- Masking requirements to be updated at leading Nebraska health systems and medical centers by April 3
- Pet insurance bill broadened to include telehealth provision, advanced
- Mary Lanning ceremony honors organ and tissue donation
- Inflation is declining, but health premiums and medical costs are heading higher
NEVADA
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- COVID-19 remains at pandemic lows in Clark County
- Las Vegas VA doctor falsified medical documents, Inspector General says
- Medication prices could be capped under proposed Nevada bill
- UMC breaks ground on hospital’s largest-ever renovation project
- Nevada is the state with the most superbug fungus infections
- Nevada Senate To Vote On Allowing Medically Assisted Death
- Renovations start at regional trauma hospital in Las Vegas
- Senate bill aims to protect Nevada doctors who provide gender-affirming care
- Portfolio of 12 Skilled Nursing Facilities Sold to Nevada-Based Operator
- Valley Hospital failed discharging homeless patient, state reports
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- These 5 states will be the first to kick residents off Medicaid starting in April
- NH authorities investigating Hanover nursing home
- New Hampshire nursing home investigated over claims of abuse, death of resident
- How NH housing crisis is impacting availability of beds at psychiatric hospitals
- Hospitals make face masks optional amid declining COVID rates
NEW JERSEY
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- Atkins Companies Acquires Healthcare and Wellness Building to Expand its Presence in Southern New Jersey
- Murphy drops COVID-19 testing mandate for healthcare workers
- N.J. claims 4th-, 5th-largest U.S. medical offices to be delivered in 2023
- Ryan Named Chair at Inspira Health Network
- Murphy makes NJ ‘safe haven’ for providers, patients seeking gender-affirming health care
- Virtua receives achievement award from the New Jersey Emergency Nurses Association
- Saint Clare’s Health appoints new chief executive officer
- Penn Medicine, Virtua Health open proton therapy cancer treatment center in South Jersey
- These Jersey Shore towns desperately need doctors, so here’s what they’re doing
- Valley Health System debuting ‘smart rooms’ to improve patient care
- New psychiatric unit at Bayonne Medical Center faces funding hurdle
- New Officers To Lead Bayshore Hospital Foundation in Holmdel
- Children’s Specialized Hospital expands Pediatric Palliative Care program
NEW MEXICO
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- Gov signs hospital tax bill
- Meridian Buys 18 Acres in Santa Fe for Medical Office Development
- New Mexico boosts legal protections for abortion and gender-affirming care providers
- New Mexico’s COVID-19 public health order officially ends
- New physician owned medical group breaks ground on Santa Fe facility
- Masking will no longer be required in NM hospitals on April 16
- Drug money: New Mexico to use $500M in settlement funds to aid in opioid recovery and prevention efforts
NEW YORK
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- Health Force, Willcare undergo ownership shifts
- How NYC Health + Hospitals is building houses for the homeless, improving health outcomes and saving money
- Independent Health reports year-end loss of $34.5M on revenue of $2.1B
- New York City medical center begins construction on ASC
- NYC Health + Hospitals to open $30M health center in underserved area of city
- NYU Langone opens Brooklyn multispecialty center
- Physicians affiliated with Kaleida Health, ECMC shift to new IPA network model
- Six Buffalo health insurance execs earned more than $1M in 2022
- Website Tracking Technology Breach Affects 54,000 New York Presbyterian Hospital Patients
- Inside NYU Langone’s film-style ad campaigns
- Northwell taps Philips as new monitoring partner
- Long Island Community Hospital upgraded as it benefits from NYU Langone backing
- Nuvance to close New York rehab center, laying off 102 employees
- Crouse won’t look for a partner after failed merger attempt
- Health Force, Willcare undergo ownership shifts
- Northwell Health sued by Black female physician who alleges ‘decades of discrimination’
- 10 New York ASCs with the highest prices above Medicare
- AARP: New York’s nursing home oversight needs strengthening
- Home care costs NYS 30% less per person than nursing home care, new report shows
- State Health Department investigating viral video of Auburn nursing home employee
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Amid financial losses, Advocate Health cutting positions through attrition, delaying capital projects
- Atrium Health and Best Buy Health partner to improve patient care at home
- Atrium, Novant, other hospital systems get millions in property tax breaks
- Bioventus CEO pushed out after failed acquisition
- Cone Health partners with medical software startup Lirio to develop behavioral and AI-based interventions
- Duke LifePoint hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding for 3rd time in 1 year
- Duke University scores $39M ruling in patent lawsuit against Sandoz
- Former Novant Health execs Paula Dean Kranz, Angela Yochem talk accomplishments, next moves
- Mission, HCA Healthcare non compete lawsuit dismissed; doctors now working at Pardee
- Morrisville consulting firm secures another acquisition
- Novant Health reports operating gain of $68.2M in 2022
- Pediatric clinic will buy Kaleideum building in downtown Winston-Salem
- Why this Raleigh pharma just cut half its workforce
- Finding good health care in rural eastern N.C.
- New report card gives NC failing grades for meeting children’s mental health needs
- Three years into the pandemic, the state begins to wind down some of its COVID efforts
- Expanded Medicaid to help more people access mental health medication
- Pardee UNC Health Care has a new name and a new logo
- State health department announces changes for tracking COVID data in NC. What’s new
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Bethesda Inc.-backed Bi3 grants $1.3M to Fernside Center for Grieving Children
- Christ Hospital, Anthem reach agreement on new contract hours before deadline
- Consultant sees ‘ton of promise’ in Navidea Biopharmaceuticals as top exec steps down
- Kettering Health: Misconduct complaints not tied to donor funds
- Nationwide Children’s surpasses $200M in tech commercialization income
- OhioHealth says it’s time to build
- Ohio hospital to lay off 743, including leaders and RNs
- Premier Health secures partnership with Texas company
- Why OhioHealth is expanding Grant and Riverside and growing across the state
- Deadly, fast-spreading fungal infection reaches Ohio hospital, nursing home patients
- Cuyahoga ranks among Ohio’s least healthy counties
- Preview: Akron Children’s Hospital New Emergency Room
- Ohio’s COVID-19 death rate among nation’s lowest
- Here’s how a former mechanic transitioned into an Ohio ER Physician
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
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- Downtown Portland behavioral health center closes for two weeks
- Oregon and Washington lift mask rules in health care settings
- Oregon hospitals sound the alarm: ‘One of the worst ‘financial positions in 30 years
- Women of Influence 2023: Katie Sharff of Northwest Permanente
- Oregon starts review of 1.5 million people on Medicaid to determine who qualifies for free coverage
- How Oregon health system uses team approach to answer MyChart messages
- St. Charles Health System cutting back on ‘traveling nurses’ contracts to stem losses from pandemic
- ‘Toxic place’: Texts show outgoing Oregon Health Authority director’s challenges
- Skanska lands $111m extension to Oregon hospital contract
- Oregon hospital workers resolve nearly year-long labor dispute
- Legacy Health amends covenants in ‘reflecting financial difficulties’ filing
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $45M Virtua-Penn Medicine proton therapy center treats its first patient
- AHN Women’s Institute names new chief of maternal fetal medicine
- Arbutus files patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer, BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine
- Bayer in Pittsburgh: Medical device company growing thanks to unique culture, advances with AI innovations
- Doylestown Hospital finds a buyer for its 43-acre Pine Run Retirement Community
- How much north-central Pennsylvania nonprofit hospital executives are paid
- Independence Health Group revenue climbs, but profit plummets as health care spending ‘normalizes’
- JHF to give $300K for patient safety research and development in Pittsburgh region
- Lannett in talks to restructure its debt as generic drug maker faces increased competition
- Lawsuit claims St. Luke’s discriminated against employees granted religious exemptions to getting COVID-19 vaccine
- Rothman Orthopaedics’ CEO exits
- St. Luke’s offers AI-powered procedure for colonoscopies
- Temple Health’s transformation of former CTCA campus continues with opening of outpatient OB/GYN practice
- UPMC executive to join Sutter Health as COO
- Doylestown Health surpasses $100M fundraising goal
- Thomas Jefferson University suffers credit downgrade
RHODE ISLAND
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- R.I. Attorney General is filing a motion to intervene on Memorial Hospital development
- Rhode Island state hospital names chief medical officer
- After several years of turmoil, state hospital has a new chief medical officer
- PBN health summit: Fixing R.I.’s ‘fragile’ system will require across-the-board collaboration
- Elara Caring acquires Assisted Daily Living
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Career cancer fighter to lead Prisma Heath Cancer Institute
- MUSC laying off Midlands executives, employees after missing margins by $40M
- North Charleston-based medical practice leases space in northeast Columbia
- Prisma Health names president of expanding cancer institute
- McLeod Health Announces New Board of Trustees Leadership
- WYFF News 4 explores mental health challenges in South Carolina
- Statewide plan released to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- Colleton Medical Center ranked first in SC for inclusivity and community benefit
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Fairview, Sanford delay merger again, pushing deal to late summer at the earliest
- Sanford Health reports 2022 operating gain of $187.9M
- Sanford Health Named One Of The Best Places To Work
- Fentanyl and ‘Tranq’ mixtures are a ‘deadly’ combination on the rise
- These 5 states will be the first to kick residents off Medicaid starting in April
- DFL bill could doom Sanford-Fairview deal with ban on anti-competitive health care mergers
- Fairview, Sanford push health systems merger plan back to at least August
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas adds Tennessee Titans, Nashville State Community College executives to board of directors
- CHS’ 5 highest-earning executives in 2022
- Community Health Systems agrees to sell Arkansas hospital
- Hospital gets $1.8M face-lift
- Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital breaks ground on new buildings as part of $72M expansion
- Nashville health care industry pioneer Joel Gordon dies at 94
- New Medical Office Building To Open In Cleveland
- Pro Health Memphis to open two new locations, relaunch mobile service
- St. Jude names Greg Armstrong chair of Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control
- Wellvana Health closes $84 million round of funding
- Why freestanding emergency departments could be key to TriStar Health’s expansion plans
- Hospital: Treatment, discharge of Tennessee woman who died appropriate
- Chris Cosby named CEO of Parkridge hospital
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare first in Tennessee to offer cutting-edge ablation technique for heart patients
TEXAS
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- AccentCare Announces Joint Venture With Memorial Hermann Health System
- Ascension nurses in Texas protest staffing levels
- After launching IPO, promising SA biotech still chasing profitability
- CareTrust REIT Grows in Texas and Expands into Kansas with New Operator
- Christus Health forms largest cardiology group in East Texas
- Health care coalition throws Houston’s hat in the ring for federal hub site
- Hill Country hospital to get new owner
- Intuitive Health acquires Premier ER & Urgent Care, expands services to Central Texas
- Irving-based Christus Health acquires cardiology group, boosting East Texas reach
- It’s official: Methodist Celina Medical Center breaks ground
- Kelsey-Seybold Texas ASC named one of the largest medical centers opening in 2023
- Methodist Healthcare acquires Hill Country hospital in high-growth area
- New medical center will have offices for sports medicine, digestive diseases
- Sonida Senior Living reports $16M net loss, issues going concern about operations
- Steward Health threatened with non-provision of patient dialysis services after missing payment
- Teenage imposter gains access to two Corpus Christi hospitals
- Texas judge tosses range of preventive care coverage under ACA
- Texas lab to pay $5.9M to resolve kickback allegations
- Texas rehabilitation hospital opens, names CEO
- Texas health system Cerner EHR goes live
- University Medical Center of El Paso outlook revised downward to stable
- Texas health system leader promoted to CEO
- Texas hospital data breached in third-party phishing attack
- Texas Hospital Association resists push to mandate itemized medical bills
- Millions of Texans must reapply for Medicaid or risk losing health insurance
- Memorial Hermann hospital breaks ground on $167M expansion
- Texas company wants to build Minnesota’s first stand-alone medical rehab hospital
- Elara Caring acquires Assisted Daily Living
- Dr. Meredith Hulsey returns to Texas’ Medical Center Hospital as chief medical officer
- 10 Texas ASCs with the highest prices above Medicare
- Plano ER company expands to central Texas with acquisition
- Dallas-based senior living firm worried about “ability to continue”
- Health care coalition throws Houston’s hat in the ring for federal hub site
UTAH
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- Intermountain Healthcare Expands Telehealth Services for Newborn Care
- Portfolio of 12 Skilled Nursing Facilities Sold to Nevada-Based Operator
- American Society for Radiation Oncology Honors Intermountain Health Cancer Centers as First in Utah
- Utah startup advancing AI platform for clinical innovations
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Charlottesville’s Caretaker Medical, maker of a wearable vital signs monitor, raises millions
- How Virginia’s community health workers are helping underserved communities
- New name and new construction to benefit mental health care at Carilion Clinic
- UVA Health CEO lays out plans to expand care to Northern Virginia patients
- Youngkin picks interim Virginia health commissioner
- Virginia Hospital Profits Soared Far Above National Averages – Again – in 2021
- UVa, Sentara team up on pediatric mental health clinic
- Attacked on the Job: Threats Against Health Care Workers on the Rise
- Some rural hospitals across Virginia at risk of closing, according to study
- Expanded Telehealth Services are ‘Here to Stay’ in Virginia as Public Health Emergency Ends
- VCU completes $420M Children’s Hospital addition as Bon Secours caps off clinic in Manchester
WASHINGTON
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- Children’s Hospital Expands Into New Medical Pavilion in Seattle’s Puyallup Suburb
- Oregon and Washington lift mask rules in health care settings
- Skagit Valley Hospital property tax measure on April 25 ballot
- Swedish Health Services names interim CEO
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health makes job cuts
- States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees
- Grassroots group asks that project extension at St. Michael be declined
- Bill that would levy ‘excess compensation tax’ on hospitals introduced in Senate
- Providence endures another credit downgrade
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia hospital patient data leaked by ransomware group: Report
- West Virginia Hospital to Report Breach in ‘Donut’ Data Leak
- West Virginia’s Justice signs law ending many certificate of need requirements
- Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Hospital Located in Oak Hill, West Virginia
- American Cancer Society, West Virginia U use EHRs to match patients with clinical trials
- West Virginia officials celebrate expansion of nursing education program
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Health maintains ‘rock solid’ commitment to Milwaukee, co-CEOs say
- Amid financial losses, Advocate Health cutting positions through attrition, delaying capital projects
- Family blames mother’s death on a lack of timely care at an Ascension Wisconsin hospital
- Gundersen, Wisconsin Hospital Association address growing health care staff shortages
- UW Hospital unlawfully charged patient for electronic medical records, Wisconsin Supreme Court rules
- ‘Not everyone in every county has the same opportunity to be healthy’: Outcomes among Wisconsin counties are unequal
- Milwaukee council committee calls on Ascension to reverse cuts
WYOMING
