NATIONAL
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- 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022
- AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care
- Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency
- Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients
- CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%
- CMS issues FY 2024 proposed rule for long-term care hospitals
- CMS pitches tighter physician-owned hospital restrictions
- CMS failed to publicly post deficiencies for two-thirds of nursing homes, OIG finds
- Doctor shortages distress rural America, where few residency programs exist
- Drug makers warn federal judge’s abortion pill ruling won’t stop there
- Dueling federal rulings plunge future of abortion pill into legal uncertainty
- HHS Emphasizes EHR Cybersecurity Risks to Healthcare Sector
- HHS Proposes New Rule to Further Implement the 21st Century Cures Act
- HHS got rid of most of Medicare appeal backlog, ending legal battle with hospitals
- HIPAA enforcement discretion to end with COVID-19 public health emergency
- Lawmakers introduce Medicare physician pay reform bill
- Lown Institute: Even after community investment, nonprofit hospitals’ tax savings enough to rescue ‘every rural hospital at risk of closure’
- Medical Properties Trust takes $300M hit amid interest hikes
- ONC: 42% of Hospitals Reported Perceived Information Blocking in 2021
- States confront medical debt that’s bankrupting millions
ALABAMA
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- Alabama health experts discuss bill ending COVID national emergency
- Alabama hospital didn’t pay overtime to nurses, lawsuit says
- Coming soon to a doctor’s office near you: Access to cutting-edge research and care
- New dean talks vision for UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
- Alabama faces critical staff shortages in community mental health care
- North Alabama hospital informs patients of data security ‘incident’
- Alabama experiencing statewide physician shortages
- Alabama lawmakers open to Arkansas-style Medicaid expansion: How it works
- Bill aims to fix Alabama’s doctor shortage
- Alabama lawmakers pass bills on hospital visitations, fentanyl possession
- Alabama system leaves supply vendor after 20 years, switches to Medline
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- HonorHealth breaks ground on $170M expansion project
- Phoenix announces addition of city’s third bioscience research hub
- ASC Administrator of the Week: Matt Kraemer
- HonorHealth reports 2022 $4.3M operating loss
- Stolen ambulance from HonorHealth in Phoenix ends in 5-car crash, FD says
- Phoenix mayor lauds growth of semiconductors, bioscience in state of city address
- AZ legislature passes bill that increases price transparency for hospital charges
- Phoenix designates Park Central as its newest bioscience hub
- Family of woman killed by roommate in Mesa nursing home: ‘This never should have happened’
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Heart Hospital chef uses culinary garden for healthy meals
- Group Tied to Murphy Family Buys El Dorado Hospital
- Arkansas Children’s launches new workforce app
- Arkansas psychiatrist fraudulently billed Medicaid, investigators say
- CHS sells 4 hospitals
- UAMS Arkansas Center for Health Disparities to Host Celebration Conference April 14-15
- In two-state Texarkana, a widening divide in health care access
CALIFORNIA
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- 20% of California hospitals at risk of closure: 4 leaders react
- After a rural California hospital closes, farmworkers pay the price
- Amid boardroom fight, Peninsula company ousts CEO and executive chairman
- Assembly bill aims to revive Madera Community Hospital, others in same situation
- California health workers want a $25 min wage. But hospitals say they can’t afford to pay
- California hospital nurses to receive raises of up to 30%
- California pharmacist pleads guilty to multi-year Medicare fraud scheme
- Carmichael-based Eskaton pays $5.5 million settlement in Alameda County labor, wage violation lawsuit
- Chicago private equity firm Thurston Group invests in El Dorado Hills’ Esthetics Center to lead national growth
- Good Samaritan CEO talks expansion plans, commitment to quality care
- Hospital closures, cuts in services loom for some communities. How California may step in to help
- How Stanford’s marketing chief helped refresh its brand
- Los Angeles hospital names CEO
- Preston-Lee Opens 28,000 SF Behavioral Health Clinic in Apple Valley, California
- Providence reevaluating services offered at California hospital
- Providence to end labor, delivery services at California hospital
- Sabra Health Care REIT Relocates Corporate Headquarters to New Class A Creative Office Project in Tustin, CA
- Strike set at UCSF hospital
- Sutter Health considering $750 million bond sale in second quarter
- What’s in store for Good Samaritan Hospital
- Female physicians at California hospital take on medicine’s gender gap
- California hospital names CEO as county considers single healthcare district
- Workers to air concerns over alleged understaffing at California hospitals
COLORADO
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- Centura hospitals in Colorado hit by ransomware attack that exposed patient information
- Colorado to advance $1.4 million to cash-strapped Western Slope hospital
- How a proposed bill could impact nonprofit hospital spending, reporting toward ‘community benefits’
- Peak Health Alliance announces new insurance partner after exit of Bright HealthCare
- Southwest Memorial Hospital relocates Park Street clinic to main campus
- State bill stands to ‘crater’ rural health care
- What, exactly, the new $400M offshoot of DaVita and Medtronic aims to do
- What health tech investors are looking for in Denver, according to one Deloitte analyst
- Colorado hospital starts nurse residency program
- VA opens new clinic in central Colorado Springs, first in string of expansions
- First full-time medical dog at Children’s Hospital
- 11 News tours the new hospital coming to Colorado Springs
- Colorado’s maternal death rate is rising. A new report says the answer is prenatal care, mental health screens.
- Colorado hospital to cut interventional spine services
- Colorado, other states confront medical debt that’s bankrupting millions
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut physician group acquired by VillageMD planning new medical center
- CT advocates urge doula certification during Black Maternal Health Week
- CT legislators OK reproductive health bills, nix parental notification
- CT joins challenge to Texas judge’s ruling on abortion pill
- CT said no to $80M cancer therapy center despite lack of available treatment
- FEMA reimburses Connecticut hospital $2.6M for pandemic supply costs
- In CT, a ‘battle royale’ over lowering health care costs
- Yale Health taps CEO
- UConn Health to host technical career training programs
- What to know about CT’s home care programs for elders
- CT joins challenge to Texas judge’s ruling on abortion pill
- Black Maternal Health Week highlighted by Connecticut lawmakers
- FEMA Awards Over $2.6M to Danbury Hospital for COVID Supply Costs
- Yale New Haven Hospital Closes ER Annex After Certification Extension Issues
DC
DELAWARE
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- Beebe teams with CareRev to build flexible workforce
- Carney to end Delaware pandemic emergency
- Delaware’s health care costs exceed benchmarks
- Mifepristone is at the center of growing legal battles. Where does it leave medication abortion in Pa., N.J., and Delaware
- Delaware struggles to investigate nursing homes, assisted living facilities. What to know
- Delaware to end COVID-19 public health emergency on same day as federal government
- Delaware Integrative Medicine opens new Rehoboth office
FLORIDA
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- 4 medical office buildings making space for orthopedics
- ‘A recipe for magic’: How Baptist Health is infusing AI into all levels of care
- Baptist Health building emergency center, imaging center in St. Augustine
- BayCare selects new St. Joseph’s Hospital president
- Billionaire Sternlicht calls for CEO, board ouster at Cano Health
- Career detour: Former Palms of Pasadena Hospital CEO becomes a mental health entrepreneur
- Florida faces Medicaid class action lawsuit
- HCA Florida Citrus Hospital Inverness campus includes new imaging center
- HCA plans $25 million health care facility in Pembroke Pines
- Lee Health expanding to keep up with Cape Coral’s growth
- Miami company utilizing data platform to improve social determinants of health and health outcomes
- Miami doctor who kept addicts drugged in a $60 million fraud gives up his license
- New Florida bill would toughen penalties for assaults on hospital employees
- State seeks managed care providers for billions in contracts
- U.S. Health and Human Services investigating IT security incident at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
- Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Forms Clinic to Assist Patients with Undiagnosed Conditions
- Despite financial losses, Health First tells staff there’s no crisis
- Florida COVID cases and deaths not included in latest CDC data
- Florida heath care workers arrested after they livestreamed themselves abusing a dementia patient
- Nurse-Led Initiative Reduces Alarm Fatigue at Florida’s Mayo Clinic
- Kindred Rehabilitation to build rehab hospital in West Jacksonville
- Health First scales back $500M project, including new Merritt Island hospital
GEORGIA
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- A South Georgia hospital hopes to ease the nursing shortage with a new housing development
- AU Health, Wellstar merger hailed by some, dreaded by others
- Construction begins on new rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta
- Managed care making a difference in Georgia health care outcomes
- Study to assess hospital certificates of need
- Study: 2 metro Atlanta hospitals listed among most charitable in U.S.
- Georgia in bottom half of best states for children’s health care
- Man who jumped off 10th floor of Georgia hospital in critical condition
- Surgeon Wins $5M Verdict In Ga. County’s Longest Civil Trial
- Sen. Ossoff, health secretary push to lower drug costs for Georgia seniors
- Donalsonville Hospital to end Labor and Delivery services
HAWAII
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- Waitlists grow for Hawaii’s long-term care facilities
- Healthier Hawaii: Health challenges facing Native Hawaiians
- Nurses union demands hospital take action after gun found in patient’s backpack
- Hawaii County & DOH push for a healthier Hawaiian Islands
- Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital announces student volunteer program
- Hilo Health Fair hopes to improve healthcare access to Hawaii residents
IDAHO
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- Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs bill banning employers from requiring coronavirus vaccines
- Idaho’s two largest health systems lift mask mandates, with exceptions
- Survey shows Idaho’s maternal health doctors are leaving the state, or soon will
- Idaho AG rescinds legal opinion that said health care providers can’t make out-of-state abortion referrals
- Community Mental Health project moves forward
- St. Luke’s technical error compromises 15K patients’ data
ILLINOIS
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- 28 Central IL nursing homes fined for violations
- Advocate Aurora Health reports operating loss of $23.9M in 2022
- Chicago hospital taps chief executive
- CommonSpirit: Dozens of hospitals across 13 states affected by ransomware attack
- CommonSpirit data breach impacted over 100 facilities, cost millions
- Illinois hospital forced into EHR downtime after cyberattack
- Layoffs loom for CommonSpirit
- Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center receives $300K USDA grant
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital Workers Demand Safe Staffing, Livable Wages
- Outcome Health founders, COO found guilty in federal fraud case
- Illinois hospital restores critical IT systems after cyberattack
- Residents rally to save health clinic in Erie, Illinois
- Illinois Hospital Implements AI Platform for Utilization Management
- Nursing home agrees to $400K discrimination settlement as new pregnancy fairness rule looms
INDIANA
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- $65M development means more housing and medical service in downtown Indy
- NexCore breaks ground on Indiana ASC
- Central Indiana 911 Centers say rising crime, short staffing increase mental health challenges
- Nurse gets prison time for diverting drugs from Indiana hospital
- Health professionals seek change for maternal mortality across Indiana
- Indiana Hospital Association president says hospitals are still in bad shape
- Indiana birth control bills move with abortion ban in flux
- Nonprofit health service opens new Shelbyville location
- No indication of identity theft or fraud in Beacon Health data breach by employee
- Indiana Midwives not backing down
IOWA
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- Burlington City Council votes to acquire Klein Hospital
- Former administrator facing charges for locking out a resident who chose to leave nursing home
- Mercy Iowa City names Dr. Tom Clancy CEO, hires advisory firm
- Sioux City family medicine practice and residency program to become part of UI Health Care
- State of Iowa-run home for people with disabilities hit with fines for the fifth time in 15 months
- UI Health Care chief growth officer Timothy Kan joins UCSF Health
- UI Health Care continue Siouxland residency program operations
- University of Iowa seeks permission for major construction projects
- Judge blocks Iowa clinic’s bankruptcy declaration following $75M malpractice suit
- ‘She was screaming in pain’: Iowa nursing home cited for gangrene and death
- Iowa-run home for people with disabilities hit with fines for the fifth time in 15 months
- UIHC dieticians and researchers work to prevent further baby formula shortages
- Nursing home administrator cited after man was locked outside overnight
- Reynolds’ proposed funding for pregnancy centers divides health advocates
- UI seeks approval for projects that will improve student outcomes, increase health care access for Iowans
KANSAS
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- Ascension Living HOPE wraps construction on new $6.5M Wichita center
- Catholic Care Center reveals name of new $13M senior behavioral health hospital
- HCA plans to open private nursing college at Wesley campus this summer
- Koch leads $30M funding round into virtual health startup
- Research Medical Center appoints a new CEO
- Local partnership addresses nursing shortage across Kansas
- Another Kansas long-term care facility is closing its doors
- Kansas lawmakers advance unproven abortion pill ‘reversal’ legislation to Kelly’s desk
- Officials Try to Save Southeast Kansas Hospital
KENTUCKY
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- Erlanger council discusses Certificate of Need; majority votes to ask legislature to consider reform
- Executive Insights: Tammy York Day of the Louisville Health Care CEO Council (video)
- Louisville nonprofit program expanding to Nashville, partnering with prestigious medical center
- UK researchers get $3M grant to try using AI to predict overdose surges
- Kentucky’s doctors impacted by mass trauma
- 2nd Greenview Hospital location gets state approval
- Lexington nurse pleads guilty after death of a 97-year-old patient
- UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health introduces three new programs
- An Update About Medical Marijuana In Kentucky: Where We Are
- Maternal deaths continue rise in Kentucky and across U.S., especially among Black women
LOUISIANA
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- 196 could lose Louisiana hospital jobs as vendor contract expires
- Louisiana health system ordered to shut down operations as lawsuit continues
- Cases of deadly fungus found in Louisiana
- Louisiana lawmakers reject bid to allow nurses to prescribe chronic pain meds
- Hoping to bolster workforce, Delgado and Ochsner unveil nursing, health care training center
- Children’s Hospital Announces New Gun Safety Program
- New Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health opens at Delgado Community College City Park campus
MAINE
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- Bill would mandate nurse-to-patient ratios in Maine hospitals
- Maine adds to list of states increasing local oversight of healthcare M&A
- MaineHealth names community, hospital president
- Nurse practitioners at Maine hospital to hold union vote
- Western Maine Health selects health care leader with broad experience to be its next president
- Bill would pay Maine parents already caring for medically fragile children
- Bangor hospital awarded $500K grant for fundraising effort
MARYLAND
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- Beltsville retail/medical office building sells for $2M
- Luminis Health opens inpatient psychiatric unit in Lanham, to seek state green light for obstetrics tower
- Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital names new CEO
- Addressing health disparities in Maryland
- Montgomery County Tops Maryland Health Rankings
- Maryland named 2023’s 7th best state for children’s health care, WalletHub study
- Military hospital chided for shift in Catholic pastoral care
- Baltimore digital health startup Scene Health raises $17.7 million in funding
- Anderson Orthopedic Clinic to open Maryland ASC
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Children’s Hospital hiring AI prompt engineer for ChatGPT
- Ginkgo Bioworks buys North Carolina startup’s gene therapy platform
- Maker of first FDA-approved prescription software files for bankruptcy, ousts CEO
- Massachusetts health system sued for allegedly sharing patient data with Google
- Massachusetts hospitals turn to mandatory overtime
- Massachusetts orthopedic practice implements AthenaOne EHR
- Months after $1.9B deal with Bristol Myers, Boston biotech cuts workers
- Staffing woes leave 3,000 Mass. nursing home beds empty
- State declines to lower key hospital spending target
- UMass Memorial’s Eric Dickson says leadership means showing staff you love them
- Biogen reduces multiple sclerosis team
- Massachusetts hospital closes pulmonary unit due to financial reasons
- Baystate Health suffers bond downgrade as operating challenges persist
- Massachusetts acts after mifepristone threat; Local hospitals are cautious as officials rally
- Massachusetts has open beds in nursing homes – but no staff
- Survey: Staff Shortages Could Push Mass. Nursing Facilities to Capacity
- 3 steps to subdue C. auris, per Mass General experts
- Saint Vincent launches program to improve outcomes in childbirth
- Workforce aid eyed to stabilize nursing homes
- Massachusetts weighs letting judges order mental health care
- Bill looks to bring in more nursing home workers in Massachusetts
- Nurse overtime could further strain Mass. hospital workforce
MICHIGAN
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- Beaumont Children’s Receives $1.7 Million in CMNH Grants
- Two in five Michigan nurses plan to leave their jobs, survey finds.
- Man accused of threatening to shoot up Michigan hospital, drive truck through front doors
- How one Michigan hospital reduced its above-average C-section rate
- State initiatives aim to address high death rates among Black Michigan mothers
- VA delays Oracle Cerner EHR rollout at Michigan hospital
- New text hotline aims to help those experiencing a mental health crisis in West Michigan
- $71M grant to translate medical research into treatments through University of Michigan
- Feds: DMC cheated health care workers out of pay for missed meal breaks
- Michigan hospitals are merging, what does it mean for you?
- New Michigan COVID cases drop for fourth straight week, while weekly deaths rise
- Michigan Medicine and Sparrow hospital systems ease mask policy
- Michigan hospital lifts lockdown after suspected ‘swatting’ incident
- Survey finds 39% of Michigan hospital nurses want to quit within a year
- Michigan State spin-off to invest $20 million in cancer, heart disease screening technology
- Illumina, Henry Ford Health team up to study impact of comprehensive genomic testing for cardiovascular patients
MINNESOTA
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- Provation CEO Daniel Hamburger retires, Ankush Kaul appointed president
- What, exactly, the new $400M offshoot of DaVita and Medtronic aims to do
- 16 health systems’ labor costs — Mayo, Cleveland Clinic and more
- Optum VP leaves for Asia-based health tech company
- ‘It’s a struggle right now’: Nursing homes press Minnesota lawmakers for help
- Minnesota hospitals want some COVID pandemic response rules to become permanent
- Will hospital staffing legislation solve Minnesota’s nursing shortage, or make it worse?
- Minnesota’s nurses fear for the future of health care
- Children’s Minnesota partnering with Next Step violence intervention and prevention program
- Minnesota Hospital Association against staffing levels bill
MISSISSIPPI
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- Feds rescind designation of Holly Springs hospital
- MSDH says UMMC could host burn center
- Mississippi receives $1 million for mental health treatment
- UMMC new center to study how to prevent and treat genetic diseases
- Nursing shortage affects home health care
- Mississippi pediatric patient receives robotic device to help straighten bone
MISSOURI
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- Amid record shootings of kids, BJC HealthCare to distribute gun locks at 20 more locations
- HCA Midwest hospital names CEO
- Health care startup Rezilient brings on new investor, Govo, as it pursues growth
- Missouri House advances limits on health care, sports participation for transgender minors
- NLRB backs decision clearing nursing home on firings
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital announces $52M expansion, renovation in Lee’s Summit
- Woman waits over 24 hours in emergency room to get bed at Lee’s Summit hospital
- Finding health justice for African American moms
- House advances limits on health care, sports for transgender minors
- MU Health Care ends COVID-19 mask requirement
- SSM Health Danis Pediatrics opens new location in Tower Grove Park
MONTANA
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- DPHHS is shutting down the Montana COVID dashboard
- Montana Public Health, Safety Division achieves Healthy People 2030 recognition
- Montana abortion proposal met with preemptive lawsuit
- Montana May Require Insurers to Cover Monitoring Devices for Diabetes
- Alluvion Health is working to develop a rural medical residency program
- Mountain Home Montana expanding services in Missoula
- Lawmakers vote to boost health department budget by $56 million
- ‘Medicaid unwinding’ begins in Montana, sowing uncertainty for many
NEBRASKA
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- Debate begins this week on Nebraska abortion ban timed to cardiac activity
- $80 million in rate increases backed for Nebraska hospitals, other service providers
- Debate resumes on Nebraska bill to ban trans care for minors
- Omaha’s first medical respite program aims to help people facing homelessness
- Nebraska Medicine to close child care center in August
NEVADA
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- Continuing monthslong trend, COVID cases remain low
- Nevada hospital, nursing associations call on lawmakers for licensing changes
- Valley Hospital makes changes following shocking patient discharge
- Nevada nurses call for changes to bring out-of-state workers, proposal sparks debate
- Northern Nevada HOPES aids in minority healthcare disparities
- A look at COVID-19 in Clark County as Biden signs end to national emergency
- Nevada’s low health care ranking is an even bigger worry in rural areas
- University Medical Center In Las Vegas Plans Hospital Campus Upgrades
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- AtlantiCare names interim CEO
- Christ Hospital receives recommendation for nonprofit status after debate over details of new lease
- Cooper University Hospital nurses demonstrate over safety concerns
- Hackensack Meridian Health creates largest neuroscience institute in New Jersey
- Hackensack Meridian Health reports $97.5M operating gain
- Mercer County medical office portfolio sells for $11M
- Mifepristone is at the center of growing legal battles. Where does it leave medication abortion in Pa., N.J., and Delaware
- New Jersey hospital adds NuVasive’s spine platform
- Some NJ hospitals using AI to catch early cancerous growths
- NJ Hospitals Invest Billions in Community Needs
- Capital Health Cancer Center Approved as NCI Research Site
- New Jersey hospital using digital platform to increase surgery efficiency
- New Saint Clare’s CEO talks staffing shortages, hospital competition
NEW MEXICO
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- 5 New Mexico health bills signed into law
- Governor signs Medical Malpractice Act into law
- Lovelace Health System names new president and CEO
- Meridian Plans $100M MOB, Cancer Center In New Mexico
- New Mexico amends bill, expands anesthesiologist assistant scope
- New Albuquerque pharmacy will be first of its kind in the state
- New Mexico ranks as one of the worst states for children’s health care
- Nexus Health begins construction on new medical office building
NEW YORK
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- BryLin Behavioral Health System leadership transition adds new president
- Buffalo Vascular Care expands with amputation prevention clinic
- Digital health platform Noom names first-ever medical director
- New York building housing Optum clinic sold
- Report finds New York’s death rate spiked 30% during pandemic
- Reports reveal a series of violations led to deaths in Long Island nursing homes
- NYC Health + Hospitals offers more than $500K to staff to help pay off student debt
- New York health system expands Oracle EHR to 12 locations
- Noom names first-ever medical director
- Hospital leadership transition adds new president
- New York physician arrested, charged with sexual abuse of patients
- New York judge denies UnitedHealth’s request for summary judgment in TeamHealth lawsuit
- Garnet Health launches open-heart surgery program
- MLB’s Mets to wear NewYork-Presbyterian logo on jerseys
- Beyond wellness programs: How a focus on quality supports staff at NewYork-Presbyterian
- New York hospital performs dual transplant with 250-person team
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health Care’s co-CEOs committed to patients, community
- Atrium Health’s 10 highest-earning executives in 2022
- Atrium Health, Novant top list of Charlotte’s largest physician groups
- Atrium CEO Woods gets 40% bump to $13.97M in 2022 compensation
- Bills would bar hospitals from denying transplant surgery based on COVID vaccinations status
- Bioventus CEO pushed out after failed acquisition
- Construction to begin on Iredell Memorial Hospital expansion
- Downtown Raleigh adds HQ as ProPharma moves in, plans to hire
- Dr. Freischlag steps aside at Wake Forest med school, but not slowing down with WFB, Advocate Health roles
- Iredell Health System announces salary increases for nurses, other positions
- Medical building in Greensboro sells for $4.4 million
- Morrisville diagnostics firm makes jump from cattle to people
- North Carolina Pharmacy Agrees to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- North Carolina system to raise pay for most of its 1,800 workers
- Novant Health Foundation names inaugural endowed chair at hospital system’s cancer institute
- The ‘heart of the Triad’ gets better access to cardiovascular care as Novant Health opens new heart and vascular lab at Kernersville Medical Center (PHOTOS)
- Trillium Health receives $1.3 million in federal funding to help homeless
- WakeMed adds 2 hospitals to large Garner development
- Syphilis cases have increased 133% from 2021-2022 in N.C.
- Rural health care a priority for ECU health sciences grads
- North Carolina nurses rally over patient safety concerns
- Elevance Health’s first Carelon healthcare center opens in North Carolina
NORTH DAKOTA
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- ND nurse identified in FBI investigation, faked credentials, bought diploma
- Innovation in medicine at Altru
- Sanford Health recognized by Becker’s on list of 150 top places to work in health care
- Joel Johnson, Park River doctor, receives two rural health care awards
- 5 states broaden reimbursement for pharmacists
OHIO
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- 4 medical office buildings making space for orthopedics
- Cleveland Clinic Akron General Adopts New Birthing Model to Improve Outcomes
- Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals take over biotech company incubator
- EZ Induction, a video game developed at Cincinnati Children’s, lands licensing deal with Columbus’ LittleSeed
- Kettering Health hires firm to look into misconduct allegations
- McKenzie Health System plans to build new Sandusky hospital
- Medpace CEO jumps on Forbes’ 2023 World’s Billionaires list
- One done and two on the way: Dayton Children’s tackling behavioral health projects in 2023 and beyond
- One Ohio hospital recently ended their maternity services, another will soon follow suit
- ProMedica names 3 executives
- TriHealth’s COO, chief diversity officer on a mission of equity and inclusivity
- Central Ohio health systems lift COVID-19 mask requirements
- Ohio 988 suicide hotline looks to future with increase in calls
- As maternal mortality rises, Ohio policymakers urge action
- Ohio launches new dashboard to document drug overdoses
- Latina doctors helping bridge the health care gap in Northeast Ohio
- Amid a high infant mortality rate, Ohio researchers look beyond healthcare
- Mercy taking over residency program after Ohio hospital closes
- Hospitals expanding across central Ohio, around the country
OKLAHOMA
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- Groundbreaking set for $400 million hospital in Tahlequah
- Oklahoma man pushes for hospital accountability bill after losing his wife during pandemic
- Cherokee Nation to build new hospital
- BCBS Oklahoma, Stillwater Medical Center extend deal through 2023
- Debt, finances leave Legislature ‘concerned’ about OU Health problems
- House Bill 1368 would compensate Oklahoma caregivers for their time, energy, money
OREGON
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- 4 medical office buildings making space for orthopedics
- Breakthrough bill in Oregon Legislature would set safe hospital staffing
- Moody’s revises Legacy Health’s outlook to negative, reflecting widespread pain
- Legacy Health to re-open Mt. Hood birthing center following OHA investigation
- Skanska To Build $111 Million University Hospital Expansion in Portland, Oregon
- Oregon hospital likely to close if bank loan called in
- Kotek asks lawmakers to address gaps in behavioral health care funding
- Beset by unique, severe financial woes, Coos Bay hospital struggles forward
- Patient left for hours in hallway of ‘overcrowded’ Hillsboro ER, mistakenly sent home with IV
- RiverBend first hospital in Oregon to receive certification for advanced heart procedures
- Nurses rally in Springfield for more staffing, support
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 4 medical office buildings making space for orthopedics
- A hospital slowly fades away in rural Pennsylvania
- AHN launches initiative to improve heart health on North Side
- Doylestown Health surpasses $100M fundraising goal
- Lab Notes: CHOP gets $10M research gift; Vallon seeks greater shareholder support for merger
- Main Line Health is first local health system to get ‘StormReady’ designation from National Weather Service
- Mifepristone is at the center of growing legal battles. Where does it leave medication abortion in Pa., N.J., and Delaware
- Philadelphia cell and gene therapy firm emerges from stealth mode with $64M in funding, Navy Yard space
- South Korean drugmaker to invest $100M into insulin plant in Morgantown
- Temple University Health System CFO leaving for new job
- The Pittsburgh-region hospitals that Healthgrades marks as tops for patient safety and experience
- UHS revenue hit $13.4B in 2022: 6 things to know
- University of Pittsburgh doctor, professor sues school; alleges retaliation over his affirmative action views
- UPMC issues $1.6B in bonds
- UPMC’s Diane Holder discusses ways to improve efficiency, access in health care
- WVU Health System names Temple University Health System exec as new CFO
- After recent layoffs, Penn Medicine LG Health to give workers 4% raises
RHODE ISLAND
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- Lifespan CEO Tells Medical Staff of Major Reorg, President of RI Hospital Is Out
- Lifespan restructures leadership; hospital president exits
- Lifespan, CNE lift universal masking policy
- Rhode Island Hospital president to step down amid ‘leadership structural changes’
- RIF awards $1.4M in grants to local health nonprofits to help reduce racial disparities
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Eye on expansion, training: Hospital CEO details plans
- Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Office Building in Columbia, SC
- New partnership accelerates path from College of Charleston to MUSC pharmacy program
- Patients of dermatology center in Myrtle Beach that closed abruptly express frustrations of not receiving medical records
- South Carolina sees ‘alarming’ rise in infant, mom deaths
- Out-of-state counselors could be able to work in SC under proposed bill
- Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness Hospital opening in North Charleston
- InDebted: South Carolina’s medical debt is 2nd-worst in the US (and hospitals don’t always make it better)
- South Carolina Has One of the Lowest Life Expectancies in the U.S.
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- CHS sells 4 hospitals
- Diversicare Healthcare Services names Steve Nee CEO
- Flagship Healthcare Properties acquires MOB and ASC in Jackson, Tennessee
- Flagship Healthcare Properties acquires MOB in Tennessee
- Group of Nashville physicians urge lawmakers to pass ‘reasonable’ gun laws
- HCA’s performance-related incentives for 4 top execs
- Monogram Health’s enormous raise anchors record quarterly venture capital investment
- Louisville nonprofit program expanding to Nashville, partnering with prestigious medical center
- TriStar Health plans to build $18 million freestanding emergency department in Nolensville
- Tennessee health system affected by CHS third-party breach
- ‘No signs of slowing’: New CDC data shows STI increase in TN
- New partnership creates hospital‐based nursing program in Knoxville
TEXAS
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- 2 health system IT execs honored for cybersecurity leadership
- 30 infant sleeping deaths reported by Cook Children’s hospital since start of 2022
- $37.7M behavioral health hospital headed to North Austin
- Ascension Seton invests $280M to revamp, expand Dell Seton Medical Center
- Biopharma company Molecular Templates to slash staff amid shift in focus
- Central Health raising $100 million to fund respite care clinic, renovations amid audit
- JPS to begin construction on $69M psychiatric emergency center this May
- Partners Real Estate Arranges Sale of 40,000 SF Medical Office Building in Metro Houston
- Texas health system CEO stepping down
- Texas physician, clinic manager convicted of $1.2M opioid-for-cash scheme
- Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital in Arlington appoints Rob Smart as CEO
- Texas House votes to expand state’s nascent medical marijuana program
- The 10 Most Expensive Surgery Centers in the State Are in North Texas
- Why Alicia Garner launched her own mental health clinic in Mansfield
- Lawmakers call for FDA to ignore Texas abortion pill ruling
- Health care leaders aim to tackle access, affordability challenges
- $300M to local businesses and counting: 1 supply chain leader’s approach to healthcare management
- 40K-square-foot Houston medical office building sold
- A single North Texas hospital saw 30 infant deaths from unsafe sleeping in last 15 months
- In two-state Texarkana, a widening divide in health care access
- How Medicaid redeterminations will affect a rural Texas hospital
- Texas physician, clinic manager convicted of $1.2M opioid-for-cash scheme
UTAH
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- 2 health system IT execs honored for cybersecurity leadership
- Intermountain’s insurance plan is ‘biggest opportunity for growth,’ CFO says
- Utahns’ mental health is worsening, a new analysis shows
- Utah governor signs bills focused on domestic violence, child health care
- Utah’s unique carpal tunnel clinic is celebrating 1 year
- Utah hospitals recognized for care in radiation oncology
- Utah Office of Health Equity working to unify state’s vision for closing health disparities
- NICU cameras coming to Intermountain Health hospitals
- How Utah’s secretive medical malpractice panels make it even harder to sue health care workers
VERMONT
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- Northwestern Medical Center is taking a phased approach to changing mask requirements
- UVM Health Network to roll back most masking requirements in VT hospitals
- Lack of oversight puts assisted living residents at risk, auditor says, but provider group counters that safeguards already exist
- Will it work? Lawmakers look to help neediest Vermonters age with dignity
- Porter Hospital rolling back COVID masking policy
- DHMC, others to drop mask requirements
- Covid hospitalizations drop; Vermont retires vaccine dashboard
- Miller Inpatient Building at University of Vermont Medical Center Earns LEED Gold Certification
- UVM Birthing Center eases pandemic protocols
- With abortion pill access in the hands of federal courts, Vermont providers prepare to pivot
VIRGINIA
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- Privia Health of Arlington appoints new CEO
- UVA Health on quest to be nation’s top public academic system, CEO says
- Virginia prepares for next public health emergency
- Anthem taps new Virginia president
- Select Medical acquires Virginia long-term acute care hospital
- Medication abortions will continue in Virginia, providers say
- UVA Health looks to grow and diversify revenue
- 300,000 Virginians could lose Medicaid coverage: What to know as pandemic protections end
- WebMD and Medscape surveys pick UVA Health as best-in-class hospital in Virginia
WASHINGTON
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- Hospital losses grow to $2.7 billion by the end of 2022
- Hospital staffing bill heads to governor’s desk
- Swedish Health Services names interim CEO
- ‘This is progress’: WA lawmakers pass bill to address nurse staffing
- Two hospital staffing bills pass House, head for final approval
- What They’re Watching: Sue Birch, Washington State Health Care Authority
- Washington Close to Enacting My Health My Data Act to Protect Health Data Privacy
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Manchin, Capito announces over $13 million for four WV health providers
- West Virginia physician charged with 25 counts of distributing drugs, destroying evidence
- WVU Health System names Temple University Health System exec as new CFO
- Exploring the health care challenges rural Americans face across 5 states
- Health Care Grants Available To Improve Outcomes In W.Va.
- Diminishing OB Care In Rural America
- West Virginia is the sleepiest state
- With new CON law, Health Care Authority approves withdrawal of application
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Aurora Health reports operating loss of $23.9M in 2022
- Advocate Health co-CEO Eugene Woods’ compensation nearly $14M in 2022
- Advocate Health co-CEOs discuss headwinds, Milwaukee commitments
- Opioid settlement backs Meta House plan for $32M residential treatment campus in Glendale
- ThedaCare, Froedtert Health announce first steps to combine organizations
- Family finds dead bugs, dirt inside Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin room following daughter’s surgery
- Wisconsin childrens’ mental health concerns; emergency system strained
- Wisconsin ranks 31st in screening newborns for health conditions
- EMS agencies describe a system in crisis
- What’s behind Wisconsin’s county health rankings
- Report: Wisconsin saw virtually complete abortion stoppage after Dobbs
- Midwest Orthopedic Network property acquired for $4.3M
WYOMING
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- Amid lawsuit, St. John’s board may have broken law
- Faced with challenges, Wyoming’s rural hospitals remain resilient to serve patients
- St. John’s crowned as one of the ‘World’s Best Hospitals’
- Teton County named ‘healthiest’ in state, still lags in some areas
- Wyoming’s rural hospitals are facing adversity but remain committed to care
- Torrington Community Hospital completes construction & hosts open house
