NATIONAL
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- 16 bills in healthcare package, but little to show for nursing homes
- AHA discusses legislative proposals on site-neutral, 340B and other issues at House subcommittee hearing
- AHA: Financial Challenges Continue as Hospital Expenses Rise
- AHA: Supply chain won’t return to ‘normal’ anytime soon, but here’s what you can do
- American Hospital Association wants Congress to intervene in Medicare and Medicaid payments
- At House hearing, AHA says tax-exempt hospital meet and exceed requirements of tax exemption
- CMS seeks to align Medicaid managed care, fee-for-service policies
- CMS To Publicly Release All Ownership Info Of Home Health, Hospice Agencies
- Health care price transparency, competition on the agenda for House
- Hospitals are facing an uphill battle against supply chain shortages
- House bill would give FTC authority over nonprofit hospitals
- House subcommittee holds hearing on ways to reduce health care costs
- PBMs Are in the Hotseat in Washington DC
- Physician Compensation Rises 17% Since 2018 as Shortages Persist
- Private Equity Makes Inroads Into the Hospital Sector
- Providers need to be aware of CPT coding changes to get paid
- Report: Nonprofit hospitals rely on financial reserves to continue their mission
- Rural Hospital Support Act aims to offer additional financial assistance for rural hospitals and bolster health care access for rural communities
- State health data sharing limited by access to broadband, staff and funds
- The future of remote patient monitoring hinges on reimbursement
- The ‘hospital at home’ movement is coming. Here’s what it means for patients
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in False Claims Act Case
ALABAMA
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- Alabama Regional Medical Services names new CFO
- Alabama faces critical staff shortages in community mental health care
- Behavioral health nurse shortages impacting Alabama Department of Mental Health
- Brookwood Baptist Medical Center completes $30M project
- Cullman Regional takes steps to build ambulatory surgery center in Hartselle
- DCH Health Care reports $116M operating losses in last 2 years
- Encompass Health expanding to new state in Northeast
- Pharma with Bham presence takes $300M loan to pay down debt
- UAB: Emergency department crowding has reached a ‘crisis point’
- UAB Gets $3.3M to Test Telehealth Cardio Program
- Auburn University partners with others to increase health benefits in rural Alabama
- Alabama pain clinic owner pleads guilty in multi-million-dollar health care fraud, kickback conspiracy
- “Alabama Needs More Doctors”: House passes Physician Workforce Act
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- $45M renovation complete on Banner Desert Medical Center campus
- Arizona bioscience firm rolls out colon cancer blood test in wake of CEO’s own diagnosis
- Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Office Building in Phoenix Area
- Virtus Pays $49M for Phoenix Medical Office Building
- Arizona system taps Sutter executive as CEO
- Alarming number of assaults at Arizona State Hospital, lawmakers looking for change
- Northern Arizona Healthcare announces selection of new CEO
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 behavioral health facilities for 2023
- David Higginson of Phoenix Children’s Hospital on using machine learning
ARKANSAS
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- Mercy Hospital Paris named one of the best small hospitals in the US
- UAMS Orthopaedic & Spine Clinic Opens in NLR
- UAMS Researcher Awarded $3.2M to Study Cancer Treatments
- Working to Solve a Mental Health Crisis
- U of Arkansas for Medical Sciences opens orthopedic and spine clinic
- Rural Arkansas health providers prep for post-COVID Medicaid roll reduction
- UAMS Health Opens New Urology Center
CALIFORNIA
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- Adventist Health to lease portions of corporate headquarters
- Beverly Hospital in Montebello files for bankruptcy in effort to avoid closure
- California hospital board eliminates interim CEO’s job at his suggestion
- California legislation takes aim at surprise ambulance bills
- California’s lowest paid health workers want a pay boost. Why industry leaders are pushing back
- Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Appoints Jessica L. Miley Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
- COVID-19 outbreak hits large Bay Area hospital, prompting new mask rules
- Kaiser, Geisinger launch nonprofit to buy hospitals
- Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger, form company to operate other nonprofit systems
- Kaiser to buy East Coast hospital chain as portal into more ‘value-based care’
- Myovant Sciences won 3 drug approvals and got bought out. Now it’s cutting nearly 100 jobs.
- Radiology Partners added 500 physicians to its roster in 2022, now spans all 50 states
- Should Watsonville Community Hospital buy its building and the land it sits on?
- Sutter names interim CFO
- UC health systems reach a deal with Aetna, averting disruption for thousands of patients
- California to be first state in nation to have an all-electric hospital
- California system names chief development officer
- Cash-strapped California hospital’s mediation ends with critical issues unresolved
- Disability Rights Groups Sue to Overturn California’s Physician-Assisted Death Law
COLORADO
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- ‘Ambulance gap’: The surprise medical bill loophole explained, and why only some Coloradans are protected
- CHI study outlines solutions to address youth mental health crisis in Colorado
- Colorado governor signs legislation eliminating co-pays for Medicaid
- Colorado says it won’t enforce ‘abortion reversal’ ban
- Denver Health has translation services for 200 languages
- Sterling Regional MedCenter rolls out new tele-nephrology technology
- UCHealth celebrates virtual behavioral health program’s success after first year
- ‘We’re going to fight like hell’: Colorado West CEO on adapting as an independent hospital
- Half of Colorado hospitals post most required prices under federal transparency rules, report finds
- Big donation to be endowed to benefit children cancer patients in Colorado Springs area
- Virtual intensive outpatient therapy at UCHealth helping to improve mental health access in Colorado
- Colorado clinics could soon be reimbursed for linking patients to healthy food, housing services
- Colorado lawmakers debating bill on banning hospital ‘facility fees’
CONNECTICUT
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- Encompass Health expanding to new state in Northeast
- IVXPress adds third Connecticut location
- Nearly 10 years in, Quinnipiac medical school looks to future with new five-year plan
- New rehabilitation hospital to open in Danbury
- State denies addiction treatment facility certificate to open in New London
- Trinity Health of New England Is Erasing $32M in Patient Debt
- Yale New Haven Health presents case for acquisition of three CT hospitals
- Connecticut Children’s physician awarded $14M for Crohn’s disease research
- Why Yale New Haven Health wants to buy three CT hospitals
- CT Children’s hospital wins Hartford neighborhood support for parking garage
- Last year, CT launched ‘historic’ kids mental health programs. This year, there may be no funding.
- Five Connecticut Hospitals Earn a Place in Ranking of Best in the World
- More psychiatric nurses are needed to fill mental health care gaps
- Connecticut Children’s receives $14M grant to research Crohn’s disease GI condition
- Connecticut Children’s to break ground on ‘most ambitious’ expansion in history
DC
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- Children’s National Hospital Seeks Legal Action Against Resident Physician’s Union
- GW University medical residents to vote on union, hospital nurses to soon follow
- Kaiser, Geisinger launch nonprofit to buy hospitals
- Kaiser Permanente to spend billions on new value-based care nonprofit based in the D.C. area
- Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger, form company to operate other nonprofit systems
- Pandemic mental health diagnoses increased in D.C.
- Mental Health Advocates, ACLU Call on DC to Add Resources For People in Crisis
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- 2 Florida providers sentenced in $31M Medicare scheme
- Accel Research Sites acquires more locations, adds staff
- AdventHealth changes project slated for former Holy Land Experience site in Orlando
- Exclusive: Mini hospitals provide care in smaller packages
- First Coast Heart and Vascular Center acquired by Orlando’s Cardiovascular Associates of America
- HCA Healthcare names new West Florida Division president
- HCA Healthcare buys land for new freestanding ER in Osceola County
- How a 2019 Florida law catalyzed a hospital-building boom
- Jupiter Medical Center to build 92-bed patient tower at $110 million cost
- Lee Health Celebrates the Opening of the Newer, Larger Dunbar Medical Office with Expanded Health Care Services
- Lee Health medical center in Dunbar reopens in new location after old location destroyed in Hurricane Ian
- Memorial Hospital approved for $3.7M renovation
- Police: Man facing arson charges after setting 3 fires inside Florida hospital
- St. Augustine-based Flagler Health+, UF Health ponder joining forces
- St. Joseph’s Hospital-North names new president
- Florida health workers criticize immigration bill
- Florida HCA patients at risk due to low staffing, union warns
- Woman drives through doors of Emergency Room at Florida Osceola Hospital
- Cano Health Opens Three New Medical Centers in South Florida
GEORGIA
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- Christ Community Health opens children’s clinic in Medical District
- How Northside Hospital empowers career growth and work-life balance
- Kemp discusses proposed Augusta University Health, Wellstar Health Partnership while visiting Augusta
- New Columbus housing development will provide access to healthcare for residents
- Piedmont Eastside Medical Center Appoints Industry Veteran as New CFO
- New Georgia law to provide more mental health support for military families
- Georgia residents to start reapplying for Medicaid once Covid-19 emergency comes to an end next month
- Dispensing licenses issued for Georgia’s first medical marijuana dispensaries
- Grady Health announces 2 new outpatient centers to fill void
- Middle GA Parkinson’s community innovates, partners with nonprofits, universities, hospital
- Georgia experts warn of a growing maternal mental health crisis and why it’s important to get help
- Georgia is paying hackers to break into its Medicaid portal
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- CommonSpirit Health rolls out new virtual nursing technology
- New Crystal Lake Hospital Aims To Open In July
- Nonprofit behavioral health provider Centerstone names new Illinois CEO
- Illinois hospital to spend $2.3M on EHR upgrade
- New SSM Health children’s developmental center opening today
- Illinois Capitol bills would give more money to community health centers
- Illinois physician selected for year-long NASA Mars simulation
- HSHS St. John’s Hospital unveils newly renovated critical care units
- Illinois General Assembly introduces bill to ease access to health care benefits, limit barriers to care
- Illinois hospital names vice president of nursing
- Illinois Community Hospital breaks ground on new Illini Express Clinic
- Memorial Hospital named outstanding rural health organization
- UChicago Medicine invests $686.2 million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022
INDIANA
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- Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees
- Carmel-based NICO Corp. hoping for big boost after clinical trial favors its stroke treatment
- Doctors concerned noncompete ban exclusion could deprive Indiana of specialists
- Drug manufacturer grows amid contracting boom
- Eskenazi Health’s $60 million campaign aims to improve health equity in Indianapolis
- Indiana hospitals oppose legislation designed to lower costs
- Parkview Health gets 70% of patients onto Epic portal, home of its telehealth programs
- Physician non competes, unlawful tracking heading for governor’s desk
- Specialty physicians cut from Indiana noncompete ban bill
- Public health worker shortage affecting Indiana
- Indiana public health boost smaller than governor sought
- Baptist Health Floyd opens new facility so newborns with health issues can get treatment in Indiana
- CVS Health report: 65+ fastest-growing age group in Indiana
- Methodist Hospitals marks a century serving Northwest Indiana
IOWA
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- A ‘welcoming front door’: UI turns to inpatient tower project
- ChildServe to break ground on Coralville expansion project
- Doctor sues hospital, accusing executives of discrimination and pushing employees to vote for Trump
- Iowa hospitals face mounting financial pressure, stagnating Medicaid reimbursement
- Iowa nursing home owner, accused of defrauding taxpayers, cited for 19 violations
- Iowa Senate approves moratorium on new or expanded nursing homes
- Lawsuit alleges University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics shared patient data with Facebook
- U of Iowa Hospitals opens 30-room short-stay unit to address immediate capacity concerns
- UI Health Care to take over Siouxland residency program
- University of Iowa hospitals moving forward on design for new patient tower
- Iowa nurse, cited three times for stealing patients’ painkillers, surrenders license
- After two resident deaths, Iowa care facility is named among the nation’s worst
KANSAS
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- AdventHealth’s Lenexa campus will be eligible for tax incentives
- ProPharma relocates Overland Park headquarters to North Carolina
- WellSky takes ‘huge step forward’ with new patient engagement platform
- Kansas abortion providers face new rule after veto overridden
- Violence against Kansas health care workers prompts fresh push for tougher penalties
- Future of rural health care in Kansas part of 2-panel discussion
- Speakers dive into reasons rural Kansans are struggling to get access to health care
KENTUCKY
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- 2,700+ Baptist Health workers tasted flexible work; now, they can’t go back to cubicles
- CommonSpirit Health rolls out new virtual nursing technology
- Humana boosts 2023 guidance following strong first quarter
- Marks named King’s Daughters president/CEO; McFann role is expanded
- Tackling physician shortage, UK College of Medicine to graduate largest-ever class
- AG Daniel Cameron announces more than $8 million to fight opioid epidemic in Kentucky
- How one change could impact healthcare access in NKY
- Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid
- Louisville biotech startup looks to launch rapid test for chronic kidney disease
- OH Wound Center strives for treatment, forming bonds
LOUISIANA
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- Feds challenge LCMC purchase of three Tulane hospitals; officials file suit in federal court
- La. bill seeks to codify visitation policies at healthcare centers
- Lafayette rehab hospital, management company and physician agree to settlement
- Louisiana accuses FTC of stepping on state power in hospital merger dispute
- New Bill Easing Consequences for Inadequate Nursing Home Emergency Plans Passes in Louisiana
- ‘100 nurses in 100 days’: CNO Kristin Wolkart’s creative plans for FMOL Health System’s nursing workforce
- Rehab hospital, physician to pay $1.7M in wake of Medicare scheme
- LCMC barred from closing any Tulane hospitals amid mounting legal fight with regulators
- Lindy Boggs Medical Center, Mid-City eyesore since Katrina, up for sale again
MAINE
MARYLAND
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- Maryland created a Prescription Drug Affordability Board to rein in prices
- Nursing home workers at Autumn Lake facility in Baltimore file to unionize
- Proposal to build mental healthcare facility in Rockville sparking controversy
- University of Maryland Medical System nursing program ramps up to address labor shortage
- 1501 Health celebrates health care’s newest innovators
- Healthcare challenges: ER waits, nurse shortages, long-term care
- Frederick Health Department tackles racial maternal health disparities
- Maryland teams up with University of Maryland Medical System to secure supply of mifepristone
- 2 Maryland institutions of higher learning partnering to address nursing shortage
MASSACHUSETTS
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- A first look at Faulkner Hospital’s expansion
- Bingo and ‘guide partners’: A startup rethinking primary care for elderly opens in Quincy
- Flagship-backed startup makes layoffs for second time in three months
- Meet Robin, UMass Memorial’s new pediatric robot
- ‘Other states are on our heels’: Healey touts support for life sciences in MassBio speech
- Irregular heartbeat pauses cancer drug trial
- Mass. AG calls for increased transparency in nursing home management
- Cape Cod hospital to begin TeamBirth initiative
- Behavioral health facility denied employees violence protection
- Massachusetts AG asking Feds for rule disclosing nursing facility ownership
MICHIGAN
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- Corewell Health names COO
- Health care jobs top list of in-demand careers across West Michigan
- McLaren emergency department coming to Oxford
- McLaren accused of leaving patient medical records in decommissioned hospital
- Michigan nurse practitioner bill will improve care access, NP org president says
- Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic lays off workers
- Medicaid renewal changes could affect one-third of Michiganders
- These Michigan universities have the best nursing schools, U.S. News ranking says
- Michigan’s COVID-19 levels continue to drop
- Michigan Medicine formalizes policy to report patient abuse, neglect
- Judge OKs Ascension settlement with Michigan workers over vaccination mandate
MINNESOTA
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- Allina Health taps Advocate Aurora leader as COO
- Ellison could get authority over Fairview-Sanford health care merger
- Fairview operating losses total $448M in last two years
- Minnesota House passes health budget bill
- Minnesota Senate Approves Major Nurse Staffing Bill
- Potential trouble for Sanford/Fairview merger
- Outlook negative for Allina Health amid operating losses, capital expenditure plans
- UPMC, Mayo, Cedars-Sinai all hiring for AI-based roles
- Fairview’s operating loss grew to over $315 million last year
- UnitedHealth CEO pay topped $20 million in 2022
- Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions
- Attorney general proposed as gatekeeper of Minnesota health care mergers
- Overall excellence will offset Mayo Clinic’s weaker operating performance in next years, agencies say
- Optum, CVS, Northwell, Mayo: $394M in digital health funding from past month
- ChatGPT names UnitedHealthcare, Aetna as top US health insurers
- Mayo Clinic’s chair of marketing on the inspiration behind the system’s new campaigns
MISSISSIPPI
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- A quarter of Mississippi’s rural hospitals could close within three years, report shows
- How a $1M grant can help transform mental health treatment in South Mississippi
- A deeper look at NMMC’s nursing shortage
- Mississippi hospital files lawsuit over $453K of air conditioning units
- Mississippi Court Clarifies Malice Exception to Doctor Privilege
MISSOURI
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- As Covid emergencies end, St. Charles County reports lowest death rate in region
- Boone Health CEO steps down
- Centene’s Q1 profit surged past $1B, but its forecast took a step back
- Children’s Mercy, GE HealthCare launch patient progression command center
- Corporate Philanthropy Awards 2023: EyeCare Partners program brings vision, style to school children
- Lawsuit seeks to block Missouri attorney general restrictions on transgender health care
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City, GE HealthCare open new AI-powered care progression hub
- Capital Region Medical Center settles for $270K amid unpaid interest
- Respiratory therapist pleads guilty in deaths of 2 patients
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- AI and healthcare: How Omaha’s CHI Health system is implementing
- Artificial intelligence being used at Omaha’s CHI Health clinics
- How a small hospital in Nebraska has thrived through the pandemic
- New report sets off alarm about nurse shortage and patient care in Nebraska
- Former CHI Health St. Elizabeth nurse stole fentanyl from pharmacy, troopers allege
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Long stays in ERs a problem for N.H. patients in mental health crisis. Timeline to fix it is debated
- How much to spend 24 hours on a gurney in Portsmouth hospital ER? $14,000, patient says
- Memorial among hospitals yet to drop mask mandate
- State, hospitals disagree on how long it will take to end ‘ER boarding’ in New Hampshire
- Contentious debate over responding to violence against health care workers
- Hospital affiliation hearing to be held on May 18
NEW JERSEY
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- Now permanent CEO, Brian Adams has Tabula Rasa focused on growth opportunities in wake of founder’s exit
- RWJBarnabas Health Expands Pediatric Palliative Care Services
- South Jersey Health Systems Sign Definitive Agreement to Merge
- Virtua Health to acquire Reconstructive Orthopedics
- Health officials warn of deadly fungus in New Jersey
- Study: New Jersey’s temporary health care license program expanded mental health services during pandemic
- How Saint Peter’s is solving patients’ food insecurity concerns
- Inspira Health swings to $42.7M loss amid ‘significant investments’
NEW MEXICO
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- Albuquerque hospital recognized for its work in robotic surgery
- Las Vegas, N.M., hospital that serves 30,000 to shutter intensive care unit
- 9 states with fewer than 100 surgeons
- Maternal health crisis in New Mexico: services shrink, risks grow
- Closed-door meeting could set masking policy in health care settings across NM
NEW YORK
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- A year after G-Health deal, CINQCARE grows membership and workforce alike
- Construction worker pulled from vent shaft at NYU Langone Hospital
- Having a baby in Wyoming County? Be prepared to drive to deliver
- Mount Sinai launches regenerative medicine outpost to translate research into medicines
- Northwell marketing chief joins Ad Council board
- Ribbon cut at Watertown’s new mental health urgent care
- Surgical communication platform raises $4.2 million seed round
- Technology is shaping how WNY health care students learn
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: New proposed changes to HCAHPS from CMS are encouraging
- Optum, CVS, Northwell, Mayo: $394M in digital health funding from past month
- Potential resident physician strike looms at 2 NYC hospitals
- NYC surgical communication platform raises $4.2 million seed round
- Intermountain, Northwell + 4 other systems up for branding awards
- New York children’s hospital starts liver disease, transplant program
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health reports $105M operating loss in 2022
- Atrium Health Mercy in Charlotte earns Planetree International certification for person-centered care
- Ban on COVID Vaccine Mandates Clears North Carolina House
- Behavioral health initiative would get $1 billion boost from NC House bill
- Cary biopharma laying off CEO, others after merger
- Cone Health CEO pushes back on Atrium Health’s hospital proposal
- Hospital price transparency, medical debt collection bill takes another step
- New Asheville area hospital to face delays after challenge from competitor Mission
- NC bill could ensure your health information stays private
- ProPharma relocates Overland Park headquarters to North Carolina
- Recora and UNC Health Rex Partner for Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
- Several Duke Regional Hospital executives asked to step down
- Shuttered nursing home avoids class action in understaffing lawsuit
- Study: Dozens of NC’s nonprofit hospitals get more in tax breaks than they give back to communities
- TBJ Legacy Award winner Goldie Byrd improves health equity across the Triad
- Top executives out at Duke Regional Hospital
- Slate of bills seeks to improve Black maternal health outcomes
- NC lawmakers mull big changes to health insurance, prescription drug industries
- Contentious Blue Cross NC bill sailing through legislative process
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Trinity Health to begin clinic moves
- Trinity Health begins welcoming outpatients at new campus
- North Dakota’s latest try at abortion ban could face lawsuit
- North Dakota Organizations Receive $3.4 Million in HHS Resources
- First Response Air brings lifesaving care to rural ND
- Sanford Health recognized by Becker’s on list of 150 top places to work in health care
OHIO
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- 24/7 behavioral crisis center headed to Dayton region
- Blue Water Biotech names Dr. Jay Newmark chief medical officer after Entadfi deal
- Cardinal Health’s newest med supply distribution centers boast increased productivity thanks to robots
- CareSource secures third partner of 2023
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital names Dr. Rich Falcone chief of staff
- Cincinnati hospital CEOs talk mental health, labor shortages and more
- Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital donates building to Beacon Charitable Pharmacy
- Farmer Family Foundation gives $5M to accelerate Cincinnati Children’s stem cell studies
- McLaren St. Luke’s moves up closure date
- Meet the new CEO of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Northeast Ohio hospitals gave back nearly $2 billion to communities in 2021, hospital association report says
- Premier Health opens new medical office in Xenia; ribbon cutting held today
- ProMedica posts $346 million operating loss in fourth quarter
- Springfield hospital provides healthcare training, eases staffing shortage
- ‘Window to the future’: How Cleveland Clinic estimates costs for international patients
- Ohio on verge of lowest COVID-19 cases in one year
- ProMedica Toledo Hospital Stroke Team recognized with national stroke award
OKLAHOMA
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- Artificial intelligence being used at Omaha’s CHI Health clinics
- Tornado damage impacts health facilities in Shawnee
- Walmart to open health centers in Oklahoma City
- Study: Most Oklahoma hospitals unable to explain emergency abortion care policies to patients
- Oklahoma Hospital Evacuated After Receiving Bomb Threat
- Mercy Hospital OKC begins $2.6 million expansion project
OREGON
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- Danny Jacobs’ OHSU reappointment reveals deep division among leadership
- House passes bill to boost Oregon hospitals’ charity care
- Oregon bill aims to ensure hospitals follow charity care laws
- Oregon hospitals and health care worker unions agree on ‘safe staffing’ bill
- Oregon nursing program risks closure amid leadership void
- OHSU board extends Pres. Danny Jacobs’ contract, but not without dissent
- Between a financial downturn and staffing shortages, Oregon hospitals are feeling the squeeze
- With Oregon Health Plan review underway, hundreds of callers a day give up on state’s helpline
- PeaceHealth to cut beds, nurses at Sacred Heart RiverBend
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 St. Luke’s hospitals getting shortchanged on government funding, lawmakers say
- AdaptHealth to pay $5.3M to settle federal false claims allegations sparked by whistleblower lawsuit
- Allegheny Health Network names 2 new hospital presidents
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Princeton researchers identify novel genetic disorder
- CHOP has settled lawsuits filed by the families of 3 premature babies who died after viral infections
- Doctors in Pennsylvania are facing a medical liability crisis that seems like Y2K again
- Inside the deal: Globus Medical and NuVasive poised to combine in $3.1B merger
- International audience hails UPMC’s new vision and rehab complex
- Kaiser, Geisinger launch nonprofit to buy hospitals
- Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger, form company to operate other nonprofit systems
- Lannett delisted from New York Stock Exchange
- PA-based medical equipment company to pay $5.3M over false billing claims
- Pennsylvania hospital shutdown strains area’s health care system
- “This really hit hard”: Pennsylvania hospital shutdown strains health care delivery, first responders say
- Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic lays off workers
- UHS reports Q1 net income of $163.1M; expenses a continued challenge
- Vizzoca’s Viewpoint: Let’s chat about health care data
RHODE ISLAND
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- Former RI opioid treatment center accused of Medicaid fraud
- Nursing home providers help to design, refine facility IP program
- Rhode Island ophthalmologist to pay $1.1M to settle kickback allegations
- Brown University program aims to eliminate health inequities in Rhode Island
- Unique program at Miriam Hospital combines palliative and emergency care
- Former local health organization, CEO sued over alleged Medicaid fraud
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- AnMed to build emergency hospital near I-85
- Carolina Forest community packs meeting, raises concerns over proposed CMC hospital
- Lancaster hospital’s new medical helicopter can provide care more quickly
- McLeod Health Opens Third Medical Office Building in Carolina Forest
- MUSC Health Orangeburg has three-year plan to make hospital profitable
- MUSC Health Orangeburg names new CEO
- Plans for new hospital in the mountains could be delayed as appeal process continues
- South Carolina House committee passes CON repeal
- Summerville hospital eyes 2-year, multi-million dollar expansion ahead of suburban boom
- Trident Health’s Summerville Medical Center Unveils Expansion Plan
- South Carolina hospital evacuates after cart washer fire
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 5 former Tennessee hospital workers plead guilty to selling patient information
- Ballad Health extends $30M credit line, reports Q1 operating loss of $18.5M
- Baptist Memorial Health Care extends BestHealth wellness program to outside companies
- Blount Memorial Hospital says it’s considering ‘joint venture’ with Covenant Health
- HCA buying land for more hospitals as earnings beat expectations
- HCA reports $1.36B in Q1 income, ups guidance for year
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare employees gain certifications through University of Memphis
- Nashville-based HCA Healthcare revenues, profits grow as staffing returns to pre-pandemic levels
- Revive founder and former CEO Brandon Edwards launches Unlock Health
- OneOncology to sell in deal valued at $2.1 billion
- TriStar Skyline Medical Center’s New CEO
- Smyrna’s TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Becomes First Level III ACS Verified Center in TN
- Southern Security donates $10,000 to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
TEXAS
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- DFW Healthcare Brief: UTSW Coppell Is Now Open and Medical City Frisco’s AI-Driven Spine Surgery System
- Downtown SA hospital campus to undergo major changes
- Driscoll Children’s Hospital receives $1M donation
- Five-Story Medical Office Coming To McKinney, Texas
- Here’s what’s ahead for fast-growing HealthMark Group
- Houston doctor, Texas pharmacy ordered to pay over $7M to settle false claims on medications
- Investors’ role in next week’s closure of San Antonio hospital under scrutiny
- “Less about people and more about profits”: Investors’ role in next week’s closure of San Antonio hospital under scrutiny
- Medical billing transparency legislation pushes forward
- Meet The Beck Group’s new national director of healthcare
- State Senate Passes Bill After Hospital Shooting
- Tenet shareholders to vote for clarity on abortion policy
- Texas Senate passes bill pushing for medical billing transparency
- Ventra Health appoints David Scharfstein to CFO
- Houston hospitals see increase in patients with mold infections after hurricane
- Conifer’s revenues flatten in Q1
- Tenet Healthcare reports $143M Q1 net income
- Dallas-based health care revenue management company appoints CFO
- Contract labor costs improving,Tenet says
- Tenet seeks $250M yearly investment in ambulatory settings
- Tenet’s ASC net operating revenues increased by 22.6% in Q1: 6 things to know
- ‘We can’t just sit back in our clinics’: How Memorial Hermann shapes its community health initiatives
- USPI continuing to carry Tenet’s growth: 6 earnings call notes
UTAH
VERMONT
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- 9 states with fewer than 100 surgeons
- Vermont poised to expand its aid-in-dying law to non-residents
- RRMC launches new nurse practitioner triage model of care in the Emergency Department
- VITL launches first two-way immunization data sharing connection with VDH and NVRH
- Blue Cross of Vermont to continue member preventative care benefits
VIRGINIA
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- Fairfax health care services company to pay $3 million to settle False Claim Act allegations related to Lovingston patients
- Virginia Clinic Opens Innovative Surgery Center
- University of Virginia Unveils Center for Health Equity, Precision Medicine
- Virginia health association to phase out COVID hospitalization dashboard Thursday
- Report: Virginia’s maternal mortality rate rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Virginia program trains pediatricians on how to treat children’s mental health amid surge in demand
WASHINGTON
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- 4 Virginia Mason patients dead amid bacterial outbreak. It’s not clear that’s what killed them
- Bill addressing healthcare staffing shortage becomes law
- Financial pressures put squeeze on another program at Tacoma’s St. Joseph Medical Center
- Health care leaders expect staffing to be an ongoing concern, survey says
- Legislature passes bill to raise Astria Toppenish Hospital reimbursement rate
- New Washington law makes medically assisted death easier to access
- PeaceHealth cuts 251 jobs
- WA lawmakers move forward with bills to help Astria Toppenish Hospital
- Washington nurse staffing legislation becomes law
- Washington state to pull plug on Covid notification app
- Gov. Inslee signs bills strengthening access to abortion in Washington state
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia systems to form 4-hospital academic system
- CAMC expecting more growth with upcoming addition of Charleston Surgical Hospital
- President: Peak Health could bring up to 500 jobs across Mountain State in the long term
- WVU Medicine uses technology to improve care in rural areas
- New doctors prepare to tackle rural healthcare shortage
- Marshall Health surgeon among the first to use new needle scope technology
- Next generation of doctors prepares to tackle rural health care shortage in West Virginia
WISCONSIN
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- Amid lawsuit with SSM Health, surgeons open competing private practice
- Marshfield Clinic amends debt obligations to ‘reflect financial difficulties’
- New Gundersen Tri-County Hospital to open in the summer
- ProHealth Care plans bigger clinic in Waterford
- Rogers Behavioral Health pays $2 million for second West Allis site
- Wisconsin DHS details end of emergency COVID-19 response
- Wisconsin health officials winding down COVID-19 programs
- Froedtert & Medical College receive $12.5 million to launch traumatic brain injury treatment program for veterans, first responders
- Gov. Evers highlights children’s mental, behavioral health services in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Hospital Association: Stoughton Health receives 2023 Advocacy All-Star Award from WHA
- As rural EMS providers in Wisconsin face volunteer shortages, one transitions to paid workforce
- Virtual nursing startup raises $1.5M to pivot and address hospital staffing crisis
- Epic Systems says generative AI could help with health systems’ financial woes
- How will the end of the COVID emergency declaration hit Wisconsin? What to know.
WYOMING
