NATIONAL
- 4 Healthcare Design And Construction Trends To Watch
- AHA urges court to preserve ACA preventive services requirement pending appeal
- AI may pose ‘existential threat,’ physicians warn in BMJ
- Biden’s nursing home staff mandates expected soon
- CareFirst, Noom program aims to ‘retrain’ the brain of members with obesity, prediabetes
- CDC head to depart
- Cyberattacks on hospitals are growing threats to patient safety, experts say
- DEA to extend remote prescribing flexibilities for 6 months
- Doctors get reprieve for telehealth prescribing of controlled substances
- Drugmakers set strategy for legal fight against US pricing regulation
- Eli Lilly damages tripled to $184M in Medicaid rebate fraud case
- FTC’s noncompete ban could apply to nonprofits, former staffers say
- Healthcare IT Leaders on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workforce
- HHS extends certain PREP Act liability protections beyond COVID-19 public health emergency
- HHS Releases EMTALA Enforcement Guidance
- Hospital margins inch up in March as volume, revenue growth outpace expenses
- Long-term care staffing challenges likely to worsen, commission reports
- Nursing shortage grows as more nurses leave health care
- Nurse staffing shortages linked to 10 percent jump in resident deaths
- PBMs, pharma play blame game over drug pricing at hearing
- Senate panel advances PBM legislation
- Should hospital executives be concerned about a banking crisis? 4 CFOs weigh in
- WHO downgrades COVID-19 pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency
ALABAMA
- New UAB clinic for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis opens
- Take a look at Birmingham hospitals’ Leapfrog safety grades
- Alabama health officials seek to eliminate cervical cancer by 2033
- Final update of Alabama’s COVID-19 online data dashboard
- Alabama health experts breakdown fine print of DEA telehealth prescription extension
- As COVID-19 public health emergency expires, nursing shortage grows
ALASKA
- APU Receives Accreditation for Licensed Practical Nurse Certificate
- Bartlett Regional Hospital Acquires Da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgery System; Community Open House Happening May 15
- The federal COVID-19 emergency is ending. Here’s what that means for Alaska
- Alaska led deaths from brain injuries in the US
- Interior Alaska Hospital Foundation moving ahead
- New Alaska partnership plans to increase education surrounding maternal mental health
- Providence hospital employee charged with sexually assaulting patient
ARIZONA
- Hammes Breaks Ground on Phoenix Medical Office Project
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital Rising to Clinician Recruitment Challenge
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital may stop accepting one of nation’s largest health insurers: ‘Playing with lives’
- Valleywise Health Foundation names Phoenix Art Museum exec as incoming CEO
- This Arizona hospital was worried about burnout, so it built a compassion center for its employees
- UnitedHealthcare, Phoenix Children’s at impasse as contract end date nears
ARKANSAS
- 5 Sherwood Urgent Care Centers Transition to Baptist Health
- Arkansas Children’s announces its largest-ever expansion
- Arkansas doctor talks possible changes to telehealth after COVID-19 public health emergency
- Heather Cherry Named Chief Nurse at Arkansas Children’s
- Micah Johnson Joins Baptist Health Conway as Chief Nursing Officer
- NW Arkansas Hospitals Will Pay $1.1M to Settle Medicaid False Claims Allegations
- 73,000 people lose Medicaid coverage in 1st month of Arkansas’ redetermination speedrun
- State investment in new hospital welcomed
- UAMS Opens New Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
CALIFORNIA
- 3 recent investments from Northwell, Intermountain and Kaiser
- 100+ employees face layoffs at Cedars-Sinai
- Adventist Health reports $390M operating losses in past 2 years
- California lawmakers greenlight $150M of emergency loans for struggling hospitals
- Filing indicates Adventist Health settled with Fire Victim Trust for $200 million while abandoning Paradise hospital
- Kaiser medical center in Santa Rosa makes Newsweek’s list of best maternity hospitals in the US
- Kaiser posts $233M operating profit in Q1, health plan adds 120,000 members
- Retired Vir CEO George Scangos lands on two boards with links to old company
- Roseville-based Adventist Health reports $557 million loss for 2022
- Sansum, Sutter Health in talks to merge
- St. Elizabeth Community Hospital receives top marks for safety
- Strike set at Los Angeles hospital
- Sutter Health credit rating upgraded ahead of $750 million bond issue
- Sutter Health in talks to acquire Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara
- Sutter Health opens 2023 with $194M gain, 2.3% operating margin
- Tri-City says it’s finally ready to use medical office building that was tangled in legal dispute
- UCSF team, French institute want to target the next pandemic. All they need is $15M.
- Loan program could avert California hospital closures
- Oscar Health will exit from California
- California’s Health Care Affordability Board examines other states’ boards in design considerations
- California hospital nurses’ new deal includes 20.75% wage increase
- California hospital cutting length of patient stays in half using home-based care
COLORADO
- 2 months after companywide layoffs, Friday Health Plans halts enrollments in Colorado
- Capitol Pulse: Colorado hospitals targeted in health care debate
- Children’s Hospital in Colorado Springs helping thousands of kids with therapy, behavioral health needs
- Colorado lawmakers adjourn ‘progressive’ session on healthcare
- Dozens of health care bills head to governor’s desk
- InnovAge points to small but steady signs of growth after release from final sanctions
- Significantly narrowed version of bill to ban Colorado hospital ‘facility fees’ headed to Polis’s desk
- UCHealth named in lawsuit for alleged illegal tactics to sue for medical debt, says it would be “optically bad” to use company name
- Friday Health Plans pauses Colorado enrollments
- Colorado prepares for end of COVID pandemic federal health emergency
- New law requires Colorado’s nonprofit hospitals to explain their ‘community benefit’ in greater detail
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut is ending its COVID-19 public health emergency. Here’s what it means.
- Connecticut is weighing several changes to Medicaid. Here’s a look at some of them
- CT hospitals see rise in unpaid medical bills, as new models emerge to erase debt
- CT lawmakers may pass on key elder care reforms this year
- Danbury nursing home facing fines after assault allegations
- Hartford HealthCare pays special tribute to its nurses
- Physician group, health system to pay $500K to settle fraud allegations
- Sacred Heart Univ., HHC partner on healthcare workforce development efforts
- UF Health Jacksonville picks a Connecticut leader as CEO
- Yale New Haven Hospital, partners provide payment to victims of violence, homicide
- Yale New Haven, medical group agree to pay $560K to resolve false claims allegations involving Bridgeport Hospital
- As Connecticut ends its COVID health emergency, officials chart next steps
DC
- Ascension to cut services at Providence hospital
- ‘We see what those bullets do’: DC trauma nurses describe how to fight compassion fatigue
- Mayor Bowser Announces Agreement to Bring New Health and Wellness Destination to DC
- Washington DC VA Medical Center Provides Cutting Edge Prostate Cancer Care
DELAWARE
- ChristianaCare opens Sleep Wellness Center
- The grades are in: How COVID-19 impacted patient safety in Delaware hospitals
- Delaware’s Covid death rate 29th in nation as health emergency ends
- Delaware Hospice cuts ribbon for inpatient unit inside St. Francis Hospital
FLORIDA
- Baptist Health Care back in the black as operating income improves
- BayCare Health reports $338M operating income amid overall loss
- Cano Health pursues asset sales amid $60M loss
- Deuk Spine Institute to enter Orlando market with new surgical center
- Executive Profile: Nestor Plana on transitioning long-term health services out of institutions
- HCA Baldwin Park ER property hits the market as investment purchase
- HCA Healthcare plans new downtown Orlando ER
- HearUSA opens revamped retail center at headquarters in Palm Beach County
- Lee Health reports lower operating income of almost $30M as expenses continue to bite
- Near Orlando, HCA Osceola hospital staff warn of understaffing and unsafe conditions for patients
- New U of Miami Health System medical office building to create 450 jobs
- Orlando Health buys medical office building at campus near downtown
- St. Cloud Hospital names Chief Quality Officer
- Tampa’s Lions Eye Institute adopts new name
- Troubled Cano Health records $60.6M loss in Q1
- UF Health Jacksonville picks a Connecticut leader as CEO
- HCA Florida hospital names chief medical officer
- Tampa General Hospital CEO Named as a Top Influencer in Florida Health Care
- What the end of the COVID public health emergency means for Florida
- Florida Hospital Association Issues Statewide Call to Action to Reduce Maternal Deaths
- How a 2019 Florida law catalyzed a hospital-building boom
GEORGIA
- Atlanta hospital reopens following shooting
- AU Health, Wellstar merger impacts hundreds of employees
- Caylee Noggle to leave state government for Georgia Hospital Association
- Georgia ups penalties for workplace violence, allows for hospital police forces
- Medical community reacts to Northside Medical Midtown shooting
- NetGen Healthcare Reports Breach Affecting More than 1 Million Patients
- New Northside medical office building coming to Woodstock
- New documents offer details about AU Health-Wellstar merger
- Roughly four in 10 Georgia hospitals receive a ‘C’ grade
- Staffing firm Jackson Healthcare to buy Omaha’s LRS Healthcare
- Tom Arnold helped Piedmont Healthcare integrate eight hospitals
- Wellstar agrees to spending nearly $800 million over next decade in AU Health merger
- ‘The work they do is valuable’: Central Georgia hospital grades from watchdog groups ensure patient safety
- Georgia hospitals can soon form own police force, stricter penalties for assault against healthcare workers
- First Port City Bank donates $10,000 to Donalsonville Hospital through Georgia HEART
- New Ga. law to repay nurses’ student loans aims to help nursing shortage
- ‘The Only Doctor’ in a rural Georgia town cares for many with her own resources
- New hospital set for spring 2024 opening
- Georgia health system launches continuous RPM program
HAWAII
- Hawaii Dental Service creates new professional relations director role
- Hawaii Is The Healthiest State, Kentucky, West Virginia Is Least Healthy, According To A New Study
- Primary care physicians play an important role when it comes to teen mental health
- Hawaii island hospitals awarded nearly $70M
- Hawaii COVID-19 exposure notification app to shut down
- Community Connect Paves Way for Two Hawai’i Hospitals Epic EHR Go-Live
- Shriner’s Children’s Hawaii Celebrates 100 Years in The Islands With Success Stories
- HomeAid Hawaii names new executive director
IDAHO
- Abortions shift west as Idaho cracks down
- Idaho’s strict abortion ban forces OB-GYN exodus
- Trinity Health to combine ministries, restructure leadership on West Coast
- Idaho Medicaid roll evaluations continue as pandemic regulations expire
- Portneuf Medical Center awarded spring 2023 ‘A’ hospital safety grade from Leapfrog Group
- Idaho considers ways to continue studying maternal health after committee sunsets
- Judge won’t reconsider order protecting Idaho ER doctors from abortion prosecutions
ILLINOIS
- CommonSpirit names southwest division president
- CommonSpirit plans to have virtual nursing in every market by end of ’23
- Cook County Medical Debt Relief Initiative Abolishes Nearly $80 Million in Medical Debt for Cook County Residents
- ‘F’ to ‘A’: How this Chicago hospital leaped to top safety grade
- Infection, blood clots cited as safety concerns in southwestern Illinois hospitals
- Lurie Children’s becomes first Illinois hospital to receive special designation
- OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center Wound Care Clinic to Open in Danville
- OSF’s approved behavioral health hospital would be state’s largest South of Chicago
- Pritzker establishes May 11 as honorary day for Illinois health care professionals
- COVID-19 public health emergency ends Thursday in US, Illinois, impacting tests, vaccines
- Integrated Health cuts ribbon on new building
INDIANA
- Coming off huge losses, Community Health to cut jobs in restructuring
- Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one hospital’s fight to recover
- Gov. Holcomb signs bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraception
- How 1 Indiana hospital rebuilt after a ransomware attack
- ‘I just love delivering babies’ | Meet Ascension St. Vincent’s only male labor and delivery nurse
- Indiana government earmarks $30M for orthopedic workforce retention
- Indiana University Health sees first-quarter gain on higher revenue
- New law tackles assisted living workforce, regulatory challenges
- Saint Joseph Health System leaves LifePlex facility in Plymouth
- Vandal breaks into vacant Northwest Indiana hospital, posts medical records on YouTube
- Indiana mental health advocates call for new funding sources to further expansion of services
- IU Health adds Fort Wayne neurology practice
- IU Health expands high school fellowship program
IOWA
- Retired CDC leader seeks role at U of Iowa Health Care
- Second finalist to head University of Iowa Health Care tackles questions on growth, staffing
- UI Carver College receives $28 million clinical research grant
- Iowa City hospital to rebrand
- $28M grant awarded to U of Iowa to bring clinical research to rural communities
- State: Intruder was in care facility four hours before entering resident’s bed
- Dissecting Iowa’s $8.5 billion state budget. Here’s what got funded and what got cut.
- Gov. Reynolds signs bill intended to increase medical access in rural Iowa
- Kim Reynolds touts Iowa’s rising ‘national profile’ as she defends contentious legislation
- Closing rural Iowa birthing units is hurting delivery outcomes
KANSAS
- 1 Kansas county at high COVID community level ahead of end of US emergency declaration
- Data Breaches Reported by University Urology and McPherson Hospital
- Federal investigation reviews death of patient, 73, at University of Kansas Health System
- Healthcare Data Breach At Kansas Hospital Impacts 19K
- List analysis: Keeping up with doctor demand at Wichita’s physician group practices
- Kansas City system’s security director says violence in hospitals to worsen in 2023
- Kansas governor signs bill to provide visiting team physicians with temporary waiver
- Kansas physician pleads guilty to defrauding Medicare of $16M
- St. Luke Hospital CEO resigns
- Kansas hospital leadership says new penalties needed to deter violence
- KU Medical Center researcher among authors of study published in NEJM identifying a more effective way to care for opioid-exposed newborns
KENTUCKY
- Hawaii Is The Healthiest State, Kentucky, West Virginia Is Least Healthy, According To A New Study
- Hosparus Health breaks ground on $4M grief counseling center
- Louisville’s Health Career Lab launches Collaborative Healthcare Institute for Managerial Excellence
- Markey study identifies new treatment target for metastatic cancer
- New COVID cases tick up in Kentucky ahead of expiration of US emergency declaration
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare provided scholarships to 30 first physician graduates of UK-NKU medical school
- Kentucky medical experts mark official end of COVID-19 public health emergency
LOUISIANA
- How this Louisiana system is reintroducing LPNs to inpatient care
- Levy would raise money to bring back OB services to Ochsner St. Mary
- Ochsner to lay off 770 employees across Louisiana, Mississippi as health care costs soar
- Louisiana lawmakers won’t allow for rape, incest exceptions to abortion ban
- Ochsner Lafayette General partners with U. of Louisiana for new accelerated nursing program
- Monroe hospital listed as “birth ready” designation as of 2023
- Public meeting planned to discuss site of proposed psychiatric facility
- Children’s Hospital New Orleans expands behavioral health care for the region in response to growing needs
- Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic to Open at New Orleans East Hospital
MAINE
- 2 Bangor hospitals receive $18M from late area resident’s estate
- Lawmakers mull bill to limit nurse-to-patient ratios in Maine hospitals
- Maine nurses rally in support of a bill that would limit the number of patients they treat
- Northern Light is offering sign-on bonuses up to $15K amid labor shortage
- Nurses flood the State House over patient ratio bill
- Maine hospital to end maternity services
- MaineHealth names inaugural chief medical transformation officer
- NMMC to close maternity services by end of May
- MaineHealth Names Colorado Physician Leader to Role of Chief Medical and Transformation Officer
MARYLAND
- Adventist HealthCare advancing $180M new patient tower at Shady Grove Medical Center
- As the COVID-19 emergency ends, a new subvariant is emerging. Does it matter?
- Johns Hopkins Bayview names 1st female president
- LifeBridge Health CEO to chair federal health care advisory committee
- New MD Hospital Safety Ratings Released: 2 Get ‘D’ Grade, 6 Get ‘A’
- U of Maryland Medical System, local hair product business team up
- Maryland hospital trims wait times for ED patients, aims to find post-COVID normal
- Rural Maryland Council celebrates bill signing of Health and Human Services Transportation Act
- Maryland nursing schools aim to diversify students, update curriculums amid shortage
- Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board to soon publish draft plan for establishing upper payment limits
- Johns Hopkins scientists get $35 million gift to study the biological roots of cancer metastasis
MASSACHUSETTS
- Boston Hospital cuts carbon-intensive O.R. trash, sees significant reduction in costly disposal
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital gets $100M gift
- Former MGH chief Rochelle Walensky steps down as CDC director
- Four months after layoffs, Definitive Healthcare reports 18% hike in revenue
- Major hospitals in Massachusetts set to drop mask mandate, report says
- Mass General Brigham to expand its reach into United Arab Emirates
- Takeda to lay off up to 186 employees in Massachusetts
- Three more nurses sue Beth Israel for firing them after they refused to get Covid-19 shots
- Neglect allegations spur internal review at Boston hospital
- Massachusetts hospital, physicians hit with $29M verdict after patient died from undiagnosed aneurysm
- Beth Israel Lahey, Cincinnati Children’s and Cleveland Clinic searching for AI talent
- Mass General reduces 2nd breast cancer surgeries with fluorescent agent
- Major Boston hospitals to lift mask mandates in May
- Poll: Registered nurses say hospital care in Mass. has gotten worse over last two years
- Massachusetts hospitals ‘pummeled’ by workforce shortage, driving $1.52 billion in temporary labor costs
- UMass Chan ranked 13 for primary care education in US News & World Report
- One hospital in central Mass. receives top safety rating
MICHIGAN
- Ascension Borgess CEO parts ways with company after nine months
- Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital opens women’s heart clinic
- Bills would set nurse staffing ratios in Michigan hospitals
- Family sues nursing home after woman chokes on food, dies
- Izzo name to adorn new Lansing medical center
- Large gift will fund cancer research at Ascension Providence Hospital
- Physician sentenced for billing Medicare $1.8M under false identity
- Traverse City biotech sector gains traction as startups relocate for work-life balance
- Trinity Health to combine ministries, restructure leadership on West Coast
- Michigan bill aims to preserve expanded vaccine access
- 3 Michigan universities have the nation’s best medical schools, U.S. News ranking says
- Michigan expert on history’s pandemics reflects on end of COVID emergency
- No organ transplants without a COVID-19 vaccine? 2 sue Michigan Medicine over policy
- Hospital safety grades declining nationally, Michigan follows the trend
- COVID public health emergency ends: What Michigan residents need to know
- Michigan lawmakers, nurses seek more efficient patient assignment limits with proposed bills
- Michigan bank exec turned hospital CEO sets retirement
- Metro Detroit Health care officials respond to nationwide employee shortage
- If passed, bill package would create safeguards for Michigan’s nurses
- Michigan’s longest-serving flight nurse hangs up her wings
MINNESOTA
- 3 Sanford Health Employees Injured in Incident at Bemidji Hospital
- CentraCare on a journey to better provide rural health care in western and south central Minnesota
- Essentia Health ordered to pay $19M for misdiagnosed newborn
- Mayo Clinic goes global with data-sharing network
- Mayo Clinic, legislature standoff could lead to economic hit on Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic threatens to pull billions in investments over proposed legislation
- Minnesota House passes bill that could doom Sanford-Fairview merger
- Minnesota hospitals ‘in trouble’ if current bills become law, CEOs say
- Minnesota hospitals put the heat on lawmakers to back away from health care package
- Minnesota House OKs bill complicating Sanford, Fairview merger
- Minnesota lawmakers push paid family, medical leave
- Minnesota long-term care workforce facing staffing crisis
- St. Luke’s begins construction on $58M cardiac expansion
- Time running out to help Minnesota’s LTC providers
- Mayo reconsiders building in Minnesota over staffing, cost containment bills
- Allina Health workers avert strike
- UnitedHealth extends its hot streak as the most profitable payer in Q1
- 5 AI investments from Mayo, Northwell, Mercy and HCA
MISSISSIPPI
- Holly Springs hospital receives official rural emergency hospital designation
- Hospital safety group releases ratings for Mississippi hospitals
- ‘I can’t figure it out’: Another hospital leaves the state hospital association. Its leader is flummoxed.
- Ochsner to lay off 770 employees across Louisiana, Mississippi as health care costs soar
- Mississippi hospital finally awarded rural emergency status after hiccups
- Forrest General becomes latest hospital to leave Mississippi Hospital Association
- Instructors fired from Mississippi nursing school: ‘They treated us like criminals’
- Contract worker arrested, accused of bringing gun to Mississippi hospital
MISSOURI
- Centene shareholders reject maternal morbidity, executive pay proposals, preliminary results show
- McCarthy breaks ground on $52M Missouri hospital expansion
- St. Louis telehealth startup SteadyMD lands investment, commercial partnership from Fortune 10 company
- What is Ascension investing in? 31 health IT companies in its portfolio
- ‘It’ll change the future of pediatric healthcare’: How a NASA-inspired hub can improve care at a Missouri hospital
- Missouri hospital trumps wrongful death suit after jury trial
- Barton Malow builds University of Missouri Childrrn’s Hospital
- Missouri lawmakers pass nearly $49 billion operating budget
- Missouri House sends limits on transgender care, athletes to governor
MONTANA
- Shodair Children’s Hospital begins demolition on old building
- Montana passes significant health policy changes in controversial session
- Northern Montana Hospital resumes harp therapy
- MT State Hospital bills in limbo after Legislature adjourns
NEBRASKA
- AI tech is already making its way into Nebraska hospitals and clinics
- Bryan Health celebrates a COVID milestone: no hospitalizations
- Nebraska Hospital Association says costs to provide care outpacing payments
- Nebraska Hospital Association talks community benefits in 2022 report
- Nebraska hospital CEO resigns
- Sidney Regional Medical Center to break ground on new long-term care facility
- National Hospital Week pays tribute to 50,000 heroes across Nebraska
- Nebraska opioid-exposed babies part of national study to improve treatment
- Bill aimed to ease process for paying Nebraska crime victims’ medical expenses. The state has yet to reimburse a single provider
NEVADA
- Carson Tahoe Health announces clinic closures, restructuring of multiple sites
- Culinary walkout at Las Vegas hospital delayed
- Las Vegas hospital workers delay strike plans
- Nevada medical malpractice bill toxic, doctors say
- Nevada ranks poorly for access to mental health care, study shows
- Lawyers, docs at odds over malpractice bill
- Nurse staffing shortages worsen amid COVID-19 emergencies expiration
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NH ambulance services say that while 911 service is OK, other medical transport is under increasing strain
- The technology powering Dartmouth Hitchcock’s new patient tower
- Report Highlights New Hampshire’s Statewide EMS Strain
- New building to house Colby-Sawyer College’s expanded nursing program
- Recent death renews concerns about conditions at NH Secure Psychiatric Unit: ‘This is a prison. This is not a hospital.’
- St. Joseph Hospital named 2023 Business of the Year
NEW JERSEY
- ‘Almost unheard of’: New Jersey hospital shrinks ‘left without being seen’ rate to nearly zero
- Atlantic Health System launches orthopedic residency program
- Cooper posts $130M operating profit for 2022 in difficult climate for health systems
- Hackensack reaches $24M contract with hospital to cover municipal services
- New Jersey man gets $9,000 bill for ambulance ride
- NJ hospitals rated top for patient safety
- It’s now a specific crime in N.J. to threaten health care workers under law Murphy just signed
- COVID-19 Public Emergency Ends: What Will Change In NJ
- Jersey City Medical Center Announces New Chair of Medicine
- VNA Health Group CEO Leaving For Hebrew SeniorLife; LightSpring Home Care Names Managing Director
- RWJUH/Somerset Opens Renovated Outpatient Behavioral Health Center
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico hospital enters agreement to join CHRISTUS Health
- ‘This is ours to lose’: Why Ardent Health Services went virtual for nurses
- From clerk to CEO: Lovelace head looks to ‘create healthier communities,’ up recruitment in new role
NEW YORK
- 3 recent investments from Northwell, Intermountain and Kaiser
- Catholic Health consultants experience data breach
- Data Breaches Reported by University Urology and McPherson Hospital
- Local providers keep on truckin’ to cover health care needs
- New ENT facility at Samaritan Medical Center doubles the amount of space from old facility
- New York health system takes to billboard in search for OB-GYNs
- New York system cutting around 60 jobs
- New York’s new requirements for physician practice transactions
- Northwell launches ocular AI company with $12M investment
- Northwell sues former employee for posting ‘disturbing’ content from morgue
- Nurse anesthetists rally for professional recognition from state
- NYU Langone advances on Burlington project
- St. James Hospital expanding medical office building, enhancing primary care in Hornell
- URMC research leads to FDA approval of RSV vaccine
- New York health system notifies patients of 3rd-party data breach
- Northwell commits $1M to 2 employee-driven healthcare innovation projects
- These Are the Safest Hospitals in NY, NJ and CT: Study
- Hochul says New York working to address mental health crisis
- 5 AI investments from Mayo, Northwell, Mercy and HCA
- NYC Health + Hospitals reports a 15% nurse vacancy rate
- Bassett Healthcare taps COO, CFO
- New York CRNAs rally for professional recognition
- NYU Langone, Brown launch NIH-funded study of overdose prevention centers
NORTH CAROLINA
- Developer breaks ground on Mount Holly medical office park near new CaroMont Health hospital
- Developer proposes $67M investment in Wake Co. for new health facilities
- Executive Voice: From big pharma to a bold bet on the future
- Here’s why every hospital in Raleigh, Durham earned the same letter grade for patient safety
- Investment firms to take North Carolina health-care giant Syneos private in $7.1B deal
- Mayo Clinic invests in NC artificial intelligence healthcare startup
- Medical device company Arthrex Piedmont+ opens medical education campus for surgeons in Greensboro
- NC lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban; governor vows veto
- North Carolina governor makes last-minute plea to block new abortion limits
- Novant Health nears completion of first part of $400M investment at Forsyth Medical Center
- PE-backed clinical site group sets up in Triangle with new CEO
- Premier Inc. is considering sale of part or all of company as part of strategic review
- The heartbeat of healthcare’: Concern grows over NC’s nursing shortage
- UNC Health Considering $5 Million Affordable Housing Fund for Chapel Hill
- With COVID-19 emergency ending, NCDHHS stops counting new cases
- NC psych hospital failed to provide ‘safe and therapeutic’ environment, feds say
NORTH DAKOTA
- CHI Mercy Health Hospital in Valley City awarded $25,000 grant
- Sanford director of nursing selected to help build maternity program at Costa Rican hospital
- Trinity Health Announces Senior Leadership Updates
- Closing gaps in the health care workforce
- Projects contribute to quality of life in Minot, area
OHIO
- ‘Being a nurse positioned me for this’: MetroHealth’s CEO on rising into leadership
- Cardinal Health winding down lingering litigation over opioids, product recalls
- Cincinnati Children’s residents use virtual reality to prep for mental health visits
- Dayton Children’s breaks ground for new behavioral health hospital
- Dayton hospital revives federal tax credits for $100M mental health building
- Miami Valley medical director ‘treats patients as if they were family’
- One of Dayton’s largest hospitals to expand footprint with another kids walk-in clinic
- Orthopedic One plans new medical office building within Crescent at Central Park development in Gahanna
- Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio names Erica Wilson-Domer CEO
- Premier Health launches new program for comprehensive substance use disorder treatment
- St. Elizabeth Physicians scoops up providers from Axia Women’s Health
- St. Luke’s Hospital closing today
- Strong senior housing growth fuels quarter of exceeded expectations for Welltower
- UToledo’s free, student-run health clinic named largest in U.S.
- Ohio State Executive Says Hospital at Home Has Bright Future
- 7 Northeast Ohio hospitals recognized among country’s top maternity hospitals
- Kettering Health reports $62.4M decline in operating income
- New medical school to open in Ohio
- Mercy Health taps COO of closed Ohio hospital
- Local nurses warn of crisis if Medicaid reimbursements for home health care don’t increase
- What the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency means for Ohio
- Ohio hospital closes
OKLAHOMA
- ‘If we go to court, you will lose’: CMS abandons fight over Catholic hospital’s candle
- OK nursing homes say quick help essential as COVID relief funding ends soon
- Oklahoma hospital lifts lockdown, keeps security measures after threats
- Supporters celebrate soon-to-open Hope Lodge for cancer patients
- Oklahoma’s long-term care facilities face a Medicaid funding gap
- Oklahoma Hospital Association names new president
- Nursing Homes and Facilities for People with Intellectual Disabilities face funding cuts as Health Emergency ends
OREGON
- Blue Mountain Hospital board votes to restructure home health
- Despite record quarterly revenue, Twist Bioscience to cut 25% of workforce
- New Oregon behavioral health director wants collaboration among state, advocates, patients
- Nurses union alleges St. Charles Health System committed staffing violations
- Oregonians delay health care due to high costs, OHA report shows
- Oregon Lawmakers Aim to Ensure Nonprofit Hospitals Follow Charity Care Law
- Oregon scaling back COVID-19 measures as federal emergency expires
- Oregon to drop COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, educators
- Trinity Health to combine ministries, restructure leadership on West Coast
- Aligned with federal directive, Oregon prepares to curb COVID measures
- A dose of optimism in Oregon’s rural health care
PENNSYLVANIA
- AdaptHealth CEO Stephen Griggs to step down ‘by mutual agreement’
- Einstein nurses to conduct informational picketing Thursday as contract negotiations continue
- Envision Healthcare laying off 162 workers in Conshohocken
- Jefferson CEO says executive ‘should have known better’ in Twitter use
- Jefferson Healthcare CEO outlines upcoming expansion project
- OCR Resolves HIPAA Right of Access Case With Pennsylvania Therapist
- Owner of Crozer Health’s real estate discloses plans for dealing with delinquent tenant
- Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health adds local orthopedic practice
- Penn Medicine physicians vote to unionize
- Should hospitals be required to have a certain number of nurses?
- Still trying to reform health care, Dr. Stephen Klasko discusses life after Jefferson
- Tower Health to welcome 108 new medical residents
- United States Files Lawsuit Against Radnor, PA Radiologist Alleging Unnecessary Peripheral Artery Procedures
- University of Pittsburgh, UPMC hire wound care specialist, team
- University Place 3.0 nears completion as developer looks to land ‘large’ life sciences tenant
- UPMC contributes $175K to Oakland Business Improvement District
- What Kaiser’s Acquisition of Geisinger Means for Value-Based Care
- Wistar Insitute and Pennsylvania Biotech Center partner to accelerate life sciences startup growth in region
- Nurses say there’s a “nursing crisis” at Einstein Medical Center
- AI-based radiation treatments now available at one Philadelphia cancer center
RHODE ISLAND
- Three R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ grade, 4 others get ‘B’ from Leapfrog Group
- Women & Infants breaks ground on new $40M obstetrics facility
- Rhode Island nursing home resident accused of killing roommate ruled incompetent to stand trial
- Brown part of $5M in federal funding for safe injection site research
- Called ‘the social safety net in Providence,’ this nursing home is closing. Will RI step in?
SOUTH CAROLINA
- 6 innovative projects get $90K at MUSC Health’s ‘Shark Tank’
- AnMed building new hospital near I-85 to serve Powdersville, Piedmont
- Bon Secours secures $94M for Charleston, Greenville projects
- MUSC Health Midlands Division names new CEO
- Physician shortage at Laurens County Hospital shifting labor and deliveries to Patewood
- Prisma Health’s Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital thrives on community, continuity and outcomes
- Report: 41% of South Carolina’s hospitals earned an ‘A’
- S.C. lawmakers could be close to decision on abortion legislation
- Upstate hospital moves labor and delivery due to OB/GYN shortage
- DEA shuts down South Carolina physician’s national ketamine practice
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Minnesota House passes bill that could doom Sanford-Fairview merger
- Minnesota House OKs bill complicating Sanford, Fairview merger
- Sanford Health Expands Sioux Falls Campus – Penetron Prescribes Permanent Concrete Protection
- Innovative recruiting to help fill healthcare openings
- Sanford Heart Hospital implants 300 heart devices
TENNESSEE
- Ambulance workers sound the alarm about the EMT shortage in Nashville
- CHS shares tank nearly 40% after Q1 report
- Community Health Systems sued for data breach affecting 1 million
- HCA Healthcare to invest more than $335 million in nurse training and education
- HCA doubles down on outpatient growth: 4 notes
- HCA to invest more than $300M in new nurse education programs
- Healthcare Realty Trust: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
- Leaders talk money, innovation at JPMorgan Nashville Healthcare Leadership Summit
- Maury Co. hospital ranked among nation’s best for treating heart attacks
- Methodist Le Bonheur promotes Monica Wharton to COO
- Nashville entrepreneurs launch health care venture studio OtherLeft Ventures
- Nashville Mexican restaurant chain donates $100,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Ransomware Attack Results in 2 Week Shutdown of Operations at TN Medical Clinic
- Report: Envision Healthcare plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Report: Major health care company nears bankruptcy
- Supporters beg for Nashville hospice to remain non-profit for quality care
- More than half of all rural Tennessee hospitals no longer deliver babies
TEXAS
- AG Paxton to investigate Dell Children’s Medical Center, cites reports of hospital providing gender-affirming care to minors
- Atilar Pharma aims to create nearly 500 jobs in Houston, gets Texas Enterprise Zone nomination
- Ascension Texas sends new letter to Central Health as partnership continues to sour
- Baylor Scott & White breaks ground on new medical center
- Bill passed in response to 2022 Dallas hospital shooting heads to governor’s desk
- Kell West Hospital fined for Medicaid and Medicare financial transparency
- Kelsey-Seybold to replace 50-year-old Tanglewood clinic with new location in former Whole Foods
- Kleiman Evangelista Eye Centers acquires Dallas Eye Consultants, expands services in North Texas
- Methodist investing $70M-plus to turn long-vacant site into new I-10 hospital
- San Antonio’s Methodist Healthcare to Open Newest Hospital
- St. Luke’s Health chief nursing executive: ‘Don’t give up on health care’
- Swedish health tech company Qbtech opens U.S. headquarters in Houston’s Greenway Plaza
- Texas AG probes Dell Children’s over transgender care
- Texas Children’s launches search for new president
- U of Houston nursing school to use $20M to address workforce shortage
- OSHA investigation finds Texas Children’s failed to protect workers from patient assault
- New hospital set to open near UTSA in long-vacant structure
- Texas hospital fined for price transparency violation plans to appeal
- Longtime DFW surgical group acquires clinics to expand its services
- Texas ASC adds Mako robot, completes 100th total joint replacement
- Nvision acquires Texas ASC
- Lawmakers pass ankle monitor legislation prompted by Dallas hospital shooting
- CEO to retire after brief tenure at Texas hospital
- Texas investigates hospital over care for transgender minors
UTAH
- 3 recent investments from Northwell, Intermountain and Kaiser
- Huntsman Cancer Institute showcases new cancer wing
- Intermountain Health ranked in top-300 most innovative companies
- Intermountain Health celebrates significant life-saving milestone with artificial heart program
- University of Utah seeks to address pharmacy technician shortage by offering free tuition
- Utah hospital notifies patients of unauthorized PHI access
- New pain assessment method invented at Utah hospital
- Nurse now works at Utah hospital that helped save her life
- Utah Medicaid Director outlines state strategy on redeterminations
VERMONT
- Vermont governor signs shield bills that protect providers who offer medicated abortion
- Vermont’s new law grants strong abortion medication protections
- End of national Covid emergency brings changes to pandemic care and data in Vermont
- Students from out of state keep close tabs on Vermont’s reproductive care legislation
- Blue Cross seeks 14.5% hike for small groups, cost of care drives increase for 2024
- Thousands more than expected died in Vermont during the pandemic. Research points to delayed care, isolation and uncounted Covid deaths.
VIRGINIA
- Montecito Acquires 209,000 SF Medical Office Building in Roanoke
- Sources: Two hospital employees pull out guns, one dies in shootout at VCU Medical Center
- Valley Health System hospital innovations include robots at nursing stations
- Virginia hospitals fall seven spots in safety ranking
- Virginia, federal health leaders look at what’s next for COVID long-haulers in congressional update
- COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Is Ending: Heres Whats Next In VA
- Inova Health System prepares to open Mount Vernon behavioral health unit, critical illness recovery hospital
WASHINGTON
- Gov. Inslee announces end to COVID vaccine requirement for state employees
- Peacehealth announces service cuts in wake of rising costs
- PeaceHealth to open behavioral health clinic in Bellingham
- Seattle nonprofit SightLife adopts new name after being acquired
- Why Seattle has become a hotbed for life sciences
- What the end to COVID global health emergency means for Washington state
- Washington flu deaths increased tenfold this season
WEST VIRGINIA
- Behavioral health care provider shortages continue in West Virginia
- Hawaii Is The Healthiest State, Kentucky, West Virginia Is Least Healthy, According To A New Study
- Mon Health System looking forward to big moves into Harrison County, continued growth following merger into Vandalia Health
- WV’s behavioral health workforce lacking, lawmakers are told
- WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center celebrates 125th year
WISCONSIN
- Bill seeks to fine Wisconsin hospitals if they don’t follow transparency guidelines
- Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital’s behavioral health unit to close effective May 12
- Gaps being filled in staffing as West Virginia marks National Hospital Week
- Healthfirst Marshfield to begin SANE Nurse services in June
- Hospitals merging amid industry challenges
- Nurse pleads guilty to replacing vials with saline while working at Wisconsin hospital
- ThedaCare reports Q1 profit of $31.8M ahead of planned merger
- Wisconsin has seen several hospital mergers in the last year. How could they affect patients?
- Health care a top issue for Wisconsinites, report finds
- Study: Wisconsin ranks first in mental health care
- Wisconsin nurses call on lawmakers to support health care workforce
WYOMING
