NATIONAL
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- 5 proposed medical debt solutions, per the AHA
- 5 recent moves from The Joint Commission
- 340B Program Enrollment Led to More Oncology Services at Rural Hospitals
- Acute care hospitals spend billions on quality data reporting: study
- AHA Comment Letter on Long-term Care Facility PPS
- AHA podcast: How Community Investment Saved a Rural Health System
- AHA shares hospital perspective for Senate hearing on health care consolidation
- AMA backs effort to ban many physician noncompete provisions
- AMA delegates call for more oversight of A.I.
- Artificial Intelligence Poses Threat to Patient Privacy
- Bill for Rural Hospital Cyber Skills Passes Senate Committee
- Chemotherapy shortages push cancer centers toward crisis
- CMS estimates national spending on hospital care grew just 0.8% in 2022
- CMS launches primary care pilot to expand value-based care
- CMS releases list of prescription drugs subject to price reduction program
- Digital health should brace for ‘significant amount of churn’ as hospitals reconsider COVID-era tech contracts
- Drugmakers restricting 340B pharmacy sales threaten PBMs profits
- FTC to take aim at health apps with updated breach notification rules
- Health insurance execs: ‘We need to take a hard look at billing practices’
- HHS unveils 2nd wave of inflation-capped Medicare Part B prescription drugs
- HHS nears deal to preserve ACA preventive care mandate
- Hospital groups petition CMS to increase FY2024 inpatient pay as labor, inflation keep costs high
- Hospital, health systems increasingly unpopular in Congress as lawmakers seek accountability
- Majority of senior health system execs say nursing shortage is critical, poll finds. What are they doing to address it?
- Meet the AMA’s new anesthesiologist president
- Microsoft Alarmed By Doctors Using ChatGPT In Healthcare
- SDOH decoded: Understanding how social determinants impact patient care
- SNF ownership focus heats up
- State courts push back on nursing homes’ federal right to arbitrate
- Study: Hospital Spends $5M Per Year on Quality Reporting
- Supreme Court false claims ruling could raise stakes for physician billing
- Supreme Court rules on nursing home residents’ right to sue Medicaid facilities
- The Role of Home-Based Care in Tackling SDOH
- VA hospitals are outperforming private hospitals, latest Medicare survey shows
- Wage growth at nonprofit hospitals falls below 2022 highs, but remains elevated
- Why telehealth is so critical for marginalized patient populations
ALABAMA
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- Alabama governor signs Physician Workforce Act into law
- Ascension St. Vincent’s to begin ER construction, gains CON approval
- Birmingham CRE firm acquires South Carolina medical office property
- Encompass Health prepares to open rehab hospital, fill gap in care
- Nearby ED means more avoidable visits from AL residents, study finds
- Nurse salaries rose last year, dipped in 2023. Here’s how Alabama fared
- Physician workforce act becomes law in Alabama
- Alabama ranks 45th in overall child well-being, up from 46th
- Alabama medical marijuana industry takes shapes as licenses issued, doctors begin to prescribe
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Utah-based Nomi Health makes Phoenix debut with clinic acquisition
- Why Phoenix Children’s is embracing an ‘experimental’ approach to ChatGPT
- Details emerge about Arizona Mayo Clinic staff exposed to dangerous bacteria
- Flagstaff City Council approves construction of new hospital
- Business awards earned in Tucson and Southern Arizona
- Equality Health launches in-home services to fill care gaps
- Ultrasound technology becoming so advanced it can be used in emergencies outside a hospital, doctor’s office
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas ASC opens with 2 Da Vinci surgical robots
- Arkansas hospital gets $4.9M before Baptist merger
- Bankruptcy Trustee Wants Doctor To Pay Her $1.6M Debt
- Biden Administration Urges Arkansas, Other States to Slow Down on Dropping People From Medicaid
- Detecting Anemia Using AI & Human Eyes at UA Little Rock
- Legislative panel will hear Southeast Arkansas hospital’s $5M request for financial aid
- Nashville hospital named one of top 20 critical access hospitals in nation
- Detecting Anemia Using AI & Human Eyes at UA Little Rock
CALIFORNIA
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- Adventist charts new future for Bakersfield Heart Hospital
- California hospital notifies patients of network intrusion
- California hospital to lay off ‘over 100’ employees
- Measure that would cap LA hospital executive pay qualifies for ballot
- Mission Healthcare Appoints Next CEO, Home Health President; Right at Home Names New COO
- PMB, Sutter Health Break Ground on Sacramento-Area MOB
- Sacramento assisted living facility using AI-powered robot to help dining room staff
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Breaks Ground on $263M Tower with Opening Set for 2025
- UC Davis hospital administrator Brad Simmons leaving for University of Washington
- Why Kaweah Health’s C-suite never went remote
- $47 million grant program launched to support health data exchange in California
- State investigators found lapses that could threaten patients at Inglewood hospital
- Hospitals and counties balk at proposed bill to pay health care workers $25/hr
COLORADO
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- Children’s Hospital expands AI partnership with custom tech
- Colorado hospital CEO: Intermountain’s insurance plan ‘keeping us up at night’
- Colorado will cap the cost of EpiPens at $60 starting in January
- Colorado will get more mental health beds, thanks to federal pandemic dollars and hospital investments
- Expedia for health care? New Colorado law creates more transparency around hospital prices
- Hospital plans to open 40 behavioral health beds in Aurora, but challenges remain
- Intermountain breaks ground on new behavioral health hospital
- Patient files complaint over medical billing nightmare he says likely impacts thousands of Coloradans
- UCHealth gets in the emergency medical education game
- Colorado hospital lays off 9
- Cash-strapped Colorado hospital increases expenses, fails to file annual report
- Friday Health operating normally in Colorado
CONNECTICUT
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- Amazon’s One Medical enters Connecticut with new partnership
- Connecticut set to loosen physician noncompete requirements: 5 things to know
- CT Lawmakers Pass Bill To Reduce Health Care Fees, Drug Costs
- Hospital staffing proposal gets overhaul in state budget
- In deal in Danbury’s medical corridor, office building sells for $15 million
- New Haven garners No. 24 spot in national ranking of life science talent
- What changes did CT make to its Medicaid program in 2023?
- Old Saybrook police arrest one nursing home resident in connection with the death of another
- Connecticut Eye Consultants building sold for $15M
- New Milford Hospital becomes base for paramedic services in Bridgewater, Kent, Roxbury, Sherman, Warren, Washington
- CT insurers seek health insurance rate increases on 2024 plans
- EDGE Procedure Now Offered at Hartford Hospital
- More support coming for teen mental health
- Connecticut hospital to receive $10M in state funds
- CT union to end weekslong strike at group homes
DC
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- D.C.’s Mary’s Center makes cuts under new leadership in ‘reset’ to strengthen care, operations
- George Washington University Hospital nurses schedule vote on union
- Mayor Muriel Bowser taps San Francisco health equity official Ayanna Bennett as next D.C. Health director
- New tool tracks gun injuries at D.C. emergency rooms
- D.C. Council approves bill requiring health insurance companies to cover fertility treatment
- Hospital Must Bargain With Nurses Union, DC Circ. Rules
- Luna and MedStar Health partner to improve access to in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy across Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth adds northern Del. primary care
- Delaware to receive nearly $69 million in opioid settlement with drug companies, CVS, Walgreens
- Delaware assisted living facilities will see changes under this bill
- ‘We all need a better handbook’: 5 takeaways from Delaware’s first mental health summit
- Hospital system to leave NJ Medicaid network, could send special-needs kids scrambling for care
- NAMI Delaware names community leaders to board of directors
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth sells pair of metro Orlando nursing homes for nearly $37M to new-to-market company
- AdventHealth will exit the nursing home business, sells off KC-area facility
- All Star Healthcare names new CEO
- Life for Florida’s elders: The good, the bad, the ugly in new report
- Mayo Clinic acquires $2.5M permit for renovations
- Miami radiology company acquired by private equity firm
- ValueHealth strikes joint venture to develop Florida ASC
- HCA Florida Aventura Hospital Welcomes Carolyn Hunter
- Trans adults scramble for care under new Florida law
- HCA Florida buys 30 acres for $11.1M to expand hospital
- Southwest Florida Proton lays foundation for cancer treatment center in Estero
- The 10 most, least expensive Florida hospitals to get a colonoscopy
- Rendina Healthcare Opens 48,000 SF Outpatient Hospital in Jupiter, Florida
GEORGIA
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- Georgia lawmakers prepare to take on state rules that limit new hospital construction
- Georgia’s rural hospitals use tax credit donations as Band-Aid
- Nationwide Nursing Shortage; SC and GA both rank in the top 10
- Nonprofit presents $1.2M to Children’s Hospital of Georgia
- Viral Solutions founders to launch Atlanta drive-thru urgent care clinic
- Woodstock pain management doctor, clinic pay $625,000 to resolve false claims act allegations
- Georgia laws for opening or expanding hospitals getting review by state Senate
- Georgia awarded $2.1M to target community health needs
- Georgia nursing shortages continue—what a local hospital says
- Digital divide heightens impact on health care in rural Georgia and South, reveals new study co-authored by Augusta University provost
- Children in GA Struggle with Affordable Housing, Health Care Access
HAWAII
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- Gov. Green moves to increase healthcare opportunities
- Column: Doctors need more support to work in high-cost Hawaii
- Hawaiʻi tackles health care shortage with loan forgiveness, nurse programs
- Hawaii insurers could face more scrutiny over executive pay
- ‘A net benefit for clinics’: Congressional bill seeks to revamp rural health care service
IDAHO
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- Saltzer Health discontinuing services at 5 urgent care clinics
- Southwest Idaho medical group plans to stop seeing urgent-care patients at most clinics
- Recent Idaho Hispanic Health report revealed a lack of healthcare insurance in the Hispanic community
- Pocatello Nurse Practitioner is Fined and Surrenders License for Unlawful Prescriptions and Fraud
- Newport hospital reopens birthing center
- Idaho hospitals reopen clinics, start taking ambulances 2 weeks after cyberattack
- PMC shows off surgery robots used to revolutionize surgical operations
- Clinic under construction in Rigby will offer medical services for impoverished or uninsured clients
ILLINOIS
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- An Illinois hospital is the first health care facility to link its closing to a ransomware attack
- Chicago-area hospitals rationing cancer medications amid nationwide drug shortage
- Danville nursing home files plan to close due to staffing shortage
- It’s official: St. Margaret’s in Spring Valley will close 11:59 p.m. June 16
- Walgreens sells remaining shares in Option Care Health for $330M
- Illinois hospital says hacker accessed employee email account
- Health Care Workers Who Cover Up Patient Abuse Face Stiffer Penalties Under New Illinois Law
- HSHS President and CEO Boatwright to chair Catholic Health Association board
- With passage of Medicaid omnibus bill, Illinois secures funding for reforms to healthcare access, behavioral health, and more
- Illinois nursing shortage keeps boy in hospital for his 1st birthday unnecessarily
- OSF HealthCare’s purchase of Peru hospital could land regulatory approval this August
- Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center Renews Hope for Cancer Care in Sauk Valley Area
INDIANA
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- Blackbaud Had No Common Law Duty to Ensure the Confidentiality Trinity Health’s Data
- Methodist Hospitals CEO touts achievements, lays out plans ahead of centennial celebration
- Indiana nurse charged with stealing patients’ medication
- Indiana agencies get more than $76 million for local mental health and recovery services
- The Christ Hospital’s collaboration with Indiana hospital improves heart attack outcomes
- IU Health readies for large bond sale on major hospital projects
- Kentucky worsens, Indiana improves in national rankings on child well-being
- IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital Receives Joint Replacement Excellence Award
- New rehab hospital opens
- Parkview Health to acquire Ohio health system
IOWA
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- Cybersecurity Incident at MercyOne Triggers Potential Patient Data Loss
- Iowa invests $1.5 million in innovative Centers of Excellence to boost rural health care access
- Iowa nursing homes continue to lack enough workers
- Staffing Shortages In Iowa Nursing Homes Almost Twice The National Average
- Delta Dental of Iowa announces interim leadership
- Iowa Clinic announces opening of free clinic in Clive
- Reynolds announces funding to support program that promotes rural health care
- Iowa emergency rooms seeing longer wait times
KANSAS
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- AdventHealth will exit the nursing home business, sells off KC-area facility
- AdventHealth names CFO for south Overland Park operations
- ValueHealth strikes joint venture to develop Florida ASC
- Via Christi St. Joseph nurses vote to authorize strike
- Kansas ups penalties for battery of healthcare workers
- 2nd Ascension hospital in Kansas authorizes strike
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health Louisville taps president
- Covington Life Science biotech lab will locate in OneNKY Center
- Cumberland Bariatric Institute unveils new name and brand
- Kentucky worsens, Indiana improves in national rankings on child well-being
- Louisville nursing homes closing because of rats ‘as big as cats’ and other problems
- Nine CHI Saint Joseph Health foundations, facilities and services awarded $900,000
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare identifies 500th lung cancer case
- UofL Hospital becomes Kentucky’s first verified burn center
- Kentucky otolaryngologist chosen as AMA president-elect
- Kentucky officials announce funds to help renovate west Louisville adult day health center
- Kentucky is one of the most sleep-deprived states
- State commission asks for input as it works to change mental health treatment in Kentucky
- Shaping Our Appalachian Region is working to improve life expectancy in Eastern Kentucky
LOUISIANA
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- Ochsner names new CFO
- Lake Charles Memorial Health reaches hurricane settlement
- Ochsner Health Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
- Nurses’ union and employees speak out over proposed Tulane Medical Center closure
- Louisiana lawmakers reduced the health care budget. No one knows what that means yet.
MAINE
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- Mills administration announces 140 new treatment beds for substance use disorder
- Southern Maine Health Care names next COO
- Maine health system names COO
- Portland nursing home facing COVID-19 surge with more than 60 people infected
- Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center recognized for tobacco-free achievements
- SMHC Promotes Medical System VP to COO
- The last maternity unit in Washington County gets creative to stay open
- Northern Light CA Dean Hospital named a Top 20 Hospital for Quality
MARYLAND
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- Dwyer Workforce Development, church partner to build ‘health care village’ in Sandtown
- ‘It’s not just an “in name only” change’: Howard County General Hospital becomes Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins University and Health System target of cybersecurity attack
- Johns Hopkins names outpatient center for trailblazing Black surgeon
- Maryland Governor Appoints New Members to Health Services Cost Review Commission
- Rockville biotech OpGen faces delisting threat from Nasdaq
- UMMS to close Woodlawn rehab center, move services downtown
- Encompass Health’s (EHC) 158th Hospital Opens in Maryland
- MedStar Health adds Luna to improve outpatient physical therapy
- Maryland Department of Health Data Shows Status of Post-COVID Medicaid Purge
- MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Achieves Baby-Friendly Designation
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Atrius Health Equity Foundation announces first president, first grants
- City of Hope president exits after brief tenure, heads to Tufts Medicine
- Mass General Brigham physician trainees vote to unionize
- Nurse stabbed at Massachusetts hospital: Police
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals plans to go private in $462M deal
- Report: Health inequities cost a ‘staggering’ $5.9B yearly
- South Shore Health CFO leaves, system looking for replacement
- Spero CEO to step down; new CEO to turn focus toward lung disease antibiotic
- Tenet Healthcare names Darrin Cook chief operating officer for its Mass. market
- Why a lack of ASCs could be driving up healthcare costs in Massachusetts
- Exeter Health, Beth Israel Lahey reach agreement with AG, closing in on summer deal
- Mass General Brigham creates video with generative AI; testing it to draft EHR messages, clinical notes
- 15% of medical surgical beds in Massachusetts are occupied by patients who don’t need them
- AI will be EHRs’ next ‘copilot,’ UMass Memorial IT leader says
- Dana-Farber posts $54.3M operating income in 1st half of 2023
- Startup that aims to grow bone and tissue raises $26M
- Mass. study: Health inequities have a $6B economic toll
- Darrin Cook named COO for Tenet Healthcare’s Mass. market
MICHIGAN
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- Ascension St. Joseph Hospital celebrates 70 years of caring for Northeast Michigan
- Democrats plan to codify ‘Obamacare’ into Michigan law
- DMC reaches $30M settlement with US Justice Department over alleged kickbacks
- Henry Ford Health embarks on its largest fundraising campaign yet
- McLaren Health Care names first chief nursing officer, and more
- New ad campaign hopes to reverse Michigan’s health care worker shortage
- SpendMend acquires California firm that helps hospitals with vendor rebates
- State lawmakers renew push to control escalating drug costs
- Sturgis Hospital is running out of money and time
- SunMed to acquire respiratory health unit from Avanos for $110M
- Trinity Health faces lawsuit for March data breach
- As child mental health rates rise, Michigan sharply cuts inpatient beds
- Michigan hospital names chief nursing officer
- University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital debuts new iPad program for patients
- Sparrow Health changes name to reflect acquisition by U-M Health
- Michigan hospitals plan ad campaign to entice badly needed workers
- Can Michigan Developers Improve Health-Care Data Interoperability?
- Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
- Holland Hospital first in West Michigan to offer new uterine fibroid procedure
MINNESOTA
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- Allina to ‘pause’ controversial patient scheduling practices
- Allina Health pauses policy barring patients in debt from receiving outpatient care
- Bill Marks has recipe for success at Hennepin Healthcare
- Brenda Beckwith brings innovation to Children’s Minnesota
- Dr. Courtney Jordan Baechler takes to the air to tackle health disparities
- MedTech Innovator chooses 3 Minnesota startups for global accelerator
- Mitchell Radin advocates for well-being of 7,000 team members at Hennepin Healthcare
- Seth Kanne brings creative programming to Children’s Minnesota
- U of M’s Fang Li helps prepare world for next pandemic
- Zaundra Smith serves patients, supports nurses at Children’s Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic data network goes global
- Mayo Clinic, Disney CEO back AR medtech’s $20M investment round
- How Mayo Clinic will use generative AI to search through EHRs
- How Mayo, UNC Health + more are ensuring generative AI is safe
- Hennepin Healthcare’s Dr. Meghan Walsh raises money, awareness for physician support
- U of Minnesota to develop framework for AI in nursing
- Feds find information security flaws at Minnesota VA medical center
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi is directing $28 million to boosting the healthcare workforce
- Mississippi health system CEO resigns
- Jackson stroke victim waited 90 minutes for ambulance
- Applications open for $104 million Mississippi hospital grant program
- Mississippi community workers battle maternal mortality crisis
- CEO of 3 Mississippi hospitals seeks deals with system he will lead in July
- ‘This is where it starts’: UMMC summit aims to increase number of Black men in health care
MISSOURI
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- Ascension Seton nurses to rally at hospital system’s headquarters in St. Louis
- Capital Region Medical Center and MU Health Care announce plans to merge
- ‘A forward-looking transaction’: BJC, St. Luke’s CEOs on merging 2 strong entities
- Missouri system expands partnership with Medline
- Missouri hospital selects COO
- 18,000+ Ascension patients caught in data breach
- Big KC health system will exit the nursing home business. Here’s why
- Centene closes deal to sell data analytics firm
- Senior facility changing hands, fate of 85 workers unclear
MONTANA
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- Gianforte signs state budget, boosting Medicaid reimbursements by hundreds of millions
- Lawmakers override veto on state hospital transparency bill
- Billings Clinic announces accreditation for independent psychiatry residency program
- New Emergency Department opening at Community Medical Center in Missoula
- Montana’s First-Ever Psychiatry Residency Program to Serve Rural Communities
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska health providers dealing with a national cancer treatment shortage
- State ‘shovel-ready’ grant will help complete a $56-million field house for youth sports/wellness in Columbus
- Nebraska attorney general says Planned Parenthood trying to tell Legislature ‘how to do its job’
- Nebraska Medicine Bariatrics Center is first customer for Endolumik’s Gastric Calibration Tube
NEVADA
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- Gov. Lombardo signs ‘Henry’s Law’ allowing cameras in nursing homes
- Medical office building opens near Summerlin Hospital
- Nevada Legislature Passes Consumer Health Data Privacy Bill
- Nevada GOP governor signs transgender health bills while vetoing another, bucking party trends
- Nevada extends postpartum Medicaid coverage
- 50-Provider Nevada Practice Implements eClinicalWorks Cloud EHR and healow Patient Engagement Solutions
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth Health lays off 75, 100 vacant jobs eliminated
- NH AG clears way for Exeter Hospital to merge with Beth Israel Lahey Health
- Nursing home hit with $150K fine after COVID-positive employee returns too soon
- Report cites widespread failures at CMC related to troubled heart surgeon
- N.H. hospital’s community paramedicine program sees success with house calls
- At least 45,000 in NH have lost Medicaid since COVID-19 protections expired
- NH hospitals navigating financial challenges after pandemic
NEW JERSEY
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- CBRE analysis: New Jersey remains among top markets for life sciences research talent
- Hospital system and 2 imaging center chains band together in joint venture deal
- Hospital system to leave NJ Medicaid network, could send special-needs kids scrambling for care
- Inspira Health will pay $100K to employees for denying religious exceptions in its vaccine mandate
- NJ lifts COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers
- Novartis to buy Seattle-based clinical stage biopharma company for $3.5B
- Patients, doctors laud ‘hospital at home,’ new model of care in NJ
- Valley Health delays opening of $868M New Jersey hospital project
- Zimmel secures surgical center in $3.7M trade on Route 17 in Hackensack
- KIYC: New Jersey congressman wants hospitals to be transparent with pricing
- N.J. to spend $5 million to fund mental health services in Union County
- Hospital boss apologizes to Murphy, staff for ‘baseless’ statements
- Montecito Medical Makes 1st New Jersey Acquisition
NEW MEXICO
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- Walgreens reaches $500M deal with New Mexico over opioid crisis; California finalizes $17B settlement
- Community members invited to comment on Bernalillo County healthcare
- Maternal health crisis in New Mexico: services shrink, risks grow
- New Mexico hospital to join Christus Health
- Debt relief applications open for New Mexico’s healthcare workers
NEW YORK
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- Absolut, McGuire Group owner cancels plans for $25M Jamestown-area nursing home
- Another state looks to roll back nursing home fines as regulations miss the mark
- Buffalo hospitals work to complete $100M-plus in construction projects
- Catholic Health to cut services at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital
- Catholic Health to reconfigure, increase ASC presence in Western New York
- Eastern Niagara Hospital prepares to close
- Guthrie Clinic to acquire Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital
- Hospital for Special Surgery names COO
- Kaleida Health agrees to $2.7M federal fraud settlement
- Local nursing home employees picket for better wages and benefits amid contract negotiations
- Medical office building in Halfmoon sold for $5.5 million
- Mount Sinai shares lessons from hospital-at-home program
- Mount Sinai Health System Builds $140M Behavioral Health Center
- New $22M mixed-use complex advances in Riverhead
- New York hospitals must assign a nurse for every 2 critical care patients under new rule
- New York extends 60 day PPE stockpile despite end of COVID-19 pandemic
- NewYork-Presbyterian hospital nurses approve deal with wage boost
- NY brings fresh allegations of a for-profit nursing home “pocketing” Medicaid funds
- NYU Langone Health LLM can predict hospital readmissions
- Samaritan Hospital closing labor and delivery unit
- Significant debt forces big changes at Ogdensburg’s hospital
- State health department not enforcing vaccine mandate for healthcare workers while working to repeal it
- Union rep cautiously optimistic about Claxton-Hepburn changes
- The secret ingredient in the C-suites of Northwell and Houston Methodist
- New York hospital ‘struggling to remain sustainable’ to close maternity unit
- Northwell expands into UAE
- Northway Surgery and Pain Center property sold for $5.5M
- New York health system seeks marketing agency to help with rebrand
- New York hospital unveils $70M tower
- Health system to scale back services at Niagara County hospital
- How Northwell is improving patient outcomes with special 15-minute sessions
- $25M nursing home project off outside of Jamestown
- New York City hospital resumes normal operations after cyberattack
- NYC physicians avert strike with tentative deal
- Jobs could be added as Guthrie Clinic absorbs Lourdes Hospital, CEO says
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Charlotte-based Advocate Health breaks even in first quarter since new combination
- Charlotte cosmetic surgery practice H/K/B expands to South Carolina, Tennessee with acquisitions
- Here’s how much Fortrea spin-off will owe Labcorp
- NBA Hall of Famer and businessman Magic Johnson helps Wake Forest Baptist celebrate 100th anniversary
- North Carolina cardiologist to pay $5M over allegations of false Medicare, Medicaid claims
- Novant Health opens inpatient rehabilitation unit at Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital in midtown
- Novant Health postpones opening of Ballantyne Medical Center
- Ribbon cutting held for new Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center office building
- North Carolina lawmakers spar over $1B in Medicaid funds
- Magic Johnson visits Atrium Health hospital employees
- North Carolina governor signs bill allowing Blue Cross to restructure
- As NC begins Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ federal official warns of worrying trends
- Greensboro, N.C. Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty To $4.7 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
- Report: NC experienced 3rd largest increase in abortions after Dobbs
- How a former CIO became CEO of Mayo Clinic network hospital
- Another hospital hit by ransomware: Columbus Regional Healthcare System in North Carolina hit by Daixin
NORTH DAKOTA
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- New rural health clinic opening in Horace
- UND intends to award Sanford Health a contract to provide physician services to athletics teams
- Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit
- Sanford Medical Center pushes smokers to quit tobacco use for good
- New tribal health facility
- South Dakota Medicaid director to take North Dakota role
OHIO
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- Billion-dollar health care network focused on next generation post-pandemic
- Blue Ash’s Cincinnati Rehabilitation Hospital names Rob Murphy CEO ahead of fall debut
- Cincinnati Children’s acquires former TriHealth medical office in Avondale for $2M
- Cincinnati Children’s acquires medical office building formerly housing ASC, Beacon Orthopaedics for $2M
- Documents: Kettering health network played role in purchase, repair of Manchur mansion
- Health Systems To Add Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- How one Ohio hospital decrypted LockBit ransomware
- Jury awards Gates Mills woman $7.6 million verdict against Cleveland Clinic over surgery
- Ohio State testing new pancreatic cancer treatment through telehealth
- The Christ Hospital’s collaboration with Indiana hospital improves heart attack outcomes
- TriHealth names Dr. Clint Hutson president of Bethesda North Hospital
- Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s highest-paid employee in 2022 made $1.7 million
- Maternal health care deserts putting women at risk, midwives working to fill the gap
- Ohio bill would streamline insurance pre-authorization requirements
- Parkview Health to acquire Ohio health system
- Ohio Hospital Goes Live with MEDITECH Expanse EHR
- Northeast Ohio hospitals dip into stockpiles, look for alternatives amid cancer drug shortage
- Ohio ranks 29th in child well-being
- Ohio ob-gyn elected speaker of the AMA House of Delegates
- Health care provider gives $10,000 grant to SE Ohio Foodbank
- MercyHealth statement on insurance negotiations with Elevance Health
- A shortage of some cancer drugs distressing healthcare providers
OKLAHOMA
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- ‘I was trying to advocate for my mom’: One family’s fight for a patient bill of rights in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma hospital taps CEO
- 5 questions with UnitedHealthcare’s CEO for Texas and Oklahoma
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City president takes statewide role
- Expansive caregiver tax credit act becomes law in Oklahoma, to go into effect on January 1
OREGON
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- 1,800 nurses warn of strike starting June 19 at Providence Portland, two other facilities
- Cascade AIDS Project hires a veteran nonprofit ace as its new CEO
- Health care facility coming to Corvallis
- Legacy Mount Hood delays Gresham birth center reopening
- Portland AI startup Carta Healthcare snags $25M funding round
- Providence Portland is taking steps to reduce patient load as nurses strike looms
- Providence Portland says it will halt surgeries during nurses strike
- Salem ASC closes doors after less than 2 years, millions of dollars in renovations
- Oregon House OKs nurse staffing bill
- Oregon hospital changes name after joining Adventist Health
- Providence nurses in Portland, Seaside plan 5-day strike this month
- Audit: Oregon Health Authority mishandled hundreds of thousands in federal mental health money
- Lawmakers poised to forgo action on Oregon State Hospital crowding
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 320,000 Patients Affected by Ransomware Attack on Onix Group
- Doylestown Hospital finalizes deal to sell 43-acre Pine Run Retirement Community
- Guthrie Clinic to acquire Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital
- Hackers obtain private data from 181,764 patients at Pennsylvania cardiology group
- Insurers would be required to pay for telemedicine visits under a new Pennsylvania bill
- JHF receives $3.3M grant to boost nurses’ workforce in nursing homes
- Lava Therapeutics shares tumble on move to narrow research focus
- More than 100 Fox Chase Cancer Center workers vote to unionize
- PECA Labs celebrates first successful human implant of polymeric valved conduit device
- Penn Venture Lab receives $10 million gift for health care entrepreneurship
- Riddle Hospital unveils 5-story pavilion, the centerpiece of $327M campus modernization project
- Thomas Jefferson University outlook turns negative
- UPMC surgeon at center of false claims settlement steps down as department chair
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Nationwide Nursing Shortage; SC and GA both rank in the top 10
- New to the Street: Prisma Health Primary Care — Fountain Inn
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare’s $55M Union Medical Center Replacement Projects In Works
- Trident Medical sees more proactive patients with smart watch health features
- South Carolina’s Certificate Of Need Repeal Is The Largest In Almost Three Decades
- St. Francis to Pay the United States $36.5 Million to Settle Allegations Under the False Claims Act
- McMaster announces $100M behavioral health facility coming to Florence
- South Carolina health system spends $55M to replace 70-year-old hospital
- Hilton Head Hospital ranked among America’s top 100 for orthopedic surgery
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- AmerisourceBergen and TPG complete $2.1B deal for Nashville-based OneOncology
- Another huge US medical data breach confirmed after Fortra mass-hack
- BlueCross and Methodist Le Bonheur reach multiyear deal
- Former Lifepoint CFO named president for eastern division
- Hospital system argues orthopedic surgeons’ whistleblower suit should be dismissed
- Overlapping Surgeries Not Fraud, Hospital Giant Says
- Ryan Seacrest opens 12th broadcast studio in a children’s hospital
- St. Jude and New York-based Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation launch $9M fellows program
- St. Jude launches new department, tabs ‘internationally renowned’ scientist Victor Torres to lead
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ranked top trusted nonprofit brand second year running
- Tennessee ASC to be converted into emergency, behavioral health facility
- Tennessee congressman announces over $1M in grants for expanding rural health care, supporting biomedical engineering research
- Vanderbilt University Hospital president steps down
- West Tennessee hospital to close obstetrics unit
- New state law aimed at improving health care in Tennessee
- VUMC ceases operations at pediatric transgender clinic
TEXAS
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- 2 men in custody for burning down Texas medical office building
- 18,000+ Ascension patients caught in data breach
- Catching up with Health Wildcatters, 10 years after the accelerator’s launch in Dallas
- Dallas investment firm launches $70 million health care real estate fund
- El Paso County Commissioners to consider multimillion dollar revenue bond for east side surgical center
- Florida primary care provider expands into Fort Worth with acquisition
- ‘Greater accountability on both sides’: UnitedHealthcare CEO for Texas and Oklahoma discusses challenges, what’s ahead
- Gulf Coast-area schools combat regional nursing shortage
- Harris Health CEO presents $2.5B bond proposal to commissioners court, but questions remain
- Medical City Lewisville appoints Ken Stevens to COO role
- SA hospital system owner to invest nearly $150M to boost health equity
- Texas governor signs major patient safety bill into law, sparked by KXAN investigation
- The secret ingredient in the C-suites of Northwell and Houston Methodist
- CEO tapped for 2 Texas hospitals
- 5 questions with UnitedHealthcare’s CEO for Texas and Oklahoma
- New operating rooms at Texas surgical hospital could replace proposed ASC
- CMS rule could strip Texas Medicaid of $8.4B, lawmakers say
- Methodist Healthcare owner to invest nearly $150M to expand access
- Tenet makes Fortune 500’s list of top healthcare companies
- Texas Medical Board files complaint against Houston doctor for prescription, patient confidentiality violations
- Local hospital taking new approach to hire security officers
- Children’s Health combats mental health crisis through primary care
UTAH
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- How Intermountain Health revived its online reputation in just 6 months
- MountainStar Healthcare Opens State-of-the-Art Nurse Training Centers
- Utah health providers join interstate job training agreement
- What They’re Watching: Brian Shiozawa, MD, University of Utah Health
- Logan abortion clinic temporarily closed amid staffing difficulties
- Overcoming language barriers in healthcare
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- AHA case study: Inova’s SAFE team addresses workplace violence
- Richmond’s Cellf Bio records first human implantation of its product
- 12 NICU team members pregnant at Virginia hospital
- Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital working to improve community health
- Va. county opens wellness center for first responders
- VHC Health Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony For $250M Outpatient Pavilion
- Virginia to receive $366 million from opioid settlement
WASHINGTON
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- 9 Patients Have Now Died from Bacteria Outbreak at Seattle Hospital
- 2 more deaths confirmed in Virginia Mason bacterial outbreak
- Behavioral health provider Sound names president and CEO
- Healthcare bumps tech as top employer
- ‘My silence is not for sale’: Bellingham doctor fired for COVID concerns refuses $2 million settlement
- Novartis to buy Seattle-based clinical stage biopharma company for $3.5B
- Physician indicted in $4M+ Medicare fraud scheme
- Seattle Children’s, drug company pause trial after patient death
- Seattle Children’s laying off 135 workers in ‘management restructure’
- Two Washington Hospitals Recognized Among America’s Best Maternity Hospitals
- UC Davis leader set to take helm at UW Medicine
- UW Medicine names new leader for hospitals and clinics
- UW Medicine, Premera Blue Cross reach contract agreement
- Washington Hospital Pays $240,000 HIPAA Penalty After Security Guards Access Medical Records
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Addressing Challenges With Health Care Staffing in W.Va.
- Reimagining cancer care in West Virginia: WVU Cancer Institute receives $50M state investment to fund expansion of research and treatments
- WVU Medicine launches Peak Health to help communities lead healthier and fuller lives
- Where does West Virginia rank in regard to child well-being?
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Health breaks even in first quarter since new combination
- Rogers Behavioral Health CEO exits after eight months
- SSM Health, UW Health add metal detectors at some clinics, ERs
- Wisconsin VA physician fired for misdiagnosing patients
- Wisconsin DHS awards $5.1 million to nonprofit dental providers
- Wisconsin hospital gets new helipad
- Froedtert Health CEO Cathy Jacobson to be honored as BizTimes Media’s Woman Executive of the Year
- Wisconsin hospital launches pediatric heart transplant program
- Despite high ranking, child wellbeing concerns persist in WI
- Randy Griswold on shortages of licensed health care workers
- UW Health becomes only health system in Wisconsin to offer less invasive prostate cancer treatment
WYOMING
