NATIONAL
- AHA, CHA respond to Human Rights Watch report on nonprofit hospitals
- AMA urges end of noncompete clauses in physician contracts
- Amazon launches $100M generative AI center, targeting healthcare
- As urged by AHA, Supreme Court rules government can dismiss FCA case over relator’s objection
- Biden announces leader of the CDC
- Bill would give Biden new powers to prepare for the next pandemic
- CMS to hospitals: Provide full information to post-acute care providers
- Drugmaker industry group sues to stop Medicare drug price negotiation
- Drugmakers aim to strike down Medicare drug-price negotiations at Supreme Court
- HHS alerts health sector to new ransomware threat
- Hospitals could be one cyberattack away from closure
- Hospital, physician practice deals slow in 2023: PwC report
- How a new Stark Law exception could help physicians
- How ChatGPT, other AI programs could evolve in healthcare
- Judge tosses Express Scripts ‘refill pill mill’ whistleblower lawsuit
- Lawmakers draft another PBM bill
- New American Medical Association president says “we have a health care system in crisis”
- OB-GYN shortage expected to get worse as medical students fear prosecution in states with abortion restrictions
- Proximity and convenience driving patient healthcare decisions
- Surprise-billing legislation took away Envision Healthcare’s ‘secret sauce,’ health economist says
ALABAMA
- Birmingham health care management company raises $100M
- Local leader elected president of Birmingham Regional Hospital Council
- Nurse practitioners play key role in Alabama
- Children’s of Alabama ranked among nation’s best children’s hospitals
- Alabama hospital CEO appointed to state position
- Alabama hospital CEO is 1 step closer to owning it
- Alabama weighs the cost of rural hospital survival with inpatient closure plan
- New program at University of Alabama at Birmingham working to lower rates of cervical cancer
- How will Alabama physicians get certified to recommend medical cannabis?
ALASKA
- Alaska continues to rank among worst states for child well-being, report finds
- Alaska cancer treatment centers struggle with shortage of common chemo drugs
- At an Anchorage oncology clinic, doctors and patients confront ‘terrifying’ chemo drug shortage
- Juneau’s hospital showcases new center for people experiencing mental health crises
- Alaska Behavioral Health starts Mobile Outreach for Children and Families
- Former Alaska Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 30 Years for Illegally Prescribing Millions of Opioids Causing Five Deaths
ARIZONA
- COO role open at Arizona system after leadership shuffle
- Kingman Regional Medical Center announces additions to it’s leadership team
- Phoenix metro growing quickly as hub for life sciences researchers, CBRE report finds
- Valley pediatric hospital tops state in US News Best Children’s Hospital rankings
- Why Phoenix Children’s is embracing an ‘experimental’ approach to ChatGPT
- Phoenix Children’s Named a “Best Children’s Hospital” by U.S. News & World Report for 13th Year in a Row
- Attempt to provide more Arizona State Hospital oversight gutted after veto threat
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital in list’s top 50 for seven specialties
- Baptist Health announces leadership appointments in Conway, North Little Rock
- Judge strikes down gender-affirming care ban in Arkansas
- Mercy and Mayo Add 3 Health Systems to Shared Data Network
- UAMS’ Omar Atiq Appointed President of American College of Physicians
- Walmart Moves Further Into Health Care
- UAMS Taking Group Prenatal Care on the Road through CenteringPregnancy
CALIFORNIA
- 8 Kaiser Permanente updates for ASCs to know in the last 2 months
- Amid shortage of mental health professionals, academy aims to boost staffing
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Still the Best Pediatric Care in California and the West Coast
- Californian hospital leaders discuss operational challenges and financial pressures
- Cardiac-Focused Company Receives NIH Grant
- City of Sacramento considers $25 minimum wage for health care workers
- How Cedars-Sinai is prepping teams ahead of the next pandemic
- How llamas could help an East Bay spinout make better drugs
- ‘It’s not about becoming Kaiser Permanente’: CEO Greg Adams on Risant Health
- Measure to cap Los Angeles hospital executive pay will head to voters
- Number of health systems allegedly denying care to indebted patients grows
- San Diego jails have become ‘de facto behavioral health hospitals,’ Scripps CEO says
- Watsonville Hospital Nurses Decry Scheduling Changes
- Whittier hospital seeks dismissal of former nurse’s lawsuit
- A. voters could clamp down on pay for hospital executives
- California health system uses philanthropists’ gifts to launch innovation fund
- Probe into California hospital unearths patient safety concerns
- Wrong family notified after man dies at SF hospital
- California Gov. Newsom is proposing a boost in mental health funding. Why children’s advocates are worried
- Nurses resign after California hospital cuts part-time work
- Bay Area Hospital announces plans to discontinue home health services as part of its financial turnaround
COLORADO
- Denver Medical Center Providing Free Health Care Says Rezoning Proposal Could Shut It Down
- Friday Health Plans to lay off entire Colorado workforce
- Nursing Assistants Complain About Pay Cuts After Intermountain Healthcare Merger
- Will new Colorado health care laws help Yampa Valley patients?
- Colorado hospital lays off 9
- Children’s Hospital Colorado slips off national best pediatric hospital list
- Primary care doctors in UCHealth prioritize weight loss discussions with patients through Pathweigh process
- Colorado Medicaid, CHP+ members’ personal data may have been stolen in cyberattack
- Southeast Colorado Hospital District Addition and Renovation Breaks Ground
- Colorado just recorded its lowest number of COVID hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic
- Denver Health building transitional apartments for patients who have nowhere to go
CONNECTICUT
- CT adopted some elder care reforms this year but passed on several others
- CT’s public health emergency ended. What about telehealth?
- Greenwich Hospital Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Opening of New Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Hartford HealthCare names Joanne Berger-Sweeney new board chair
- What changes did CT make to its Medicaid program in 2023?
- Children’s mental health programs in danger after budget cuts
- Disciplinary information is missing from some doctor profiles in CT. Now a state review is underway
- In deal in Danbury’s medical corridor, office building sells for $15 million
DC
- Children’s National Hospital receives $96M philanthropic investment for brain tumor research
- ‘It’s not about becoming Kaiser Permanente’: CEO Greg Adams on Risant Health
- Montgomery County biotechs are making scientific breakthroughs
- DC Hospitals Win Plant-Based Cooking Competition
- DC region is home to two of the nation’s best children’s hospitals
DELAWARE
- 100,000-square-foot life science building coming to Delaware Technology Park
- ChristianaCare adds Md. Cardiology practice
- Delaware opts out of CRNA supervision requirement
- Study claims Medicare price negotiations for drugs will lead to the loss of 3,100 jobs in Delaware
- Study to explore Sussex medical school potential
- Delaware bill would allow hospital visits during health emergencies
FLORIDA
- $80M cancer treatment center, first of its kind in region, hits milestone
- AdventHealth creates ER with groundbreaking patient experience and Disney touches
- AdventHealth Altamonte Springs ramps up $50M worth of renovations
- Ascension St. Vincent’s ending free shuttle service, riders concerned how they’ll access medical care
- Bayfront Health opens new ER in St. Petersburg
- Cano Health board members re-elected despite opposition from billionaire
- Cano Health CEO Marlow Hernandez steps down
- Flagler-UF Health merger agreement expected to be signed Sept. 1
- Jacksonville becomes a rehabilitation facility Mecca
- Nemours culminates $11M capital campaign, opens new facility
- Tampa General CEO John Couris signs new 10-year contract to lead hospital
- Two Florida Pharmacies to Pay $7.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- S. court strikes down Florida transgender health rule
- Florida health system raises pay for 2,000 workers
- Patient shoots self in Florida hospital
- Simply Healthcare to strengthen health care workforce with new investment in Tampa nonprofit
- University of Florida health cancer center earns prestigious National Cancer Institute designation
- Florida hospital taps philanthropy chief amid mounting capital projects
- UF Health ‘breaks ground’ on new east Gainesville care center in unusual fashion
- The 17 best hospitals in Florida for spine surgery
- Baptist Health Learns What It Takes to Use Data to Deliver Equitable Cancer Care
GEORGIA
- AdventHealth Medical Group Cardiology set to open 3 Georgia locations
- Ambulance company won’t let insurance cover metro Atlanta woman’s bill
- Aveanna CFO David Afshar To Resign
- Aveanna names interim CFO amid financial losses
- Georgia lawmakers consider lifting regulations around building new hospitals
- Georgia physician found liable for $1.1M in false claims
- Georgia urgent care chain agrees to pay $1,600,000 to resolve False Claim Act allegations
- New Winship Cancer Institute in Midtown features patient-first design
- Georgia studies health care access
- Georgia therapists work to make mental health care more accessible
- 1 GA Medical Center Among Best Childrens Hospitals: U.S. News
- Tackling Georgias Doctor Shortage with Osteopathic Medicine
- Survey: Georgia one of the worst states for health care, but highest paying state for nurses
- NGHS names regional hospital director, adds surgeon in Habersham
- Atrium Health scores $1.2M touchdown for Warner Robins CGTC campus
HAWAII
- Governor Green signs bills to expand nursing program and fund new medical center
- Many mothers going without prenatal care in Hawaii
- Hawaii’s Struggle To Provide Health Care For Rural Islands Nearly Turned Tragic For This Expectant Mom
IDAHO
- Idaho medical staffing levels under the microscope as systems see need for more medical professionals
- Connecting Idaho’s homeless with health care
- Idaho crisis hotline sees overall uptick in calls nearly one year after 988 launch
- Saint Alphonsus Health System names chief nursing officer
- Pennant Acquires Idaho Home Health, Hospice and Home Care Provider
- All Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital clinics resume operation
ILLINOIS
- Advocate Health Care fights food insecurity, grows produce for patients on South Side
- Ascension Health Hit With Biometric Privacy Claims In Illinois
- HSHS President and CEO Boatwright to chair Catholic Health Association board
- Name Change: UW Health updates hospital and clinic names in the Stateline
- Where Illinois and nearby states’ abortion laws stand one year after Roe vs. Wade was overturned
- 3 IL Medical Centers Among Best Childrens Hospitals: U.S. News
- How an Illinois hospital expanded online scheduling
- 52,000 more Illinois residents died during the pandemic than is typical
- Illinois Scaling Back Health Care Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants
- Illinois Sets Up 988 Mental Health Hotline
- Here’s what OSF is getting asked most by Illinois Valley residents
- Eye On Illinois: Lack of urgency apparent in wake of hospital closure
- Lurie Children’s Hospital Ranked #1 Children’s Hospital In Illinois
- Experts outline the innovation planned under the Illinois Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative
INDIANA
- Cash infusion could help Warsaw retain ortho hub
- Eskenazi doing away with non-compete clauses for physicians
- Riley again ranked among ‘Best Children’s Hospitals’
- Woman becomes doctor at same children’s hospital that saved her life
- Indiana lags in health care, community for child well-being
- Indiana Medicaid director to resign
- Indiana Community Hospital Sued for Disability Discrimination
- Indiana’s high court to consider privacy in ‘bizarre’ Community Health case
- Franciscan Health, RUSH expand partnership to cover vascular surgery
- Number of health systems allegedly denying care to indebted patients grows
- Hopebridge adding travel specialists to address autism health care deserts
- Riley Hospital for Children #1 in the state and #3 in the Midwest
- Ribbon-cutting held for new Baptist Health clinic in southern Indiana
- IU Health advances plan to build 44-acre campus in Indianapolis
IOWA
- Iowa leaders announce coalition to lower prescription drug prices
- Mercy Cedar Rapids holding ribbon-cutting for new aging, dementia center
- Physician contests state’s ‘moral character’ basis for license denial
- University of Iowa hospitals raise rates again 6%
- Iowa nursing home neglect $6M verdict overturned on appeal
- MercyOne faces lawsuit for May data breach affecting 20,000
- Medical office building planned in Urbandale
- Mercy Iowa City, ENT face new lawsuit after woman’s death
- State to pay $5M settlement in U of Iowa hospital negligence case
- University of Iowa Children’s Hospital sees bump in neonatology ranking as NICU expands
- Fired nurse and aide sue Iowa nursing home operator
- Mobile simulation training vehicles bring EMS training to Iowa first responders
- Resident injuries continue to plague the state-run Glenwood Resource Center
KANSAS
- Kansas hospital CEO fired after stretch of administrative leave
- Kansas hospital taps interim CEO
- Kansas won’t enforce its new law on medication abortions for at least 5 weeks
- List analysis: Outpatient surgery centers reach pre-pandemic levels
- Man assaults 3 patients at Kansas Ascension hospital: Police
- Nurses Union says Ascension threatening lockout of striking nurses
- Redbud Pediatrics building larger west-side space in Maize
- Ascension sets contingency plans ahead of nurses strike
- Strike set at 3 Ascension hospitals
- Hospital vacancy and turnover in Kansas highest in more than a decade
- Kansas’ Medicaid program may have mistakenly paid out $1.3M too much. Here’s what we know.
KENTUCKY
- Baptist Health utilizes a new method of ablation therapy for AFib patients
- Dowd joins Trilogy Health Services C-suite as HR/inclusion officer
- DUES24 raises $70,000, will launch new platform July 1
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital opens new behavioral health unit
- Kentucky gets $315 million in big national settlement with pharmaceutical companies over opioid crisis
- Markey study reveals persistent cancer disparities in Appalachian Kentucky
- Norton Healthcare creates research institute
- Norton Healthcare ending COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees
- Elizabeth’s Dr. Richard Gaston named board chair of NKY Health Department District Board of Health
- Two Louisville Nursing Homes Agree to Shut Down and Pay Over $1 Million in Civil Monetary Penalties Resulting from Noncompliance with Medicare Rules and Regulations
- US News & World Report ranks Kentucky Children’s Hospital high in cardiology, orthopedics and urology
- Kentucky health leaders, lawmakers discuss lessons learned from COVID-19 emergency
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital rated high nationally in 3 areas
- UK to close Good Samaritan Hospital in 2029, move operations to expanded Chandler Hospital
- Kentucky’s Healthcare On Life Support: COVID-19 and Workforce Shortage Takes a Toll
LOUISIANA
- After dementia patient goes missing, dies, Louisiana health department investigating
- Trinity Medical CEO gives updates at Chamber meeting two years after opening new hospital
- Ochsner Health taps VP, chief nursing officer
- Ochsner, MD Anderson partner to create cancer program in Louisiana
- Power outages cause hospital closures in Shreveport-Bossier
- Louisiana lawmakers examine $100M reduction for state Department of Health
- West Jefferson Medical Center opens The Atrium as it continues $86M transformation
- LCMC Health partners with academic institutions to expand nursing workforce and support student education
- Ochsner Hospital for Children Named #1 Hospital for Kids in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report
- Louisiana lawmakers regret cutting $100M from proposed state health department budget increase
- LDH, Hammond Police open investigations after elderly man who left behavior health facility was found dead
MAINE
- CVS Health invests $8.4 million in construction of affordable senior housing in Maine
- Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help
- Maine’s childhood vaccination rate goes from one of nation’s lowest to one of the highest
- Maine hospital to seek ‘critical access’ status, reduce beds
- Northern Light Mercy Hospital welcomes a trio of new specialists
- Rhode Island company invests $8.4M in Portland affordable housing
- Maine House votes to lock transgender health care protections into law
MARYLAND
- Bethesda health care startup Aledade rakes in $260M for more expansion, M&A
- Health IT company to pay $1.7M to settle false billing allegations
- How MedStar patients can get physical therapy in home, chat with therapists virtually
- Johns Hopkins Health System Suffers Cyberattack
- Medifast to lay off at least 83 employees as demand slowdown continues
- Washington Pediatric Hospital aims to create environment for healing with new rehab center
- CalvertHealth Recognized as a 2023 Health Care Hero by The Daily Record
- Maryland has a massive backlog for Medicaid in-home care. Some patients die waiting.
- Maryland AG urges White House to strengthen HIPAA for people getting abortions
- Westminster startup raising $2.3M to make health care data more accessible
- MedStar Health Recognizes Charles Taylor for Preventing Tech Crisis and Ensuring Continuous Operations
MASSACHUSETTS
- Boston Medical Center names CEO
- Boston Medical Center teams up with state to redevelop 500 housing units at Shattuck Hospital
- Bournewood Health Systems Promotes Maria Jackson to CEO
- Feds fine Dalton nursing home $45,000 for incompetence and neglect after resident dies
- For first time in a decade, Boston’s Children’s isn’t top pediatric hospital in the US
- Heywood Hospital calls for funding to increase safety after nurse was attacked
- Lawmakers knock plans to close Leominster maternity ward
- Mass Eye and Ear names new president
- Mass General Brigham names next Wentworth-Douglass Hospital president
- Massachusetts hospitals dealing with ‘backup’ of patients ready to be discharged
- UMass Memorial exec wants $44M a year to tackle growing crisis
- Vibra Hospital to lay off 87 employees ahead of shutdown
- With Newton nonprofit, UMass Memorial is teaching financial literacy to kids in waiting rooms
- Nurses rally for change to hospital closure rules, say DPH is ‘toothless’ to prevent
- How Mayo, Mass General Brigham, Providence are using generative AI, virtual nursing
- States ranked by health outcomes, healthy behaviors: Commonwealth Fund
- ‘ChatGPT’s abilities were impressive’: Mass General Brigham researchers use AI to pick imaging tests
- Boston Medical to lead redevelopment of struggling local hospital
- Mass General Brigham’s ‘disruptive dozen’ healthcare technologies
- Mass General Brigham names hospital president
MICHIGAN
- Hospital system joint venture will launch 1 of state’s largest new imaging facilities
- Number of health systems allegedly denying care to indebted patients grows
- Trinity among health systems turning to virtual nursing to close care gaps
- U of Michigan Health projects 0.7% operating margin for 2024, misses 2023 target
- University of Michigan Health-West forms portal to track DEI among suppliers, vendors
- S. Mott Children’s Hospital is top children’s hospital in Michigan, rankings say
- How a Michigan hospital is acting to save lives of Black pregnant women
- Michigan advocates call for improved health outcomes for marginalized groups
- Detroit Today: Michigan’s nurses are facing staffing shortages
- Would mandating nurse-to-patient ratios make Michigan hospitals safer?
- Michigan’s CCBHCs, Health Homes helping thousands receive quality whole-person care
- Sparrow hospitals get new names after Michigan Medicine acquisition
- Michigan Medicine Celebrates Construction Milestone for the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion
- Michigan House advances bill on expanding health insurance coverage for oral chemotherapy
- Walgreens looks to corner Michigan primary care market, hires new CMO
- Helping patients understand transparency tools and expenses can help reduce healthcare costs, Michigan experts say
- Michigan hospitals, cancer patients impacted by shortage of chemotherapy medication
- University of Michigan Health house officers ratify 4-year contract
MINNESOTA
- Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul is torn down to make room for new mental health hospital
- Mayo Clinic Mankato support staff vote to remove union
- Minnesota’s Health Care Workforce in ‘Critical Condition’
- Number of health systems allegedly denying care to indebted patients grows
- Francis breaks ground on surgery center campus
- Support staff at Mayo Clinic’s Mankato hospital vote to get rid of union
- How Mayo, Mass General Brigham, Providence are using generative AI, virtual nursing
- Seizure detection devices now covered by Minnesota medical assistance
- Mayo Clinic + U. of Minnesota establish nurse-midwifery program
- University of Minnesota achieves milestone in freezing organs before transplant
- Mayo Clinic-accelerated AI company completes seed round
- Dozens of professors protest Mayo Clinic’s discipline of a physician who criticized NIH
MISSISSIPPI
- $5.3M ASC proposed in Mississippi
- Mississippi health rankings worst in U.S., report finds
- Mississippi hospital CEO resigns
- Two of Mississippi’s largest hospitals announce their CEOs will soon step down
- UMMC achieves top designation for stroke care
- Reeves, Presley pitch solutions to the worsening hospital crisis
- Mississippi gubernatorial candidates and their very different ideas on the state’s healthcare woes
- Report: MS worst in nation in healthcare performance, bottom 10 in over two dozen metrics
- More than 80 cars broken into at Mississippi hospital and nearby hotels
- George Regional Health ASC destroyed in overnight fire
MISSOURI
- 3 health systems join Mercy in Mayo Clinic’s shared data network
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City is ranked against other children’s hospitals across the U.S.
- Children’s Mercy launches $150M pediatric mental health effort with help from KC foundation
- Billing vendor: Data breach could impact over 200K CoxHealth patients
- Saint Luke’s Health breaks even ahead of BJC merger
- Vikas Sunkari of SSM Health carves out a real estate specialty in the health care industry
- CoxHealth CNO, VP of clinical services to retire after 42-year career
- Ascension sued for allegedly taking workers’ fingerprints without consent
- Man accused of shooting Missouri hospital building sentenced
- Why Missouri hospitals are housing children in foster care
- Missouri lawmakers address physician shortage with new grant program
- Pediatric mental health care is scarce in Kansas City. A Children’s Mercy project could change that
MONTANA
- Northern Montana Hospital converting to critical access hospital
- Montana releases first glimpse into Medicaid redeterminations
- State finalizes nursing home rate hike that still won’t cover costs
- Marias Healthcare celebrating new renovated facility with the Shelby community on Friday
- Montana physicians to call on Montana leadership to protect abortion access Thursday
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Hospital Association reveals plan to deal with health care worker shortage
- New program provides doctors more training, education on mental health for kids in Nebraska
- Nebraska Hospital Association, family advocating for Medigap requirement in the state
- Nebraska groups create health sciences pipeline program for young students
NEVADA
- Construction complete on new west Las Vegas valley medical center
- Court Orders Receivership for Friday Health Plans of Nevada
- Nevada GOP governor signs transgender health bills while vetoing another, bucking party trends
- When it comes to mental health, advocates say Nevada is still living with COVID’s legacy
- Renown unveils new critical care units at Renown Regional Medical Center
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire hospital fined $2M in missing fentanyl case
- State budget invests in healthcare workforce, adds funding for housing
- Nursing employees in NH may get more protections at work
- Newport, Dartmouth Health Tangle in Court Over Property Taxes
NEW JERSEY
- Becker’s Hospital Review Names Three RWJBarnabas Health Executives as Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know
- Doctors frustrated by Rutgers, demand better pay and benefits
- Moore appointees to Md. hospital cost review commission in doubt due to legal questions
- Patients, doctors laud ‘hospital at home,’ new model of care in NJ
- Mental health crisis in New Jersey: Issues faced by older residents
- 3 N.J. children’s hospitals rank among the nation’s best, U.S. News says
- Doctors reach tentative deal with Rutgers
- A surge in child strep throat cases is baffling N.J. doctors
- Industry veteran taking the lead at VNA Health Group
- Advocates want top court to review massive Horizon reorganization
- New Jersey hospital 1st in US to use AI to detect abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Englewood Health Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Heart Attack Treatment
- Jersey City Medical Center Now Offers Mako Robotic Surgery For Joint Replacements
NEW MEXICO
- Rural health care providers: The state wants your input on how to spend $80 million
- New Mexico hospital staff, community raise concerns over women’s health in light of potential merger
- New Mexico reports 6th Hantavirus case, 2nd death
- Looming Otero hospital merger with Catholic group could slash reproductive health access
- Healthcare workers protest at University of New Mexico Hospital
- New Mexico program to reduce maternity care deserts in rural areas fights for survival
NEW YORK
- Citing staffing challenges, Fresenius shuts down Niagara Falls dialysis site
- How Northwell is improving patient outcomes with special 15-minute sessions
- Jamaica Hospital breaks ground on new emergency department, first major expansion in over 30 years
- Jobs could be added as Guthrie Clinic absorbs Lourdes Hospital, CEO says
- Mount St. Mary’s Hospital is working to get temporary ER ready
- New York hospital nears final hours
- New York hospital taps chief medical officer
- New York lawmakers pass bill to remove medical debt from credit reports
- Niagara Falls Memorial prepares for influx as county’s last full-service hospital
- NYC mayor extends COVID-19 emergency declaration via executive order
- NYU Langone sues Northwell over similarities in advertisements
- Niagara County hospital preaches continued quality care, commitment to community despite cuts
- Samaritan Hospital maternity ward could close within months
- “We want our money” Nursing home employees still waiting on $3,000 in bonus payments, six months later
- Catholic Health to cut services at New York hospital
- New York health systems spar over purple advertisements
- How NYC Health + Hospitals reduced needless IV antihypertensive use
- Dialysis provider closes western New York center
- Mount Sinai South Nassau opens $35M pavilion in Long Beach
- Northwell Health looks to untapped resource — alumni — for talent
- Mount St. Mary’s staffers weigh options in face of changes
- How Mount Sinai Beth Israel keeps 3 HAI rates hovering at zero
- New York City hospital to spend $155M boosting capacity of ER
NORTH CAROLINA
- Doctors’ lawsuit: HCA Healthcare and TeamHealth overcharged patients
- Duke Children’s Hospital named best in Southeast by U.S. News & World Report
- Former North Carolina health official Mandy Cohen confirmed as new CDC chief
- Health care providers in North Carolina file lawsuit against state over abortion restrictions
- How Atrium Health is removing obstacles to deliver great care
- Leon Levine Foundation donates $7.5M to advance Atrium Health’s cancer care across Carolinas
- NC attorney general’s office details concerns in letter to HCA, citing staffing shortage
- Novant Health acquires rural hospital, plans to invest $50M in improvements
- Novant Health brings “3-in-1” primary care clinic to underserved community in east Winston-Salem
- Transgender health care restrictions tweaked as bill nears passage in North Carolina
- Using artificial intelligence as a tool to improve health care
- WakeMed Health & Hospitals Wins 2023 Premier Alliance Excellence Award
- North Carolina officials put Friday Health Plans in receivership
- Duke Health and Durham Tech team up to address nursing shortage in North Carolina
- Why North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion could raise hospital prices
- Durham medtech names new CEO to steer commercial launch
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota health system names new marketing chief
- Altru to host open house at Sunshine Hospitality Home
OHIO
- Adena Hospital loses $8 million so far this year as losses mount, despite other hospitals thriving
- As Cincinnati Children’s tops U.S. News best hospitals list, CEO pledges to stay on top
- Central Clinic Behavioral Health CEO Walter Smitson to retire from UC-affiliated nonprofit
- Cincinnati Children’s named top kids’ hospital by U.S. News & World Report
- Cincinnati kicks in $33 million in incentives for massive Medpace expansion
- Cleveland Clinic Mentor Hospital set to open on July 11
- Cleveland Clinic promotes 2 execs to expanding London location
- Dayton hospital network entering partnership with top Cincinnati health system
- How Cleveland Clinic innovates experience — with help from former patients
- Nationwide Children’s marks a decade among top 10 pediatric hospitals
- Ohio bill would streamline insurance pre-authorization requirements
- Cleveland Clinic, UH children’s hospitals among best in Ohio in new U.S. News children’s hospitals rankings
- The Ohio hospital with a less than 1 percent ‘left without being seen’ rate
- Ohio House passes bill requiring pharmacies, hospitals to provide off-label drugs
- Ohio hospital contests OSHA citation alleging failure to protect workers from violence
- Premier Health, Christ Hospital form partnership on cardiovascular health
OKLAHOMA
- Integris honored for tobacco cessation successes
- Oklahoma’s Kevin Hern, James Lankford lead letter to CMS on religious liberties for hospitals participating in Medicare
- Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners allocate total of $1.5M to the relocation of Griffin Memorial Psychiatric Hospital
- Oklahoma Supreme Court clears way for woman to sue hospital after miscarriage
- Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority stepping up enforcement
- US Department of Labor recovers $142K in overtime back wages owed to 65 Oklahoma healthcare workers by California diagnostics provider
OREGON
- $153M of behavioral health investments are working through the Oregon Legislature
- Nearly 2,000 Providence Medical Group nurses go on strike
- Providence nurses take to the picket line in Portland, Seaside
- Oregon nurses’ 5-day strike forces Providence to limit services
- Providence facing financial troubles in wake of nurses strike
- Oregon Legislature passes bill aimed at expanding nurse education to rural communities
- ‘Can’t find places to live’: Providence Seaside nurses strike over patient load
- Commentary: Proposal on capping health care costs would impact Oregonians
- Audit: Oregon Health Authority mishandled hundreds of thousands in federal mental health money
PENNSYLVANIA
- CHOP remains among 5 best children’s hospitals in U.S.
- Einstein Medical Center nurses avoid strike, approve three-year contract
- Einstein Medical Center nurses vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike
- Fox Chase Cancer Center RNs vote to unionize; Einstein nurses reach tentative deal
- Highmark Health makes third round of layoffs this year
- Jobs could be added as Guthrie Clinic absorbs Lourdes Hospital, CEO says
- Medical Optometry America acquires Paoli practice as it eyes additional expansion targets
- Nurses at Jefferson Health hospital vote to authorize strike
- Nurses at Jefferson Health hospital approve 3-year contract
- Pennsylvania nursing homes rally for additional funding
- Philadelphia healthcare facility suffers ransomware attack
- Luke’s opens new children’s hospital in Fountain Hill, expanding pediatric care
- UPMC Children’s Hospital makes US News top rankings again
- UPMC, Washington Health System announce merger plans
- Why UPMC and PharmaLogic are partnering on a radiopharmaceutical facility
- Q&A with Geisinger CEO and president Dr. Jaewon Ryu, who will be CEO of the new Risant Health
- Financial health worsens at Pa. hospitals, yet some in Harrisburg region show big profits
- How clinics in the Philadelphia area are dealing with a national shortage of penicillin
- 3 PA Medical Centers Among Best Children’s Hospitals: U.S. News
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia doctor making strides in finding cure for “holy grail of childhood cancers”
- ‘Now’s the time’: Advocates call on House to pass Patient Safety Act
RHODE ISLAND
- Lifespan CFO: ‘Our view is we need to grow.’
- ‘We don’t need it all’: R.I.’s largest hospital system may consolidate real estate portfolio
- Rhode Island company invests $8.4M in Portland affordable housing
- Change in classification system influences new Lifespan financial reports
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Cardinal Health to construct new distribution center in South Carolina
- First-of-its-kind behavioral health hub in Florence to serve as model for future facilities across S.C.
- Health system settles orthopedic False Claims allegations for $36.5M
- Record-breaking settlement: Here’s why Bon Secours must pay the US government $36.5 million
- South Carolina, Florence funding new behavioral health initiative
- SCETV and the South Carolina Hospital Association announce partnership to engage South Carolinians in healthcare careers
- Hilton Head Hospital named one of America’s 100 Best for Orthopedic Surgery
SOUTH DAKOTA
- New CEO joins Winner Regional Health
- For Avera McKennan CEO, new role blends homecoming with chance to lead into future
TENNESSEE
- Alive Hospice CEO steps down after pushback over rumored sale to for-profit health provider
- As the largest nurses strike in Texas history looms, Ascension threatens to lock out participants
- Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Hit’s Milestone: 1000 Surgeries Completed in May
- Bill Lee signs bill to address rural doctor shortage
- Hospital turns over transgender patient records to Tennessee attorney general in investigation
- Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named best in Southeast by U.S. News & World Report
- Vanderbilt proposal to build new Murfreesboro hospital denied by state
- Memphis hospitals call for gun violence to be declared public health crisis in Tennessee
- Franklin-based home healthcare firm plans expansion to Sumner County
- Collaboration to bring air ambulance services to local hospital
- TN doctor loses medical license after NC5 investigation shows he signed a Covid vaccine waiver for a dog
- How HCA Healthcare’s 200+ person team preps for hurricane season + beyond
- HCA Healthcare accused of pushing patients toward end-of-life care to boost performance metrics
- No need for ‘media circus’ in VUMC billing fraud inquiry, Tennessee AG says
TEXAS
- Ascension Seton aims to keep pace with demographic changes in Hays County
- Austin nurses who strike won’t be allowed to work for three additional days, hospital says
- Baylor Scott & White Health opens 71st clinic
- CBRE report ranks Houston top Texas market for life science talent
- Here’s what’s changing for Texans – or not – as Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID emergency order ends
- Texas Children’s Hospital ranks No. 3 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Children’s Hospitals list
- Texas medical office building acquired for $24.6M
- UMC Children’s Hospital re-designated with highest level of maternal care
- Urgent care clinic being built in Anthony to improve border health care
- ‘You’re not God’: Doctors and patient families say HCA hospitals push hospice care
- HCA Kingwood’s $28 million expansion underway as surgical patients increase
- MD Anderson Cancer Center expands into new market with new partnership
- San Antonio rehab hospital names CEO
UTAH
- Intermountain Health unveils latest outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Center at TOSH
- Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital ranked one of the best children’s hospitals in the country
- RN Courtney Miller Works in Utah Hospital That Saved Her Life
- Overcoming language barriers in health care
- Huntsman Cancer Institute Expands Lifesaving Impact across Utah with Plans for New Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Utah clinic offers new treatment for patients dealing with Long COVID
- 3 new ASCs in Utah
VERMONT
- Welch questions Amazon Clinic over data collection
- Federal grant will support ongoing workforce development and training efforts at CVMC
- Union, UVMMC reach agreement on contract for resident physicians
- VT health care regulators pass OneCare Budget aimed at accountability
VIRGINIA
- Construction project exit leaves VCU on the hook for $80M
- VHC Health to Open Outpatient Pavilion in July
- Charges dropped against 2 hospital employees in death of man pinned to floor at Virginia psychiatric hospital
- Report: Virginia, US Children Need Better Health Supports
- Former Virginia governor wants VCU Health president to resign
- Virginia eyes sale of hundreds of acres of hospital lands
- Virginia is facing a serious shortage of Mental Health Professionals
WASHINGTON
- Providence Swedish hires UW Medicine vet as chief medical officer for North Puget Sound
- Washington Hospital Pays $240,000 HIPAA Penalty After Security Guards Access Medical Records
- Spokane-area hospitals look to improve financials
- MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital nurses vote to strike over staffing and dedicated break nurses
- For those unfit to make decisions, a complex path out of the hospital
- Nurses reach tentative agreement with MultiCare Good Samaritan
WEST VIRGINIA
- $50M investment to boost cancer care, innovation in West Virginia
- Conflicting reports on investigation into West Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery
- Eye on Morgantown: Q&A with Albert Wright, CEO, WVU Health System
- Memorial sues Camden Clark, WVU Health System over alleged false complaints
- Mon Health proceeds with hospital relocation
- WV Supreme Court strikes down case against CAMC over mishandled remains
- Va. Hospitals Continue To Struggle Post-COVID-19
- Staffing challenges at local hospitals with the West Virginia Hospital Association
- Research shows West Virginia is the ‘most stressed’ state in the U.S.
- Marietta Memorial sues Camden Clark, WVU Health over alleged false complaints
- Lewis County’s Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital to get new facility off I-79
WISCONSIN
- Sun Prairie EMS looking to fund 7 more paramedics following news of SSM Health ER closure
- Wisconsin ruling a win for doctors’ judgment on ivermectin use
- 2 Wisconsin Medical Centers Among Best Childrens Hospitals: U.S. News
- Can Wisconsin heal itself? New series provides insights into state’s most vexing health problems
- Concert Health partners with Wisconsin provider for behavioral health
- Wisconsin medical residents are crossing state lines for abortion training. Proposed federal funding could help.
- Bill to let pharmacists prescribe birth control passes Wisconsin Assembly
- Medical residency programs in Wisconsin see a marked decline in applications post-Roe
- Gundersen Health System Expands Genetics Program with Genome Medical’s Telegenetic Counseling Services
- Aspirus Riverview Hospital adds helicopter landing capability
- Hospitals put climate change on the menu
WYOMING
