NATIONAL
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- A quiet ‘pharmageddon’ walkout
- AHA: Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Would Not Align with Modern Clinical Practice, Stifle Innovation
- AMA, allies plead for leniency as Medicare pay penalties loom
- ANA announces support for federal staffing ratios bill
- Apple eyes behavioral health space
- Clinically integrated networks poised to boost rural healthcare
- CMS’ CFO on the agency’s ‘true north star’
- CMS releases proposed rule to improve No Surprises Act IDR process
- Health systems are taking a closer look at staffing fees. Here’s why.
- Healthcare ransomware attacks cost US economy $77B
- Healthcare workers cite more burnout, and more are thinking of a career change
- Home health agencies get less than a 1% payment increase
- Hospital associations and hospitals file lawsuit challenging federal rule that ties providers’ hands in efforts to reach communities
- Hospitals are struggling to overcome various drug shortages
- Hospitals due $9B under 340B final rule
- HRSA reverses 340B offsite clinic policy
- Millions have used the 988 mental health crisis line, but most say they wouldn’t turn to it again
- Nursing home industry says ‘the staff are not there’ to meet federal staffing plan
- Patient medical record access is surging: ONC report
- Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions
- Physicians, advocates raise concerns over lack of AI regulation
- Private payer’s prices highest in upper Midwest and Southeast, price transparency study finds
- The Stark law by the numbers
- Utilizing innovation and tech to tackle SDOH
ALABAMA
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- $124M ambulatory surgery center proposed for metro area
- Alabama ranks low in study on nutrition and well-being
- Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission rescinds all business licenses
- More maternity wards closing in Alabama forcing women to find other healthcare options
- See inside Pack Health’s $5.66M HQ expansion
- Alabama system joins Ochsner ACO to improve senior health outcomes
- 28,000 Alabamians lost Medicaid coverage in August
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Building in Tucson, Arizona
- Phoenix orthopedic surgeon grows his company to $1B operation, continues to expand nationally
- Arizona nurse training program racing ahead of schedule, boosted by refugee recruiting
- NAH says hospital plan will be privately funded, but critics worry about future costs
- Yuma Regional Medical Center and Arizona Western College pairing up for new building
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Hospitals Offer Fewer Places to Give Birth
- Bowen Hefley Orthopedics Starts Construction in North Little Rock
- CEO Bruce Murphy Talks Recruitment, Expansion of Arkansas Heart Hospital
- Cracking the Code: Understanding Contractual Allowances in Arkansas Hospitals
- Diagnosing the Doctor Deficit: Arkansas Faces Escalating Physician Shortages
- Baptist Health North Little Rock opens new inpatient behavioral health unit
- Cracking the Code: Understanding Contractual Allowances in Arkansas Hospitals
- Sage Health opening doors in Central Arkansas
- Legionnaires case reported at Arkansas nursing home
- Arkansas Rates of Infant, Maternal Mortality Raise Alarm
- Arkansas hospital names CEO
CALIFORNIA
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- 6 notes on Risant Health 6 months later
- 4 orthopedic moves in the West over the past 4 weeks
- Adventist Health gets stadium naming rights
- Federally qualified health centers CommuniCare, Ole Health complete merger
- Kaiser taps regional president
- Medicare Advantage plan to end coverage in 2 California counties
- Surgery Partners adds NorCal Orthopedic Surgery Center
- UC San Diego Health to assume operations of community hospital
- University of California paid 114 doctors over $1 million last year. How many were women?
- CA finds disparities for Black moms in maternal mortality rate
COLORADO
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- 4 orthopedic moves in the West over the past 4 weeks
- AdventHealth Porter hospital in Denver closes after losing heat, hot water
- Case dismissed involving COVID-19 deaths at LA nursing home
- Denver Health integrates meaningful race, ethnicity and language data in its Epic EHR
- Denver’s AdventHealth Porter hospital without hot water, heat due to boiler system failure
- Despite surprise billing laws, unexpected ambulance bills remain common in Colorado
- Governor signs bill to allow certain hospitals to employ physicians
- Healthcare real estate companies merge into $21B firm
- Merger between UCHealth and Pueblo’s Parkview Health System set to finalize in December
- Mercy Hospital breaks ground on Colorado ASC
- Swedish Medical Center names orthopedic surgery chief
- What do you do with an old hospital? In Boulder, you recycle it. The whole thing.
- Colorado Option: Health insurance leaders discuss what’s in store for members as plan enters second year
- Colorado caught up in nationwide concern over shortage of antibody treatment to protect infants from RSV
- Colorado healthcare providers focus on addressing workplace violence to retain workers
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut hospital’s financial crisis deepens after cyberattack
- CT municipal leaders frustrated with ‘dragging’ sale of ECHN hospitals to Yale New Haven Health
- In 2016, Rockville was a bustling local hospital. Then Prospect Medical took over.
- Judge allows antitrust case against Hartford HealthCare to proceed
- Murder of visiting nurse ignites demands for stronger home care protections
- Town of Vernon calls on state to speed up approval of Eastern Connecticut Health Network sale
- Yale, ECHN enter secret negotiations to finalize sale of hospitals after earlier talks stalled
- Yale New Haven radiologists boost CT scan reviews with AI
- These Are The Best Hospitals In Connecticut, Newsweek Says In New List
- CVS Health discloses deeper Hartford job cuts
DC
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- 6 notes on Risant Health 6 months later
- DC mayor pressed to declare public health emergency over opioid overdoses
- GWU, medical residents advance contract talks — but hospital nurses union hits delays
- Kaiser Permanente taps Israel Rocha to succeed Ruth Williams-Brinkley as Mid-Atlantic president
- Johns Hopkins nursing school launches D.C. institute focused on health equity
- Medical providers at D.C.’s largest community health center move to unionize
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside has conducted over 800 robotic-assisted procedures
- Baptist Health Care in talks to donate hospital campus
- Florida nonprofit hospitals focused on serving low-income residents
- Florida Rep. Randy Fine proposes bill that may put Parrish Healthcare up for sale — something the hospital opposes
- Florida staff shortages lead to huge demand for dementia care
- HCA, AdventHealth ER battle drags on
- How Mayo is creating the future of precision treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
- Mount Sinai breaks ground on $250 million massive cancer care center
- Nemours Children’s taps regional president
- Pharma company opens research and development facility in Weston
- Putnam Community Medical Center Of North Florida Agrees To Pay One Million Dollars To Settle False Claims Liability Related To Its Former Sleep Center
- Sunshine State disproportionately impacted by Alzheimer’s disease
- Walmart inks partnerships with health system, insurer in Florida
- Lead defendant in a 15-defendant health care fraud conspiracy sentenced to federal prison
- Baptist Health South Florida taps chief medical executive
GEORGIA
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- Behavioral health pilot program coming to Northwest Georgia
- Bidding process for lucrative state Medicaid contracts under way
- Lori Morris Named CFO of Piedmont Newton Hospital
- New primary care facilities offering solutions to ‘healthcare desert’ on Fulton County’s south side
- Northern Atlanta suburb first to be designated a BioReady Community
- Piedmont ranked best in Georgia, top 5% in nation for cardiac care
- SnapNurse triples tech investment, bets on AI in expansion
- These Are The Best Hospitals In Georgia, Newsweek Says In New List
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Health Illinois chief navigates post-merger realities
- Chicago health system CEO to exit
- Chicago system names interim CEO
- Cook County Health CEO to depart
- Revamped Illinois Hospital Report Card website connects transparency with quality of care
- The top 98 orthopedic surgeons in Chicago
- These Are The Best Hospitals In Illinois, Newsweek Says In New List
INDIANA
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- Beam sells opt-in rights to Eli Lilly for up to $600M
- Community Health sets aside $75M in ‘potential settlement agreement’ with feds, whistleblower
- Cook Medical sells portion of reproductive health business for $300M
- Eskenazi Hospital to expand therapy dog program with $1M gift
- Indiana attorney general reprimanded over abortion doctor remarks
- Indiana ranked 10th-worst state for health care due to high costs, poor outcomes
- Nurse practitioners say limits on practice lead to higher health care costs, less access
- Indiana healthcare leaders hoping to raise awareness on youth mental health crisis
- Seymour hospital tops ‘Best Hospitals for Nurses’ list
IOWA
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- Iowa health system warns against using ChatGPT to draft patient letters
- Mercy Iowa City reverses course, says Univ. of Iowa has best bid for hospital
- North Liberty Family Health Centre to join UnityPoint Clinic
- Orthopedic group advocates for hospital sale, says delay is harming community
- U of Iowa Health to purchase Mercy Iowa City
- UI’s Mercy IC hospital acquisition decision next week
- University of Iowa awarded rights to Mercy Iowa City after talks with Preston Hollow stall
- Nebraska, Iowa and 13 other states pen letter against federal nursing home staffing proposal
- Iowa nursing shortage hits hospitals and schools
- UnityPoint Health — St. Luke’s themed rooms a hit with young patients
- Mercy reverses auction results; declares University of Iowa winner
KANSAS
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- As rural Kansas emergency department announces closure, Gov. Kelly and Statehouse Republicans clash over Medicaid expansion
- Ascension Via Christi to close Kansas ED
- Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules
- Legend Senior Living ‘sets the stage for the next generation of growth’
- New-to-Wichita doctor aims to address ‘tremendous need’ for pediatric care
- Newman Regional Health CEO advocates zoning change to ‘safeguard’ community healthcare
- Kansas medical center files zoning request to bar local hospital from building ASC
- Kansas hospital helps residents recover medical records from nearby closed hospital
KENTUCKY
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- Markey study provides valuable insights into drivers of cancer risk
- Mayfield Brain & Spine, St. Elizabeth Healthcare expand stroke care in Northern Kentucky
- PreventScripts raises more than $1 million in latest capital raise
- SentryHealth purchased by virtual care firm First Stop Health
- St. E. Healthcare forms collaboration with Mayfield Brain & Spine to advance service to stroke patients
- University of Kentucky receives nearly $16 million to help increase primary care physicians in Kentucky
- University of Kentucky breaks ground on landmark $380M Health Education Building
- Solving Kentucky’s Ongoing Nursing Shortage
- Hospital receives award for securing patient data
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana hospital cautions workers against ‘disrespect’ amid unionization push
- Louisiana Nursing Home Association honors long-term care professionals
- Louisiana physician guilty of tax evasion
- New Orleans hospital CEO exits
- Louisiana hospital names interim president
- Employer medical plan costs projected to increase 7% in 2024
MAINE
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- Maine lawmaker proposes to cut red tape so more mental health facilities can open in state
- Hospitals are struggling to overcome various drug shortages
- Auburn Rep Laurel Libby Proposes Bill to Expand Availability of Maine’s Mental Healthcare Facilities in Wake of Mass Shooting
- Bridgton Hospital, Rumford Hospital name new president
MARYLAND
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- Baltimore nursing home plans $65M renovation project
- Best Hospitals In MD Honored In New Ranking
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center to open new inpatient facility next month, continues work on new cancer center
- Kaiser Permanente taps Israel Rocha to succeed Ruth Williams-Brinkley as Mid-Atlantic president
- LifeBridge Health pulls back from plan to build on 22 acres near Pimlico
- Luminis Health downgraded as operating performance remains pressured
- Maryland ER wait times continue to disappoint in new data drop
- Maryland healthcare workers in mental health crisis, CDC study says
- Mercy Medical Center adds Persona IQ for knee replacements
- Silver Spring’s United Therapeutics betting big on organ manufacturing despite death of pig heart recipient
- UMMS does more than break even as net gain rises to $161M
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Beth Israel Lahey spreads home hospital program to North Shore
- Beam sells opt-in rights to Eli Lilly for up to $600M
- East Boston Neighborhood Health Center grows leadership team
- Falmouth Hospital opens $10M intensive care unit
- HHS settles $100K ransomware investigation
- HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Ransomware Cyber-Attack Investigation
- Tufts, Intermountain CEOs on strategies to bridge the employee trust gap
- UMass Memorial sues Steward hospital over nonpayment
- Beth Israel Deaconess brings leader back as chief nursing officer
- The top NIH research funding recipients in Massachusetts
- Fallon Health grants $200K for elder services, food security programs
MICHIGAN
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- Ascension St. Mary’s and SVSU Partner to Provide Educational Opportunities
- Bronson raises capital campaign goal to $4.5M for children’s hospital
- Corewell Health brings new addiction clinics to Big Rapids and Reed City
- Senior care provider Care Resources developing new center in Lowell
- Shortage in new RSV shots could endanger Michigan babies
- Where are the healthiest places to live in Michigan?
- Michigan health centers are losing almost $100 with every visit
- Mid-Michigan’s first Ronald McDonald Family Room coming to Covenant HealthCare
MINNESOTA
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- Charity Care bill goes into effect for all Minnesotans
- Health insurer Medica promotes CFO Lisa Erickson to CEO
- Mayo Clinic team is creating the future of precision treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
- Merging Essentia Health barely breaks even as expenses top $2.7B
- Minnesota AG Ellison’s staff hears opinions on 2 proposed healthcare mergers
- Minneapolis Hospital Adding New Surgery and Critical Care Center
- Miromatrix Medical acquired by United Therapeutics two years after IPO
- Mayo Clinic looks to bring telehealth services to ambulances
- How Mayo Clinic is using AI to identify heart abnormalities
- Mayo Clinic, Minnesota college enter $4M sports medicine partnership
- One Minnesota clinic transcends a race barrier to good patient care
- The care was crucial. He had insurance. His hospital bill? A whopping $155,493.
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi partners with Uber Health; DocDefender removes personal information from internet
- No deal: Sale of Mississippi hospital system isn’t happening
- Medicaid’s managed care contracts at a standstill after two companies cry foul
- State’s first family medicine obstetrics fellowship hopes to increase access to maternal care in rural areas
MISSOURI
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- HCA teams up with Missouri’s largest medical school
- Mercy launches innovation unit
- Boone Health closes its home care, hospice services
- Missouri system invests in mass casualty response trailers
- Nearly 300 Missourians wait in jails, hospitals for mental health resources
- New specialists at Liberty Hospital add to women’s health services, hospitalists group
- Netsmart’s new offering aims to add efficiency, alleviate labor shortages in health care
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska, Iowa and 13 other states pen letter against federal nursing home staffing proposal
- Nebraska nursing homes bash new ‘fundamentally flawed’ regulations
- Some rural hospitals could benefit from new Rural Emergency Hospital designation
- U of Nebraska Medical Center’s infectious diseases chief to step down
- Nebraska lawmakers, medical professionals weigh statewide COVID-19 response
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Hackensack, Morristown, St. Joe’s among busiest hospital ERs in nation, poll reveals
- New ASC, medical building proposed in New Jersey
- New Jersey hospital innovation director appointed to FDA committee
- New Jersey hospital rebuffs criticism from US senator
- Nurses testify that N.J. hospital is unsafe due to understaffing
- Virtua, Michaels Organization Break Ground on Mixed-Use Housing, Healthcare Project in Camden City
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- C-suite changes on the horizon under Catholic Health CEO Joyce Markiewicz
- Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits
- Mount Sinai leader chosen to helm Pennsylvania Hospital
- Mount Sinai plans to close Beth Israel in July
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst To Receive $17.5M For Upgrades
- Wynn Hospital to temporarily delay major surgeries
- Weill Cornell Medicine expands footprint
- New York rural hospital receives largest-ever gift of $600K
- Hospital implements new weapon-screening technology
- New York system delays surgeries at new hospital
- New York orthopedic surgeon fined $100K for posting fake practice reviews
- Memorial Sloan Kettering taps supportive care chief
- NYU Langone receives $9.8M to spur pediatric innovation
- New York hospital names new CIO
- Northwell shuffles nurse leaders
- Nurses approve contract with Rochester General
NORTH CAROLINA
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- An inside look at Atrium Health Levine Children’s integrative medicine for cancer and blood disorders
- Atrium Health to block parents from children’s prescription records
- Cary firm with 7,000 employees sold in $200M deal
- Durham startup using AI to enhance radiology acquired
- Groundbreaking ceremony for behavioral health hospital in ENC tomorrow
- HCA violated terms of Mission purchase agreement, North Carolina AG alleges
- HCA, AdventHealth ER battle drags on
- New cancer center for young adults opens at UNC Hospital
- Pfizer to close facilities in Durham, Morrisville amid major cost cuts
- Children’s mental health swamps rural providers
- Throwing a financial lifeline to rural NC health care providers
- North Carolina AG threatens lawsuit against HCA
- North Carolina court sides with hospital system in ASC ownership dispute
- As hospital systems begin to grapple with medical waste, environmentalists call for tighter regulations
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 96K-square-foot Ohio medical office building sells
- Abortion is on the ballot in Ohio. The results could signal what’s ahead for 2024
- Cincinnati Children’s breaks ground on new Clermont County location
- Cleveland Clinic to employ drug-delivery drones
- CTI promotes Pat Dearing to new C-suite role
- Local physician uses his platform to promote health lifestyles in diverse populations
- NE Ohio expansion projects net $1.2 million in Ohio tax credits
- Ohio high court upholds 65-year prison term in thefts from nursing homes, assisted living facilities
- OrthoAlliance opens MRI facility
- ProMedica sells home health, hospice business
- UC, UC Health renewed as national coordinating center for NIH-backed stroke research
- National study shows Ohio suffers from health disparities, impacting voting ability
- Kettering Health To Add Ambulatory Infusion Center At Ohio Hospital
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 6 notes on Risant Health 6 months later
- 750 Crozer Health nurses and health care workers ratify one-year contract extensions
- AHN Cancer Institute’s new skin cancer center
- AHN opens new imaging center at Bethel Park Health + Wellness Pavilion
- Armstrong County Memorial Hospital considers affiliation with rural hospital network
- Aro Biotherapeutics begins first human testing of its proprietary Centyrin technology platform
- How Thomas Jefferson is using AI to create its ‘digital twin’
- Lehigh Valley Health eliminates approximately 240 positions
- Mount Sinai leader chosen to helm Pennsylvania Hospital
- Philadelphia urgent care provider raises $8.9M to support growth plans
- Temple University Health sees $7.4M loss from hospital acquisition
- These Are The Best Hospitals In PA, Newsweek Says In New List
RHODE ISLAND
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- Lifespan could be renamed ‘Brown Health’ under new agreement with the RI med school
- Prospect Medical not meeting operating costs for two RI hospitals
- CVS, Walgreens pharmacy staff launch 3-day walkout
- Health services division drives CVS through strong third quarter
- Women & Infants Hospital opens new 21-bed medical/surgical care unit
- After assault of nurse, Lifespan launches public campaign to protect workers: Safer Hospitals
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Baptist Memorial taps 3 C-suite leaders
- CHS contract labor costs down $18M in Q3
- HCA violated terms of Mission purchase agreement, North Carolina AG alleges
- HCA ‘unfavorably impacted’ by its physician staffing deal: 5 things ASCs should know
- Nashville health care chiefs concerned about health of the city — and care isn’t the sole answer
- New Orthopedic Surgery Center to be Build in Murfreesboro
- Tennessee families, doctor ask Supreme Court to block state’s gender-affirming health care ban
- State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement
- Tennessee is one of the worst states for children, women’s health, study finds
- How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q3
TEXAS
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- $2M gift establishes Baylor Medical Humanities Chair
- Harris Health aims to transform region’s health care for decades with $2.9 billion facilities plan, bond proposal
- How Texas Children’s Hospital has adapted to serve growing communities
- How a lawsuit in Texas could impact future hospital bills
- Rehab provider to build $26M hospital in Texas
- SA medical group to close facilities, lay off workers
- Shopping for surgery? Not all Fort Worth hospitals make it easy to figure out the cost
- Tenet Healthcare beats expectations on growth in ambulatory and acute services
- Sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers heads to governor
- Tenet Q3 net income dips to $101M
- Texas health system lays off 288 workers
- Texas Medical Center opens first phase of Helix Park with 250K-SF collaborative building
- USPI has 30 de novo ASCs in pipeline, sees ‘consistently positive’ M&A environment
- Texas health system lays off 288 workers
- Hospital associations sue HHS over pixel tracking ban
- How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q3
- Tenet’s outlook on contract labor, union negotiations
- Tenet ASC investment paying off as margins soar
- Conifer’s revenues dip slightly in Q3
- Texas Medical Center opens first phase of Helix Park with 250K-SF collaborative building
- Man charged with operating without a license at cosmetic ASC
UTAH
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- Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital earns prestigious designation for outstanding nursing care
- Tufts, Intermountain CEOs on strategies to bridge the employee trust gap
- Utah’s emergency room visits are relatively short — but waits are rising
- Are Utah hospitals prepared to handle patients seeking abortion care? Here’s what a new study says.
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Nursing home shortages ‘biggest public policy issue’ for state, nation: Virginia provider exec
- Virginia nursing homes say they’re limiting admissions due to a lack of staff
- Virginia staff shortages make finding a nursing home bed a challenge
- VCU professor named president of Medical Society of Virginia
- These Are The Best Hospitals In Virginia, Newsweek Says In New List
WASHINGTON
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- DOJ: WA nursing homes denying substance abuse patients agree to change policies
- Kaiser imaging workers strike
- Kaiser, SEIU reach tentative deal to avert strike
- Nursing home chain with local ties resolve allegations with DOJ
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Blamed For Medication Overdose
- State investigates violence against nurses at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
- Two skilled nursing care centers resolve allegations of Americans with Disabilities Act violations
- Washington will be one of eight states to test CMS’ new primary care model launching in July 2024
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- 60 Wisconsin hospitals lost money in 2022
- Another state proposes near-total noncompete ban: 5 things to know
- Healthcare real estate companies merge into $21B firm
- Marshfield Clinic Health System to donate over $200K to area organizations facing health inequities
- Operating losses hit 5 urban hospitals in southeast Wisconsin
- Peggy Troy to retire as Children’s Wisconsin CEO
- Bill would allow for new mental health facilities in Wisconsin
- SSM Health Dean sues orthopedic surgeons leaving to start competing practice
- Weston Marshfield Clinic to start using new state-of-the-art cancer treatment machine in Dec.
- Technology helps Wisconsin hospital communicate
- Wisconsin pharmacists say they need more help to keep up with increasing demands
- WVU Medicine surgeon develops device to improve visibility during surgery, another WVU Medicine surgeon first to use it in thoracic surgery
- Infant Mortality Rate Rises For 1st Time In 20 Years: See WI Data
WYOMING
