NATIONAL
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- 340B drug discount program yields mixed evidence on how hospitals use funds
- 3 in 5 Patients Accessed Health Records Online or Via Apps in 2022
- Acute hospital care at home gets good grades from CMS research
- AHA-supported bill would ban health plan fees for electronic fund transfers
- AHA-supported bill would extend Medicare programs to assist rural hospitals
- Analysis | Hospitals and doctors are fed up with Medicare Advantage
- Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack, forcing hospitals in multiple states to divert ambulances
- As hospital expenses rise, charity care spending falls
- Cigna, Humana in Talks for Blockbuster Merger
- CMS BPCI Advanced Model Year 7 Enrollment Deadline Approaching
- Health system antitrust cases pick up steam
- Kroger Sued for Sharing Sensitive Health Data With Meta
- More academic partnerships to come, despite financial hurdles
- States with the most rural hospital closures
ALABAMA
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- $50M UAB proton therapy center closing due to partner’s inability to make payments
- Alabama ASC activity heats up
- Alabama health care company opens second Wisconsin hospital
- Birmingham firm appoints Spirit Airlines CEO to board
- UAB Health System member hospital completes ED renovation
- Medical manufacturer to shutter Alabama plant after receiving millions in incentives
- Alabama’s infant mortality rate is at record low, but the rate rose for Black Alabamians
- See how labor and delivery units have disappeared in Alabama
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Health leaders discuss the ways Arizona is addressing health equity through data collection on race and ethnicity
- How hospitals are impacted by nearly 400,000 Arizonans disenrolled from AHCCCS
- Valleywise Health delays opening of Phoenix hospital until 2024; plus 7 more Valley deals to know
- Valleywise Health Medical Center nears 2024 opening
- Arizona leaders discuss hardships and accomplishments of last legislative session
- Here’s why jury says Banner Health must pay nearly $20 million to 9-year-old Chandler boy
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas hospital names new CFO
- Baptist Health tries to clear the air after Drew Memorial layoffs
- Baptist Health Could Be Out of Insurer’s Network If Rate Impasse Continues
- Proposed Arkansas ballot measure would make abortion access a constitutional right
- UAMS Awarded $17.6M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students
- UAMS Gets $17.5M Grant to Tackle Maternal Health Crisis
- Former Arkansas Medical Board chairman charged with felony health care fraud
CALIFORNIA
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- A look at the first phase of El Camino Health’s newest hospital campus baby, the Orchard Pavilion
- Optum faces antitrust lawsuit from California health system
- Peninsula biotech looks to hire 50-60 reps in anticipation of first drug approval
- Sutter Health reported a $98M Q3 loss
- Sutter Health hires Dana Beckton as chief diversity and inclusion officer
- With expansion, One Community Health to double Midtown campus footprint
- 5-day nurses strike underway at 3 Southern California hospitals
- California hospital resumes ambulance traffic 8 days after cyberattack
- California hospital up for $105M bond approval
COLORADO
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- 2 mental health centers to merge, create largest in Colorado
- Boulder biotech company raises $52M for supplements, biologics that use special milk
- Colorado healthcare workers among first to get live Ebola vaccine
- Colorado nonprofit provides pediatric health care regardless of family’s ability to pay
- Colorado struggles to cut unnecessary medical care, despite focus on costs
- Colorado workers can apply for paid family and medical leave through new online portal
- Dispatch Health, busy around holidays, aims to alleviate stress on Colorado emergency rooms
- Insurance newcomer nabs another big provider in Colorado market
- CC Athletics partners with Children’s Hospital Colorado to support student athletes mental health needs
- Colorado HCPF working to address member needs with behavioral health, access to care initiatives
- Colorado’s Looming Healthcare Crisis: 10,000 Nurses Needed by 2026
- What You Missed: 2023 Colorado State of Reform Health Policy Conference
- Colorado RAE representatives say more funding is needed to improve patient care coordination
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut hospital looks to close maternity unit
- Despite delay, hospitals affirm commitment to $75M proton therapy cancer treatment center
- Yale opens Center for Infectious Diseases
- Bloomfield-based Cigna, employer of thousands in CT, reportedly in merger talks
- CT behavioral health clinician charged with Medicaid fraud
- CT probes critical-care cutbacks at Windham Hospital
- CT presents draft settlement in YNHH-Prospect hospitals sale
- City has plan for what’s in way of CT Children’s expansion
- RSV vaccine shortage forces some pediatricians to ration doses as virus spreads
DC
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- D.C.-area hospital construction projects: From Inova’s new Springfield facility to Cedar Hill in Ward 8
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is set to open its long-awaited pavilion. Here’s a look.
- DC area hospitals see uptick in sick visits amidst global concern for respiratory illness
- D.C.’s 100KM Ventures launches fund to invest in women’s health, NIL marketplace
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- 60 Florida system execs take buyout
- AdventHealth nearly finished with $47.5 million medical office in Daytona
- BayCare expanding presence through medical group acquisition
- Florida hospital launches $29 virtual visits
- ImagineCare and Florida organizations join forces to bolster services, resources for vulnerable residents
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s claims juror misconduct after $261M verdict
- Miami startup’s medical device can detect skin cancer with 97% accuracy, study says
- Report card: How did Jacksonville-area hospitals fare in latest patient safety grades?
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital set to open $71 million Cornell Family Behavioral Health Pavilion
- South Florida’s largest health group partners with local college for teaching hospital
- CDC reports highest levels of hospital visits for respiratory illness in Florida
- Weekly COVID-19 data returns to Florida Department of Health website
- 15 hospitalized after Florida ambulance is hit, rolls over while responding to emergency
- A nursing reboot: Jobs are on the rise in Florida
- Two $500K investments may help Jay Hospital update aging facility
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta charity health center awarded for care quality, pandemic response
- Atlanta hospital among just 15 in U.S. with more than 5 Magnet designations
- Four more years: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellstar re-up contract
- Hospital fails to dodge $10M malpractice verdict after attempting to pin payment on radiologist
- New survey reveals insight into Georgia’s maternal health crisis
- New chief medical officer hired for St. Mary’s Health Care System
- Georgia looks to South Carolina in certificate of need repeal fight
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- 3 St. Luke’s surgeons open independent Idaho orthopedic clinic
- Court dismisses legal case over Idaho health grants, but investigation isn’t over
- Saint Alphonsus to break ground on new medical health plaza in Caldwell
- Portneuf Medical Center experienced a ransomware attack. The hospital is adapting with pencils and paper
- Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds
- TytoCare scores exclusive partnership with Idaho healthcare system
- Idaho Rural Physician Incentive Program names 16 recipients, pays student loans
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Health slows growth in Q3
- CommonSpirit revenue broken down by 5 regions
- DeKalb County files lawsuit against nursing home buyers for dropping out of $8.3M sale
- Illinois abortions jump in year after Supreme Court decision
- Illinois health system donates 200 beds to African, Middle Eastern hospitals
- As Illinois COVID numbers rise, health officials call for vigilance against respiratory viruses
- State agencies hold virtual hearings for public health improvement plan
- Health care professionals grapple with a burnout crisis
- ‘Something doesn’t seem right:’ Illinois AG office to review suspicious Cottage Hospital bills
INDIANA
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- 16 Tech gears up in reach for national stage
- Echo Real Estate Capital, Inc. Acquires Carmel, Indiana Medical Office Building
- FDA approves new version of Eli Lilly’s diabetes drug for weight loss
- Hendricks Regional Health website down, not a result of direct cyberattack
- Indiana Hospital Association elects new board chair
- Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Certified as Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
- Mental health toolkit launched for Indiana workplaces
- Schneck Medical Center CEO joins AHA policy board
- IU Health to host virtual hiring event for over 300 RN positions
- Hoosier hospitals among tops for physician communication
- Rural health organization presents advocacy priorities ahead of 2024 legislative session
IOWA
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- Cedar Rapids dementia forum advances plan to improve life for patients, families
- Former staff, patient sue Iowa health system over March breach
- Lawsuit accuses University of Iowa Health System of negligence for data breach
- MercyOne Newton Medical Center created $69.7M impact on local economy in 2022-23
- MercyOne hospital scoops pharmacy
- University Of Iowa Health Care Progresses On $525M Hospital In North Liberty, Iowa
- Iowa health care professionals discuss maternal health care for Native American women
- Care facility workers fired for neglect, falsified records, on-duty intoxication
- Four Iowa care facilities added to federal watchlist of nursing homes
- Less than 3% of Iowa nursing home workers are up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations
- Shortage of ADHD drugs causes ‘scavenger hunt’ for Iowa families
KANSAS
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- After management face-off, Ascension nurses plan more strikes
- Kansas hospital ramps up staffing in wake of Ardent ransomware attack
- Nurses who participate in strike can’t return to work for 4 days, Ascension Via Christi says
- Ransomware attack affects Topeka hospital’s emergency room
- Patient falls, infection among concerns at Wichita-area hospitals, safety report says
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health Richmond Cancer Center renovation and expansion project now underway
- Baptist Health will go out-of-network for UnitedHealthcare and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans
- Campbell County’s emergency management team earns certificate for ‘Community Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare’
- Humana in talks to merge with Cigna, Wall Street Journal reports
- Kentucky Hospital Association’s Workforce Survey reports ‘acute shortage’ of health care workers
- Markey research highlights need for education to combat cancer in Appalachia
- Kentucky below average on vaccinations
- Final beam placed atop Louisville’s new VA hospital in ‘Topping Out’ ceremony
- Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness in Kentucky went up for the sixth week in a row
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana hospital’s board ousted
- Meet the rare Louisiana doctor helping moms breastfeed when care, policies fall short
- VUMC receives $10 million to study childhood obesity interventions in rural and minority communities in Tennessee and Louisiana
- Louisiana Ranks Near the Bottom of Life Expectancy Rankings
MAINE
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- Central Maine Healthcare partners with oncology group to operate cancer facilities
- Developer pulls plug on nursing home project as state’s bed numbers continue to drop
- Four takeaways from a probe into residential care facilities
- Grant helps open doors for aspiring nurses in rural Maine
- Northern Light Acadia Hospital unveils new pediatric inpatient wing
MARYLAND
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- Kensington Senior Living breaks ground on $90M facility in Bethesda
- MedStar Medical Group Expands in Annapolis
- MedStar plans Maryland ASC
- University of Maryland, Baltimore Receives Landmark Funding to Create New Innovation Hub in West Baltimore and the Region
- Maryland health department launches survey to understand residents’ needs
- Northwest Hospital celebrates 60th anniversary
- What They’re Watching: Angelo Edge, Aetna Better Health of Maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
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- A tiny Waltham biotech just scored a $509M+ deal with Boehringer Ingelheim
- Berkshire appoints 4 leaders for hospital
- Brigham and Women’s 1st in New England to receive geriatric surgery designation
- Enrollment in MassHealth down by 110,000 amid eligibility reassessment
- Heywood Urgent Care closing to general public Dec. 1
- Mass General Brigham to build AI products with Australian health tech company
- Mass General Brigham hospital workers to receive average 21% raises
- Mass General Brigham to integrate triage AI across system
- Mass General Brigham sued over infection control lapse
- Nurse practitioner pleads guilty to $7.8M fraud scheme
- Nursing home must face vaccine-related wrongful firing claim, but not $2M retaliation accusations
- Transgender woman sues employer, Harvard Pilgrim for discrimination
MICHIGAN
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- 48-unit senior housing development could go up next to Vicksburg Halls in Marysville
- Can ads help a Michigan nursing home fix a staffing crisis?
- Corewell Health reports 1.4% operating margin as revenue tops $11B
- Medical Society urges attorney general to investigate ‘corporate medicine’ for violating state law
- Michigan nurses to lawmakers: staffing crisis is hurting patients
- 4 mental health care solutions happening in Southwest Michigan
- Trinity Health Michigan opens neuroscience center in Muskegon
- Michigan hospitals report lower charity care costs
- Aspirus Health completes 2nd phase of Ironwood Hospital renovation project
- More than 1 million Michiganders affected by Welltok cyberattack
MINNESOTA
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- Essentia, St. Luke’s highlight vital role of small-town health care
- Hennepin Healthcare nurses vote “no confidence” in CEO ahead of 2024 budget decision
- Innovative ‘neighborhoods’ at core of Mayo’s $5B expansion
- Insurance changes could prompt caregiver exodus, Hennepin health care workers say
- Mayo Clinic plans five-building, $5 billion construction project in Rochester
- Minnesota health system selects Meditech
- Nurses sign petition of no confidence in Hennepin Healthcare CEO
- Optum adds 20,000 physicians in 2023
- Children’s Minnesota served 660 kids in inpatient mental health unit’s first year
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- Ascension’s science chief on the mission-driven work to increase clinical trial diversity
- BJC, Saint Luke’s of Kansas City merger to close soon
- Blue KC’s private equity branch taps Chicago talent for new managing partner
- Express Scripts parent Cigna in merger talks to create health insurance behemoth
- Mercy turns to AI to streamline operations
- Missouri hospitals see “dramatic” increase in workplace violence
- Study: Rural Hospitals in Missouri Offer Services to Overcome Barriers to Care
MONTANA
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- Bozeman area health clinic to merge with eastern Montana partner
- St. Patrick Hospital designated top heart center in Montana
- MSU breaks ground on Great Falls nursing school
- Bozeman Health nearing completion of subarea plan
- Benefis, Montana State mark $101 million gift that will build five sites to train nurses
NEBRASKA
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- 50 years of St. E’s burn unit; Nebraska woman donates entire estate as final gift
- JCH&L Among Top 10 Nebraska Hospitals For Rural Provider Excellence in Quality
- UNMC, Columbus hospital sign affiliation agreement to send more students to east-central Nebraska
- ‘It’s absolutely unacceptable’: Nebraska doctors ask for quicker access to maternal, infant data
- Nebraska health centers unite to combat lung cancer with early detection program
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Capital Health officials say network outages may be caused by cybersecurity incident
- ERs at Pascack Valley Medical Center and Mountainside Medical Center divert ambulances after ransomware attack
- New Jersey hospital’s replacement nurse costs mount amid strike
- COVID-19 is still more deadly than the flu, and N.J. health officials expect cases to rise in the coming days and weeks
- New Jersey hospital adds security upgrades, training after patient dies by suicide
- Standardizing maternal health care, welcoming doulas into hospitals
- Facing labor crunch, NJ launches jobs website for home health aides, group home staff
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico system names CEO
- Ransomware attack affects Lovelace Health System in NM, along with Ardent Health facilities nationwide
- Sandoval Regional Medical Center to join UNM Hospitals in new year
- NM’s gender-affirming policy generates waitlists for health care
- UNM Hospital opens lung cancer screening clinic
NEW YORK
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- After reporting midyear surplus, health plan reports $8.3M loss in Q3
- Health department wants to increase New York’s COVID vaccination rate
- Montefiore margins begin to climb out of the red
- New York City hospital researchers discover new stem cell
- New York physician found guilty for kickback scheme
- Northwell opens $32M cancer center
- ‘Not a viable industry in any way’: Nursing home operators raise alarm
- NYU Langone replaces cancer center director after predecessor’s firing
- Weill Cornell Medicine plans largest expansion in 2 decades
- DOH wants to increase NY’s 9.3% COVID vax rate
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Aerami Therapeutics raises capital to advance PHT treatment
- Advocate Health slows growth in Q3
- Advocate Health appoints new chief financial officer
- Duke Regional Hospital names COO
- Healthy dose of investment: Triad health systems invest more than $200 million in heart care facilities
- Hospitals across North Carolina receiving payments as part of Medicaid expansion
- How much did Novant Health execs make in 2022? CEO gets nearly 19% raise
- How this Triangle drugmaker secured $45M amid brutal funding environment
- Morrisville public company looks to divest subsidiary after CEO tried to buy it
- New endowment created from assets of foundation dissolved after Randolph Health bankruptcy
- North Carolina distributing $2.6B to hospitals
- Propella Therapeutics, Pittsboro firm with 5 employees, sold for $175M
- Winston-Salem’s clinical research organization Javara raises $9.43 million
- With $8 million in funding, telehealth startup Ventricle Health wants to treat heart failure across the country
- NC Hospital Administrators Innovate to Improve Rural Health
- NC gets millions for ambitious study to reduce health disparities during pregnancy
- Shuttered North Carolina hospital provides digital record to former patients
NORTH DAKOTA
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- 28 ND rural hospitals recognized for performance excellence
- CommonSpirit Health to provide investment plan for Devils Lake Hospital
- Miles from treatment and pregnant: How women in maternity care deserts are coping as health care options dwindle
- Judge asked to block part of a North Dakota abortion law
OHIO
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- AG approves management transfer of 7 ProMedica SNFs to Providence Group
- Cleveland Clinic cuts operating loss to $14.9M in Q3
- Clinic, Canon to establish comprehensive imaging research center
- Hammes Healthcare and OhioHealth break ground on new Women’s Center at Riverside Methodist Hospital
- Look inside Mercy Health’s new $200M Kings Mills hospital in Mason
- OhioHealth sets opening day for Pickerington Methodist, its 15th hospital
- ‘Extremely high’: Warren County Health reports outbreak in pediatric pneumonia cases
- The world’s largest Ronald McDonald House in central Ohio
- Kroger Sued for Sharing Sensitive Health Data With Meta
- WVU Barnesville Hospital earns national recognition for organ donation awareness campaign
OKLAHOMA
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- AI in medicine: Mercy hospitals plan to use ChatGPT to help healthcare workers, patients
- Ardent Health Services hit by ransomware attack, potentially affecting Oklahoma hospitals
- Hillcrest HealthCare System diverting some ER patients amid possible computer system hack
- Oklahoma scientist awarded $3.4M to investigate immune cells
- Oklahoma universities confront nursing shortage
- OU Health in Oklahoma names first chief academic officer, and more
- OU Health Starts $141M Project; $71M Psychiatric Hospital To Open In Florida
OREGON
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- CareOregon urges Kotek to speed up merger review
- Lawsuit seeks $2 million over allegedly illegal hospital debt collection practices
- Southern Oregon Orthopedics opens outpatient center
- Many at Oregon’s nursing homes haven’t gotten the new COVID booster
- Security guard at health center in Northeast Portland hospitalized after attack
- Surgery delays, frustrated patients stack up after Providence replaces Portland anesthesiology provider
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Allegheny Health Network names new chief nurse executive
- Allegheny County, UPMC and Partner4Work collaborate on workforce development program
- Aro Biotherapeutics raises $41.5M from investors in its second multimillion-dollar financing of 2023
- Cooper opens first phase of $150M outpatient medical center at Moorestown Mall
- Guthrie Clinic expands primary care, moving into shuttered hospital
- Harmony Senior Housing tackles affordable housing need with ‘flagship’ $30 million project
- Highmark Health finances turn positive as subsidiary AHN’s declines
- Losses increase at combined Butler, Excela health systems
- Pennsylvania health system drops Cigna
- Pennsylvania hospital hit by data breach affecting 169K
- Prisoner still on the run after escaping from Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia’s Center City
- Tower Health’s audited financials show larger 2023 operating loss than initially reported, topping $192M
- UPMC operating loss grows to $176M
- UPMC expands access to clinical trial in innovative format
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Ballad CEO: No single data point can accurately measure hospital care
- CEO of Blount Memorial Hospital is resigning, effective Jan. 1
- Community Health Systems seeks growth through acquisitions
- IMAC Holdings’ public standing threatened by Nasdaq delisting letters
- Local Infusion receives $10 million in funding for expansion, technology
- Ransomware attack impacts Ardent Health Systems, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Tennessee sees spike in nursing homes battling serious problems since COVID-19 pandemic
- Wife of man who died after catching fire in Nashville hospital settles HCA lawsuit
- HHS: More than 14 million people have been affected by TN healthcare data breaches
TEXAS
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- After management face-off, Ascension nurses plan more strikes
- ASCs in Texas: 5 stats to know
- Christus’ annual operating profit rises to $324M
- Christus system names COO
- Christus to open orthopedic hospital in January
- East Texas hospital network can’t receive ambulances because of potential cybersecurity incident
- In Texas’ Panhandle, a long-awaited oasis for mental health care is springing up
- SA biopharma strikes global drug development deal
- Security incident that caused network outages at UT Health East Texas identified as ransomware attack against Ardent Health Services
- Texas hospital system diverting ambulances from ER due to ‘potential security incident’
- Texas top court weighs scope of abortion ban exception for risky pregnancies
- UT Health East Texas ERs off divert status following network outage caused by ransomware attack
- Growth of Austin health care programs
- HCA Healthcare Buys Bankrupt Texas Hospital for $41 Million
- In Texas’ Panhandle, a long-awaited oasis for mental health care is springing up
- New Children’s Health report shows North Texas kids need more mental health support
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- VHC Health Adds Women’s Health Center To New Outpatient Pavilion In Virginia
- Virginia behavioral health agency shakes up management
- Doctor who works at CHKD charged with ‘performing invasive procedure without license’ related to hair transplant, faces civil suit
- VHC Health’s Arlington expansion moving forward — with larger price tag
- Telemedicine Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to $7.8 Million Durable Medical Equipment Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON
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- EvergreenHealth names replacement for retiring CEO
- New hospital staffing committees must be established by Jan. 1
- Nurses at Seattle Children’s request management’s help in quelling violence
- Providence posts $310M operating loss in Q3
- Swedish embarks on massive First Hill expansion
- UW Medicine names interim CEO Dr. Tim Dellit to permanent role
- Over 200 employees hired to staff Tukwila behavioral hospital bought by Washington
WEST VIRGINIA
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- New Ingestible Device Can Remotely Monitor Vital Signs with Accuracy
- W.Va. Experiencing Mental Illness At Rates Higher Than The National Average
- DHHR Selects the West Virginia Pregnancy Center Coalition to Manage the West Virginia Mothers and Babies Support Program
- WVU School of Medicine doctor says new obesity drugs can help lower rates and improve health for West Virginians
- Mon Health’s Progressing Through Postpartum Program wins Excellence Award by the West Virginia Rural Health Association
- Infant mortality rate hits highest increase in two decades
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Health slows growth in Q3
- Alabama health care company opens second Wisconsin hospital
- Increased patient volumes boost revenue for Aurora Health Care’s parent company
- When will Wisconsinites see relief from high drug prices? A health insurance broker weighs in
- Wisconsin Hospital Association: Wisconsin hospitals provided $2.1 billion in community benefits and charity care in 2022
- Wisconsin investigates hospital pharmacist
- Pilot program would help Wisconsin police connect people in crisis to virtual mental health experts
- COVID-19 hospitalizations jump in Milwaukee County by over 50% in last week, county official says
- After years of backlogs, state licensing agency unveils new tool to speed up application process for some health care fields
- Mayo recognized for nursing excellence
- Health care system in Wisconsin laying off 800+ employees, removing certain ‘operational lines’
- Groups step up calls for Children’s Wisconsin to keep open doctor’s office on Milwaukee’s north side
WYOMING
