NATIONAL
-
- 5 of Amazon’s most disruptive moves in 2023
- A Fifth of US Hospitals Have Been Warned Over Secretive Prices
- CMS announces Medicaid maternal health grants
- CMS asks health plans, PBMs to ease up on independent pharmacies
- CMS Model Aims to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes, Access to Care
- CMS reopens No Surprises Act dispute resolution portal to all disputes
- DOJ files motion to transfer, toss Humana Medicare Advantage case
- Drug Shortage Is an ‘Urgent Crisis,’ Says ASCO Member Testifying to Congress
- Fees charged by hospitals for colonoscopy procedures 50% higher than surgical centers, study finds
- Final merger guidelines could limit M&A
- FTC, DOJ finalize merger guidelines that could impede healthcare M&A
- Google’s 5 biggest healthcare moves in 2023
- Health spending growth normalized in 2022 post-COVID, CMS says
- Hospitals ask CMS to add Medicare Advantage denial rates to star ratings
- How far will FTC expand Health Breach Notification Rule enforcement?
- Joint Commission revises ‘suicide’ definition
- New app to bridge information gap between hospitals, nursing homes and offer better care for patients
- OCR Settles Multiple HIPAA Right of Access Complaints With Optum Medical Care
- Optum’s 90,000 physicians: What consolidation could mean for medicine
- Physicians’ final push to avert 3.37% CMS pay cut
- Rural hospitals embrace ‘grow your own’ approach to staffing
- U.S. health care spending hits $4.5 trillion in 2022
ALABAMA
ALASKA
-
- Alaska Pediatric Specialties: New Name, Expanded Services
- New SEARHC urgent care opens in the Mendenhall Valley
- Providence Alaska reaches agreement with Premera on in-network insurance coverage
- South Peninsula Hospital receives $1.3 grant to open child care center
- Alaska orthopedic surgeon has license suspended
ARIZONA
-
- Arizona HIV cases rose 20% in 2022
- Eloy’s first hospital adds to home, industrial construction in growing part of Pinal County
- Arizona system names COO
- More oversight coming to Arizona State Hospital
- Health care group buys land for hospital south of Phoenix
- Sagewood appoints new healthcare administrator for Acacia Health Center
ARKANSAS
-
- Jefferson Hospital Association Gets $844K Grant From USDA
- Arkansas will start distributing $1M grant to pregnancy resource centers in January
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary $6.25M commitment
- NEA Baptist unveils new mobile health unit
- Ron Peterson, Austin Albers make Arkansas Business’ Best Quotes of 2023 list
- Women accuse Arkansas psychiatrist of mistreatment as nearly 60 other ex-patients have filed a lawsuit against him
- Ruling Favors Surgery Centers in Reimbursement Fight With Blue Cross
- New York Times spotlights Arkansans suffering from post-pandemic Medicaid purge
CALIFORNIA
-
- Adventist rehires staff from Oracle
- Blue Shield of CA CEO predicts ‘reckoning’ over healthcare costs
- California Northstate CEO has significant real estate projects ahead
- CEO among creditors in California hospital bankruptcy process
- Ex-Kaiser Nurse Wins $41.49 Million in Retaliation Suit
- John Muir, Tenet scrap hospital deal after FTC challenge
- Kaiser to lay off 79 administrative employees
- Leaning toward big wins in schizophrenia and vaccines, venture group raises new fund of $389 million
- Madera hospital creditors want to be paid, including CEO. She’s asking for $200,000
- Madera hospital makes deal with new partner after Adventist Health plans fell through
- Spinoff of East Bay drugmaker lands $55M to tackle cancer and more
- Strike set at 4 Prime hospitals: 6 things to know
- Warner Thomas plans for growth as Sutter Health’s CEO
- California hospital beds filling up with sick kids amid flu, RSV and COVID surge
- Bankrupt California hospital finds path to reopen
- California hospitals saw December nursing strikes, layoffs
- California hospital ex-owners sued for alleged mismanagement
- California hospital taps CEO after string of interim leaders
COLORADO
-
- Centennial startup raises $500K to address health care turnover
- Denver Health begins performing elective abortions
- Denver Health says migrant surge causing strain on hospital, more funding needed
- Good Samaritan Hospital grants ‘do good’ for local nonprofits
- In Colorado’s mental health crisis, are ketamine clinics a solution?
- New program gets Colorado emergency rooms more prepared for children
- New York joins Colorado in banning medical debt from consumer credit scores
- Wyoming is losing its OB-GYN clinics. Colorado is picking up the slack
- Colorado reports first measles case in 4 years in Denver airport traveler
- Finding success and strength thanks to Children’s Hospital Colorado
CONNECTICUT
-
- Connecticut system gets insurer support months after cyberattack disrupts billing
- CT counselor charged with billing Medicaid over $80K for sessions that never happened
- CT health insurance industry says it’s working with hospitals following criticism from ECHN’s CEO
- Hartford HealthCare to open urgent care center at downtown Hartford HQ
- HHS settles with Optum over medical record access
- Stratford medical office building sells for $2.7M
- Yale New Haven sale key to Prospect hospitals’ survival, CEO says
- YNHH sale ‘paramount’ to CT Prospect hospitals’ survival, CEO says
- Connecticut hospital cut ED visits by nearly 50%
- Hartford HealthCare unveils new ‘health desk’ model
- Connecticut physician sentenced for $2.6M fraud scheme
- UConn Health is in financial trouble. It also has 44 employees who earn at least $500,000 a year, four of them $1M+
DC
-
- Shutdowns, layoffs and stock delistings: Biotech’s bad year
- ‘The help is out there’ | DC hospital and law school team up to give expectant mothers help beyond the hospital
- This new DC-area hospital is a one-stop shop for women’s health care
- DC EMS vehicle stolen after driver leaves keys in car, suspect arrested
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Opens Verstandig Pavilion on Hilltop Campus
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
-
- AdventHealth breaks ground on $271M hospital
- Bayfront Health breaks ground on major campus expansion in downtown St. Pete’s Innovation District
- Dozens of patients still seek medical records after Central Florida arthritis center closes
- HCA Florida hospital cited after patient death
- Hendrix named COO at UF Health St. Johns
- Mayo Clinic to be ‘health care partner’ with Sulzbacher Center’s Enterprise Village
- Orlando Health boosts operating performance by $734M in FY 2023
- State sues Feds over Medicaid records
- Tampa REIT sells Texas health care center for $258 million
- Tampa-based Better Health Group to lead national grocer’s primary care expansion
- Two Men Sentenced for Fraudulent Rural Hospital Billing Scheme
- Southwest Florida Hospital Unveils New Behavioral Health Pavilion
- HCA North Florida Hospital meets goal to feed 50,000 for 50th anniversary
GEORGIA
-
- Atlanta-based Physician360 Appoints Healthcare Executive Michael Muchnicki As CEO
- Closure of last remaining AMC clinic puts spotlight on plans for South Atlanta hospital
- Federal agency quashes Georgia’s plan to let pharmacies sell medical marijuana
- Grady expands ICU capacity by 42% after Wellstar closure
- Insurer Sues Ga. Hospital For Alleged Double-Billing
- Kroger eyes opportunities in senior-focused primary care, rolls out service in Atlanta clinics
- Wellstar announces it is closing East Point urgent care facility
- Wellstar’s AMC closure adds stress to Grady Hospital’s trauma center
- Georgia Man Admits Role in $127 Million Health Care Fraud and Kickback Scheme
- Georgia children’s hospitals get pediatrics workforce grant, over $700K in total funding
- New study ranks GA in top 5 states with worst access to mental healthcare
HAWAII
IDAHO
-
- New U.S. News & World Report ranks several Intermountain Health hospitals as top providers for maternity care for 2024
- State tells Saint Alphonsus it has 1 year to gain back full trauma-center designation
- How Idahoans can protect themselves against surprise medical billing
- Idaho ranks highest for unvaccinated schoolchildren as more US parents opt out
ILLINOIS
-
- Ascension Illinois, Loyola Medicine among many hospitals warned by feds over price transparency
- Carle Health says that it is resuming general surgery at local locations
- Evergreen Real Estate Group completes affordable senior housing community in Bellwood
- Harrisburg Medical Center Data Breach Impacts 147K Individuals
- Illinois hospital CEO exits
- Joliet nurses likely to reject Ascension’s ‘last, best and final’ contract offer
- Joliet Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote Down Ascension Healthcare “Final Offer”
- Northwestern operating income up 5% to $352M
- Rosemont Medical Co. Accused Of Filing False Claims Settles For $14.7M
- This Chicago hospital was prepared for the pandemic years before it ever hit
- UChicago Medicine receives $20 million gift for cancer care and research
- Here’s how 36 new Illinois laws could impact your health in 2024
- Respiratory illnesses rising in Illinois, nationwide
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois opens health care center in Southern Illinois
INDIANA
-
- Community Health Network to pay $345 million in response to False Claims Act violations
- Indiana health system to unveil new $70M hospital expansion
- Nurses at IU Health Methodist, University hospitals push to unionize
- Rural lobbying groups seek stronger water rights, more medical personnel
- Walgreens closes medical clinics in Indiana, causing headaches for patients and doctors
- Walgreens pulls VillageMD clinics out of Indiana
- Indiana Franciscan Health Family Birth Centers lauded for maternal-fetal health initiatives
- Indiana hospital names 1st physician CEO
- Central Indiana hospitals implement temporary restrictions for visitors
- Indiana Center for Recovery expands into former Bedford hospital
IOWA
-
- Iowa nursing homes wait up to 41 months for an ‘annual’ inspection
- Lawsuit against closed Sioux City nursing home’s trust dismissed
- UnityPoint Health names Jon Rozenfeld new Des Moines market president
- Iowa hospital caught in vendor breach
- Nebraska lawmaker looks to partner with Iowa’s prescription drug donation program
- Pharmacy seeks class-action suit over UnitedHealth PBM fees
KANSAS
-
- Kan. governor pushes new Medicaid expansion proposal with work requirement
- Missouri state senator wants voters to have say in KU Health System, Liberty Hospital merger
- Kansas ACLU request to halt excessive wait times at Larned turned down by judge
- ‘Who cares about us?’: Fort Scott, Kansas, loses emergency department; officials work to replace it
- Ascension Via Christi closes Wichita observation unit for mental health crises
KENTUCKY
-
- After six months of study, Kentucky certificate of need task force says more study needed
- US WorldMeds gets FDA approval for childhood cancer drug
- Kentucky-Based Baptist Health System Adopts I-PASS Structured Handoff Communication Tools to Improve Patient Safety
- National study names Kentucky as one of the unhealthiest states
- Ky. Hospital Didn’t Do Enough To Stop Data Breach, Suit Says
- Lawsuit claims Humana uses AI to deny necessary health care services to Medicare Advantage patients
- UofL Hospital Marks 200 Years of Patient Care
- Hospital board OKs ambulance request
- Grant to expand distance learning, telemedicine announced
- Norton Healthcare data breach victims begin receiving notice
LOUISIANA
-
- The $2.5B Elevance Health, BCBSLA merger is back from the dead
- Ochsner Health Network announces multi-million dollar impact
- Louisiana hospital breaks ground on $11M expansion project
- New Orleans Saints, Pelicans owner’s donation to fund new Ochsner hospital
- Ochsner Health unveils plans for new children’s hospital, backed by donation from Gayle Benson
- Federal reports describe dire conditions at psychiatric hospital in Mandeville
- Tulane University to launch new nursing program
- Steward: Glenwood now “fully operational”
MAINE
MARYLAND
-
- Addiction treatment center plans $22M East Baltimore facility
- LeadingAge Maryland CEO is passionate about helping those who help with elderly care
- Luminis Health gets Md. approval for obstetrics services in Prince George’s County
- Maryland health system gets state OK for $300M labor, delivery unit
- Maryland hospitals must pay back millions to poor patients. First, they have to find them.
- Maryland State Reinsurance Program report shows progress in reducing uninsured population
- Moore issues executive order to ‘broaden’ state efforts to combat drug overdoses
MASSACHUSETTS
-
- Boston-based weight-inclusive primary care company raises $20M
- Boston Business Journal announces inaugural Innovators in Healthcare
- Cancer drug maker blames manufacturer for FDA rejection as stock spirals
- Cardiologist’s $4.9M in referrals violated Stark law, complaint alleges
- FDA slams Waltham manufacturer for adulterated medical devices
- Hospital officials say Milford Regional, UMass Memorial may attain affiliation next fall
- Lahey, UMass Chan break ground on new medical school campus in Burlington
- Longtime Roche executive to lead subsidiary Foundation Medicine
- Lifespan considers $300 million bond issue for construction, renovation projects
- MassHealth scrubs more than 200,000 people from its rolls
- Upham’s Corner Health Center workers vote to unionize
- Waltham biotech stock soars on promising Covid antibody data
- UMass, Milford Regional outline affiliation plans
- Boston Medical Center workers OK new deal
- UMass eyes EHR cost savings in proposed Milford affiliation
- Families accuse Brigham and Women’s of losing infants’ remains
- Tufts’ top psychiatrist: ‘Dementia is the epidemic of our time’
MICHIGAN
-
- Holland Hospital CEO to retire in early 2024
- Hospital merger into Corewell Health results in a strong organ transplant program
- MSU, Corewell Health alliance awards $1.4M in latest round of research grants
- Nonprofit funded by Trinity Health, Blue Cross puts ‘wasted’ cancer drugs to work
- Trinity Health deploys virtual care nurses in West Michigan
- Detroit Medical Center announces new visitor restrictions amid flu uptick in Michigan
- 214% increase in Northern Michigan HIV cases prompts testing recommendation
MINNESOTA
-
- Ecumen expands to central Minnesota with purchase of CentraCare senior housing facilities
- Mayo Clinic’s 2030 growth strategy
- More Minnesota systems move to limit weight loss drug coverage for employees
- U of M Med School, CentraCare to Celebrate New St. Cloud Campus
- Allina Health names dual hospital president
- Optum’s 90,000 physicians: What consolidation could mean for medicine
- Mayo Clinic hits 1 million YouTube subscribers
- UnitedHealth, OptumRx sued by independent pharmacy over ‘unconscionable’ fees
- New Mayo hospital to have 24/7 remote patient monitoring
- Minnesota hospital embraces the cloud in bid to cut costs
- Minnesota hospitals lost 1K beds in 3 years
- Essentia names chief medical officer
- Diminished hospital capacity while RSV, flu and COVID-19 continue to rise
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
-
- Another health system opts for Epic
- Before abrupt closure, St. Louis nursing home lost major Medicaid cash infusion
- Crisis at north St. Louis nursing home: Residents displaced, staff left in the dark
- Employees without pay, residents displaced after largest St. Louis nursing home abruptly shuts down
- Missouri state senator wants voters to have say in KU Health System, Liberty Hospital merger
- Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law against homelessness, COVID vaccine mandates
- New report highlights Missouri’s rural healthcare Issues
- Nurses announce dates for SLU Hospital strike
- St. Louis nursing home suddenly shuts down without reason, workers say
- Total Access Urgent Care to pay $9M over false claims allegations
- IT issue disrupts ER operations at Missouri hospital for 2nd day
- Mercy hires ‘Toni’ the chatbot
- Mercy rolls out new at-home program for acutely ill patients in the St. Louis area
- Missouri hospital welcomes new interim CFO
- Kansas City Northland patients moved after computer system ‘disruption’ at Liberty Hospital
MONTANA
-
- Gianforte approves funds to address state hospital waitlist, reopen group homes
- Feds want MT to slow rate of kids losing Medicaid coverage
- Lisa Kelley is new president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana
- Montana requests Medicaid benefit expansion for housing support
- Bozeman Health expands pediatric services to include hematology
NEBRASKA
-
- 3 Nebraska health care organizations affected by data breach
- Nebraska lawmaker looks to partner with Iowa’s prescription drug donation program
- Seniors in rural Nebraska feeling brunt of nursing shortage
- Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals limits patients at Omaha campus
- Closing the Medicaid Gap Is Just the First Step, as Nursing Homes Fight for Predictable Reimbursement
NEVADA
-
- A look into rural maternal health care reporting in Nevada
- Nevada among states ditching covid equipment
- 5 highest paid cardiologists in Las Vegas
- Nevada Health Centers expands access to care with opening of Willow Street Health Center
- Saint Mary’s granted access to Renown Health’s cardiovascular specialists amid lawsuit
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
-
- After 4-month strike, New Jersey hospital nurses approve labor deal
- CarePoint Hospitals Launch Petition To Get Repaid For Treating Needy
- CarePoint says they will need $130M in state funding to operate ‘at an optimal pace’
- HHS settles with Optum over medical record access
- New Jersey health systems calls for urgent $130M state funding
- Not all NJ hospitals make it easy for doulas to attend births
- Valley Hospital earns GI award for colonoscopy efforts
- Report on NJ’s COVID-19 response new expected early in 2024
- Jefferson — with presence in South Jersey — and Lehigh Valley Health announced plans to merge
- Hackensack Meridian hospital is New Jersey’s 1st care center for obesity medicine
- New Jersey’s telehealth restrictions cut off access to lifesaving care, lawsuit alleges
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
-
- Lakeview Health Services names new leader
- More services, more space for Niagara County health center
- New York asks hospitals to boost cybersecurity, at a steep price
- New York cardiologist charged with fraud, bribery
- New York noncompete ban sent to governor: 5 things to know
- New York joins Colorado in banning medical debt from consumer credit scores
- Niagara County ambulance service up and running
- Northwell exec begins tenure at Jefferson
- One Brooklyn Health closes $27M deal on long-planned affordable housing site
- OrthoNY names new CEO
- Private-equity backed firms grow ownership in Buffalo surgery centers
- Roswell Park plays long game with licensing deals
- Southern Tier hospital begins search for new president
- University of Rochester Medical Center names CEO
- Northwell’s secret to facing headwinds
- Northwell launches new ad campaign
- N.Y. Health Dept. Is Looking Into Bellevue’s Weight-Loss Surgery Program
- In Lake Success, a new pediatric and adult urgent care
- Northwell hospital’s $560M surgical pavilion preps for opening
- State approves 1st phase of New York hospital’s management shift
- Mount Sinai opens new $80M health center
- New York hospital opens cancer center
- ‘They cannot close another hospital’: Community fights to keep Beth Israel open
- New York system board faces lawsuit over CEO’s ouster
NORTH CAROLINA
-
- Construction progressing on Iredell Memorial ED and CCU expansion
- Liquidia lands major victory in patent dispute with United Therapeutics
- Medical group buys its new Raleigh office building in red-hot area
- State sues HCA over Mission purchase contract
- UNC Health Wayne eliminating inpatient care for children in 2024
- Wake Forest Baptist sued for medical malpractice, negligence, wrongful death in case involving nurse charged with murder
- North Carolina Medicaid expansion enrollment reached 280,000 in the first weeks of the program.
- Another North Carolina Hospital Announces Visitor Restrictions
- North Carolina Hospital Gets Win Over Timeliness of Child’s Suit
- Mission Hospital to implement new ambulance patient handoff policy. HCA gives no details.
- ‘We’re all in this together, and we need each other:’ says ECU Health CFO
- How the lawsuit against HCA could impact health care in the mountains
NORTH DAKOTA
-
- Data breach affects CHI St. Alexius patients
- Work begins on CHI St. Alexius Devils Lake Hospital renovations
- Closing the Medicaid Gap Is Just the First Step, as Nursing Homes Fight for Predictable Reimbursement
- Sanford nursing director back home after an opportunity to help a hospital in Costa Rica
- What do malpractice payments look like in North Dakota?
OHIO
-
- Buckeye Career Center receives $2.9M to build a medical facility addition
- Cincinnati Eye Institute opens new Blue Ash clinic amid increased patient demand
- Dayton Children’s plans two new facilities, will invest $24 million in the projects
- Lindner Center of Hope adds 15-year veteran to new C-suite role
- Mount Carmel Health System CEO Lorraine Lutton announces retirement
- New Columbus hospital towers will need staffers. Here’s how the systems are approaching recruiting and training.
- Ohio health system CEO to retire
- Ohio hospital to become AMC
- Ohio legislators pass ban on gender-affirming care for minors, sending bill to governor
- Premier Health headquarters in downtown Dayton sold
- Startup pursuing additional partnerships following collaboration with Kettering Health
- TriHealth appoints Jeremiah Kirkland to serve as president, COO of Oxford’s McCullough-Hyde Hospital
- University Hospitals’ Epic install to cost $400M
- Ohio clinics want abortion ban permanently struck down in wake of constitutional amendment passage
- Ohio hospital faces lawsuit for vendor breach
- First woman of color named top doctor at health center
- Mercy Health-Lima volunteers donate $415K
- People called for help outside a closed Cleveland ER. 911 dispatchers couldn’t understand them
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
-
- Legacy Health sells medical office building for $60.5M
- More Providence physicians vote to unionize
- Oregon Health Authority could stand in the way of Kroger-Albertsons merger
- Oregon health officials seek community help to review proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger
- Oregon State Hospital could lose funding if it doesn’t improve security measures
- Oregon’s governor says she’s monitoring PeaceHealth closure in downtown Eugene
- Oregons’ biggest health care stories of 2023 include OHSU-Legacy merger, psilocybin and more
- OHSU surgeon discusses how he performed a spinal surgery with patient awake
- Providence Portland quietly opens 8 sobering beds for those in acute intoxication
- Oregon psychiatric hospital could lose $14M in federal funding due to safety and security risks
- Legacy Health employees are unionizing at blinding speed
- Hundreds of millions are being siphoned out of Oregon Health Plan
- Anesthesiologist shortage at Providence raises concerns over private equity
PENNSYLVANIA
-
- 2 Western Pa. nursing homes, but not officials, convicted of health care fraud
- 3 Philadelphia hospitals reportedly up for grabs
- Amid thirst for competition, Highmark ahead of schedule with local network provider contracts
- A timeline of Jefferson’s acquisitions since 2015
- Highmark Health CEO David Holmberg named chair of Allegheny Conference on Community Development
- Highmark adds thousands of members amid Philadelphia expansion push
- In a 14-1 vote, Philadelphia becomes first city to deem ‘medical deportation’ unlawful
- Jefferson Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network targeting $14B, 30-hospital merger
- Main Line biopharmaceutical firm to cut workforce by nearly half
- Northwell exec begins tenure at Jefferson
- Pennsylvania trashing pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire
- Philadelphia’s Covid-19 Paid Sick Leave Law Expires This Month
- Ridley Park’s Budget Vote Delayed As Owner Of Taylor Hospital Owes Thousands In Taxes
- UPMC to again require face masks due to rising Covid, flu, RSV cases
- Viatris names Theodora ‘Doretta’ Mistras as new CFO
- WellSpan Health receives $1.5M to address nursing shortage
RHODE ISLAND
-
- After botched first round, RI again soliciting bids for lucrative Medicaid contract
- AG and Health Department will review sale of two RI hospitals. What comes next?
- Lifespan considers $300 million bond issue for construction, renovation projects
- Regulators say they can begin review of proposed sale of CharterCARE hospitals
- Rhode Island to review delayed 2-hospital deal
- Rhode Island hospital resolves patient complaint in $35K settlement
- Another Eleanor Slater chief medical officer resigns
- Violence at RI’s Hospitals: “We Need Systemic Change,” Says Head of Nurses Association
- After less than a year on the job, top doctor at Eleanor Slater resigns. What’s next?
- Nurses assaulted 50 minutes apart at Rhode Island hospital: Police
SOUTH CAROLINA
-
- Design approved for new USC School of Medicine in Columbia, part of $300M project
- McLeod Health to build new medical office building in Lake City
- MUSC awarded $4.3M for rural health initiatives
- MUSC gets $4M grant to enhance rural healthcare; plans to aid caregiver burnout in Florence
- New health care operators could move in as South Carolina lifts Certificate of Need regulations
- Patients worry about long-term impacts of ongoing contract negotiations between Prisma Health, United Healthcare
- States trash masks and pandemic gear as huge stockpiles linger and expire
- SC one of two worst states in country for respiratory viruses
- Doctors, lawmakers look to address high rates of prostate cancer, deaths in SC
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
-
- 16 C-level job openings with HCA
- Brentwood-based Diversicare Healthcare Services expands Alabama footprint with acquisition
- Ludi Inc. promotes Danielle O’Rourke to CEO as part of growth recapitalization
- Memphis doula collective establishes Naturally Nurtured Birth Services support center
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare hires Seattle Children’s Hospital exec as new CIO
- New CHS initiative will drive ‘significant cost savings,’ CFO says
- Robotic heart valve surgery available at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
- Vanderbilt University Hospital names Lee Ann Liska as president
- Lifepoint Health proposes $45 million inpatient hospital on Green Bay area’s west side
- What You Missed: 2023 Tennessee State of Reform Health Policy Conference
- Tennessee community leaders and advocates discuss intricacies of the ongoing Medicaid redeterminations
TEXAS
-
- 4 tenants join Texas medical office building
- 19 C-level job openings with Tenet
- Big Sky Medical Gets Rezoning Approval for Dallas MOB
- Bookout family’s ‘transformation gift’ to establish new center in Houston Methodist Academic Institute
- Hammes completes Texas ASC
- Hospital data: Here’s how many patients visited San Antonio hospitals
- Hospital owner to invest $21M in digital, health equity
- John Muir Health, Tenet Healthcare nix $143M hospital deal after regulatory pushback
- Kelsey-Seybold to grow Katy footprint through new West Campus, clinic expansions
- Longtime University Health CEO Hernandez to retire
- OBGYN Group Opens New Space on Houston Methodist The Woodlands Campus
- Seattle Hospital sues after Texas Attorney General asks for handover of patient records
- Sila Realty Trust Sells Metro Houston Hospital for $258.1M
- Tenet adds physician to board
- Tenet calls off hospital deal and 2 more updates
- Texas health system CEO to retire after 19 years
- Texas system taps CEO
- United Memorial Medical Center to pay $2M plus additional payments for allegedly causing false claims related to excessive cost outlier payments and double billing for Covid-19 tests
- University Health announces retirement of longtime President and CEO George Hernández
- UTSA to expand biotech role with GenCure pact
- Houston Methodist gets ‘transformational’ donation for new center
- Texas Children’s names 3 division chiefs
- Texas hospitals, nurses unveil workplace violence toolkit
- Texas abortion law’s wording is causing dangerous confusion over emergency medical exceptions, critics say
- Houston Methodist hospital names CEO
UTAH
-
- Utah healthcare system celebrates reduction in opioid prescriptions
- These Utah hospitals are in the nation’s top 10% for maternity care, according to recent rankings
- Utah hospital helping students heal from mental health issues while staying on top of schoolwork
- U of U Health pushing for more care for postpartum depression, anxiety
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
-
- Understaffed Virginia pharmacies are burning out workers
- Youngkin pledges to seek mental health legislation in honor of Irvo Otieno
- Bon Secours tops off new Suffolk hospital
- OrthoVirginia building sells for $8.5M
- Physician pleads guilty to obstructing IRS, must pay $5M
- Virginia lawmaker with Parkinson’s helps lead the charge in creating panel to fight the illness
- Study identifies challenges in Virginia’s psychiatric hospitals
WASHINGTON
-
- Another health system shutters clinic: 3 things to know
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare hires Seattle Children’s Hospital exec as new CIO
- Seattle Hospital sues after Texas Attorney General asks for handover of patient records
- Some Seattle doctors are ditching the scale. They say focusing on weight drives misdiagnoses
- Washington system halts cancer care amid staff shortages
- Willapa Harbor Hospital announces bond for new hospital
- Washington among states trashing troves of expired masks
- Klickitat Valley Health partners with Eagle Telemedicine
- Inslee’s 2024 budget pitch would boost WA spending on climate, behavioral health, housing
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
-
- Froedtert, ThedaCare to launch combined system Jan. 1
- Froedtert and ThedaCare’s CEOs on what’s next for the merged system
- How a Wisconsin system’s Optum partnership will help retain its independence
- Lifepoint Health proposes $45 million inpatient hospital on Green Bay area’s west side
- New Wisconsin bill could allow physician assistants to practice in multiple states
- Six months after planned opening, what’s going on with Marshfield Clinic hospital in Wisconsin Rapids?
- Wisconsin DHS disposed of millions of stockpiled masks, expired PPE gear
- State clears U of Wisconsin Health in nurses’ dispute: ‘We don’t flinch from scrutiny,’ CEO says
WYOMING
-
- Before fixing Wyoming’s maternal health gaps, agencies aim to understand them
- Critics: Hospital owner’s actions exacerbated OB shortage
- Finkelstein honored by Wyoming Telehealth Consortium
- Wyoming is losing its OB-GYN clinics. Colorado is picking up the slack
- A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills
