NATIONAL
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- 4 largest healthcare data breaches of 2023
- Anesthesia practices sue CMS over reimbursement method
- Antitrust enforcements hit a high in 2022, with health deals impacted
- ASCs face leadership exodus
- CMS floats appeals process over observational stays
- CMS proposes additional Medicare appeals processes
- FTC eyes healthcare mergers, report shows
- Hospital merger activity to increase in 2024
- How staffing shortages pushed 1 health system — and its ASCs — to innovate
- Independent practices ‘continue to disappear’: Why this leader is worried about consolidation in 2024
- Medical group expenses per physician top $1M
- ‘Medicare Advantage plans are crippling rural hospitals,’ CEO says
- Nearly 20% of hospitals have been warned over price transparency violations: Report
- New HIPAA Security Rule and Enforcement Coming in 2024
- New services help post-acute, hospital partnerships
- Nonprofits Versus For-Profit Hospitals: 5 Major Differences for 2024 Planning
- Not Just a Bill: The Importance of Empathy and Clarity in Healthcare Billing
- Patients at private-equity-owned hospitals get more infections and fall more often, says a new study by Harvard researchers
- Physician practices losing nearly $250K annually: Survey
- Stark law: Where it stands and where it’s headed
ALABAMA
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- Birmingham contractor builds surgical site for MD Anderson
- Diversicare Healthcare Services expands Alabama footprint with acquisition
- Jefferson County’s new health officer talks plans for department
- Local leader named to UAB Health System c-suite, HSF president
- Alabama woman with rare double uterus delivers healthy twin babies at UAB Hospital
- Flu rates ‘very high’ in Alabama as emergency room visits spike
- Everyone you know sick? Alabama reaches CDC’s highest level for respiratory illness
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
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- Statistics show many northern Arkansas locations considered maternity care deserts
- How broadband expansion is bolstering rural healthcare
- Arkansas leaders work to close gap between medical school graduates and in-state residencies
- Program in south Arkansas provides free nurse visits to mothers with newborns
- Federal volunteer requirements for hospices in Arkansas, across the U.S. to return next year
CALIFORNIA
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- Bay Area drug company approvals lowest since at least 2015
- California health system CEO to retire
- California hospital ex-owners sued for alleged mismanagement
- California hospital to lay off 30, including 23 nurses
- Rady Children’s Hospital to merge with Children’s Hospital of Orange County
- UC Davis Health and AKT propose 2,800-acre healthy aging development on Sacramento/El Dorado county border
- Watsonville Community Hospital looks to stabilize finances with plans for $116M bond
- New California law bans surprise ambulance bills in 2024
COLORADO
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- Colorado organizations revolutionize medical approach through food
- Here’s what Colorado life sciences companies raised in 2023
- Colorado partnership works to reduce Black maternal mortality
- Some families waiting months to see specialists at Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus director reflects on decade of service
- Colorado dermatology company warning about cybersecurity threat where hacker gained access to health information
CONNECTICUT
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- As its CT hospitals struggled, Prospect Medical took out a $1.1B loan
- Homecare agency based in Cheshire acquires division of Day Kimball Health
- Students at now-closed Connecticut nursing school sue state officials, say they’ve made things worse
- Stone Academy nursing students sue CT over invalidated credits
- BEST OF 2023: CT nursing home conditions raise alarms as inspections lag
- Connecticut ranks 4th healthiest state in U.S., new report finds
- Connecticut hospital cancer care expansion lawsuit rejected
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare pays $47M to resolve former compliance officer’s kickback allegations
- Delaware hospital system will pay $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations of billing fraud
- Delaware bill would ease medical marijuana eligibility
- Bayhealth leads in heart health fundraising for second year
- Delaware Medicaid to receive $7.6 million for alleged false claims caused by Christiana Care Health System
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta hospital settles religious discrimination lawsuit over flu shot requirement
- Atlanta hospital unveils improvements following $12 million DeKalb County investment
- From West End to statewide player: Family Health Centers CEO lays out plan for new health center
- Georgia children’s hospitals get pediatrics workforce grant, over $700K in total funding
- Kaiser Permanente Georgia President: ‘We’re going to do everything we can to attract talent’
- Hospital Worker Fired for Not Getting Flu Shot Wins Payout
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- 2nd arrest warrant issued for Ammon Bundy amid St. Luke’s lawsuit
- 5 systems installing virtual care platforms
- Idaho doctors brace for impact on impending gender-affirming medication ban
- Portneuf Medical Center’s patient portal restored after cyberattack
- Saint Alphonsus to Construct New Medical Office Building in Caldwell
ILLINOIS
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- 13 executive appointments at CommonSpirit in 2023
- Illinois hospital eyes $18M expansion
- Lockdown ends in medical building at Memorial Hospital in Belleville
- Springfield Clinic, ASCs back in-network with BCBS of Illinois
- ‘The onus lies on us’: UChicago Medicine’s plan to close gaps in maternal care
- Illinois business owner charged in alleged health care fraud of Medicare
- Man arrested for threatening to ‘blow up’ DeKalb hospital
- Ascension St. Josephs Hospital, Joliet Nurses Still At Impasse
INDIANA
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- All Lutheran Health birthing hospitals recognized
- Governor Holcomb weighs in on hospital consolidations as Union and Regional hospitals prepare to merge
- Indiana among states urging feds to reconsider nursing home staffing requirements
- Lilly’s soaring stock, Fishers’ innovation park among top 10 life sciences stories of 2023
- Hancock Health honored for infant, maternal programs
- IU Health operating income drops 8.4% in Q3
IOWA
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- CBJ Newsmakers: New Steindler clinic eyes 2025 completion
- Independent pharmacy in Iowa sues UnitedHealth and CVS
- Iowa hospital blames EHR install for bankruptcy
- Mercy medical record transition heats up in bankruptcy court
- Orthopedics to dominate University of Iowa North Liberty hospital
- UI Health Care names chief integration officer
- University of Iowa appoints new leader of Mercy Iowa City integration
- Nursing homes invest in campaigns, reap millions in taxpayer money
- New federal requirements aim to fix chronically understaffed nursing homes
- Des Moines senior living community starts $1M renovation
- Pleasant Hill nursing home to resume tap water usage following contamination
KANSAS
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- Cingulate receives second delisting warning following nearly entire board’s exit
- Physician-owned cancer center starts treating patients in Overland Park
- Wichita-area nursing homes approach full occupancy
- Kansas’ unrivaled rural hospital crisis: 58% at risk of closing, 82% lost money on patient care
- Kansas advocates weave able-bodied, waiting list arguments into Medicaid expansion debate
KENTUCKY
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- Former Health Enterprises Network leader takes new position at LISC Louisville
- How safe are Louisville hospitals? Here’s a look at how 11 area hospitals ranked
- Kentucky’s registered nurse median salary ranks 38th in U.S.
- Lawsuit: Humana accused of using AI to deny claims
- Beshear sees better health for Kentucky as a possible legacy
- ‘Like an extra set of eyes.’ KY jails use new technology to help monitor inmates’ health
LOUISIANA
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- Baton Rouge health system partners for inclusive workforce
- AHA files friend-of-the-court brief defending Louisiana 340B contract pharmacy law
- New 31,000-square-foot LOS Ambulatory Surgery Center Coming Soon Behind The New Rouses On Camellia Blvd
- Children’s Hospital plans for child abuse, human trafficking center with gift from Jessica Brandt
- Louisiana needs nurses. Tulane’s new nursing school hopes to help bolster the ranks.
- These are the best rated nursing homes in Shreveport-Bossier
MAINE
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- Mainers get another chance at open enrollment for health coverage
- Cary Medical Center now offering Cardiac CT
- Maine hospitals see an increase in respiratory viruses, some near bed capacity
- Maine’s DHHS announces millions in one-time medicaid payments to nursing facilities
- MaineHealth taps president for critical access hospital
- How we investigated Maine’s assisted living facilities
MARYLAND
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- COVID-19 hospitalizations double in Maryland since November
- Maryland biotech’s future in limbo after liquidation vote
- NexImmune’s future in limbo as Gaithersburg biotech extends liquidation vote
- Maryland group urges all healthcare systems to reinstate masking due to spike in respiratory hospitalizations
- Maryland ranks 11th in nation in new health report
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Bristol Myers to buy Boston biotech in $14B deal
- Hospitals expect patient backup to worsen this winter
- Massachusetts first to drop questions on healthcare workers’ mental health, drug use
- MGB raises masking requirement as Covid increases
- Patient backlog likely to worsen, Massachusetts hospital officials warn
- UMass Chan granted $4M to study asthma medication adherence
- Mass. bill would allow IVF therapy for same-sex veteran marriages; VA denies coverage
- Cancer-killing gel, minimally-invasive brain shunts: Here are recent startups spun out of area hospitals
- UMass Memorial named one of top U.S. hospitals for maternity care
- UMass Memorial Medical Center to reinstate caregiver mask mandate
- Massachusetts health system sees over $17M FY ’23 profit
- Mass. system turns profit for 1st time in 4 years
- Mass. lawmakers’ 2024 wishlist: Healthcare fixes, a strong economy, better schools, more
MICHIGAN
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- 1 million Corewell Health patients could be impacted by second data breach
- Corewell Health data breach exposes 1 million patients’ data
- Michigan health insurance market ranks as 2nd least competitive in nation
- Owosso’s Memorial Healthcare creates parent company for growth opportunities
- Trinity Health’s 2-pronged strategies for 2024
- University of Michigan Health-West eyes opportunities in building statewide system
- What Corewell Health patients in SE Michigan need to know after another data breach
- Internal organs in parking lot of Michigan hospital prompt investigation, police say
- Sparrow Hospital first in Michigan to use new device to help those with heart failure
- Infant mortality is on the rise. How a Michigan health system is responding.
MINNESOTA
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- 5 systems installing virtual care platforms
- Allina will start charging patients $49 for certain doctor emails
- Minnesota hospitals lost 1K beds in 3 years
- Rochester nursing home investigated for maltreatment
- Mayo Clinic taps research executive
- Minnesota hospital to go live with Epic
- Business People: Allina Health appoints top nursing executive
- Deadly attacks draw attention to inadequacies in Minnesota’s mental health system
- Some Minnesotans wait up to 90 minutes for an ambulance. Legislators want to know why
- Lawsuit: Minnesota’s free training hurt nursing assistant schools
- A group of Minnesotans are suing local hospitals after losing loved ones to COVID-19
- Minnesota Cuts the Ribbon on Dynamic New Clinic
MISSISSIPPI
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- Everyone you know sick? Mississippi reaches CDC’s highest level for respiratory illness
- ‘Incredibly scary’: UMMC maternal fetal medicine specialist on maternal death rate in MS
- Mississippi couple brings premature baby to Memphis NICU after being turned away from local hospital
- COVID-19 is Mississippi’s third-leading cause of death
MISSOURI
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- 1 still missing a week after St. Louis’ largest nursing home closed abruptly
- 5 systems installing virtual care platforms
- Children’s Mercy CEO considers how Covid-19, $200M building have changed hospital’s trajectory
- Large St. Louis-area urgent care chain to pay $9.1 million settlement over false claims allegations
- Local health care system names new CFO
- Ransomware Groups Attack 3 Healthcare Providers
- SSM SLU Hospital nurses walk off the job for second strike this year, demanding better pay, safer conditions
- St. Louis officials to give $174,000 for aid after hectic nursing home closure
- After the chaotic closure of a St. Louis nursing home, will others also shut down?
- HCA Midwest hospital CEO to retire
- Union, elected officials, faith leaders demand accountability in abrupt closure of Northview Village Nursing Home
- Nursing homes in Missouri could shut down under proposed federal staffing mandate
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Buffalo hospital adds Syracuse health system to its care network
- Buffalo Rehab Group expansions grow business locally — and nationally
- New York governor vetoes noncompete ban
- New York hospital closing maternity ward
- New York Hospital to Pay $300K for Sharing Website Visitors’ Health Data
- New York increasing nursing home staffing, but still falling short of recommendations
- New York system board faces lawsuit over CEO’s ouster
- New York to Beth Israel: Stop closing services
- Report: NY needs to address nursing home pandemic issues
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital pays $300K over pixel fallout
- NYC Health + Hospitals embraces ‘well-being buddies’
- NYS healthcare workers raise alarms on statewide staffing crisis, demand legislative action to strengthen workforce, patient care in FY25 state budget
- Governor Hochul Takes Action to Protect Public Health, Signs Legislative Package to Support Patients
NORTH CAROLINA
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- How staffing shortages pushed 1 health system — and its ASCs — to innovate
- North Carolina’s top health topics for 2023
- Novant Health Presbyterian becomes Level 2 trauma center. Here’s what that means
- UNC Health Caldwell’s medical chief appointed CEO
- NC Medicaid expansion enrollment reached 280,000 in first weeks of program
- Do NC nursing homes have enough nurses?
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Central Ohio hospitals kept construction crews busy
- Deb Kiser tapped to guide Christ Hospital, Premier Health partnership
- Lindner Center of Hope adds 15-year veteran to new C-suite role
- New CEO among changes at Dayton-area physician group practice
- Ohio hospital faces lawsuit for vendor breach
- Premier Health’s partnership with one of Cincinnati’s top health systems has a new leader
- ProMedica gets rating lift from divestitures, operating improvement
- SUN Behavioral Health market CEO Jason Staats talks growth, plans for 2024
- TriHealth appoints Jeremiah Kirkland to serve as president, COO of Oxford’s McCullough-Hyde Hospital
- University Hospitals works to save more lives with use of cancer informatics
- Akron Children’s Hospital program gives physical therapy patients a chance to get on stage
- Man arrested after threatening violence at Tennessee, Ohio hospitals
- MetroHealth’s Airica Steed elected to board of Ohio Hospital Association
- OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital reaping benefits of Magnet Designation
OKLAHOMA
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- Business supports Stephenson Cancer Center
- Hackers demand Bitcoin from Oklahoma health system patients
- Integris Health patients get extortion emails after cyberattack
- Oklahoma hospital CEO to exit
- Groundbreaking for new OKC mental health hospital set for March 2024
- OU Health to expand technology to rural Oklahoma
- Local Oklahomans join forces to provide primary care in Ada
OREGON
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- 17 doctors at Legacy Health Portland-area women’s health clinics seek to unionize
- OHSU researchers received record grant funding of nearly $600M in 2023
- Oregon Health Authority grants waiver for Behavioral Health Unit in Eugene
- Health system gaps make it hard for some older Oregonians to get a COVID-19 booster
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 5 systems installing virtual care platforms
- 2023 in Review: Challenging year in health care brings surge of mergers and acquisitions
- 2023 in Review: Health systems large and small enacted layoffs as post-pandemic financial struggles continue
- Cynthia Hundorfean to leave Highmark Health at the end of the year
- LVHN merger is nothing new for health care giant Jefferson, which has grown through acquisitions
- Nurses at Lower Bucks Hospital and Suburban Community Hospital are on strike. Here’s what to know.
- Penn Medicine buys Montgomeryville site for $7.5M with plans to build outpatient care center
- Prime nurses strike ends; concerns grow over Philadelphia hospital sale
- UPMC Hillman breaks ground in Croatia on new cancer center
RHODE ISLAND
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- Lifespan names new radiology chief
- Nurses assaulted 50 minutes apart at Rhode Island hospital: Police
- ‘Busting at the seams’: RI hospitals overflowing with COVID, flu and RSV patients
- Governor McKee Highlights 2023 Rhode Island Department of Health Accomplishments: Promoting Healthy Lifestyle, Ensuring Safe Food and Drinking Water, Preventing Chronic Disease
- RI Nurse Surrenders His License Following Complaint — Dept. of Health Won’t Release Details
- R.I. physicians group partners with Calif. health tech company
- Lifespan considering $300M bond issue for construction projects
- R.I. firm’s tech will soon help doctors nationwide
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Design approved for new USC School of Medicine in Columbia, part of $300M project
- SC family gets $900k payout after man dies following alleged catheter misplacement
- SC has among the highest number of flu cases in the country, CDC says
- Report ranks South Carolina worst in the nation in nursing home inspectors
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Ardent restores access to MyChart after Thanksgiving cyberattack
- Man arrested after threatening violence at Tennessee, Ohio hospitals
- Mississippi couple brings premature baby to Memphis NICU after being turned away from local hospital
- Seattle Children’s Hospital sues Texas Attorney General over trans patient records
- TriStar: New freestanding ERs will serve communities outside of downtown Nashville
- Vanderbilt University Hospital names Lee Ann Liska as president
- Viviant Healthcare of Murfreesboro closing due to unsafe conditions, laying off workers
- Virginia fares better than Tennessee in latest U.S. health rankings
- Tennessee nursing home closing; 79 layoffs announced
TEXAS
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- Central Health’s new CEO discusses his priorities
- Face to Face: Meet the woman working to close the knowledge gap in neurological diseases
- Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center to pay $2 million for overbilling COVID-19 tests, health care programs
- MD Anderson expands second proton therapy center, opens surgical suite
- Memorial Hermann inches closer to Epic go-live
- Methodist Healthcare owner to invest nearly $15M in health equity groups
- Ransomware Groups Attack 3 Healthcare Providers
- Seattle Children’s Hospital sues Texas Attorney General over trans patient records
- Texas clinic earns $9M from the American Rescue Plan Act to open outpatient GI lab
- Year in Review: Healthpeak Properties-Physicians Realty Trust REIT merger was a Deal of the Week
- Texas health system taps remote monitoring partner
- Texas hospital names CEO
- Texas hospital seeing $156M in upgrades
- Texas Children’s appoints women division chiefs
- D CEO Healthcare’s Top Stories of 2023
- How the Texas vision for seamless mental health care fell apart over 60 years
- Texas doctors say the recent abortion ruling leaves them in a gray area
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Fond du Lac’s St. Agnes Hospital nurses still feel COVID trauma
- Charity care drops at SSM Health St. Mary’s but mostly holds steady at other hospitals
- Marshfield Clinic Health System to suspend surgical services at Stevens Point campus
- New $198M, 94-bed Wis. hospital nears completion
- State clears U of Wisconsin Health in nurses’ dispute: ‘We don’t flinch from scrutiny,’ CEO says
- Wisconsin state health department confirms 2 child deaths this season from RSV
- Wisconsin health rankings higher, but with few resources for public outreach
