NATIONAL
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- Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations
- Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban
- Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B
- CMS proposes Medicare Advantage rate cut
- CMS seeks input to strengthen Medicare Advantage data, transparency
- Healthcare CFOs explore M&A, automation and service line cuts in 2024
- Hospital merger activity is projected to increase in 2024
- Hospital profitability across the US: 20 statistics
- How CMS’ prior authorization rule will affect insurers
- Low operating margins will be new normal for some nonprofit hospitals: Fitch
- No Surprises Act sparks millions of disputed claims, health insurers say
- Rising Medicare Advantage costs squeeze providers, insurers, tech
- ‘Shrinking margin for error’ in healthcare M&A: Bain
- Your 2024 guide to Joint Commission changes
ALABAMA
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- Birmingham firm completes $30M rehabilitation hospital
- Private equity’s growing footprint in home health care draws scrutiny
- RxBenefits adds new member to growing C-suite
- Sports injury clinic joining retail center in Trussville
- UAB Health partnership to expand cancer care, clinical trials across state
- East Alabama Health unveils $30 million standalone Mental Healthcare Center
- Dothan hospital can’t be sued after woman slips and falls
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
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- Bilingual Pediatric Clinic ¡Amigos! Opens in North Little Rock
- CHI St. Vincent Opens 10 Women’s Clinics in South Arkansas
- Lowell In-Home Care Company Faces Racketeering Lawsuit for Alleged Workforce Misclassification
- Megan Bonney Named President of CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood
- Washington Regional Medical System Names Lucas Campbell as VP & Chief Transformation Officer
- 4 more Arkansas hospitals awarded federal funds
- Arkansas Legislative Council approves Department of Human Services’ requests for $13.4M in federal funds for hospitals
- State of the State 2024: Arkansas health care faces challenges
- Study ranks Arkansas at the absolute bottom for dental health
- A mosaic of medical staffing solutions: Groups work to increase health care workforce in Northwest Arkansas
- CHI St. Vincent North Welcomes Bonney as President
- Governor discusses rural healthcare during Mountain Home’s ‘Capital for a Day’
CALIFORNIA
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- 3 health systems’ retention strategies that paid off in 2023
- Cedars-Sinai CEO to retire
- CVS shuttering 25 MinuteClinics in Los Angeles
- Judge to consider Madera hospital reopening plan. ‘We all have been waiting a long time’
- Kaiser pays $67M for California medical office building
- Kaiser Permanente’s ASC strategy: 3 moves to know
- Medical lab operator sentenced to prison for $234M Medicare con
- Nurses at HCA California hospital approve contract
- Sacramento Native American Health Center’s new South Sacramento clinic gets $1 million federal appropriation
- Stanford uses AI to navigate health information sharing with teens and their families
- Sutter Health facility in Folsom to begin construction 2024
- UCLA Health acquiring Los Angeles HCA hospital
- Veteran pediatric CEO tapped to lead Benioff Children’s Hospitals in S.F., Oakland
- VSP Vision rearranges leadership team with focus on supply chain, providers
- California hospital system newest and largest client for electronics recycler S3 Recycling Solutions
COLORADO
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- AdventHealth, CommonSpirit map out Colorado growth plans
- Building for Colorado’s Senior Housing Wave
- Colorado considers bill to protect healthcare workers from violence
- Colorado Ophthalmology Associates hit with cyberattack affecting 6,000 patients
- Having a heart for the community: Lutheran Medical Center provides lifesaving medical equipment to nonprofits
- Industry shakeups bring new partnerships to Colorado hospital systems
- Intermountain Health and Elevation Community Land Trust launch $2M initiative to bolster affordable housing in Colorado
- Louisville nursing home shutters, cuts 124
- One year after major Colorado hospital system breakup, local leader steps down
- Platte Valley Hospital pilots program to reduce length of stay, readmission rates
- Report reveals fewer beds and more pressure on Colorado’s state mental health system
- Medical aid in dying waiting period would shorten from 15 days to 48 hours under Colorado bill
- Migrant crisis overwhelms Denver hospital, schools
- Colorado lawmakers aim to prevent violence against health care workers with proposed bill
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut Hospital Association publishes three reports on the state’s health system
- Conn. Hospital Blames Anesthesiologists In $2M Billing Feud
- CT Hospital Association’s hope for 2024 state legislative session: ‘Do no harm’
- Hartford HealthCare CEO looks to home care
- MidState Medical Center in Meriden makes plea for more beds to address rise in patient volume
- Following death of a CT visiting nurse, US labor secretary calls for better workplace protections
- Discussing the state of nursing and home healthcare in Connecticut
- Fentanyl Packages Found At Waterford Nursing Home Under Investigation
- Hospital industry calls for overhaul of state regulatory process
- Yale New Haven is Connecticut’s Top Hospital, New Survey Finds — Connecticut by the Numbers
- New reports tout benefits of CT hospitals in advance of upcoming legislative session
- Lawmakers, doctors discuss gaps in female pain management
- As national shortage of nurses persists, Bristol Health feels the effects
- J Restaurant site in Hartford sold for $7M to accommodate hospital parking garage project
D.C.
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- 5 highest paid anesthesiologists in Washington, DC
- D.C.’s most distinguished (and hardest-working) dogs
- Dozens laid off at the George Washington University Hospital
- GWU Hospital lays off dozens, citing ‘challenging time’ in health care
- MedStar agrees to pay in federal suit alleging disability discrimination
- MedStar, Justice Department reach settlement over allegations of ADA violations
- D.C. paramedics to begin blood transfusions
- As Maryland considers medical aid in dying, here’s how it’s playing out in DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024
- AdventHealth partners with school districts to learn about healthcare
- EPIC Behavioral Healthcare names new CEO
- Halifax Health to bring medical office, ER buildings to new Port Orange location
- How Florida hospitals cut nurse vacancy, turnover by 38%
- Lee Health’s possibility of going private hasn’t captured public’s attention yet. Will it?
- Tampa Family Health’s new Education Institute works to meet growing demand for trained workers
- The Viewfinder: Memorial Cancer Institute opens in Broward County
- HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville surgery shutdown
- ‘It kind of scares me’: HCA North Florida Hospital patient speaks out about surgery cancellations
- Florida Blue opens medical center in Jacksonville for ages 50 and up
- HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Welcomes New Chief Medical Officer
- Florida Senate puts up $5 million for Pensacola’s effort to acquire old Baptist Hospital
- 20+ Specialty Hospitals Ranked Among Best In Florida
GEORGIA
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- Emory Healthcare expanding health care analytics positions
- Grady Memorial Hospital aiming for $46M project approval
- Grady to renovate burn unit, calls need to modernize “even more urgent” after Wellstar closings
- Healthgrades: Atlanta’s 3 best hospitals for quality cardiac care
- ‘It’s giving people hope’ | IVYY program at Grady Hospital reports success one year into effort to tackle gun violence
- Northside Hospital invests in retaining employees amid high burn-out rates
- Overcoming obstacles: How one health system is creating a more inclusive health care future
- PruittHealth buys Buckhead assisted living facility in latest Atlanta expansion
- How does Georgia rank when looking at various health factors? Augusta University study provides answers
- Northeast Georgia Health System receives national recognition for its simulation center
- Trinity Health of Georgia, St. Mary’s welcome new board members
- Northeast Georgia Health System named one of nation’s top workplaces for diversity
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- 5 healthcare deals ASCs are eyeing
- Idaho state government health insurance to be managed by new insurer for the first time since 2004
- Southwest Health launches 24/7 Idaho youth crisis support center in Nampa
- Judges uphold block of Idaho’s ban on transgender care for minors
- 50 State Telehealth Report Shows Slowing Reform Progress: But Idaho, Louisiana & Utah Stand Out
ILLINOIS
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- $55 Million Class Action Settlement Over NorthShore Merger Approved
- 3 health systems’ retention strategies that paid off in 2023
- Ascension nurses in Illinois plan 3rd strike
- Chris Curry named president of OSF Healthcare Transitional Care Hospital
- Closed Illinois Hospital Will Be Reopened By OSF Healthcare
- How OrthoMidwest has fared 1 year post-merger
- Illinois lawmakers hold hearing on how to help behavioral healthcare industry
- Illinois partners with Google AI to streamline children’s behavioral health services
- Mass General Brigham executive to head to Rush
- Northwestern U physicians vote to unionize
- Why One Rural Hospital CEO Advocates for Local Ownership Over Private Equity
- Head of SIH elected to Illinois Health and Hospital Association Board
- OSF HealthCare to reopen Peru, Illinois hospital
INDIANA
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- Attorney general’s office could receive notification for health care mergers under new bill
- Franciscan Health Crown Point moves to new hospital
- Indiana Dept. of Health provides $250 thousand grant to tackle high Hispanic infant mortality rate
- Indiana lawmakers consider legislation to reduce prior authorization
- Lawrence company takes medical care on the road
- Indiana does not have enough nurses – will unionization or legislation help?
IOWA
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- 4 orthopedic data breaches in the 1st month of 2024
- Board of Regents vote support for new bylaws to align UIHC, former Mercy hospital
- Committee backs ‘granny cam’ bill, citing issues with nursing home inspections
- Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons suffers data incident
- Hospitals will slowly warm to REH program: MercyOne hospital president
- Iowa hospital resolves dispute with EHR vendor
- Mercy Iowa City is now University of Iowa Health Care
- Nursing home death caused by lack of oxygen leads to $8,500 Iowa fine
- Iowa hospital taps VP of finance from MercyOne
- Nursing home challenges are being addressed
- State of Iowa allegedly rejected previous complaint about nursing home rape suspect
- Out-of-state staffing agencies misclassify nurses as gig workers in Iowa skilled nursing homes
KANSAS
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- 4 orthopedic data breaches in the 1st month of 2024
- Four Wichita health-care projects taking shape in early 2024
- KU Health will proceed with Liberty Hospital merger despite legislative pushback
- Missouri AG: Liberty Hospital cannot merge with KU Health without state approval
- What KU Health has learned as it merges with Olathe, Liberty systems
- Newman Regional Health first hospital in America to use brand-new notification program including information about drug-resistant organisms
- Sedgwick County announces location for new state mental health hospital
- Lawmakers are questioning the legality of the KU Health-Liberty Hospital deal. We asked experts
KENTUCKY
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- BrightSpring Health Services makes Nasdaq debut, but misses target share price
- Flaget Memorial Hospital awards grants to local nonprofits
- Houchens Insurance donates $1M to St. Elizabeth to promote community initiatives
- Humana stock tumbles on fourth quarter earnings, new guidance
- Lawrenceburg Family Practice opens new clinic for Anderson resident
- PC3 Health relocating in Jeffersontown with multimillion-dollar investment, adding high-paying jobs
- Pediatric & Adolescent Associates joins Lexington Clinic
- Two legislators file bill to undo a law that bans gender affirming care for transgender minors
- UK HealthCare moves ICUs to completed 12th floor of Chandler Hospital
- Westmoreland Pharmacy + Compounding consolidating into New Albany location
- Kentucky hospital opens new ICUs
LOUISIANA
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- 50 State Telehealth Report Shows Slowing Reform Progress: But Idaho, Louisiana & Utah Stand Out
- Louisiana Medical Group to Pay $480K Over Phishing Attack
- Academic center on northshore opens doors to health care jobs
- LCMC teams up with payment platform
- Louisiana has removed 275000 people from Medicaid over six months
- Blue Cross is seeking state approval of sale to Elevance. The fight over the deal is heating up.
- Groups aim to improve La. healthcare ranking, equity through advocacy
- Louisiana lawmakers call meeting on Blue Cross Blue Shield
MAINE
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- St. Mary’s hospital seeks state funds to cover part of its financial deficit, fund new program
- 2 Maine bills want to limit medical debt
- Central Maine Healthcare urges blood donations amid regional shortage
- Why nursing homes are still shutting down in aging Maine
- Commission proposes program to integrate foreign-trained physicians into Maine’s medical workforce
- Maine CDC director expanding public health workforce, access, mission
- Washington County nurses and technicians protest local hospital staffing practices as contract fight heats up
- Maine awarded $1 million for state’s second psychiatric residency program
- Nesin named CEO of Community Care Partnership of Maine
- How a $4 million grant is transforming mental health care in York County
MARYLAND
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- 18 Specialty Hospitals Ranked Among Best In Maryland
- 3 MD Hospitals Ranked Among Nation’s Best
- A housing program that kept Marylanders out of hospitals could get state funding
- As Baltimore’s infant mortality rate improves, Maryland pledges more money to pregnancy centers
- Attorney’s for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital plan to file appeal in Maya Kowalski case
- Bethesda health care startup hauls in $56M to treat low-income patients
- Deneen Richmond served patients for years. Then she became one.
- As Maryland considers medical aid in dying, here’s how it’s playing out in DC
- The Children’s Inn at NIH is kicking off a big expansion — and an ‘ambitious’ fundraising campaign
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024
- A Boston-based fund finds success focusing industry attention on type 1 diabetes.
- Beth Israel Lahey cuts annual operating loss by 34%
- Mass General Brigham executive to head to Rush
- Mass. hospitals ‘really struggling,’ House chair says
- Mass General Brigham withdraws physicians from Steward hospital
- No bailout for Steward, Massachusetts governor says
- St. Vincent nurses file complaints over ‘abhorrent’ conditions at for-profit hospital
- State to conduct cost probe of proposed Dana-Farber, Beth Israel deal
- Steward Health Care looking to sell 4 hospitals in Massachusetts as soon as possible
- Steward Health Care’s dire finances have government leaders worried about shutdowns
- Tufts Medicine trims operating loss by 57%; new CFO taking over in February
- FDA clears Boston Scientific device for atrial fibrillation
- Nurses file 600+ staffing, safety complaints against Tenet hospital
- Panel to issue report on Dana Farber-Beth Israel partnership
- Watchdog group finds harmful practices at Worcester nursing home
- Milford Regional joins industrywide healthcare effort to improve worker safety
MICHIGAN
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- Ascension Michigan CEO discusses faith in health care at UTG at Work roundtable
- Grand Rapids plastic surgery practice joins private equity-backed consortium
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital to open specialized unit combining medical, mental care
- Henry Ford continues to ‘push the envelope’: CFO talks Ascension project, 2024 plans
- Michigan hospital construction site receives bomb threat
- MSU Health Care helps employers save on insurance costs with new direct contracting model
- New McLaren Northern Michigan CEO talks hometown and health care
- Partners tackle women’s homelessness with new medical, mental health care pilot
- ProMedica Hickman Hospital nurses stage ‘practice strike’ over contract negotiations
- Private equity investment boosts Southwest Michigan medical device acquirer
- 4.5M Michiganders’ health data exposed in cyberattacks; expect more
- Nearly $5 million coming to mid-Michigan to help expand access to health care
- 52 Specialty Hospitals Ranked Among Best In MI
- West Michigan hospital adding virtual nurses to patient rooms
MINNESOTA
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- Essentia, Mayo looking to close Minnesota hospital labor and delivery units
- Mayo Clinic selling stake in Abu Dhabi hospital for $150 million
- Mayo Clinic to unload overseas hospital investment
- MSPBJ Health Care Update: Executives talk labor costs, industry challenges
- How virtual sitter services saved St. Luke’s $1.5M in 2023
- Minnesota Hospital Debuts Short-Stay Unit in Response to Capacity Issues
- Medline partners with St. Luke’s
- Minnesota system names CEO
- Minnesota woman delayed transplant treatment shows healthcare struggles
- Slow Transfer To Nursing Homes Driving Avoidable, Unpaid Hospital Stays in Minnesota with $487M Price Tag
- $3M gift saves Minnesota hospital’s dialysis program
- Minnesota hospitals: 65,000 days of care avoidable if patients had somewhere to go
- Nearly half of Minnesota’s rural hospitals don’t offer labor and delivery
- Two rural Minnesota labor wards are on the brink of closure
- Fosston mayor says city will take back hospital if Essentia halts baby deliveries
- Even as health care nonprofits struggle, CEO pay rises, bolstered by bonuses
- Roseau mayor supports of Altru and LifeCare’s intent to explore aligned health care model
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- 4 hospitals suffering data breaches
- Controversially named ‘Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital’ in North City has been open and operating for a week
- EyeCare Partners names new top executive
- ‘Granny cams’ are allowed inside Missouri long-term care facility rooms, state law says
- KU Health will proceed with Liberty Hospital merger despite legislative pushback
- Missouri AG: Liberty Hospital cannot merge with KU Health without state approval
- Missouri physician indicted on 13 counts of Medicare false claims
- NorthSide hospital says it’s open
- SSM Health St. Mary unveils upgraded multispecialty clinic with more services
- What KU Health has learned as it merges with Olathe, Liberty systems
- Ziva Medical shuts down operations amid uncertainty
- Mercy Hospital Southeast taps former Intermountain leader as chief medical officer
- Missouri hospital operator lays off CEO, delays reopening plans
- SSM Health acquires post-acute care association
- HCA taps CFO for 285-bed Missouri hospital
- NorthSide hospital must prove it paid minority contractors before subsidy payout, city says
- Missouri nursing home shut down suddenly. Report offers insight into confusion
- Multiple nurses attacked at MU Health since December
- Swedish medical device firm relocates US headquarters to St. Louis
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Nearly 60% of Nebraska’s smaller rural hospitals operate at a loss, hospital association says. Pending legislation could help.
- New Nebraska law allows sharing of information to help fight overdose crisis
- NHA rural hospitals struggle with money troubles
- Regional West settles with Oracle, moves to Epic
- About half of Nebraska hospitals operating in the red
- Renovation project at Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital is complete
- 59% of Nebraska critical access hospitals are running deficits
NEVADA
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- A new helicopter will join Care Flight’s fleet, ensuring access to emergency medical care across rural Nevada
- Northern Nevada HOPES’ new community wellness center prepares to serve 12,000 residents
- Open enrollment on Nevada health exchange ends with 2nd largest increase ever
- Nevada flunks the American Lung Association report
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- ASC gets construction extension after physician partnership crumbles
- Hackensack Meridian Health’s Palisades Medical Center Receives The Joint Commission’s Health Care Equity Certification
- New Jersey signs prior authorization reform bill into law
- ‘No one should have to go through this’: NJ nurse wants new law after $6K ambulance bill
- Nursing home may be sold to owner approved by N.J. who has troubled track record
- Nursing home accused of disability discrimination will pay employee $50K, feds say
- Saint Peter’s Healthcare, Atlantic Health move toward merger
- New Jersey Makes Hospital at Home a State Program
- N.J. continues crackdown on nursing homes, 2 more cited for poor care and ‘massive fraud’
- Wow! 4 Of The 25 Healthiest Counties In The U.S. Are In New Jersey
NEW MEXICO
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- 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024
- New Mexico system gives 1st raises in more than a year
- Failing the Grade: New Mexico hospital rated ‘below average’ in national survey
- ‘They’re so vulnerable’: Fiscal problems driving rural New Mexico hospitals to brink
- UNM Hospital increases pay, offers retention incentive for staff
NEW YORK
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- Budget, grant funding rise after a tumultuous year for Roswell Park
- Dent Neurologic names first step in series of planned expansions
- Hospital for Special Surgery’s new president: 1 year later
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital settles improper billing allegations
- How Northwell, Cleveland Clinic are maximizing AI’s potential
- How Mount Sinai is improving the patient experience
- New York hospital names president of medical staff
- AG urges New York-Presbyterian to rethink midwifery program shutdown at Allen Hospital
- ‘Really Hard Time’: NY Nursing Home Sector, Union Demand $810M in Medicaid Funds, Cite Payroll Shortfalls
- In Manhasset, a $560M surgical tower is completed
- Health system opens ambulatory care center in Garden City
- Northwell expands pediatrics program in Suffolk
- Beth Israel closure threatens vulnerable patients, coalition finds
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 4 orthopedic data breaches in the 1st month of 2024
- 4 hospitals suffering data breaches
- Advocate appoints chief people and culture officer
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist opens orthopaedic, sports medicine and podiatry clinic in Kernersville
- Executive Voice: He makes the leap to leadership at UNC Health
- FTC sues to block Novant Health acquisition of 2 hospitals
- FTC opposes Novant Health’s $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems
- North Carolina ends coverage of popular weight-loss drugs as costs surge
- North Carolina system CEO to retire
- Novant Health opens $15M Charlotte breast cancer center in Cherry neighborhood
- Novant Health adds South Carolina hospitals with $2B deal
- Surgeon’s lawsuit over North Carolina’s certificate-of-need policy: Where it stands
- Charlotte leaders urge Atrium to consider working with charity that abolishes medical debt
- NC State Health Plan will no longer cover weight loss medications for state employees starting in April
- NC report defines healthcare worker shortage and recommends solutions
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital announces expansion of new unit for high-risk moms
- Cleveland Clinic confiscated 30K weapons in 2023: What to know
- Cleveland health IT company Specialty Networks sold to Cardinal Health for $1.2 billion
- Dayton Children’s Hospital to develop $12 million housing venture
- Dayton region health center to lay off over a dozen employees
- Strategies for strengthening the health care workforce for the Dayton region
- Summa execs warn Akron City Council that health system would spiral without HATCo deal
- University Hospitals opening urgent care centers in Shaker Heights, Streetsboro
- Why Dayton Children’s is building housing
- ProMedica to sell off health insurance subsidiary Paramount
- A reason to smile: Ohio ranks high for dental health, report says
- Ohio doctors urge Congress to advance site-neutral payment reforms in March 8 health care budget
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
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- Bill to be introduced in Oregon short legislative session would regulate debt collection
- How two Gresham nurses came up with stylish apparel for dialysis patients
- Oregon health care labor won big in 2023. Inside efforts to avoid unrest in 2024.
- Providence Oregon’s HR chief reflects on tough union negotiations and strike
- Top Providence Foundation executive retires
- Unreimbursed care drove Oregon hospitals’ community benefit spending up 16%
- Oregon needs $500M to expand behavioral health treatment: Study
- Oregon has huge shortage of treatment beds, consultant finds
- Oregon Medical Board needs better system to fairly discipline health professionals, state audit finds
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024
- Brandywine Hospital in need of new owner after Penn Medicine deal falls through
- Geisinger to open new medical office building this Spring
- Jefferson ED chief disciplined, accused of leaving shift without notifying anyone
- Jefferson Health names 5 hospital leaders
- Mayor of Washington endorses Washington Health System, UPMC merger
- New Pennsylvania program will review health insurance denials when people lose out on coverage for care
- Penn Medicine backs out of Tower Health hospital purchase
- Penn names longtime spinout guru John Swartley as university’s first chief innovation officer
- Pennsylvania HIEs, Health IT Vendor Partner on SDOH Referral Tool
- Temple Health clinic nurses ratify 3-year contract with pay hikes and $1,000 bonuses
- Good Samaritan Hospital ranked top critical care hospital in Pennsylvania
RHODE ISLAND
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- 5 healthcare deals ASCs are eyeing
- Retailers struggle with optics: ‘If they can’t clean a bathroom, how can they present themselves as a provider of healthcare?’
- Timeline: Proposed sale of Rhode Island hospitals preceded by years of regulatory fights, funding problems
- State regulators release documents on proposed sale of Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
- CVS files antitrust suit against pharmaceutical company
- Neronha, RIDOH release application for Centurion’s proposed purchase of CharterCARE
- Wood River welcomes five new providers and leadership staff members
- RI’s safe injection site will be located next to Rhode Island Hospital
- Georgia Non-Profit To Buy Two RI Hospitals
- Lifespan taps Yale-New Haven talent for new chief physician role
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Durable Medical Equipment Companies to Pay Millions in False Claims Settlement
- Novant Health adds South Carolina hospitals with $2B deal
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare renames its ER, plans to launch mobile medical unit
- Trident Health hospitals rank in top 5% nationwide for second year
- Upstate hospitals working to prevent aggressive behavior toward healthcare workers
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 7 rehabilitation hospitals opening, expanding in 2024
- Belmont University names Julie Honey as dean of the Gordon E. Inman College of Nursing
- FDA clears Collierville startup CircumFix’s medical device for surgery, marketing
- FTC opposes Novant Health’s $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems
- HCA CFO to retire
- HCA nets $5.2B in 2023, names CFO: 5 notes
- ObjectiveHealth receives eight-figure growth investment to add jobs, advance technology
- Orthopedic practice to pay $540K+ to resolve billing claims
- Report: Tennessee certificate-of-need laws hurt health-care access
- Parkridge Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Plans $72 Million Expansion
- Tennessee infant mortality rate continues to beat national rate
TEXAS
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- 5 healthcare deals ASCs are eyeing
- 10 things to know about Steward Health Care
- Harris Health thanks public for support of monumental bond election in 2023
- H-E-B and Valero to put big money behind Texas Biomed expansion and education plans
- Houston Methodist leases 75K-SF in TMC’s Helix Park campus for new research laboratories
- No bailout for Steward, Massachusetts governor says
- Physician-owned hospital to close campus
- Plans for $62M SA cancer research center shelved indefinitely
- Steward Health Care looking to sell 4 hospitals in Massachusetts as soon as possible
- Steward Texas medical center closing campus
- Steward Health Care’s dire finances have government leaders worried about shutdowns
- Texas Funds $50M, 100-Bed Facility
- What Texas Children’s CEO has learned in 35 years at the helm
- Texas Children’s leads in pediatric organ transplants for 7th year
- Northwest Texas Healthcare System to conduct layoffs
- HCA buys 3-year-old bankrupt hospital
- Texas hospitals hit hard by bankruptcies, closures
- Christus Health to expand footprint with new emergency hospital campus
- MD Anderson 1st in US to partner with international nuclear agency
- Christus Hospital – Orange is ready for the public
UTAH
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- 50 State Telehealth Report Shows Slowing Reform Progress: But Idaho, Louisiana & Utah Stand Out
- February 12 will be a big day for Primary Children’s Hospital – and for children’s healthcare in Utah
- Utah’s first LGBTQ+ health clinic opens in Salt Lake City
- U. Health and Aetna renew contract 3 days before expiration
- Utah City developers make $20M land donation to the Huntsman Cancer Institute
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- After Hanover hospital project failed, HCA now planning surgical center for same site
- Virginia medical office building sold for $5.4M
- Why Inova Health System is outsourcing this function to a third party
- Analysis shows rising health care costs in Virginia
- 16 Specialty Hospitals Ranked Among Best In Virginia
- Va.’s Office of EMS financial crisis totals $33 million
- Sentara Halifax hospital construction to start in fall
- Northern Virginia Health Foundation names Courtney Rice CEO
WASHINGTON
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- 5 healthcare deals ASCs are eyeing
- False Claims Act filed against MultiCare for allegedly endangering patients, fraudulently billing for surgeries
- Hospital seeking new bond
- MultiCare allegedly allowed neurosurgeon to perform, bill for unnecessary surgeries despite warnings
- Multicare Health System awards $200,000 to Spokane nonprofits tackling health
- Physician to pay $95K to settle kickback allegations
- MultiCare’s Deaconess Hospital accused of endangering patients, fraudulent billing, according to complaint
- WA legislation would make hospitals foot bill for ambulances forced to wait for bed space
- St. Anne Hospital Foundation rejects request to merge with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health’s VMFH Foundation
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- 4 hospitals suffering data breaches
- Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital security guard stabbed; 18-year-old man arrested
- HSHS St. Joseph’s closing sooner than expected
- Longtime dean to depart U of Wisconsin medical school
- Marshfield Clinic closing Wisconsin hospice center
- Reimbursement challenges for WI hospitals, and area hospital responses to closures
- Rogers Behavioral Health spends $4.5M to consolidate West Allis clinic
- Wisconsin governor set to veto APRN bill
- Evers task force to spotlight health care workforce shortages
- Wisconsin Ranks Second in U.S. for Dental Health
- OakLeaf Medical Network reaches out to HSHS
WYOMING
