NATIONAL
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- 2nd ransomware group reportedly tries to extort Change Healthcare
- 4 priorities for tackling the next public health emergency
- A new study reveals the states where private equity has the most influence on housing, health care, jobs and pensions
- About half of rural hospitals had negative margins in COVID-19 pandemic
- Amazon’s effect on physician consolidation
- Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Hospitals
- Becerra may leave HHS for California gubernatorial bid: Politico
- Change asks to consolidate dozens of cyberattack class-action lawsuits
- CMS proposes 2.6% pay bump for inpatient hospitals
- Cybercriminals pose as hospital finance employees, divert payments
- Final rule issues guardrails in compensation to agents and brokers
- HHS ‘misses the mark’ in drug shortage proposal, ASHP says
- How the Leapfrog Group changed its 2024 hospital survey
- Medicare Advantage rate cut threatens nursing homes
- Medicare must boost physician pay, senators say
- Physicians report widespread financial turmoil due to Change Healthcare cyberattack
- Privacy bill could have sweeping impact on insurers, providers
- Providers Betting Big on Future of Hospital at Home
- Senate ramps up scrutiny of private equity ‘greed’ in healthcare
- Shrinking rural hospital margins aided by COVID-19 relief funds
- Violence against nurses hits all-time high: 2 new reports
- Where healthcare ranks for ransomware attacks
ALABAMA
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- Birmingham-based Noland Health Services names new CEO
- Chiropractic clinic opens first-to-state facility in Greystone
- City of Foley announces plan for new surgery center
- Encompass Health expands in Texas, plans to open several facilities this year
- GoRescue Brands acquired by Swedish firm
- New surgery center being built in Foley
- Recent survey: Only around 20% of Alabama hospitals comply with price transparency rules
- Rural hospital to shutter surgery department
- Federal grant aims to make Telehealth more accessible in rural Alabama
- Alabama doctors unveil “Your Care is at Our Core,” emphasizing personal connections
ALASKA
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- Alaska lawmakers OK rules for subscription-style basic health care
- Alaska Native Medical Center begins expansion of emergency department amid growing pains
- Alaska House passes bill to allow direct health agreement
- Behavioral health provider Akeela is closing its doors in Ketchikan
- Telehealth bill passes unanimously in Senate
- Pop-up medical clinic will provide free care in Anchorage and Fairbanks in April
ARIZONA
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- Arizona Digestive Health opens new GI, endoscopy center
- Arizona physician admits to $3.7M in billing fraud
- Arizona system names new CEO
- Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president
- Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program
- Gov. Hobbs signs law aimed at accountability for Arizona long-term care facilities
- Walmart Health set to open first Houston location, delays clinic openings in Phoenix, Oklahoma City to early 2025
- Mayo Clinic Arizona employee sues system, Medica over health plan costs
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Heart Hospital Target of Whistleblower Suit
- Arkansas hospital CEO’s contract ends after no-confidence vote
- Drugmaker sues Arkansas over pharmacy pricing law despite federal court siding with state
- Healthcare Havoc: Arkansas Institutions Grapple with Aftermath of Cyberattack
- Springdale-Based Community Clinic Acquires Siloam Springs Health Provider
- UA and UAMS Awarded $1.9M to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector
- An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals
- CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Earns Top 100 Critical Access Award
CALIFORNIA
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- 2 physician defamation cases to know
- A’s temporary home stadium a 1st for health systems
- After 3 deals, California has 7 fewer for-profit hospitals
- California bill takes aim at after-hours messages to employees
- Calif. hospital nurses strike as county officials spend over $20M on contract nurses
- California system adds security at CEO’s home
- California’s senior living and care sector at ‘critical juncture’
- Health systems continue to snap up ASCs
- How UCSF Health CEO Suresh Gunasekaran is making San Francisco’s largest health care system even bigger
- Isolated California hospital gets $2M from payer to stave off closure
- Kaiser’s mental healthcare faces scrutiny
- Kaiser is adding 3-story medical office building at north Modesto center. What to know
- Kaiser Permanente AI system clears 32% of patient messages: Study
- Kaiser pharmacists secure mid-contract wage increases
- Kaiser Permanente surgeon suing fellow physician for defamation
- Molina Hits Medicaid Renewal Snags
- Patient information goes missing at California hospital
- Prime Healthcare buys 5 hospital facilities from Medical Properties Trust for $350M
- Report: Financial assistance to patients dips at some CT hospitals
- Sutter Health plans $442M project in San Francisco
- Valley Children’s VP ranks ‘striking,’ executive pay ‘pretty hefty,’ hospital expert says
- What to know about Tenet’s $1.4B California sell-off spree
COLORADO
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- CommonSpirit Health Names Market President for the Greater Denver Market
- Cyberattack on health care payments impacts local agency
- Denver ambulances aren’t meeting response-time goals. Can training firefighters to be paramedics help?
- New president tapped to lead major hospital system in Denver area
- New president to lead opening of $650M hospital in Wheat Ridge
- Telehealth program offers support to forensic nurses
- Colorado Medicaid program settles lawsuit over lack of mental health care for children
- Colorado is trying to cut prescription drug prices. But some patients fear they could lose access
CONNECTICUT
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- Alleged DNR mix-up death highlights concerns for nursing homes
- CT hospital mergers mean higher prices and fewer competitors, state report says
- Fix or nix? Connecticut’s ‘certificate of need’ law under scrutiny
- Hartford HealthCare’s Black & Red Gala raises $2.6M
- Hartford HealthCare teams with state DOT to train police to draw blood
- It takes a long time to make many changes at CT hospitals. Here’s why.
- How Hartford HealthCare is going global
- It’s a disease called a ‘silent epidemic’. Why a CT facility brings treatment directly to patients.
- Lamont Considering Return To Managed Care For Medicaid Despite Costly History
- Middlesex Orthopedic & Spine Associates enters Hartford area market with new location
- Rehab system names CMO, COO
- Norwalk Radiology Consultants launches new joint venture with health system
- Report: Financial assistance to patients dips at some CT hospitals
- This hospital CEO is done playing nice with Medicare Advantage
D.C.
DELAWARE
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- Delaware Alzheimer’s deaths spike over last two decades amid gap in care
- Delaware lawmakers join amicus brief in Supreme Court EMTALA cases
- Elkton medical building sells for $4.5 million
- No new staff, all new results: Why virtual nursing is thriving at ChristianaCare
- Overdose deaths drop in Delaware for first time in 10 years
- Delaware Tech launches new healthcare program at William Penn
- With “vision, purpose and action,” Del. Cancer Consortium plots strategy to reduce disparities
FLORIDA
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- 3 hospital projects with $500M+ price tags in 2 days
- 2 physician defamation cases to know
- AdventHealth plans expansion at Celebration hospital
- Assisted living owners donate $15M to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
- Baycare gets $50M donation for children’s hospital
- BayCare reveals plans for new hospital in Manatee County
- Editor’s notebook: Lakeland Regional Health navigates Polk population boom as births hit new highs
- Florida appeals in Medicaid dispute
- Florida ASC sues state for $500M in defamation suit
- Florida Blue names new market president for West Florida division
- HCA Healthcare applies to build free-standing emergency center in Arlington
- How Health First navigated incident response for Change Healthcare cyberattack
- Memorial Hospital to build new standalone ER in Jax
- Micro-Hospital to Open in Jacksonville
- Permits issued for Mayo Clinic renovations
- Plastic surgery practice expands to Florida with Ponte Vedra acquisition
- Only one Florida hospital on national rankings for Black maternal health
- DeSantis signs bill to provide skin cancer screenings for state employees
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta among fittest U.S. cities; 2 others in Georgia are unhealthiest
- Channel 2 gets exclusive look inside new hospital for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Ga. OB-GYN Office Hit With Data Breach Class Action
- Local clinic surprised at new CDC data putting metro Atlanta third highest for HIV diagnoses in US
- Southwest Georgia hospital could reopen with help from federal appropriations
- Study names Georgia worst state for healthcare
- Georgia’s rural hospitals at risk of closure, report finds
- Uber Health teams with insurers on maternal health in Georgia
HAWAII
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- Adventist Health Castle expands, relocates urgent care clinic in Kapolei
- Kaiser Hawaii market president to retire, new leader named
- With help from the Benioffs, groundbreaking held for landmark expansion of Hilo hospital
- New mental health crisis center is already diverting patients from ERs, but has room to grow
IDAHO
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- Health systems continue to snap up ASCs
- In two deals, Intermountain’s Saltzer Health finds buyers
- Physicians, hospitals and medical associations sound the alarm on Idaho’s expanding OBGYN desert
- Idaho health care provider shortage continues amidst population growth
- Boise-area hospital will close labor, delivery units. What it’s saying — and not saying
- When Saltzer Health closed, these 5 doctors’ patients needed care. This is what happened
- Health West acquires seven clinics throughout Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago hospital names CEO
- Chicago-based REIT buys Rochester Regional Health facility
- CommonSpirit to grow GPO
- Illinois hospital adds strategy, medical chiefs
- Illinois physician sentenced for fraud
- New bill would expand Illinois pharmacists ability to administer long-acting injectables
- St. Mary’s Hospital under scrutiny after sedated & restrained patient found unconscious
INDIANA
IOWA
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- For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care
- Former hospital IT worker pleads guilty to 3-decade identity theft that led to his victim being jailed
- New UnityPoint Health-Eyerly Ball clinic planned for Des Moines
- Iowa Cancer Consortium creates resource to connect Iowans with cancer clinical trials
- Iowa nurse accused of role in million-dollar scheme to defraud Medicare
- UI Health Care’s Chief Integration Officer to vacate position next month
- UI hospitals’ new ‘unit partner’ position addresses workforce, student needs
- Univ. of Iowa Health Care program works to mitigate rising prescription medication costs
- UnityPoint expands virtual care to 3 states
- WCHC named top 20 critical access hospital by NRHA
KANSAS
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- LMH Health taps new financial leadership after firing CFO
- Kansas Medicaid inspector general and insurance commissioner spar
- Kansas Medicaid expansion debate to be revived when Legislature returns
- Kansas universities partner to support rural healthcare
- Nursing Homes Misclassified as CCRCs, Causing $88M in Lost Assessment Revenue for Kansas
KENTUCKY
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- Governor signs into law a ‘landmark’ bill eliminating out-of-pocket costs for prostate, other screenings
- Louisville-based Aptiva Health expands into Northern Kentucky
- Kentucky governor signs workers comp treating physician bill
- Kentucky hospital CEO to retire
- Legislature, Beshear pass law to protect independent pharmacies in Kentucky from commercial PBMs
- More education, less poverty can raise Ky.’s health, hospital chief says
- Raising Ky.’s health status has ‘a ways to go,’ hospital chief says; Chandler says people need to demand change in health policies
- ScionHealth to purchase drugs from Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company
- Kentucky bills aim to make cancer screenings more accessible
LOUISIANA
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- Former Louisiana health secretary gets high-profile position at LSU
- In South Dakota, a mental health triage center takes pressure off jails and ERs. Could it work in Lafayette?
- LMH Health taps new financial leadership after firing CFO
- Louisiana lawmakers blast chain over troubled hospital; ‘We are now at the point of cruelty’
- LSU partnership to study the mechanics of brain injuries
- Ochsner Health introduces innovative cardiac ablation treatment for AFib patients
- Steward Healthcare under fire by Louisiana legislators for causing the downfall of Glenwood Regional Medical Center
- Telehealth Helps Connect Rural Louisiana Town to Health Care
- Woman’s Hospital: Extending the reach of care with new inpatient perinatal mental health unit
MAINE
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- New evaluation methods threaten organ donation in Maine, New England
- Doctor’s federal lawsuit says Maine Med violated Americans with Disabilities Act
- Androscoggin Home Health Care & Hospice hires new director
- CEO of Penobscot Valley Hospital, Crystal Landry, will step down in coming months
- Maine House votes to ensure teens can receive gender-affirming health care
- After hours of debate, Maine House passes proposed shield law
MARYLAND
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- Columbia office park moves toward becoming medical hub
- Johns Hopkins has big plans for AI in Epic chart summarization
- Luminis Health taps CFO
- Marcus & Millichap Arranges $4.5 Million Sale Of Medical Office Property In Maryland
- Meritus Medical Center Tops Nationwide Ranking for Community Benefit Spending
- Maryland hospital emergency room wait times worst in country
- Maryland families accuse same midwife of insufficient care
- Sage Health opens Baltimore health center for seniors in Waverly
MASSACHUSETTS
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- As Lahey hits 100, hospital’s president looks to the future
- Boston Medical Center launches new hospital-at-home program
- Brigham nurses to picket ahead of contract negotiations
- Dana-Farber retracts 7th study after investigation
- Deadly crash at Massachusetts psychiatric hospital appears to have been intentional, sources say
- Mass General Brigham names SVP of operations
- Massachusetts lawmakers tell FTC, DOJ to take hard stance on Optum-Steward deal
- New law could ease physician assistant labor gap should Steward Health Care exodus take effect
- Saint Vincent faces formal complaint from National Labor Relations Board
- State awards $10M in student loan repayment to mental health workers
- Steward sale, healthcare costs on tap for weighty HPC meeting
- Steward’s proposed deal with Optum could harm patients, top hospital expert says
- To address physician shortage, Blue Cross to reimburse small Mass. primary care providers $20M
- UMass Chan Medical School, MITRE plan to open assurance lab to test healthcare AI
- What happens if Saint Anne’s Hospital closes? Calculating the economic loss to Fall River
MICHIGAN
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- 3 physicians suing their former employers
- Ascension highlights ongoing investments in Borgess, notes ‘no current plans’ for closure
- ER workers at Ascension St. John vote to strike for 24 hours in Detroit
- Health systems continue to snap up ASCs
- Mary Free Bed argues it owns disputed architectural designs for $60M pediatric hospital
- Michigan health care system aims to ease burden of medical debt
- ProMedica Hospital Coldwater finances improve in first quarter of 2024
- Sparrow Hospital to donate homes for affordable housing
- University of Michigan Health Sparrow unveils new branding in Lansing
- University of Michigan to renovate nine Lansing homes owned by Sparrow Hospital
- Michigan addresses Black maternal health racial disparities during dedicated week
- Over 98% of Ascension Genesys nurses authorize strike
- Michigan nurses accuse MyMichigan hospital of unfair practices, announce five-day strike
MINNESOTA
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- 2nd ransomware group reportedly tries to extort Change Healthcare
- A plea from North Memorial Health to the Legislature
- Accanto Health Launches Search for New Chief Medical Officer
- Black doctors at Mayo ask Minnesota kids about racism in health care
- Change Healthcare asks to consolidate dozens of cyberattack lawsuits
- Children’s Minnesota to move Plymouth clinic to Minnetonka
- Hospitals too busy to train Minnesota paramedic students, exacerbating shortage
- How to Design an SDOH Tool That Clinicians Will Actually Use
- Minnesota’s rural ambulance providers look to state Capitol for their own lifeline
- Minneapolis therapy clinic sues over cyberattack at UnitedHealth subsidiary
- Minn. nurses call for county officials to take control of hospital
- Ramstad: Some Minnesota doctors bristle at state employee insurer’s view of them
- UMN signs LOI to buy M Health Fairview’s health facilities
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- 3 hospital projects with $500M+ price tags in 2 days
- Ascension taps vice president of front end revenue cycle
- Bill ending Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood clears Missouri Senate
- Co-founder pleads guilty in $8M Christian health care ministry scheme
- Here’s where Mercy is planning to build their newest hospital complex
- Mercy to develop $650M Missouri hospital
- Mercy’s planned Wentzville hospital could bring jobs, services to booming region
- Residents displaced as Kansas City nursing home forced to shut down
- NKC Hospital isn’t intimidated
- Mercy saves $30 million in 2023 with AI-powered nursing workforce management tech
MONTANA
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- Montana Nurses Association, St. Patrick Hospital, reach agreement on labor contract
- Medical record sharing service in Montana making strides to help providers
- Benefis Health System named to top 150 places to work in healthcare
- St. Patrick Hospital nurses reach agreement after several months of negotiations
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Boulder City veterans nursing home loses 5-star rating after review
- Nevada ranks worst state for mental health in US, according to new report
- Southern Hills Hospital celebrates 5 years of its behavioral health unit
- UNLV works to address mental health needs and staffing shortages in Nevada
- Nevada Health Link the first state marketplace to incorporate AI
- First-of-its-kind mental health facility comes to Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Feds Hit 2 Nursing Home Firms With ‘Right of Access’ Fines
- New Jersey hospital taps former Brigham and Women’s exec as dual chief medical, quality officer
- New Jersey health system plans to revamp campus, build medical school, and more
- Major change in NJ health care licensing in offing
- 5 Factors Shaping New Jersey Healthcare
- A measure in N.J. would protect long-term care residents from being ripped off
- Bergen County’s New Hospital Opens Sunday, ER To Move Out Of Ridgewood
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico’s largest mental health facility to receive multi-million dollar upgrade
- New Mexico health professional shortage easing
- New Mexicans describe gaps, barriers in state’s fragile mental health system
- Those on frontlines of state’s mental health care shortfall have solutions
- After mental health crisis ends, a patient’s wait begins
NEW YORK
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- 25 New York hospitals have been cited for staffing violations
- Amid Beth Israel closure conflict, bill seeks to reform process
- 5 hospitalized after New York ambulance crash
- Beth Israel controversy: New bill calls for more public input on hospital closures in New York
- Chicago-based REIT buys Rochester Regional Health facility
- Court orders Long Island nursing home to pay delinquent fees for employee health insurance
- Data Breach at New York Medical Billing Service Provider Affects 284K Individuals
- Financial security leads to new models for physician practices
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel closure plan hits speed bump
- New York ASC hit with data breach
- New York drugmaker files for bankruptcy
- New York hospital under fire for evicting staff, retirees from housing
- Nursing home workers to picket for pay increase
- NYC Health + Hospitals opens wellness center for 6,000 employees
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: Hospitals need federal action to address workplace violence
- N.Y.’s largest health vendor linked to owner accused of fraud, neglect
- Why Long Island nursing homes were fined $148,000 by NYS in 2023
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 8 North Carolina medical office buildings sold for $79M
- Atrium Health CEO Gene Woods talks goals, growth, vision
- Chapel Hill firm bought out, leadership to exit
- Cone Health to invest $150M in underserved areas
- Eight Triad OB/GYN practices come back in network with Cigna after dispute with UWH of the Carolinas
- Former North Carolina hospital CEO dies
- FTC takes new action against Novant Health’s $320M acquisition of Lake Norman hospitals
- Haywood Regional Medical Center invests in health and economy of community
- HCA Healthcare faces more Mission Health-related allegations
- Highwoods Collects $80M for Raleigh MOB Portfolio
- North Carolina county seeks damages in HCA Mission lawsuit
- Novant Health names Dr. Roxie Wells as chief physician executive officer for patient experience
- Q&A: Michelle Adamolekun, Cone Health, Outstanding Women in Business
- Raleigh PE firm acquires clinical research company, names CEO
- Raleigh pharma weighs divesting commercial operations
- Tech startup with N.C. State roots raises $4 million
- N.C. county files to join attorney general’s lawsuit against HCA Healthcare’s Mission Health purchase
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Maternity Care receives Blue Cross Blue Shield distinction
- HealthyDakota Mutual Holdings and Crossover Health launching VitellaCare advanced primary care clinics
- Sanford Health to provide physician services for UND athletes
- Sanford Health expands in Williston
- Sanford Health to acquire women’s health center
OHIO
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- Ex-Cintrifuse CEO Jeff Weedman raises $4M for cancer research startup in Cincinnati
- Kettering Health opens new center in historic Dayton home
- Patient wins $3.2M in suit against Cleveland Clinic physician
- SPR Therapeutics leads local Q1 fundings as VC investors remain cautious
- Two Cincinnati businesswomen named to prestigious Inc. Female Founders list
- UC Medical Center expansion among nation’s top construction projects of 2023
- Why Cleveland Clinic is investing in autism care startups
- Proposed Ohio bill seeks to give parents more control over their child’s medical records
- Gov. DeWine focuses on children’s health, education in State of the State address
- Ohio-based health care innovator proving the potential to reverse psoriasis
- Cardinal Health breaks ground in Ohio for OTC distribution center
- Evolve Health opens first central Ohio pediatric office
OKLAHOMA
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- Bill would make prior authorization more transparent
- Bill would boost rural health care by virtual visits
- Feds Hit 2 Nursing Home Firms With ‘Right of Access’ Fines
- NFL officials urge adoption of Oklahoma cardiac emergency response law
- Oklahoma bill allowing providers to opt out of care if it goes against their beliefs fails committee
- Oklahoma hospitals sign ‘equity’ pledge
- Stitt vetoes bill for nurse practitioners prescribing drugs
- Walmart Health set to open first Houston location, delays clinic openings in Phoenix, Oklahoma City to early 2025
- Patient injured in Oklahoma hospital fire
OREGON
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- Oregon 1st state to adopt ‘physician associate’
- PeaceHealth nurses gear up for picket over wages, staff safety
- Private equity in health care: studies highlight ‘life-or-death consequences’
- As demand for nurses rises, OHSU expands nursing program to central Oregon
- Oregon doctors lose licenses after allegations investigated
- Nurses in rural Oregon take home better pay, study finds
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 3 hospital projects with $500M+ price tags in 2 days
- $1B expansion project coming to Allegheny General in Pittsburgh
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s healthcare high school to open in 2025
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia expanding footprint
- Delegation of state representatives call on Shapiro, AG to approve WHS-UPMC affiliation
- How Jefferson is prioritizing neurodiverse patients at its new Honickman Center, right down to the chairs
- Jefferson’s CEO eyes health plan expansion, closer payer relationships
- Jefferson hospital hit with warning after patient disappeared from ED
- Meet the leaders of the 9 best hospitals in Pennsylvania for cardiac surgery
- Nurses ratify contract with UPMC McKeesport
- Pennsylvania hospital group CEO talks about cyberattack, financial concerns, staffing, and more
- UHS’ 5 highest-earning executives in 2023
RHODE ISLAND
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- Chen to serve as director of Lifespan’s Brain Tumor Program
- Blue Cross Blue Shield R.I. logs 2023 operating loss
- Nursing home law remains in limbo amid uncertainty about fixes
- RI spending opioid settlement on safe injection site, other programs
- R.I. part of new effort to build one of the largest health databases
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas developing clinic of the future in Nashville Yards tower
- Ballad Health names new financial leader, CFO to retire
- Change Healthcare wants data-breach lawsuits heard in Nashville federal court
- Clover Health Investments threatened with Nasdaq banishment
- Java Medical Group moves headquarters to Midtown
- Meet HCA’s highest-paid executive
- The Boss: National Healthcare Corp. CEO Stephen Flatt is a history buff
- TriStar Summit Surgery Center Opens in Lebanon
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center names next chief nursing officer
TEXAS
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- 14K-square-foot Texas ASC sells
- ‘A pattern of irregularities’ | Memorial Hermann in Texas Medical Center puts liver donation program on hold
- California pharma co. Bionova plans expansion to The Woodlands
- Christus plans freestanding ED in ‘key area for growth’
- Encompass Health expands in Texas, plans to open several facilities this year
- Fitch boosts Tenet’s outlook
- Feds pull Medicaid funding from Fort Worth nursing home. What’s next for its residents?
- Memorial Hermann halts liver transplants
- Medical City Dallas names new CEO
- Memorial Hermann hospital halts 2nd transplant program in 5 days
- Report reveals Texas ranks 3rd worst state for child healthcare
- Nearly $360M SA hospital opens after delayed start
- Texas hospital CEO resigns
- The ongoing Steward financial saga: 17 things to know
- Texas has the 5th highest healthcare costs in the nation, Forbes says
- Unequal access to health care is having a hefty financial impact on Harris County’s economy, new report says
- Texas hospital taps former HCA exec as chief nurse
- Walmart Health set to open first Houston location, delays clinic openings in Phoenix, Oklahoma City to early 2025
- Will Westover Hills become Alamo City’s new medical center?
UTAH
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- Health West acquires seven clinics throughout Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
- ‘Patient Navigators’ help Utahns advocate for best medical care
- The U.’s West Valley Hospital project moving forward. So is its workforce program.
- University of Utah Health CEO stepping down from administrative roles
- Experts discuss the workforce and infrastructure challenges facing rural Utah hospitals
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- 130K-square-foot medical office building breaks ground in Virginia
- Local hospital pitches freestanding ER in fast-growing NoVa city
- Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare accused of misleading patients with hiked premiums
- Virginia in critical need of mental health professionals
- To close racial gap in maternal health, some states, including Va., take aim at implicit bias
- VAMC Expands Women’s Health Care Options
- Horizon Behavioral Health celebrates 55 years of service in Central Virginia
- Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center becomes a sensory-inclusive hospital
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia becomes first state to develop protocols for the administration of whole blood on ambulances
- Mon Health Preston (West Virginia) Memorial Hospital donates over 400 bags of food to community
- Telehealth in West Virginia a “lifeline” for thousands of patients, officials hope for extension of care privileges
- West Virginia Medicaid funding gaps may limit health care access
WISCONSIN
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- Smith on hospital closings, housing and other challenges facing the state
- Wisconsin seniors face housing upheaval as assisted living homes reject Medicaid
- Wisconsin COVID-19 treatment telehealth program to end April 10
- Evers vetoes bill to allow mental health services from out-of-state providers
- Wisconsin health cooperative suffers 533K-record breach
- Nutex Health expands its footprint in the northern US with its first hospital in Wisconsin
- Evers vetoes advanced nurse practitioner bill
- ‘So Many Options’ campaign targets youth to address Wisconsin’s healthcare staffing shortages
WYOMING
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- Grant supports four new ultrasound machines for St. John’s
- Health West acquires seven clinics throughout Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
- Wyoming courts play ping pong with abortion case
- VA health care enrollment surges in Wyoming
- Meet the faces behind Banner Wyoming Medical Center
- Hospital board mulls changes to Campbell County Health gun policy
