NATIONAL
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- $1 trillion investment shortage in senior living development expected by 2040
- 90% of healthcare companies get a ‘B+’ on cybersecurity with medical devices falling below the mark
- 16 hospital M&A moves to know in the 1st half of 2024
- 76 physicians charged in $2.7B fraud schemes
- 46 assisted living communities named in $4.5 million home health kickback settlement
- AHA Statement on Supreme Court Decision in EMTALA Case
- AHA submits comments on CMS draft guidance for Medicare drug price negotiation program
- Amazon folds telehealth marketplace into One Medical
- Amazon Clinic rebrands
- Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group to divest some home health assets, clearing path for $3.3B Optum deal
- Another Medicare pay cut looms for physicians
- Chevron ruling may spark lower hospital reimbursement: Moody’s
- CMS rule to address suspect billing in Shared Savings Program
- CMS proposes 1.7% Medicare cut for home health providers
- CMS taps 1st states for AHEAD model
- CMS floats 2.6% pay bump for ASCs
- Elevance, Scan boosted in Medicare Advantage stars redo
- ERs in limbo after Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortion care
- Federal court stalls FTC’s noncompete ban
- Federal court puts gender nondiscrimination rule on hold
- Feds investigating multiple health systems
- FTC hails ‘win for consumers’ after planned $320M hospital deal is dropped
- FTCs’ noncompete ban stalled
- FTC to Sue Drug Managers Over Insulin Prices
- HHS to hospitals: Emergency abortion requirements still stand
- HHS Proposes HTI-2 Rule to Enhance Healthcare Data Sharing and Interoperability
- Hospitals balk at CMS’ ‘reckless’ pay proposals
- Hospital mergers tied to increased layoffs, reduced tax revenues: report
- Hospital M&A turns to strategy over scale
- Hospital-at-home gets high marks in survey
- How 4 FTC moves could affect hospitals
- How the Supreme Court’s Chevron deference ruling could affect healthcare
- IT job cuts sweep through health systems
- Joint Commission launches new safety, wellness resource for hospitals
- Joint Commission renewed as CMS accreditor of clinical labs
- Justice Department charges nearly 200 for $2.8B healthcare fraud schemes
- Labor, reimbursement rates hit health system credit ratings
- Medicare pushes new payment rule after alleged $3 billion fraud scheme
- Median physician practice expenses top $1M
- New hospital price transparency requirements take effect
- Payment trends for pharmacist services gaining steam
- Payers confronted by COVID vaccine lawsuits
- PBMs hold ‘enormous power’ over drug prices: FTC
- Physician, nursing groups oppose APRN Compact
- Private equity interest in digital health heats up: Rock Health
- SCOTUS dismisses Idaho abortion ban case
- Supreme Court dismisses EMTALA case
- Supreme Court Ruling Is a ‘Game Changer’ for Challenging Nursing Home Staffing Mandate, CMS Authority
- The challenges facing children’s and rural hospitals
- What happens to rural hospitals when they close
- What the AMA’s new president thinks of physician assistants
ALABAMA
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- Children’s hospital satellite location relocates within Jefferson County
- Men’s health clinic opens in Vestavia Hills
- Princeton Baptist Medical appoints new CFO
- UAB Medical West adds to its C-suite
- What UAB’s acquisition of Ascension means for employees, patients and the overall health care landscape
- Alabama paramedics push drowned child’s gurney to hospital after ambulance breaks down
- Holloway named COO at North Alabama Shoals Hospital
- Two Alabama hospitals closing inpatient services, including rural birthing unit
ALASKA
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- Alaska tribal health organization is building a $70 million skilled nursing facility to meet demands of an aging population
- Alaska Regional makes third bid for freestanding ER in South Anchorage
- Alaska Regional Hospital to Extend Services to South Anchorage
- Alaska Regional Hospital Submits Certificate Of Need For Freestanding ED In South Anchorage, Alaska
- Judge Says Alaska Tribal Healthcare Provider Can Access Info
ARIZONA
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- Arizona hospital names CEO
- 4 Arizonans bilked Medicare of $600M in wound-care scheme, feds say
- Arizona AG secures second win against use of ‘secrecy clauses’ in senior living arbitration agreements
- 7 Arizona defendants charged in health care fraud scheme as part of nationwide DOJ crackdown
- Feds call out Northern Arizona VA for 2nd time for unsafe work conditions
- Catalina Behavioral Health Expands Inpatient Mental Health Facilities in Arizona, Enhancing Accessibility in Pima County
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Foundation opens grant applications to address loneliness epidemic
- 2 Arizona Hospitals Named Among The ‘Best Hospitals’ In America
- HOPCo grows Arizona population health program membership 25%
ARKANSAS
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- 3 rural northern Arkansas hospitals receiving millions of dollars to remain sustainable
- Arkansas Optometric Association Names Matt Burns as Executive Director
- Arkansas’ rural hospitals await federal relief funds; tiered payment system draws criticism
- East North Street Foundation Donates $1M for Arkansas Children’s Hospital Expansion
- The Rural Hospital Sustainability Program receives $9 million to aid rural hospitals
- UAMS Awarded $31.7M in Grants for Research, Training and ‘Critical Resources’
- UAMS Receives $750K to Relaunch Family Medicine Residency in El Dorado
- AR health center aims to get more healthy foods to expecting mothers
- NWACC accepting applications for new practical nursing program
- Arkansas Children’s Northwest auxiliary announces more than $300,000 for expansion project
- UAMS names top leader of Northwest Arkansas campus
- CDC wastewater data shows Arkansas COVID activity at ‘high’ level
- New medical residency program coming to El Dorado in efforts to better serve rural communities
- Arkansas Children’s gifted $1M for expansion with ASC
CALIFORNIA
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- 5 hospitals delay, cancel surgeries from anesthesia provider challenges
- $143 million mental-health treatment facility approved for Boyle Heights hospital campus
- Adventist names chief mission officer
- California reaches settlement in sale of 2 San Francisco hospitals
- Cedars Taps Former Mass General Head as CEO
- Cypress West JV Buys San Diego MOB
- Growth at Golden Valley designed to meet health needs
- Insights from new CEOs: Kenny Pawlek, administrator, Shriners Children’s Northern California
- Kaiser lays off 51 IT workers
- Mergers give hospitals new EHR systems
- New Behavioral Health Center breaks ground in Watsonville
- OptumRx to pay $20M to resolve claims it violated the Controlled Substances Act
- Prime CEO’s med school vision reaches milestone
- Nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital vote to go on strike
- Stanford Health, Blue Shield of California split
- State won’t interfere with HCA California hospital service cuts, closures
- Turf war intensifies between physicians, nurse anesthetists at Stanislaus County hospitals
- UC Davis Health, Best Buy Health team up for ‘holistic’ care
- UC Davis Health appoints systemwide chief operating officer, new chief medical officers
- VSP subsidiary makes new acquisition in Florida
- Welltower doubles price of Sacramento medical office building in purchase
- UCSF Health, CommonSpirit agree to California AG’s terms for San Francisco hospital deal
COLORADO
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- 1 Colorado Hospital Named Among The ‘Best Hospitals’ In America
- Banner Health, MD Anderson extend partnership to 2032
- Can midwifery help solve rural Colorado’s labor and delivery care shortages?
- How this workforce development program “changed everything” for one Intermountain Health medical assistant
- UCHealth Greeley Hospital named one of the most socially responsible hospitals in the U.S.
- Colorado health officials investigating human case of bubonic plague
- UCHealth’s virtual health center: How Colorado’s largest health system creates and integrates technology into patient care
- Delayed surgeries. A mass staff exodus. A culture of fear. New IG reports outline issues at Colorado VA hospital
CONNECTICUT
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- CMS announces first states to participate in AHEAD model
- CT among 3 states chosen to participate in federal model to slow healthcare cost growth; hospitals raise some concerns
- Hartford HealthCare closing rehab facility in Cromwell
- New CT law prohibits medical debt reporting to credit agencies
- Prospect Medical Holdings focus of DOJ probe
- Seven years after acquiring Meriden biotech pioneer, Sanofi to close facility and exit CT
- St. Vincent’s Medical Center seeks OK to relocate its cancer treatment services
- Stamford Health expanding presence in Connecticut as corporate parent adds new medical facility
- With $2.5M grant, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to explore launching CT generic drug production facility
- CT kids ages 15 and younger now qualify for Husky health care, regardless of immigration status
- CT health care system signs lease for expanded space, ‘more patient care services’
- Connecticut Children’s receives prestigious national nursing designation
- Hartford HealthCare promotes 2 executives
D.C.
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- Exclusive: Adventist HealthCare’s deal for Howard University Hospital on the rocks
- Exclusive: Howard University will build a new hospital ‘no matter what’
- Risant Health news, benefits of value-based care and fixing the biggest problems in health care today
- Mega clinic offers free medical and dental care at RFK Festival Grounds this week
DELAWARE
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- 2 recent orthopedic lawsuits
- Beebe selects Epic to transform electronic health record system
- ChristianaCare physicians vote in favor of union by a wide margin
- ChristianaCare is first in state to offer ultrasound treatment for essential and Parkinson’s tremor
- ChristianaCare expands urgent care as MedExpress faces closures
- From WHYY: ChristianaCare doctors seek to ‘start healing process’ after vote to form system’s first labor union
- How ChristianaCare physicians voted on first physician-led union in Delaware
- Delaware Division of Public Health releases chronic disease report
FLORIDA
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- Cano Health emerges from bankruptcy, achieves $270M in cost reductions
- Florida rural hospitals could close inpatient beds under new law
- Former Humana exec to take the helm at TGH Behavioral Health Hospital
- HCA names new CEO of Miami hospital
- How Cano Health CEO Mark Kent overcame bankruptcy, moves company forward
- Lee Health earns No. 4 ranking in U.S., No. 1 in Florida for social responsibility
- Miami developers to partner on 4 medical office projects in Florida
- Orlando Health breaks ground on new hospital in Florida
- Orlando Health buys three properties near main campus for $10 million
- Orlando Health’s Arthur App gives a voice to patients who can’t speak
- Real estate firms to break ground on 4 medical office buildings in Florida
- Tampa Family Health Centers CEO turned negative learning experience into tenacity
- Tampa General appoints Humana exec as CEO of new behavioral hospital
- UF Health opens new patient tower in North Jacksonville
- VSP subsidiary makes new acquisition in Florida
- With deadline looming, HCA nurses rally in Central Florida for new union contract
- Hack on Florida’s Vital Statistics is just the latest cyberattack on health-related systems
- Is your mammogram wrong? Miami hospital ordered by FDA to halt service over concerns
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Checking the pulse of Illinois’ healthcare sector
- Chicago physician pleads guilty to $2.4M fraud scheme
- CommonSpirit in talks to sell hospital to Altru
- Former Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for role in fraud
- Former lab CEO sentenced over fraud at orthopedic practice
- HSHS eliminates hospital CEO role
- Lurie Children’s Hospital cybersecurity breach affected more than 790K people, including patients
- UChicago Medicine taps 3 leaders
- Illinois to erase nearly $1 billion in medical debt under new law
- Gov. Pritzker signs legislation overhauling Illinois’ health insurance industry, banning ‘junk’ plans
INDIANA
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- 2 recent orthopedic lawsuits
- Federal ruling against Healthy Indiana Plan potentially jeopardizes program
- Hendricks Regional Health breaks ground on $65M medical building
- How IU Health is restructuring physician contracts without noncompetes
- Indiana Department of Health seeks dismissal of abortion records lawsuit
- Lilly to buy Massachusetts biopharma company for $3.2B
- Lutheran Health Physicians breaks ground on Illinois Road medical facility
- Methodist Hospitals ranked #1 in Indiana for racial inclusivity
- Why one hospital merger stands out among the rest
- More than a dozen Indiana health care providers charged for stealing drugs, credit cards
- Franciscan Health Crown Point, Lurie Children’s Hospital expand partnership
IOWA
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- Former Iowa City Doctor Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Violation
- Mercy Medical Center awards $169,500 to local nonprofits
- St. Luke’s plans ribbon cutting, open house for new Marion ER
- UnityPoint Health, UI Health Care unveil new leadership
- University of Iowa names new Children’s Hospital head after years of turnover, interim leadership
- Univ. of Iowa Health Care launches Medical Toxicology Clinic
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital earns national cancer reaccreditation
- University of Iowa names new Cancer Center director: Mark Burkard of UW
- University of Iowa Health Care sells former Mercy clinic in Kalona for $425K
- Iowa hospital taps new CFO
- Insurance stays: Genesis, UnitedHealthcare reach deal Friday
- Jacie Kramer named director of medical-surgical unit and ICU for Pella Regional
- Iowa Supreme Court rules in favor of six-week abortion ban
- 5 addiction recovery organizations to receive opioid settlement funds from Polk County
KANSAS
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- Drugmakers sue Kansas over 340B law
- Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access
- KU Health acquires Missouri hospital in ‘prime area’
- KU Health-Liberty deal calls for $300M in investments
- KU Health-Liberty Hospital’s new beginning may mean the end of this tax
- Why Liberty Hospital could no longer go it alone and turned to Kansas for help
- Tanner Wealand Announced As McPherson Center For Health CEO
- Stormont Vail Health ‘extremely disappointed’ by decision made by Lyon County officials
- McPherson College receives $2.1 million for rural health initiative
- Kansas official rejects appeal by unsuccessful bidders on state’s $4 billion KanCare contract
- Kansas court says healthcare providers not required to keep medical records private
- Kansas Health Science Center changes name, plans to offer more degree programs
- One-fourth of Kansas nursing homes labeled ‘problem’ facilities because of persistently poor care
- Freeman announces new hospital site in Southeast Kansas
- Doulas now covered under Kansas Medicaid
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health opens new rehab facility in Kentucky
- Kentucky health system acquires 7th hospital
- Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education seeking healthcare training partners
- Kentucky ranks #5 among the least healthy states
- Kentucky roll-out of 988 going well; nation’s mental-health centers nearing certification
- St. Elizabeth marks milestone in cardiac care with new dual-chamber pacemaker
- State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1
- UK HealthCare acquires Kentucky system
- Kentucky pharmacists, doctor charged in investigation of alleged health fraud
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana Hospital Association buys downtown office building, see what their plans are
- St. Tammany Hospital Foundation gets new name, logo
- The No. 1 issue on Ochsner CFO’s mind
- Ochsner’s plan to optimize the work force through innovation
- Louisiana Healthcare Connections Now Accepting Grant Applications
- Louisiana health officials get pay bumps with creation of surgeon general’s post
- New medical school’s founding dean champions diversity and equity
- AI-driven diagnostic tool reduces sepsis deaths by 20% at Louisiana hospital
- Louisiana mandates insurance coverage for menopause, perimenopause treatment
- ViiV Healthcare Supports Louisiana with HIV Care and Education
- Two local mental health organizations to merge
MAINE
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- Ombudsman ‘not aware’ of the high number of wanderings from assisted living facilities
- Lewiston-based Andwell Health Partners merges with local pediatric provider
- Maine announces resource center to aid local opioid settlement spending
- Maine joins the Social Work Licensure Compact
- Hospitals, health care centers around Maine have a slew of upgrades in the pipeline
- Sweetser launches Maine’s only community-based youth mental health program after critical fed report
- Expanded MaineCare coverage saved Maine hospitals $126M during pandemic
- MaineHealth announces retirement of chief financial officer
MARYLAND
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- AHA, others file briefs in Maryland, West Virginia to prevent injunctions against 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements
- Baltimore County hospital starts $10.7M renovation
- CMS announces first states to participate in AHEAD model
- Emergent to receive $50M from J&J to settle Covid-19 vaccine contract dispute
- Johns Hopkins to offer free medical school tuition from $1 billion Bloomberg Philanthropies grant
- Maryland hospital payment model cuts costs and improves quality of care
- Maryland medical group taps new CFO
- Maryland pauses licensing for some behavioral health providers
- Md. biotech reports $130M in new funding — and stock plummets
- New Maryland health care laws in 2024
- Northwest Hospital breaks ground on emergency department renovations
- UMMS’s New Logistics Center In Baltimore To Centralize Supply Chain, Pharmacy Operations
- University of Maryland to bring ‘health village’ to Mondawmin Mall
- Maryland launches major revamp of youth behavioral health system with new partnerships
- The road AHEAD: Maryland to be a test-subject state in new federal hospital model
- University of Maryland primary care services to come to former Target in West Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
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- $500K awarded to Mass. community college for healthcare workforce development
- Boston medtech opens Back Bay HQ as it ramps up commercial efforts
- Boston can lead the ‘longevity economy.’ Here’s why the world needs it.
- Cedars-Sinai taps former Massachusetts General Hospital president as new CEO
- ‘Deeply concerning’: AGs in Mass., NH warn residents of unprecedented healthcare data breach
- Doctor says, visit a museum: A new push for ‘social prescribing’ in Mass.
- Insurers agree to cover out-of-network urgent care to curb heightened ER demand
- Lilly to buy Massachusetts biopharma company for $3.2B
- Mass General Brigham fires 2 employees after data breach
- Mass General Brigham names CHRO
- Mass General Brigham’s Home Care nurses vote to unionize
- Massachusetts targets REITs after Steward’s bankruptcy
- Mergers give hospitals new EHR systems
- MGH doles out $18M for affordable housing initiatives
- Steward Health Care’s physician group sale to Optum is off, regulator says
- Mass General guidance identifies 98% of pediatric allergic reactions
- Anxiety is high as Mass. Steward hospitals await auctions
- House clears bill to protect patients sexually assaulted by medical providers
- CHIA: Racial diversity is lacking in Mass. healthcare leadership
- Healthtech firm Veeva grows in Mass. with ‘a disciplined, long-term approach’
- Dana-Farber seeks to demolish Joslin building for new 300-bed facility
- Mass General home care nurses unionize
- Massachusetts labor committee shares 3 ways state can prevent Steward hospital closures
- Mass General Brigham’s innovation strategy
- Massachusetts, New Hampshire warn victims after Change Healthcare cyberattack leaks ‘sensitive health and personal data’
- UMass Memorial execs lead list of highest-paid nonprofit leaders in Central Mass.
MICHIGAN
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- Cancer center ‘a dream’ delivered
- Corktown Health Begins Construction On New Clinic In Hazel Park, Michigan
- Grand Rapids health care startup closes in on $100M Detroit expansion
- Health system gets 500K hacking attempts a day
- ‘Held accountable:’ AG charges Ingham County nurse for falsifying medical records
- Med device firm’s innovation seeks to solve a costly patient safety problem
- Michigan physician, staffers accused of illegal prescription, healthcare fraud
- OSF St. Francis Hospital, Bellen Health Partner In New Cardiac Cath Lab
- Trinity Health may accelerate pain practice plans with Michigan Pain Consultants closing
- Trinity Health to open new $6.5M emergency center to serve northern suburbs
- Why are cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care?
- Michigan Medicine CEO stepping down in 2025
- Bills aimed at preventing maternal and infant deaths clear Michigan House
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo receives $20M to explore AI cancer tools
- Mergers give hospitals new EHR systems
- OMC is Minnesota’s top hospital for social responsibility in new report
- Rural, independent Minnesota hospitals launch clinically integrated network
- Quest Diagnostics to acquire Allina Health lab assets
- Tareen Dermatology to pay $1.6M to settle federal false claim allegations
- UnitedHealth sells home health care centers ahead of $3.3B deal for Amedisys
- WSJ: UnitedHealth got billions from Medicare for untreated illnesses
- OptumRx to pay $20M to resolve claims it violated the Controlled Substances Act
- Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group to divest some home health assets, clearing path for $3.3B Optum deal
- Allina Health taps new VP of women’s health
- Mayo plans more growth at Mankato hospital
- University of Minnesota closing nurse practitioner clinic in downtown Minneapolis
- Minnesota human services department investigating 15 autism providers
- 19 Minnesota hospitals join new clinically integrated network
- Minnesota health insurers seek premium hikes for individuals up to 12.75%
- Minnesota’s MedTech 3.0 Bid Fails to Win Federal Dollars
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi judge denies drug maker’s and PhRMA’s request for preliminary injunction in 340B case
- Once forefront of Mississippi’s hospital crisis, Greenwood Leflore ‘on track to break even’
- Mississippi hospitals see rising occupancy rates over last four years
- Mississippi lacks Black doctors, even as lawmakers increasingly target diversity programs
- Mississippi’s Medicaid enrollment returns to pre-pandemic levels following COVID spike
MISSOURI
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- HCA, 20 physicians open Missouri ASC
- Health system gives glimpse inside new 14-story pediatric hospital
- KU Health-Liberty deal calls for $300M in investments
- KU Health acquires Missouri hospital in ‘prime area’
- KU Health-Liberty Hospital’s new beginning may mean the end of this tax
- Lake Regional taking donations for outpatient surgery center
- New outpatient center in St. Charles County will open in October
- Regional Missouri hospital gets $15 million for new cancer center
- Saint Luke’s expands its Cancer Institute services into the Northland
- Senior Living Nonprofit Ascension Living Names New CEO
- Water restored at SSM Health DePaul Hospital after main break
- Why Liberty Hospital could no longer go it alone and turned to Kansas for help
- Health care alliance to use $15M in state funding to renovate part of Cox North
- Missouri using $176M in federal pandemic funds to build multi-agency laboratory
- Missouri system settles on location for Kansas hospital
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska system promotes 2 executive leaders
- Dr. Dele Davies named interim chancellor for University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Another Nebraska lake tests positive for E. Coli, health officials urge caution
- Nebraska DHHS launches new online child and adult abuse hotline
- Brain health, memory are focus of Barkley Center workshop
- Nebraska brings worldwide medical professionals to learn about agriculture health
- James Linder named next chairman of Nebraska Medicine board
NEVADA
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- 5 highest-paid orthopedic surgeons in Las Vegas
- Las Vegas business owner sentenced for defrauding hospital
- Las Vegas valley health district workers protest for new contract, staffing fixes
- Mission Point Healthcare Services Sells Its Single Nevada Property
- Nigro Construction Completes Advanced Surgical Center for Las Vegas Urology
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- ‘Deeply concerning’: AGs in Mass., NH warn residents of unprecedented healthcare data breach
- HCA to acquire Catholic system
- Planned New Hampshire hospital sale moves forward
- New Hampshire attorney general reviews proposed healthcare acquisition
- DHHS’ new plan targets major improvements in mental health and other health services
- New Hampshire Department of Health warns against measle exposure in Hanover
- Unprecedented financial losses at health care organizations pose risk to primary care access in NH
- Massachusetts, New Hampshire warn victims after Change Healthcare cyberattack leaks ‘sensitive health and personal data’
- New Hampshire Boosts Medicaid Funding, Expands Primary Care and Preventive Services
NEW JERSEY
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- Capital Health Partnering with TVAX Biomedical to Offer Brain Cancer Immunotherapy Trial
- Cooper has completed its acquisition of Cape Regional Medical Center at the Jersey Shore
- Hackensack Meridian sues HHS secretary in wake of Chevron ruling
- Hackensack Meridian’s recipe for hospital-at-home success
- Life-saving GI procedure at Children’s Hospital New Orleans gives Florida two-year-old Xinovia a new lease on life
- Merger of Cape May Regional and Cooper University Health Care is complete
- Mergers give hospitals new EHR systems
- Mount Sinai exec joins RWJBarnabas as chief pediatric officer
- New Jersey medical office building evacuated following car crash
- New Jersey health system to implement Epic following merger
- New Jersey hospitals systems sign definitive merger agreement
- ‘New Jersey continues to lead the way in life sciences innovation’
- Jersey Shore University and Hackensack University medical centers recognized for excellence in treating heart valve disease
- Brenner Appointed Valley Health System CEO
NEW MEXICO
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- Fewer beds and smaller earnings will hurt New Mexico hospitals as new state law goes into effect
- UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center ranks top five nationally for social responsibility
- New Mexico Health Care Authority officially launching July 1
- State hospital subsidies need to be revamped according to analyst
- Presbyterian proposes solutions to combat New Mexico’s health care worker shortages
- UNM Health Sciences Center plans reproductive health clinic in Doña Ana County
- New Mexico law aimed at supporting access to hospitals offers limited help to the highest-need facilities, LFC says
NEW YORK
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- Almost 75% of New York City Nursing Homes Fail To Be Surveyed in 15 Months, Reflecting Similar National Trend
- Catholic Health recruits top Kaleida Health exec to C-level post
- Court upholds NY nursing home minimum spending mandate, under intense industry pressure
- Dalai Lama treated at Hospital for Special Surgery
- Highmark Western and Northeastern New York names new president
- Jones Memorial Hospital neurology, rheumatology and infusion center opens in Hornell Medical Office
- Losses continue, but hospitals report improvement for 2024
- New York ASC hit with data breach
- New York green-lights Montefiore pediatric mental health unit
- OrthoLazer names new CEO
- Sale of Delmar nursing home, adult care facility has faced years of uncertainty
- State review delays Mount Sinai Beth Israel planned closure
- U of Rochester to open pediatric mental health urgent clinic
- What Hospital for Special Surgery did in the first half of 2024
- Anesthesiologists sue St. Luke’s for $21M
- How NYU Langone’s bariatric surgery chief is thinking about the first GLP-1 generic
- Digital primary care startup K Health raises $50M in equity funding round
- New agreement paves way for new health care facility in Georgina
- Mount Sinai’s vision: AI in every IT system within 5 years
- Former New York hospital exec charged with $1.5M in credit card fraud
- New large group contract pushes Univera over 100,000 members
- Northwell exec named president-elect of American Heart Association
- New York system puts a twist on root cause analysis
- Pharmacists should get provider status: Northwell’s pharmacy chief
- Skilled nursing facility operator pays $21.3M to settle fraud allegations
- Saratoga Hospital looks to demolish medical office building, construct new facility
- Upstate New York hospitals to state budget office: ‘Give us our fair share’
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate taps Humana exec for lead health equity role
- A Raleigh hospital opened a new ICU this week. Take a look inside
- Aetna keeps State Health Plan contract as judge rules against Blue Cross NC
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist gains another foothold in Greensboro with acquisition of Northwest Pediatrics
- Cone CEO explains health system’s strategy after spending $40M on Greensboro land purchases
- Cone Health seeks to restart Wesley Long ambulatory surgery center at new cost of $18M
- Drugmaker with Raleigh facility to cut 130 jobs
- Durham CDMOs merge backed by private equity
- Florida investment firm buys $73 million worth of Greensboro medical offices mostly leased by Cone Health
- FTC hails ‘win for consumers’ after planned $320M hospital deal is dropped
- Greenville doctor’s office abruptly closes, patients left in limbo
- Greensboro’s Griswold Home Care improves at-home adult care with AI-powered technology
- Medical Facilities of America pays almost $14M for lowly-rated Randolph County nursing home
- NC unveils plan to incentivize hospitals to forgive medical debt, beef up charity care
- North Carolina government is incentivizing hospitals to relieve patients of medical debt
- North Carolina Medicaid managed care extended further starting this week
- North Carolina to boost Medicaid pay for hospitals that write off medical debt
- North Carolina practice files fraud suit alleging physician tried to ‘destroy’ it
- Novant Health to lay off 81 IT employees
- Novant revamps leadership team amid expansion
- Paul Harrison named CEO of Salemtowne in Winston-Salem after leading senior living facilities in Texas
- Physicians group joins Duke Health amid broader health care consolidation
- Raleigh pharma loses another commercial product
- Cityblock expands footprint in North Carolina through Alliance Health partnership
- Future of Mission Health could hinge on what happens over the next month
- ECU Health Medical Center first in North Carolina to earn prestigious IAC accreditation
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 3 home health providers to pay $4.5M to settle kickback allegations
- 182-Bed Ohio SNF Sold for $65k Per Bed
- Bon Secours Mercy Health searches for new space after vacating Bond Hill HQ
- Christ Hospital Health Network acquires region’s oldest independent OB-GYN
- Cincinnati Children’s opens new on-campus dining facility, part of $150M renovation
- Cleveland Clinic accelerated physician training program graduates 1st students
- Cleveland tops for med-tech manufacturing jobs, CBRE report says
- Dayton home health agency to partner with central Ohio firm to expand services
- Health care consulting firm lays off 61 Cincinnati employees, citing economic challenges and market shifts
- Heyday Health, backed by $12.5M in funding, to expand to Cincinnati region
- Home Health Providers to Pay $4.5M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability for Providing Kickbacks to Assisted Living Facilities and Doctors
- MetroHealth plans psychiatric emergency department
- Quest Diagnostics to acquire OhioHealth lab assets
- SkinCure Oncology brings first-of-its-kind skin cancer treatment to Butler County
- State to invest millions into future Dayton psychiatric hospital
- The challenges facing children’s and rural hospitals
- The primary care physician shortage is real, but this accelerated program combats it.
- These Columbus health system executives made more than $1M
- TriHealth’s Good Samaritan Foundation CEO, president announces retirement
- UC, GE HealthCare, Children’s partner on new cutting-edge research and development facility
- UC Health, Children’s jockey to serve growing Butler, Warren counties
- Where the General Catalyst-Summa Health deal stands
- Why 2 health systems created a virtual care startup
- Ohio is one of the unhealthiest states, study says. See where it ranks
- New hospital wing opens up in the Ohio Valley
- Summa sale update: Is venture capital firm HATCo on track to buy Akron’s biggest hospital?
OKLAHOMA
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- Guthrie nursing home staff arrested, accused of exploiting patients
- GLP-1s spur Oklahoma system to close clinic, end bariatric services
- OMRF scientist to lead national aging-research group
- Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Empowers Native Youth Through Heritage and Health
- Oklahoma launches pilot program to expand mental health workforce
- Birmingham company acquires $34.2 million Oklahoma hospital
- New Oklahoma law addresses medical debt
- Mobile cardiology clinic reaches rural, Native American populations in Oklahoma
- ‘This is going to kill us’: Oklahoma nursing homes brace for new federal staffing mandate
- CMS selects OU Health to participate in dementia care model
OREGON
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- 5 hospitals delay, cancel surgeries from anesthesia provider challenges
- $177 million invested to address Portland’s growing emergency care needs
- Advocates seek limits on corporate control of medical clinics
- CommonSpirit to lay off workers at Oregon, Tennessee hospitals
- Federal judge allows ex-Legacy caregiver to pursue claim related to Covid vaccine
- Heart to heart: A conversation with Providence’s Dr. Dan Oseran on plans for cardiac care expansion
- Nurses among OHSU layoffs
- Oregon lacks over 3,000 behavioral health treatment beds, staff: Study
- Oregon launches bridge plan to cover residents on cusp of Medicaid eligibility
- OHSU approves 2025 budget with $25M operating loss
- OHSU board meeting swarmed by union members
- OHSU study finds opioid treatment via telehealth reduces a major barrier — stigma
- UHG, Amedisys divesting care centers to smooth merger bid
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 12 Philadelphia-area health care organizations picked for new dementia care payment model
- After work stoppage, UPMC receives most permits for UPMC Presbyterian work
- AHN Jefferson Hills debuts $4.6M renovation to breast and imaging center
- Class action lawsuit filed against Geisinger, third-party vendor following data breach
- Cooper University Health Care completes acquisition of Cape Regional Health System
- Geisinger begins $900M campus expansion
- Geisinger data breach may have hit 1.2M patients
- Health systems applaud Pennsylvania’s new law to expand telemedicine access
- Heritage Valley Health System Pays $950,000 to Settle Alleged HIPAA Security Rule Violations
- Hospital system-radiology group partnership ends after 40 years
- Jefferson Health’s outpatient facility Honickman Center is a rarefied world of sensory sensitivity
- LVHN sells Bethlehem Twp. medical building for $40.2 million as part of sale/leaseback transaction
- Medical marijuana facilities’ expansion has flattened as providers merge
- Meritus Health celebrates new outpatient surgery center
- More than half of Pennsylvania hospitals operating in the red
- Nursing home workers call for accountability
- Pennsylvania expanding access to telehealth care
- Pennsylvania hospital joins rural healthcare network
- Pennsylvania system settles HIPAA violations for $950K
- Pennsylvania system loses bid to keep residency program
- Philadelphia region fails to land $75M federal life sciences tech hub grant
- Rehabilitation hospital planned for Cumberland County
- Report finds 21 Philadelphia-area hospitals lost money in 2023, posing ‘significant threat’ to health care
- Sen. Michele Brooks questions whether there’s enough health care capacity if Sharon Regional closes
- St. Luke’s Named among Most Socially Responsible in Nation
- Temple Health, Keystone First contract in limbo as deadline looms
- Tower Health’s Reading Hospital sues hospital bed maker Hill-Rom for alleged anticompetitive tactics
- Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic forms partnership with newly-formed radiology group
- Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic spurns private equity-backed radiology groups with new pact
- UPMC scrutinized for use of private jet amid layoffs
- Viatris closes divestiture of its OTC business
- What a solid health system, insurer relationship looks like to Penn Health’s CEO
- WellSpan adds 9th hospital
- WeCare receives green light from bankruptcy judge to buy 4 local senior living centers
RHODE ISLAND
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- 2 University Orthopedics surgeons tapped for new leadership roles
- Blue Cross Blue Shield RI to cut most prior authorization requirements by 2025
- CVS Caremark, other drug middlemen, blasted by FTC
- Longtime entrepreneur named to lead biotech trade group in Rhode Island
- Prospect says it finally paid off its overdue bills at Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
- Senate leaders to mull creation of public medical school at URI
- Spire Orthopedics partners with 35-physician Rhode Island practice
- New law to require AEDs at all healthcare facilities in Rhode Island
- CVS announces $1M grant to Women & Infants Hospital
- R.I. joining more licensing compacts, but will there be any difference?
- RI Nursing Home Fined and Cited for Operating Facility With 9 Unlicensed Nursing Assistants
- New Rhode Island law protects patients who rely on specialty infusion drugs
- NIH research program visits RI on journey to recruit 1 million participants.
- Hospital admissions rise as COVID-19 continues evolving, says Rhode Island expert
- New legislative panel will study potential for a URI medical school
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Encompass Seeks Approval To Expand Trio of South Carolina Rehab Hospitals
- How the BullStreet District in Columbia is becoming a hub for life sciences
- MUSC Health moving ahead on hospitals in Summerville and Indian Lands, clinic for Kiawah
- MUSC to cease gender affirming care under new state law, sparking widespread debate
- Prisma Health invests $41 million in new ‘smart beds’ in South Carolina
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare names new president and CEO
- Why 2 health systems created a virtual care startup
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- All 71 CHS hospitals to use Mark Cuban’s drug wholesale services
- Ardent Health seeks $315M in second IPO attempt
- Ascension Saint Thomas Becomes First in TN to Perform Innovative Heart Valve Replacement
- CommonSpirit to lay off workers at Oregon, Tennessee hospitals
- Envision adds to leadership team
- HCA to acquire Catholic system
- HCA chases more hospital deals
- Healthcare Reality Trust’s joint venture to surpass $1B goal
- Nashville General Hospital Implements New Program to End Long ER Wait Times
- Oracle executive on health care’s role in Nashville headquarters
- Summit Behavioral Health to add outpatient services across 37 clinics
- TriStar Health approved to build $250 million hospital in growing Spring Hill
- The Boss: Meet Mental Health Cooperative CEO Michelle Schafer
- With Ballad Health under new scrutiny, Tennessee to hold yearly hearing on monopoly agreement
TEXAS
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- Ascension will stop offering health insurance plans in Texas
- Baylor settlement highlights ethical concerns around practice of overlapping surgeries
- CEO sets stage for more major expansion before exit
- Cook Children’s sues state of Texas over Medicaid contracts
- Cook Children’s Health Plan Is “Not Going Down Without a Fight”
- Federal court stalls FTC’s noncompete ban
- Hospitals remain open, outpatient facilities close as Beryl sweeps through Houston
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals hires new CEO from Novartis
- Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs expands partnership with hospital operator
- MD Anderson to launch cancer survivorship training for PCPs
- MD Anderson, Rice University launch first-of-its-kind partnership to develop cancer detection and treatment
- Non-profit hospitals and health systems are essential for Houston’s health
- This hospital is the first in the U.S. to do visits via hologram
- Unpaid Vendors, Unsafe Staffing, and Begging for Supplies: The Latest on White Rock Medical Center
- Texas ophthalmology practice experiences data breach affecting 312K individuals
- Optum backs out of deal to buy Steward’s physician group
- Steward Health Care spent millions spying on critics amid failing finances: report
- Houston Methodist is playing the long game with virtual nursing
- Texas system restores EHR access 2 months after breach
- Methodist Healthcare System taps new COO for Texas hospital
- Memorial Hermann seeing early success with Epic investment
- Octagos Health closes $43 million equity funding for medical device AI
- 10 C-suite job openings with Tenet
UTAH
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- Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is building a new 90,000-square-foot family-centered pediatric behavioral health center in Taylorsville
- Intermountain grows liver transplants 367% in 5 years
- Intermountain Health Transplant Program first in Utah to use new state-of-the-art organ-saving technology
- New Primary Children’s Hospital facility is one step closer to completion
- Protected Health Information Stolen in HealthEquity SharePoint Breach
- The most impactful recent change at Intermountain gastroenterology
- Utah’s new Office of Artificial Intelligence will first focus on mental health care and AI
- Intermountain Health sports program helping Utah student athletes
VERMONT
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- CMS announces first states to participate in AHEAD model
- Vermont hospitals implement new rules for accessing free medical care
- UVM Medical Center nurses to hold 5-day strike
- Vermont hospital chief medical officer retires, new leader named
- Nurses call off strike, announce tentative deal with UVM Medical Center
- UVM Health Network Selects Abridge AI to Boost Clinician Satisfaction by 53%
- Blue Cross Vermont, MVP propose substantial premium increases
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Summer Gala raises $1.5 million for new cancer center
- State Supreme Court rules state regulators can limit executive pay at OneCare Vermont
- CMIOs Busy Deploying Ambient Assistants to Ease EHR Documentation
VIRGINIA
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- CBS 6 investigation leads state to find 4 federal violations at Colonial Heights nursing home
- Virginia hospital moves to Meditech EHR
- Virginia Telemental Health Initiative offers free teletherapy to underinsured Virginians
- How a free virtual clinic is boosting mental health access in Virginia
- COVID emergency room visits tick up slightly in Virginia
WASHINGTON
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- Cosmetic ASC fined $5M for falsifying reviews, intimidating patients
- Harborview nurses take health care to Seattle streets, help reduce ER visits
- MultiCare charging for MyChart messages
- Providence to pay $12M as plan to reopen birthing center fizzles
- Providence appoints regional CFO
- WSHA honors 13 rural hospitals for quality improvement initiatives
- Washington state physician sentenced for assaulting 6 patients
- Washington system plans $13M behavioral unit expansion
- Washington health system building $71M ASC, medical office building
- Washington hospital CEO resigns
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health planning new ER and urgent care facility in Port Orchard
WEST VIRGINIA
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- AHA, others file briefs in Maryland, West Virginia to prevent injunctions against 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements
- West Virginia Health Right unveils larger, more functional facility in Charleston
- West Virginia health care ranked worst in the nation
- West Virginia system names VP of post-acute services
WISCONSIN
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- 5 hospitals delay, cancel surgeries from anesthesia provider challenges
- After Wisconsin hospital merger, leader takes top role
- Ascension Wisconsin hospitals raise room rates by up to 20%
- GE HealthCare joins partnership for $9M imaging research and development facility in Cincinnati
- How Froedtert ThedaCare Health laid ‘the groundwork’ to grow post-merger
- New Froedtert ThedaCare Health CEO steps in
- Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic in talks to combine
- Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System unveil $10B merger plan
- SSM Health Madison nursing home to be sold to for-profit company in New Jersey
- SSM Health supports The Arc Fond du Lac with $10,000 donation
- Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub wins share of $504 million from Biden administration
- Wisconsin Nursing Homes Get $85M Loan
- Regional mental health centers now open across Wisconsin
- SSM Health to transfer ownership of 3 Wisconsin long-term care centers
- Wisconsin’s largest health insurer disputes report it got billions from Medicare for untreated illnesses
- Wisconsin Gets Federal Funding for Bio-Health Initiatives
- Autism treatment: Caravel Autism Health offers individualized programs in Sheboygan
WYOMING
