NATIONAL
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- 16 cardiology practices to pay $17.7M in Medicare fraud settlement
- 10 behavioral health policy changes taking effect in 2025
- An uncertain era for Stark law: 12 updates in 2024
- CMS launches campaign to support nursing home staffing rule
- CMS taps 4 states for behavioral innovation model: 5 things to know
- Epic files to dismiss antitrust lawsuit
- Healthcare company to pay $15.2 million for fraud, kickback scheme
- HHS launches campaign against vaccine misinformation
- HHS proposes HIPAA updates: 6 notes
- HHS Proposes Strengthened HIPAA Security Rule
- Kaiser Permanente, UnitedHealth Group and other cyberattacks: the most popular technology stories of 2024
- Medicare’s $2K drug cap starts Jan. 1
- OIG to CMS: Beef up review of nursing homes’ related-party cost reporting
- Physicians slam Congress for failure to offset Medicare pay cuts
- Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill
- UnitedHealth, Amedisys waive merger termination rights
- Why Many Rural Hospitals’ Provider Compensation is Financially Unsustainable
- Here are new state healthcare laws taking effect in 2025
- Predictions for mergers and acquisitions in 2025
- What’s Ahead for Healthcare Cyber Regs, Legislation in 2025?
ALABAMA
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- 3 physician fraud suits in 10 days
- 6 orthopedic medical office buildings trading hands in 2024
- Bham health care patients, employees notified of ransomware attack
- Encompass Health, Mike Schmitz give back to patients for holidays
- Planning Commission approves Huntsville Hospital’s $150 million expansion plans
- River Region Cardiology data breach impacts 500,000 patients
- Thomasville Mayor updates Thomasville Regional Medical Center
- UAB purchases $1.5 million property near Birmingham hospital
ALASKA
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- Alaska Assisted Living Homeowner Sentenced for Medical Assistance Fraud
- Alaska health officials report increase in cases of childbirth-related hemorrhages
- Alaska’s mental health care hospitals must produce a report card
- Ensign Enters Oregon, Alaska with Providence Portfolio Acquisition
- Juneau rolls out a new mobile crisis team
- SEARHC to acquire downtown Juneau medical clinic
- Nurse union files charges against Providence Alaska for ‘illegal union-busting tactics’
ARIZONA
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- 2 admit to using Mesa clinic to bilk $3 million from AHCCCS
- Arizona behavioral clinic owners plead guilty to $3.3M Medicaid fraud
- Arizona clinic owners plead guilty to healthcare fraud
- Arizona health innovation sector generates $43.64 billion of economic impact
- Arizona’s first 7-Tesla MRI offers clarity and hope for MS patients
- Gaps in mental health training, access compound Arizona’s maternal mortality crisis
- Here are the best nursing homes in Arizona for 2025
- Mobile clinics bring health care to underserved communities in Arizona
- Rural Arizona hospitals could be eligible for higher patient care reimbursements
- The 100 best doctors in Arizona for 2025
- The unseen burden on caregivers as Arizona sees rising rates of Alzheimer’s
- Who’s Who in Arizona Healthcare for 2025
ARKANSAS
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- Alice Walton aims to change healthcare in Northwest Arkansas
- Arkansas Center for Health Improvement unveils behavioral health dashboard
- Arkansas Children’s Receives $20M From AG’s Office for Opioid Research Center
- Former Northwest Arkansas doctor pleads guilty to child sex abuse
- New Arkansas rule curbs unfair practices by pharmacy benefit managers, protect pharmacies
- Ross and Mary Whipple gift $1.5 million to UAMS cancer institute, orthopedics, patient care
- Springdale hospital announces new CEO
- The High Stakes of Medicaid Cuts: What Arizona Stands to Lose (and a simple solution)
- UAMS develops dashboard for ready access to maternal health statistics
- ‘Whole health’ focus of new Northwest Arkansas medical school
- Drug wholesaler settles physician kickback, fraud allegations for $1.5M
CALIFORNIA
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- 4 new ASCs, MOBs in California
- California Northstate University President Alvin Cheung on developing Sacramento’s health care workforce
- California physician, clinics to pay $10M to settle fraud allegations
- Cedars-Sinai creates presidential chair with $10M gift
- Cedars-Sinai names 1st chief AI officer
- Ex-Van Nuys Doctor and Others Agree to Pay $15M to Settle Fraud Allegations
- How a $1B City of Hope project came to ‘light’
- How UCSF Health is rebuilding an ‘instrumental’ management layer
- Kaiser Permanente buys surgery center in southwest Bakersfield
- Kaiser Permanente funds organizations providing meals to seniors
- Kaiser’s Habitat Health opens first PACE center
- Providence’s concierge benefit aims to ease caregiver stress
- Rapid Health Pharmacy in Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $8.2M for Allegedly Billing Medicare for Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests Not Provided to Beneficiaries
- Sacramento-based Sutter Health plans $800M Santa Clara expansion
- Scripps Health shares $13M in bonuses to mark 100th year
- Why a shuttered California hospital pushed back its opening date
- A California recovery program keeps watch on addicted health workers — but not doctors
- California Fines Health Insurer for Mishandling Complaints of Delayed, Denied Claims
- Dignity hospital names dual chief nursing, operating officer
- Healthcare Administrative Partners Expands Reach with California-Based Client
- Healthcare workers fined $190,000 for challenging vaccine mandate, U. California case continues
- Keck Medical Center of USC CEO ignites middle manager growth
- Most medical debt can no longer hurt your credit score under new California law
- Providence files motion to dismiss lawsuit over emergency abortion care
- Southern California mental health patients speak out during health care worker strike
COLORADO
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- A commitment to equity — 3 insights from UCHealth
- AI technology at Saint Joseph Hospital allows nurses to spend more time with patients
- Children’s Hospital Colorado reaches deal with TriWest to preserve care for military families
- Colorado sees record-high enrollment in health insurance for 2025
- Colorado to consider state rules on massive federal 340B drug-pricing program
- Colorado’s pharma, hospital industries prepare for fight over drug discounts
- Debt in the dark: UCHealth sues patients daily and some have no idea why
- Denver hospital uses therapy dogs to cut stress and burnout among doctors and nurses
- Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates faces cyberattack
CONNECTICUT
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- Aetna and ConnectiCare have higher denial rates for healthcare coverage, data shows
- Athena Health Care to close two Bristol CT nursing homes, lay off 431 workers
- Connecticut Expands Pharmacists’ Role In Prescribing Contraceptives Amid National Reproductive Healthcare Debate
- Connecticut medical office buildings sell for $7M
- CT Health Care Cabinet appoints 21 to Connecticut AHEAD Advisory Committee
- Connecticut Touts Drug Savings, Pitches Ideas on Limiting Prescription Costs
- CT Medicaid accused of violating law by not covering weight loss drugs
- CT Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee slow to distribute funds
- Hartford HealthCare eyes $14.25M investment to add operating rooms at St. Vincent’s
- More than 400 employees to be laid off at two Athena nursing homes slated for closure
- Trinity Health Of NE opens outpatient services center in Watertown
- CT hospitals say their financial recovery after COVID lags national trend
- CVS Health to layoff dozens of remote employees
- Health equity clinic set to open in Hartford next month
- Nurses vs. Hartford Healthcare: Legal Action Over Overtime Violations in Connecticut
DC
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- 6 health systems partnering with Amazon, Microsoft
- A true toy story at DC’s Children’s National Hospital
- A new hospital is coming to Southeast D.C. Here’s what we know.
- With new hospital, a place to finally give birth in D.C.’s poorest area
- Judge rules against D.C. in long-running suit from nursing home residents
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare’s new chief well-being officer on the need to support caregivers
- Chief pharmacy officer moves from ChristianaCare to Penn State Health
- Nemours, Beebe team up for expanded pediatric cardiology services
- Delaware Hospice moving to scattered bed model at Saint Francis Hospital
- Nearly 1 million affected in data breach
- Nemours announces $130 million in renovations, expansions in Delaware
FLORIDA
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- 6 orthopedic medical office buildings trading hands in 2024
- AdventHealth cuts ED wait times with ‘vertical bay’ program
- AdventHealth’s plans for new Florida hospital move forward
- AdventHealth to purchase ShorePoint Health hospital, assets for $265M
- Aetna sues physician group alleging fraud scheme involving NSA’s IDR process
- Ascension St. Vincent’s now official health care partner of arena
- Biopharma company to cut 90% of jobs after sale
- Broward pharma business could be delisted from stock exchange
- CareMax nabs $100 million bid amid bankruptcy
- Cleveland Clinic to open new West Palm Beach hospital
- Community Health Northwest Florida targeted in cyber attack
- Daytona’s Florida Health Care Plans confirms change at the helm as interim CEO takes reins
- Florida COVID deaths top 5,800 for 2024, but significantly fewer than previous years
- Florida hospital faces uncertain future
- Florida surgeon patenting new spinal fusion surgery
- Halifax Health opens new 9,000-square-foot ER facility in Port Orange
- HCA plans $140 million upgrades at Palm Beach County hospital
- Health care firm to go private in $1.3 billion deal
- Hurricanes test Florida community health centers’ resilience and adaptability
- Lee Health Imaging opens 3T MRI at new Southwest Florida Proton center
- Lee Health’s Hospital at Home program lets patients stay linked to high-level care at home
- Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute ramps up expansion
- Pfizer cost cutting leads to Tampa layoffs
- Tampa General integrates behavioral health into primary care
GEORGIA
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- 4 states with CON changes to watch in 2025
- Atlanta hospital faces lawsuit after patient escape
- Crisp Regional Hospital CEO named Georgia Hospital Association chair
- Georgia bill to expand rural healthcare access to take effect New Year’s Day
- How will Georgias broader gun-carry law affect hospitals?
- Georgia trails other states in home health ratings
- Patient of Conyers Healthcare company says billing issues are affecting her health
- Piedmont Atlanta taps new chief medical officer
- SCA Health ASC to close, relocate operations
- Summit Spine opens 1st South Carolina practice
- Top 10 Georgia health stories for 2015
- Wellstar MCG helps bridge gap in Ga. health care
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- New healthcare laws will impact Washingtonians, Idahoans starting January 1, 2025
- Boise schools warn of ‘widespread’ whooping cough. Idaho cases make massive jump
- Delta Dental donates $1.5 million to CWI for new health and science building
- Idaho Public Health warns of respiratory illnesses circulating, including pertussis
- Medicaid expansion is crucial for a healthy Idaho
ILLINOIS
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- 6 health systems partnering with Amazon, Microsoft
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine joins orthopedic diversity initiative
- Central IL hospitals add restrictions as respiratory diseases heighten
- Dr. Ali Baaj to join Northwestern Medicine
- How CommonSpirit Health doubled AI deployment in ’24
- Illinois hospital CEO to retire
- New Illinois law ensures care continuity during nursing home ownership changes
- Optum’s SCA Health acquires OrthoAlliance
- State fines nursing homes in Jacksonville, Pittsfield over violations
- Illinois adds reproductive health choices to anti-discrimination law
- Illinois Expands Health Coverage with New Law Mandating Comprehensive Vaccine Administration
- Illinois eye center suffers data incident: 7 things to know
- New healthcare laws go into effect Jan. 1 in Illinois
- OSF officially takes over Illinois hospital
- Ownership change at Joliet’s Ascension Saint Joseph expected in early 2025
- Springfield Clinic disrupts area health care industry
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth hospital names CFO
INDIANA
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- Beacon Health receives $135K grant for ‘Mobile Mom Unit’
- Bowen Health names three new executive directors
- Community Health to pay another $145M in whistleblower case, including $6.3M to former CFO
- Dental office agrees to pay state $350K after data breach, privacy investigation
- Elevance Health acquires IU Health Plans
- IBJ’s top 10 health care stories of 2024
- Indiana Medicaid director who handled $1 billion shortfall to resign in 2025
- IU Health doctor files lawsuit regarding abortion reporting requirements
- Medicaid, prior authorization to be major topics in 2025 session
- Riley Children’s Health opens Westfield/Carmel location
- Riley Children’s Health announces new president
- Rural Indiana needs health workers. Council considers tax credit for providers who act as mentors
IOWA
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- Arriving in 2025: A new hospital and road construction, what to expect in the Iowa City area
- Board issues emergency suspension of doctor’s license
- Counselors are sanctioned by state licensing board
- Four Iowa hospitals ranked among the best for maternity care by U.S. News & World Report
- Iowa Mental Health System Changes
- New provider offers urgent mental health services
- ‘Private equity should not be in healthcare’ – Nursing home fines rise after buyouts
- University of Iowa Health Care preparing to open new facility with drive-thru pharmacy
KANSAS
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- Bourbon County on track to get emergency department open in new year
- Kansas Renewal Institute Now Owns the Former Mercy Hospital
- Kansas City just got a new health care report card. Spoiler: It has room to improve
- Lawsuit against a Kansas City hospital alleges Lee’s Summit man died of treatable wound
- New healthcare family forms in northeast Kansas with ‘Care for All’ strategy
- Report sheds light on importance of hospital price transparency
- Strawberry Fields REIT Enters Into Agreement for Six Healthcare Facilities Located in Kansas
KENTUCKY
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- C-suite executive at one of NKY’s largest firms to exit heading into 2025
- Hopkinsville’s Jennie Stuart Medical Center-Deaconess transaction delayed
- How Kentucky Children’s Hospital keeps spirits bright during the holidays
- Humana names new chief information officer
- New statewide initiative to help Kentucky farmers with access to health care
- Person dies from rabies in Northern Kentucky, first rabies death in state since 1996
- PMC physician reflects on Leadership Kentucky, local challenges
LOUISIANA
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- Baton Rouge medical experts forecast health care trends for 2025
- How healthy is your community? See health outcomes for each Louisiana parish for 2024.
- Louisiana COVID and flu vaccine rates low compared to U.S.
- Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
- Louisiana system’s plan to achieve market ‘essentiality’
- See inside new $75M same-day surgery center in Covington
- STHS cuts ribbon on state-of-the-art same-day surgery center
- State health officials “reevaluating” Louisiana’s health priorities, messaging
- UnitedHealth, Amedisys waive merger termination rights
- University Medical Center New Orleans names chief medical officer
MAINE
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- Encompass to expand Maine presence with new hospital: 4 things to know
- 145 workers in Maine’s Office of Child and Family Services sign letter of no confidence in director
- Andwell Health Partners to cut skilled pediatric services to some Maine children
- Central Maine Healthcare adds orthopedic surgeon
- Closure of Maine’s rural birthing centers is part of national ‘crisis’
- Goodrich elected American College of Healthcare Executives Regent for Maine
- Healthcare staffing firm reports data breach in Maine filing
- Lewiston’s Central Maine Healthcare hires orthopedic provider
- MaineHealth names new Chief Medical Officer for its Southern region
- MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital named a Top Rural Hospital
MARYLAND
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- 2024 saw Medicaid unwinding, stalled projects moving, abortion rights affirmed
- Johns Hopkins Medicine CEO: ‘Bring the joy back to medicine’
- Maryland Department of Health extends pause on behavioral health provider applications
- Maryland residents have just two weeks left to get health plans through the state marketplace
- Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care
- Maryland extends pause on some new addiction, mental health licenses to tackle fraud
- MD health care priorities for 2025: Improving access, affordability
MASSACHUSETTS
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- A timeline of Steward Health’s 14-year rise and fall in the Bay State
- Boston biotech opts for reverse merger with San Diego company
- Boston physician settles improper prescription allegations
- Deal or no deal? Thousands may lose coverage at St. Vincent, MetroWest hospitals
- Health care bills still alive in final hours of Mass. session
- Hospital oversight bill rushed to Healey
- In latest complaint, Saint Vincent’s nurses blame understaffing for 2 patient deaths
- ‘It could make you cry’: Staffing issues persist at Massachusetts hospital even after strike
- Legislature passes Steward response bill, regulates private equity in healthcare
- Mass Health Connector extends deadline for residents who need health insurance coverage
- Mass. House and Senate find last-minute common ground on health care
- New Massachusetts Law Seeks to Address Long-Term Care Issues
- Northeast Health Services Expand in Beverly, MA
- Report shows stable hospital readmissions rate in Massachusetts
- Steward’s collapse, and other big healthcare stories of 2024
- St. Vincent nurses ask for state intervention to improve patient safety
- Thousands to lose health insurance at major Mass. hospital systems as of Jan. 1
MICHIGAN
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- Alternative care models, specialty drug costs among top health care issues for 2025
- CMS taps 4 states for behavioral innovation model: 5 things to know
- Fire outside University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor destroys 2 vehicles
- Hospitals anticipate a less turbulent 2025 after big mergers, labor battles
- How $27 million in medical debt is being erased for over 46,000 Wayne County residents
- Michigan joins program to expand behavioral health services
- Negotiations between Sparrow-U-M, workers on hold until 2025
- Struggling with mental health? New outpatient program launching in Chelsea
- UM Health-Sparrow president stepping down
- VA sets new rollout date for electronic health record system in Michigan after delay
MINNESOTA
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- Hennepin Healthcare faces backlash over labor-designated board seat
- Maple Grove Hospital nurses say they’re ready to unionize
- Mayo Clinic patient portal messages dropped after e-visit billing
- NeueHealth, formerly Bright Health, to go private in $1.3B deal
- New MN law capping some prescription drug prices goes into effect Jan. 1
- Norovirus cases in MN nearly double this December ahead of holiday season: MDH
- Out-of-state patients seeking Minnesota abortion care drove increase in 2023
- Prices for medical care surged in Minnesota. Here’s what the state is trying to do about it.
- The Decline of Nursing Homes Statewide
- UnitedHealth, Amedisys waive merger termination rights
MISSISSIPPI
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- AstraZeneca Loses Bid to Block Mississippi Drug Discount Law
- ‘Bringing mental health into the spaces where moms already are’: UMMC program takes off
- Medicaid expansion tracker approaches $1 billion loss for Mississippi
- Mississippi’s new hotline could save moms’ lives—here’s how
- Two Mississippi Delta health centers awarded competitive federal grant for maternal care
MISSOURI
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- 3 physician fraud suits in 10 days
- Ascension to inform 5.6 million patients whose info was involved in breach
- Ascension cyberattack exposes data from 5.6M people
- Dana Anderson named Chief Operating Officer at Maryville’s Mosaic Medical Center
- Did on-demand staffing deliver for SSM Health?
- First responders light show at Children’s Hospital
- Freeman Health System – Freeman West Agreed to Pay $250,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide Stabilizing Treatment
- Judge rejects Mercy Health bid to dismiss lawsuit alleging retaliation against construction firm
- Mercy dips into the red with -0.3% margin in FYQ1: 5 things to know
- Missouri health bills to watch in 2025: Abortion, drug treatment and food labeling
- Missouri judge halts the state’s near-total ban on abortion, but procedures can’t restart yet
- New Missouri veterans mental health office aims to reduce veteran suicide
- New pediatric eye care option opens in St. Charles County
- Planned Parenthood discusses latest ruling in Missouri Amendment 3 litigation
- Report sheds light on importance of hospital price transparency
- St. Louis-based health care system names new operating chief
MONTANA
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- Dr. Chad Pedersen Joins McKenzie Health To Advance Cancer Care Access & Quality In Western North Dakota & Eastern Montana
- Former St. Peter’s nurse arrested amid allegations he sexually assaulted patient
- Freight Rail Company Beats Montana Covid-19 Vaccine Complaints
- Health care providers at Helena meeting urge renewal of Medicaid expansion
- Hospital launches campaign to help children’s mental health in Montana
- Shodair Children’s Hospital launches Hope Campaign
NEBRASKA
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- Congressional Gridlock Could Have Serious Impacts on Health Care for Nebraska Seniors
- Nebraska AG Sues Change Healthcare Over Data Breach
- Nebraska hospital taps CEO from Alaska
- New CEO named for Jefferson Community Health and Life
- Several floors evacuated Thursday after fire broke out at hospital in Norfolk, NE
NEVADA
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- MountainView, Southern Hills hospitals invest in groundbreaking robotic surgical tech
- Barton Health receives top designations for maternity care
- Construction of new state public health lab underway at University of Nevada
- DACA recipients now eligible for affordable health insurance in Nevada
- New mental health facility opens in Southern Nevada to tackle rising suicide rates
- Renown Health Officially Opens Life-Saving Kidney Transplant Program
- Shigella bacteria outbreak identified in region
- Urology Nevada to expand services to Carson City
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 6 orthopedic medical office buildings trading hands in 2024
- $45M cardiovascular suite opens at Jersey Shore hospital
- HealthCare Institute of New Jersey names Kyle Sullender as director of Government and External Relations
- New Jersey hospital promotes CFO, CMO
- N.J.’s largest hospital system mandates masks again as infections rise
- New Jersey system taps revenue cycle VP
- RWJBarnabas Health’s Manigan Named a CEO Influencer
NEW MEXICO
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- 6 orthopedic medical office buildings trading hands in 2024
- Holy Cross Medical Center’s Community Health Services Provide Local Positive Impact
- New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department seeks $1M to reactivate key division
- New Mexico to open 7 new behavioral health clinics in January
- N.M. hospital unveils state’s largest simulation facility for healthcare training
- State Health Care Authority will open 7 behavioral health clinics throughout New Mexico in January
NEW YORK
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- 6 orthopedic medical office buildings trading hands in 2024
- 6 health systems partnering with Amazon, Microsoft
- As UVM Health Network cuts services in Vermont, it expands in New York
- Catholic Health senior exec departs after nearly 16 years
- CMS taps 4 states for behavioral innovation model: 5 things to know
- DOJ case against Independent Health ends with $34.5 million settlement
- Feds approve New York’s health plan tax to unlock billions for state budget
- H+H expands long-term care program for people with severe mental illness
- How Mount Sinai doubled its hospital-at-home program
- In Settling Fraud Case, New York Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay up to $100M
- Maven Clinic achieves NCQA’s health equity accreditation
- Medicare Advantage fraud case settled for up to $100M
- New York and National Hospitals Bracing for Fiscal Strain Amid Federal Cuts and Rising Costs in 2025
- Northwell opens 6th urgent care on Staten Island, serving South Shore
- NY nurses say hospitals are not complying with state staffing law – Gothamist
- OrthoNY physician pitches $70M medical campus to physicians
- Rochester Regional Health email cites $400,000 in unpaid outpatient surgery bills as one reason for new 100% payment policy
- Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists to lay off 66 employees
- UBMD launches multi-million dollar surgery center and new division
- What social work taught 1 New York City hospital CEO
- Windsong Radiology expands with first site in Niagara County
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 4 states with CON changes to watch in 2025
- Atrium Health boosts minimum hourly wage
- Battle for hospital beds to continue
- California public company relocates to North Carolina
- CarolinaEast donates $10,000 in gift cards to western North Carolina
- EEOC files lawsuit against Rex Healthcare alleging religious discrimination
- HCA plans to demolish St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mission spokesperson says
- From abortion to Hurricane Helene to medical debt, here’s what drew readers to NC Health News in 2024
- Kody Kinsley reflects on milestones before stepping down as health secretary
- North Carolina Invests $20 Million in Non-Police Transport for Mental Health Crises
- North Carolina program will help people through mental health crises
- Patients turned away as Duke University Hospital cleans up flood in emergency department
- Pharma giants invest billions in massive North Carolina expansions
- Raleigh optometrist buys Asheboro medical office building with AHWFB clinic
- Scathing audit for N.C. oversight of nursing homes
- UNC Health Pardee plans $30M inpatient behavioral unit
- What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year.
- Nursing home must rehire worker fired after wage disparity confrontation
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 10 major Cincinnati health care projects represent $803M in construction costs heading into 2025
- 6 health systems partnering with Amazon, Microsoft
- Cardinal Health set sales, stock records in 2024, enters new business line
- Cleveland Clinic touts at-home heart failure treatment: 6 takeaways
- Cleveland Clinic’s ‘pod’ concept for IT after mergers
- Columbus’ hospital systems all post record revenue in 2024 while building new towers
- Dayton Children’s Hospital breaks ground on kinship family housing
- Gov. Mike DeWine to veto medical free speech protection for health care providers
- How much is your hospital bill? Ohio lawmakers require them to publish cost of services
- Inside Cleveland Clinic’s approach to integrated behavioral health
- MetroHealth’s new CEO: 4 updates on campus transformation delays
- Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department to start clinical services at St. Joseph’s Landing
- New ‘primary care on wheels’ initiative coming to Dayton in 2025
- Nurse staffing ratio and other Ohio health legislation don’t make it out of committees
- Ohio community hospital receives bed upgrades
- OhioHealth now in more than half of Ohio counties – see its CEO’s plans for 2025
- Ohio hospital performs a synchronized chain of 20 surgeries to transform the lives of 10 people
- Ohio passes hospital violence prevention bill amplified by Dayton nurse’s death
- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Anthem agree to new contract
- Optum’s SCA Health acquires OrthoAlliance
- OSU Wexner performs record transplant chain
- OSU Wexner Medical Center CEO touts progress with massive tower, AI ‘ambient listening’
- St. Clairsville hospital closer to completion
- Sycamore Township-based PatientPoint announces partnership with NFL team
OKLAHOMA
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- CMS taps 4 states for behavioral innovation model: 5 things to know
- DRH recognized for efforts to improve outcomes for Oklahoma mothers, babies
- Future of Griffin Memorial Hospital campus still unclear
- Moore Norman Technology Center’s fast-tracks nursing to address shortages
- New CIO plans ‘elite’ IT department at 16-hospital system
- Norman Regional Health System receives top state award for excellence in perinatal care
- Oklahoma City Rehabilitation Hospital Announces Expansion
- OU’s telestroke service helps woman in rural Oklahoma
- Some Oklahoma parents turn kids over to the state after struggling to get mental health care for them
OREGON
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- Aetna drops Providence in Oregon from its health insurance network, leaving patients in limbo
- Dr. Albert Starr, who developed the first artificial heart valve, dies at 98
- Health care, construction, helped Oregon gain 5,100 jobs
- Nearly 5K frontline healthcare workers issue strike notice to Providence
- Oregon Providence health care workers announce strike
- Oregon system CEO to step down
- OHSU is hit with a lawsuit over lost wages, age discrimination
- Shortages of funds but not of issues marked Oregon health care in 2024
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2024 in Review: Bucking trend, these Philadelphia-area life sciences companies raised nearly $1B
- Bucks County firm’s shares plunge on capital raise plan
- Chief pharmacy officer moves from ChristianaCare to Penn State Health
- Closures, shrinking services continue at rural Pennsylvania hospitals
- Doctors are returning to a small Pennsylvania town
- Dominant players lead health systems list as challenges continue
- Dr. James Wilson’s Gemma Biotherapeutics reels in $34M
- Flood leads to fire, evacuations at Crozer-Chester Medical Center
- Highmark Health names Dan Laurent chief communications officer
- Independence Blue Cross to stop covering GLP-1 agonists Wegovy, Ozempic as weight loss drugs in 2025
- Judge OKs Steward Pennsylvania hospital closure
- Moody’s Investors Service affirms WellSpan’s bond rating as stable, leading market
- Neil Goldfarb to retire as CEO of Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health
- New round of federal funding open for Pa. rural health initiatives
- Over 30 patients evacuated after fire, water main break at Pennsylvania hospital, police say
- Penn State Health CFO to retire
- Pennsylvania ASC unexpectedly closes
- Pennsylvania state hospital employee charged with stealing $130,000 from woman who killed young sons
- Pennsylvania eases rules for drug and alcohol treatment providers with new virtual-only license
- Penn to receive $467M under settlement with BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine royalties
- Philadelphia-based Vittoria Biotherapeutics hits ‘pivotal’ milestone, begins human testing for potential cancer cell therapy
- Sharon Regional Medical Center doctors express concerns for closure
- S&P upgrades its outlook for Main Line Health
- S&P lowers Grand View Health’s bond rating as it pursues merger
- UPMC Carlisle claims award for patient safety, quality
- Pennsylvania set to limit physician noncompetes to 1 year
RHODE ISLAND
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- Advocates say youth mental health services still in crisis
- Brown Health set to launch $125M hospital project
- Meals on Wheels of R.I. launches partnership with DoorDash
- Miriam Hospital’s $125M renovation project receives approval to move forward
- New Brown research on mass spectrometry could transform sample analysis
- Newport Hospital first in R.I. to install SOMATOM Drive dual-source CT scanner
- People to watch 2025: Hospital CEO aims to make health care a ‘wow’ experience in RI
- Ransomware attack on Rhode Island health system exposes data of hundreds of thousands
- Rhode Islanders’ data was leaked from a cyberattack on state health benefits website
- RIDOH effort aims to lower the barriers to getting HIV meds
- The Miriam Hospital receives 7th consecutive Magnet designation
- Will Providence, North Providence lose tax dollars in wake of sale of hospitals?
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 4 states with CON changes to watch in 2025
- CMS taps 4 states for behavioral innovation model: 5 things to know
- MUSC Health Black River Medical Center receives Pediatric Ready Emergency Department Designation
- Rep. Lee Hewitt proposes merger of 6 state health agencies to boost efficiency
- SC health databases let the public see what is really happening with cancer and accidents
- Summit Spine opens 1st South Carolina practice
- How Prisma Health boosted its operating performance in 2024
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- A Long Road for Medicaid Work Requirements in South Dakota
- Medical dispensaries are closing after SD’s rejection of recreational marijuana
- Sanford Health Plan eyes Medicare Advantage expansion
- Sanford physician satisfaction scores exceed national average
- SD’s Native population sees ‘double whammy’ of health barriers
- Top story of 2024: What does Marshfield Clinic & Sanford Health merger mean for patients?
- What a retiring South Dakota hospital CEO has learned after 4 decades
- Winner hospital to cut labor and delivery services
- Sanford Health closes merger with Marshfield Clinic Health System
TENNESSEE
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- 4 states with CON changes to watch in 2025
- Ascension Saint Thomas West and Midtown focusing on workforce, technology in 2025
- Ascension Tennessee hospital taps chief administrative officer
- BradenHealth announces acquisition of Perry County hospital
- HCA names new chief ethics and compliance officer
- Fentress County pharmacist charged in multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme
- Nashville General Hospital adopts Oracle Health software
- Tennessee hospital to reopen under new ownership: 4 things to know
- Tennessee is #14 in USA for Alzheimer’s Deaths
- Tennessee pharmacist accused of healthcare fraud, identity theft
- UnitedHealth, Amedisys extend deadline for M&A deal
- Vanderbilt student lands pre-seed funding for health tech company Motus
TEXAS
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- 3 physician fraud suits in 10 days
- 6 health systems partnering with Amazon, Microsoft
- 8 changes following NBC News’ reporting on unclaimed bodies used for medical research
- Advocates say there aren’t enough of them in Texas long-term care facilities
- Dallas-based artist transforms doctors’ offices into spaces of calm and wonder for kids
- Governor Abbott Unveils $34M Behavioral Health Campus and Rural Initiatives for Texas
- Lawmakers seek ‘innovative’ health options as Texas leads nation for most uninsured residents
- Steward insurer pushes court to demand payment from system
- Symplr plans major technology rollout but cools M&A talk for now
- Texas Faces Hurdles For Medicaid Expansion In 2025
- Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital begins $2 million renovation of breast center
- Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin Campus to add craniofacial clinic in 2025
- Texas Health Resources CEO’s ‘real secret’ to an award-winning culture
- Texas Healthcare Distributor to Pay $1.7M to Resolve Kickback Allegations
- Texas hospital furloughs 25% of workforce
- Texas long-term care facilities face advocate shortages; lawmakers asked to help
- Texas Medical Center hospitals could expand high-intensity surgery spaces, CEO says
- U of Texas Medical Branch, Wyss Center partner to research neurotechnology
- West Texas VA Health Care System recognized for improvements in primary care provider satisfaction
- What do Fort Worth’s major hospitals want from Texas lawmakers? Here’s their wish list
- Gastro Health opens Texas location
UTAH
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- 6 health systems partnering with Amazon, Microsoft
- A new Huntsman Cancer Institute is coming to fast-growing Utah County
- Intermountain Health’s Forsyth and Wood Named Critical Access Hospital CEOs to Know
- Intermountain Health to open St. George center for youth mental health
- Utah sues 2 largest pharmacy benefit managers in U.S. for alleged roles in opioid epidemic
- With ‘headwinds and uncertainty,’ the University of Utah names a new health care CEO
VERMONT
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- As UVM Health Network cuts services in Vermont, it expands in New York
- Increasing pharmacy closures mean long drives for Vermont residents, mirroring a national trend
- Vermonters can get insurance coverage for colon cancer screening at a younger age starting Jan. 1
- Vermont health care regulators approve OneCare’s annual budget, likely its last
VIRGINIA
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- A dozen nursing home workers arrested in Virginia appear in court
- Colonial Heights nursing home cited by VDH for deficiencies, then found compliant days before abuse complaint
- Gov. Youngkin unveils key additions to ongoing efforts that support Virginia moms and improve maternal health outcomes
- Virginia hospital stops NICU admissions after babies found with ‘unexplainable fractures’
- Virginia surgery center pays $50K to settle age bias lawsuit
- Virginia Cancer Equity Project Focuses on HUD Communities
- $16.6M crisis center planned in Virginia
WASHINGTON
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- A hybrid ER, new hospital tower and more anticipated in 2025 to boost health care
- Harborview hospital tax to help with near $900M project budget gap
- Jury awards former Seattle Children’s doctor $21 million in discrimination case
- Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital gives back to its patients during the holidays
- Mark Cuban’s drug company saves MultiCare $1M in six months
- More hospital staff protected from mandatory OT beginning in 2025
- New healthcare laws will impact Washingtonians, Idahoans starting January 1, 2025
- UnitedHealthcare, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health reach agreement
- Virginia Mason cuts reproductive health care after merger
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Intermed Labs expands partnership with Mon Health, Vandalia Health to innovate health care across West Virginia
- Raleigh County clinic to join WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital
- W.Va. Low Cost Medications Law Blocked In Federal Court
- WVU Medicine’s ideal ‘future state’ relies on thriving health plan
- West Virginia’s state health officer resigns but will continue opioid nonprofit work
WISCONSIN
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- ‘A bold move’: New health system launches in Wisconsin
- CareSource, Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative affiliation approved
- Children’s Wisconsin apologizes after toy donations declined due to ‘blessings’ sticker
- Milwaukee-area health systems saw shakeups in 2024
- Sanford Health closes merger with Marshfield Clinic Health System
- Here’s what we know about assisted living in Wisconsin, after Journal Sentinel investigation
- New Medical College of Wisconsin program aims to train more doctors who stay in Milwaukee
- “We’re not waiting until people feel sick:” Milwaukee Health Department Rolls out Enhanced Disease Detection
- Western Wisconsin Health partners with The Alliance to save employers money in western Wisconsin
- Wisconsin researchers begin data collection for national Alzheimer’s study
WYOMING
