NATIONAL
- Top exec at Amazon healthcare startup Haven leaves after eight months
- Top 10 states for physician and surgeon pay
- 10 things to know about Optum, the $101B healthcare company keeping hospital execs up at night
- 20 healthcare organizations recognized for revenue cycle performance
- Primary care physician supply in all 50 states, ranked
- MIPS may not be the way to reduce hospital readmissions by primary care doctors
- States ranked by percentage of Leapfrog ‘A’ hospitals
- 3 big questions for the AMA’s new chief health equity officer
- 23 local governments sue over federal rule allowing health workers to deny care
- More practices open to downside risk, AMGA finds
- AHA argues nonprofit hospitals more than make up for lost tax revenue
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Nursing home staffing transparency bill passes state Senate
- Access to high-level stroke care limited in Connecticut
- Nurses recognized at Griffin Hospital
- Stamford Health Names New Chief Operating Officer
- Every CT Hospital Graded For Safety: How Did Your Hospital Do?
MAINE
- Opinion: A call for more support for emergency medical services
- Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital receives an “A” for patient safety
- Augusta hospital gets top marks in safety and patient experience
MASSACHUSETTS
- Top exec at Amazon healthcare startup Haven leaves after eight months
- Dana-Farber scores legal win on immunotherapy patents likely worth billions
- Southcoast Health to establish trauma center at St. Luke’s Hospital
- Massachusetts General Hospital appoints its first chief equity and inclusion officer
- Nursing Homes Press For Bump In State Funding
- Massachusetts hospital opens spine center
- Boston Medical Center develops EHR tool to screen for patients’ social needs
- Massachusetts health system to close 2 retail pharmacies
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NH likely to join lawsuit accusing drugmakers of collusion, price-fixing
- NH Hospital Safety Grades: 3 Get ‘A’ Rating, 5 Get ‘C’ Rating
- Study measures New Hampshire’s health emergency readiness
NEW YORK
- 3 health facilities to open 1st proton therapy center in New York:
- New York hospital readies to open $230M ambulatory care pavilion
- New York health system faces lawsuit over $480M hospital project
- New York hospital loses another board member amid management talks
- Medicare ACOs in New York lost $40M in 2017, report finds
- How NYC Health + Hospitals uses data to provide care to the city’s homeless population
RHODE ISLAND
- R.I. Senate panel advances Health and Human Services nominee
- Rhode Island Foundation awards $2.6M for behavioral health
- R.I. Hospital Safety Grades: 3 Get ‘A’ Rating, 3 Get ‘C’ Rating
VERMONT
- Major new facility at UVM Medical Center features more private rooms
- U of Vermont Medical Center to open 120 new patient rooms
- UVM to open Miller inpatient building June 1
- Physical therapy services begin at Twin Rivers Medical
- Aspenti Health wins Clinical Lab 2.0 Innovation Award
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- HRSA releases $200K funding to Delaware for opioid epidemic
- Delaware’s only certification program for telehealth grows with expanding use statewide
- Delaware hospital breaks ground on surgery center
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Inside the new MedStar Georgetown proton therapy center
- How safe are Greater Washington’s hospitals? It’s a mixed bag.
MARYLAND
- Physician says fraudster stole his identity to bilk Medicare
- Surgeon debuts patient-centered ASC in Maryland
- Dozens of U of Maryland affiliate board members profit off contracts with system
- Johns Hopkins Hospital sues patients, many low income, for medical debt
- MD Hospital Safety Grades: 5 Hospitals Get ‘D’
- This doctor-focused Rockville company is pivoting to patients
NEW JERSEY
- MD Anderson at Cooper, Holy Redeemer developing joint cancer program in Philly suburbs
- New Jersey among 44 states suing generic drug companies
- Hospital Safety Grades: Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- New Jersey Hospital Grades 2019: See How Your Hospital Scored
- New Jersey orthopedic surgery practice infected with ransomware
- New Jersey hospital CEOs: Patients should receive needed information before being transferred out of state
- UPMC Children’s Hospital may face state scrutiny if patients report access troubles
- Orthopedic group takes over ‘underutilized’ ASC in New Jersey
PENNSYLVANIA
- Partnership to bring MD Anderson cancer treatment to Montgomery County
- MD Anderson at Cooper, Holy Redeemer developing joint cancer program in Philly suburbs
- Lancaster General board says yes to nearly doubling size of emergency department
- UPMC to open 130-bed replacement hospital Aug. 18
- Uniontown Hospital closing obstetrics unit
- UPMC creates telemedicine company to address shortage of infectious disease specialists
- Meet Philly’s top biotech, software, and start-up talent, according to PACT
- Income from operations more than doubles at Washington Hospital
- Drexel University, Tower Health to create combined group of 700+ physicians
- Ellwood City creates hospital/medical district around medical center
- Hershey Medical center reveals expanded emergency department
- Area Hospitals Receive Mixed Report Card on Safety and Errors
- Going it alone: Independent urgent care center is thriving in Horsham
- PHC4 report gives breakdown of cancer surgeries across Lancaster-area hospitals in FY18
VIRGINIA
- Virginia hospitals rank second in the nation
- Novant’s head of Winston-Salem market takes job with Va. health-care system
- Inova names new Alexandria hospital leader
- Sentara recognized for commitment to hiring female veterans
- Virginia medical center breaking ground on $14M medical office building, surgery center
- Bon Secours closing its Maryview birth center and Western Branch OB-GYN
- These Virginia Hospitals Honored For Patient Safety, Experience
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Medicine steps up efforts to fight state’s drug epidemic
- Nurses joined by elected officials, community for picket at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- UIHC to add North Liberty, Coralville services
- MercyOne Des Moines suspends kidney and pancreas transplants
KANSAS
- Kansas hospital plans to reopen after abruptly closing in March
- JoCo sees hospital building boom while underserved areas of Kansas City are ignored
- KU Health providers, clinics will switch to Children’s Mercy as part of deeper partnership
- Kansas Health Science Center names president, board of trustees
MINNESOTA
- Amy Jerdee named president of St. Francis
- St. Francis Regional Medical Center names new president
- Nurses at Allina, other Minnesota hospitals plan picketing
- Children’s Minnesota CEO extends contract through 2024
- Essentia Health named among highest performing health systems
- Phibbs named Lake Region Healthcare CFO
- Park Nicollet spending $13.5 million to replace Lakeville clinic
- Minnesota in need of more community paramedics
- Nurses Picket Outside Minneapolis Children’s Hospital
- HealthPartners revenue hit $7 billion in 2018
MISSOURI
- SSM Health’s operating income jumps 72% in Q1
- JoCo sees hospital building boom while underserved areas of Kansas City are ignored
- Why Missouri’s the last holdout on statewide Rx monitoring program
- CEO pursues takeover of Missouri hospital after operator ousted
- North Kansas City Hospital CEO Peggy Schmitt to retire at year-end
- Q&A: Ascension’s chief community impact officer on providing care outside the hospital
NEBRASKA
- Sizing up impact of hospital
- Nebraska hospital selects Cerner EHR
- Nebraska is getting ahead of the opioid crisis
- Nebraska Medical Center named one of world’s best hospitals
NORTH DAKOTA
- CHI completes merger with Dignity Health, will operate under current name
- State Hospital remedies violations identified by Joint Commission
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- IL Hospital Launching Multi-million Epic EHR Implementation
- Shriners Chicago offers telehealth services to spine patients at Indiana hospital
- Illinois ASC shifting operational control
- Mercy Health — Springfield names new CFO
- Most Illinois counties designated ‘health professional shortage areas’
- Chicago hospital to consolidate ICU, lay off staff because insurers owe $13M
- ‘There’s a huge shortage of lab space in Chicago’: Sterling Bay to back life sciences startups
- West Side Hospital Faces Tough Decisions About Future
INDIANA
- Indiana hospital to close, lay off 437 employees
- Shriners Chicago offers telehealth services to spine patients at Indiana hospital
- Attorney General to Detail Opioid Suit
- Indiana Makes Headway In Annual Senior Health Report
- Summit to Focus on Healthcare Workforce
- Indiana seeks new waiver program for eligible Medicaid users
- Parkview earns national status
KENTUCKY
- Private insurers paid Louisville hospitals 187 percent more than Medicare, study says
- Kentucky Hospital Association names new CEO
- Norton Healthcare’s earnings jump 35 percent
- Safety grades: Norton hospitals shine, U of L and Jewish hospitals get low marks
- Alltech, Lyons family announce establishment of new foundation with UK HealthCare
MICHIGAN
- Traverse Anesthesia Associates now provides care at Michigan hospital
- Michigan surgery center seeks city approval
- Ascension joins Medstar Ambulance partnership
- Michigan hospital adds minimally invasive spine surgery devices
- Sparrow Health System announces new President and CEO
- Fire forces evacuation of Michigan hospital
- Lakeland Medical Center honored for excellence in maternity care
- Health system opens suburban medical office
- DMC plans layoffs of 1% of workforce
- Michigan hospital working to reopen surgical center after fire
OHIO
- Urgent care chain adds new Dayton location
- Maternity care at Wright-Patt med center recognized for excellence
- Summa Akron City Hospital to unveil $220 million ‘front door tower:’ What you need to know
- Strike at Mercy Health-St. Vincent Medical Center continues for second week
- Ohio hospital to open $220M tower May 28
- Kettering Health Network Unveils $10M Patient Command Center
- Both sides to meet Monday amid strike at Mercy Health St. Vincent’s hospital
- Avon Hospital receives advanced certification as primary stroke center
- TriHealth hires new CEO for Hospice of Cincinnati
- Dayton Children’s opens new hub of medical, social services
- A first look inside Akron Children’s new N. Canton facility
- Kettering Health Network, Cigna hit contract snare
- See inside Summa Akron City Hospital’s new ‘front door tower’
- Mandatory overtime for nurses at center of hospital strike
WISCONSIN
- Tomah Memorial cited as ‘Top Critical Access Hospitals to Know’
- Aurora Health Care sets construction start for Sheboygan County complex
- MercyHealth, SSM Health honored with awards
- SSM Health decides not to build Park St. clinic
- Ascension Wisconsin, Alverno College exploring nursing school merger
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- UAB medical research center secures $50M in federal funding
- UAB Hospital lauded for seventh year in a row as one of America’s great hospitals
FLORIDA
- Florida Hospital Safety Ratings: 7 Earn ‘D’ Grades, 60 Get ‘A’
- Charlotte gets more comprehensive stroke services
- Florida hospital opens spine care center
- Hundreds of Florida doctors with multiple malpractice payouts still seeing patients
- With legal issues behind them, Halifax Health’s Deltona hospital to open in December
- Florida health system launches virtual care appointments
- Health care system launches virtual medical service
- Palms of Pasadena Hospital accused of putting patients in jeopardy
- Hospital district trustees change bylaws to keep chairman
- Memorial Hospital expands services to Northern St. Johns County
- AdventHealth Fish Memorial becomes 1st Florida hospital to use TrackX for spine procedures
- Health care management company to eliminate 150 Tampa jobs
- Florida medical office building with surgery center sells for $25.7M
- CHS to sell 2 Florida hospitals
GEORGIA
- Georgia moves up in hospital safety ratings
- North Georgia community opens ER after its hospital closes
- 7 Georgia hospitals earn ‘outstanding patient experience’ award
- What Northeast Georgia Health System hopes to get with $15M investment in Habersham hospital
- Georgia Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs with EHRs Statewide
- How this Georgia hospital is addressing high maternal mortality rates
- Some southwest Georgia hospitals show improvement in Leapfrog scores
- Piedmont bets on freestanding ER to replace community’s lost hospital
- Northside Hospital again honored for patient experience
- Georgia’s nurse shortage one of the worst in the country, according to reports
- Piedmont Healthcare generates $5.6B for local, state economy
- Georgia Moves Up In Key Rating Of Hospital Safety
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
- Novant’s head of Winston-Salem market takes job with Va. health-care system
- Triad hospitals drop in safety ranks
- UNC sues Vidant over hospital board shuffle
- CaroMont Health wants to build 2nd hospital in North Carolina
- How one North Carolina managed care organization’s housing program has driven down crisis costs and events
- North Carolina legislators confident CON repeal is on the way
- New hospital safety grades are in. Here’s how Triangle hospitals rank.
- CaroMont to build second hospital in Gaston County, invest $325 million total
- Charlotte area may be getting another hospital. Here’s where and when it could open.
- Pitt County responds to lawsuit over makeup of Vidant board
- CaroMont Health’s ‘game-changer’
- North Carolina building underway with health system, physician partnership
- UNC Health Care Celebrates Construction of New Surgical Tower
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Trident Medical Center will soon stop deliveries, seeks birth stories for new book
- SC hospitals getting safer, but only one in Midlands saw improvement, report says
- Beaufort Memorial breaks ground on Okatie medical office
- MUSC makes another move into rural SC with Hampton Regional deal
- A South Carolina hospital’s surgical checklist adoption rate was 30%. Why it’s now 100%
TENNESSEE
- Patients sue HCA over emergency room ‘cover charge’
- CMS confirms open case involving Jamestown Regional; says it doesn’t force hospitals to close
- Nashville healthcare innovation fund Jumpstart Foundry adds 15 startups to its portfolio
- Jamestown hospital no longer admitting patients, in danger of closing ‘any day now’
- Tennessee ASC reopens after extensive renovations
- TN facing longterm shortage of health care workers
- Tennessee hospital diverts patients after supplies run out
- Tennessee hospital halts admissions as closure looms
- CHS to sell 2 Florida hospitals
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Children’s launches new podcast series
- Architectural firm gives back with creation for Arkansas Children’s Hospital
- False active shooter alert at Arkansas Children’s Hospital
- Arkansas hospital, UAMS pilot stroke telemedicine program
- Arkansas hospitals graded on patient safety
ARIZONA
- Arizona’s alarming doctor shortage and what we’re doing to fix it
- Budget lacking funds for medical residencies, despite statewide doctor shortage
- ASU, Phoenix Children’s collaborate to launch pediatric-specific nursing programs
- New report shows which Arizona hospitals are the safest
- Banner Health’s net income triples on strong investment gains
- Health Care Leader Sees Wins, Losses In Proposed Arizona Budget
LOUISIANA
NEW MEXICO
- Hospital closures cripple small towns
- New Chief Medical Officer for UNM Children’s Hospital
- New Mexico faces shortage of primary care providers
- New Mexico hospital board isn’t holding CEO accountable, city commissioner says
- New Mexico behavioral health program to tackle housing needs
OKLAHOMA
- Health care access a priority for Oklahomans
- Community Matters: Nurse practitioners an important part of rural Oklahoma
- New law promotes competition among Oklahoma pharmacies
TEXAS
- Blistering Report Details Serious Safety Lapses at St. Luke’s in Houston
- Channel 2 investigates Texas nursing home violations
- Loveland’s McKee Medical Center to add senior psychiatric unit
- Pharma giant Merck makes $2 billion bet on a Dallas-based cancer drug developer
- How Community Health Workers at Baylor are Reducing Trips to the Hospital
- UT Health Athens recognized for high-quality care
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center takes steps after federal review reveals conditions posing ‘immediate jeopardy’
- Tyler hospital system seeks tax incentives on $31 million investment
- Texas House votes unanimously, 146-0, to ban surprise medical bills
- Texas Falls in Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades, Despite Local Successes
- Medical City Plano and Frisco CEO is Being Promoted
- Texarkana doctor resolves Medicare billing fraud allegations with $118K settlement
- Free-standing emergency departments in Texas’ big cities are not reducing congestion at hospitals
- Texas Health Denton’s $128 Million Facility for Families
- This Texas hospital just opened a state-of-the-art cancer treatment facility
- Texas Children’s exec to help transform the hospital’s approach to innovation
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
- Express Lab becomes first automated medical lab in east Idaho
- New $17 Million Grant to Boost Idaho’s Biomedical Research, Workforce
- Idaho awaits Feds’ word on Medicaid expansion
- Idaho Healthcare Summit examines how to improve health, lower costs
MONTANA
- Montana preparing to adopt direct primary care
- Billings Clinic fires CEO
- Montana hospital opens orthopedic urgent care
- Small Montana hospital picks Athenahealth as upgrades EHR
OREGON
- Oregon House passes bill aimed at medical debt and increasing access
- Oregon House OKs bill to boost hospital care
- Legacy Health hit with a lawsuit by former Unity Center nurse
- Measure to spur ‘health care of tomorrow’ passes Oregon Senate
WASHINGTON
- Summit Pacific Medical Center Receives USDA Award
- Nearly half of Seattle-area hospitals earned ‘A’ in safety report
- Fungus scare closes operating rooms at Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Seattle blood bank alerts 1,800 patients of data breach
- New ER in Parkland speeds up emergency care for Pierce County patients
- Premera and Providence St. Joseph Health Announce New Contract
WYOMING
- Castle Rock Hospital District to Break Ground on New Center
- Wyoming health officials move forward on unique air ambulance plan
- Study finds variation in hospital pay scales
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Northridge Hospital Appoints Chief Nurse Executive
- California hospitals paid 209% of Medicare by private insurers, study finds
- West Hills Hospital & Medical Center names COO
- ER Wait Times in California Are So Bad That Some People Are Just Giving Up
- Calif Hospital Safety Grades: 87 Hospitals Get A Grade, 2 Get F
COLORADO
- 31 Colo. Nursing Homes Receive Lowest Rating From Federal Gov’t
- Gov. Polis signs laws aimed at lowering health care costs
- Here Are The Safest, and Worst, Hospitals In Colo. Nonprofit Says
- Telemedicine in emergency rooms leading to faster diagnoses
- Colorado hospital opens $20M outpatient center after delayed approval
- Fresenius Medical Care, DaVita report first-quarter results
- Heart and vascular center opens at St. Mary’s
- Heart and Vascular Patient Care Expands to Serve Western Colorado and Eastern Utah
- DaVita’s new CEO Rodriguez talks strategy, style and the future of kidney care
HAWAII
- North Hawaii, Kona hospitals earn ‘C’ grades
- Hawaii Pacific Health honored for ‘Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff’
- KCC and Queen’s Medical Center partner to offer free tuition for 26 future medical assistants
- The beautiful island of Molokai is in dire need of one thing: Medical professionals
NEVADA
- Las Vegas hospital pays $4.25M to settle suit involving auto-deducted breaks
- Nevada HIE Launches New Health IT Tool to Boost Interoperability
- Clinical trials are a vital step in improving health care in Southern Nevada and beyond
- Tarkanian Works to Improve Future of Medicine in Southern Nevada
UTAH
