NATIONAL
- Allscripts agrees to $145M HIPAA, kickback settlement
- GAO: PBMs passed on nearly all Part D rebates to plans in 2016
- Reduce burnout by putting more doctors in leadership roles: Physicians Foundation
- Appeals court revives changes to Medicaid DSH payment rules
- 3 more healthcare organizations notify patients of AMCA data breach, bringing total affected to 24.3 million
- HHS drug pricing advisor to depart
- 5 updates on total joint replacement in ASCs
- Surgeon impresses upon physicians the value of outpatient surgery
- ASCs could see 2.7% payment increase & more
- Medical group CEO salaries grew nearly 14% in four years
- Is IPPS obsolete?
- Rating the raters? Hospital experts turn tables and critique quality comparison sites
- AMGA throws backing behind CMS pilot giving clinicians access to claims data
- HHS proposal to roll back nondiscrimination protection draws 130K comments
- Out-of-network billing costs at in-network hospital EDs more than doubled: study
- Why Rehab is a Health-Care Niche to Watch: Report
- Drugmaker-hospital deals prompt concerns about use of patient DNA data
- AMA urges CMS to streamline Medicare audits
- Physician trauma: How med schools and hospitals are addressing the problem
- 3 email cybersecurity vulnerabilities specific to healthcare
- Lifeline on the way for struggling hospitals in rural areas
- When private equity calls: 3 keys for physicians to know
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
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- CT hospital’s ‘trauma fees’ under state scrutiny
- Hartford Healthcare to handle records of closed practices
- Connecticut health system helps patients of shuttered practice regain access to their health records
- Data show hundreds of millions of pills flowed into CT
- Connecticut hospitals will have to disclose trauma fees
- Connecticut Hospital Association launching digital coordinated care network
MAINE
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- L.L. Bean heir and wife donate $1 million to Mercy Hospital
- Northern Light Health launches statewide Alzheimer’s study
- Medical school planning northern Maine medical residency program
- Maine gets $6 million in federal funding to address opioid crisis
- St. Mary’s filled positions while planning layoffs
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Children’s Hospital launches multidisciplinary initiative to develop opioid vaccine
- Boston Medical Center, Centura Health receive $50K Innovation Grants
- South Shore Health places top two executives on paid leave
- 3 Boston hospitals collaborate to tackle housing instability
- Health-tech startup Apervita merges with Boston company
- Iora Health Hires New Chief Operating Officer, Suzanne Hansen
- N.Y. firm pays $44M for Central Mass. senior living centers
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan to merge
- 3 areas Massachusetts hospitals should address for safer emergency care
- Partners HealthCare nearly doubles operating income in Q3
- South Shore Health CEO, human resources exec suspended amid ‘issues’
- 200 displaced Covenant Health workers get jobs with health system’s revenue cycle contractor
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
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- North Country Nursing Crisis: Healthcare providers struggling to fill RN, LPN vacancies
- NYC ambulances crash, injuring emergency medical workers
- Ascension, Northwell CEOs call on healthcare sector, Congress to address gun violence
- Catholic Health CEO makes changes at top
- Mount St. Mary’s Hospital CEO Gary Tucker to retire
- Catholic Health announces 7 leadership changes
- What Northwell Health’s got cooking to create patient rave reviews
- 3 lessons NewYork-Presbyterian learned from using AI to reduce length of stay
- NYC seeks to create patient-advocate office
- CityMD, Summit Medical Group finalize merger
RHODE ISLAND
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- New contracts for Rhode Island hospital workers include panic buttons
- Three RI Nursing Homes Win National Quality Awards from American Health Care Assoc.
- Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care announce agreement to combine
- Mello appointed CEO and president of LifeStream
- Rubius reports $39.4M loss in Q2, heralds progress
VERMONT
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Sussex program aims to reduce hospital re-admissions for COPD patients
- Christiana Care rated a Best Hospital by U.S. News
- New state data points to need for increased opioid abuse screening in medical settings
- 4 takeaways from Delaware’s most comprehensive overdose death study
- Christiana Care part of group making $55M bid for Hahnemann’s 550+ residency slots
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Physician charged in $12.7M false billing scheme
- Evolent Health is being sued over $70M Passport acquisition
- Unity Health Care, Sibley Hospital partner on new cancer care clinic to fill service gaps on DC’s east end
- New Hospital Opens Soon in Montgomery County
- U of Maryland campuses to use AI to protect medical data, devices from cyberattacks
- Rockville biopharma to sell first product on market in 28 years — but not in the U.S.
- MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Awarded Platinum Status for the Promotion of Organ and Tissue Donation
- Montgomery County hospital practices for big move to new facility
- Nurse Residency Program At HoCo General Gets Accreditation
- Adventist HealthCare Opening State of the Art Hospital in 2 Weeks
- U Maryland Campuses Partner on AI, Cybersecurity for Medical Data
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey drugmaker to cut 69 opioid sales jobs
- Living Like a Leader: A day with RWJBarnabas Health’s Hospital Division President Thomas Biga
- St. Peter’s Healthcare CXO on aiming higher as bar gets raised on patient satisfaction
- Menendez, Booker announce more than $1M to combat NJ opioid epidemic
- CityMD, Summit Medical Group finalize merger
- NJ community health centers to receive $2M in federal funding
- Christian Health Care Center earns national excellence award in quality care
PENNSYLVANIA
- Chester County Hospital ranks high as one of region’s best hospitals
- Philadelphia’s Hahnemann University Hospital Residency Slots Fetch $55M at Auction
- How Lancaster-area hospitals did on knee & hip replacements & 2 other common surgeries
- Pittsburgh’s top researchers are teaming up with Amazon to create next-generation health care tech
- Philadelphia’s best (and worst) hospitals for these four common surgeries
- Here’s how Philadelphia-area hospitals fared in PHC4’s latest performance report
- Hahnemann RNs decry $55M bid for physician residency program
- Former Lehigh Valley patient claims physician inappropriately accessed his medical records
- Philadelphia hospital closure a ‘national warning sign,’ Jefferson Health CEO says
- Philadelphia gene therapy startup targeting heart disease raises $11M
- Geisinger makes cut for vetted network of imaging providers: ‘Savvy employers like Walmart know the real thing when they see it’
- Mercy Catholic Medical Center names Christopher Cullom president
- Penn State Health’s Dan Angel: 2 tips for making prices transparent
VIRGINIA
- MWH building urgent care clinics in two counties
- Cleared to leave Virginia’s overcrowded mental hospitals, many patients have nowhere to go
- Augusta Health CEO named at AHA board
- New Centra CEO opens up to business leaders about future path of the health care system
- UVA Medical Center taps Mike Marquardt as CFO
- Evolent Health is being sued over $70M Passport acquisition
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia health centers to get $910,000 for upgrades
- Shuttering West Virginia Hospital Owes City $415k
- West Virginia hospital CEO readies for 2 nearby hospital closures
- Wheeling Hospital CEO speaks out
- EMS teams are worried about hospital plans
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Birmingham firm developing $23 million hospital in Iowa
- Crawford County (Iowa) Memorial Hospital promotes CNO to CEO
- UnityPoint Health-Trinity selects Robert Erickson as CEO
- Moms worried as more obstetrics units closing across Iowa
- UnityPoint planning relocation of downtown Marshalltown hospital
KANSAS
- 4 Questions with Peter Banko, President and Chief Executive Officer at Centura Health
- Aetna in hot water after Kansas officials dismiss response to Medicaid troubles
- Kansas Health Department: Aetna Still Not Fulfilling Medicaid Contract Terms
- At panel on healthcare policy, Kansas health system execs, advocates detail benefits of Medicaid expansion
- Two Midwestern HIEs Sign Health Data Sharing Agreement
- A peek inside the proposed medical school in downtown Wichita
- After Skyline, Mission Health Sees New Opportunity in Skilled Nursing Turnarounds
- Mold, bad pipes, weak floors: State blocked construction at JoCo surgical center
MINNESOTA
- Johns Hopkins locates American Indian health research hub in Duluth
- 5 years ago, Mayo Clinic made 3 huge bets. Are they paying off?
- Dr. Abdul Baker performs robotic-assisted spinal surgery at Sanford hospital
- Shriners Twin Cities, Boys Town Hospital partner on telehealth services
- Mayo Clinic invests in breast cancer imaging AI
- Fairview acquires group of Wisconsin clinics, intensifying its eastward expansion
MISSOURI
- Ascension, Northwell CEOs call on healthcare sector, Congress to address gun violence
- Missouri to get nearly $15M in grants to combat opioid epidemic
- Caravan Health Founder, CEO Lynn Barr on problem-solving for rural hospitals
- Patients file class-action lawsuit against MU Health Care following data breach
- Missouri town raises sales tax to save rural hospital
- Dozens more patients sign onto MU Health Care data breach lawsuit
- Mercy’s IT arm launches network for clinical data, analytics
- Two Midwestern HIEs Sign Health Data Sharing Agreement
- Truman Medical Center techs look to unionize, allege intimidation from management
- Freeman Health System named best hospital in Southwest Missouri
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital opening one of the largest Neuro-ICUs in the country Thursday
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska hospital selects Epic EHR
- Shriners Twin Cities, Boys Town Hospital partner on telehealth services
- Boys Town Hospital-Shriners venture to allow better access to orthopedic care for Nebraska kids
- Columbus Community Hospital receives five star rating for overall hospital quality
- The state of rural health care in Nebraska
NORTH DAKOTA
- Altru Health System bond rating downgraded
- Dr. Abdul Baker performs robotic-assisted spinal surgery at Sanford hospital
- Trinity challenges hepatitis outbreak allegations
- Therapy seal helps ICU patients at Nebraska Medicine
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Regional Health participates in national opioid research
- South Dakota-based hospital participates in national opioid research
- ‘Too good to refuse’: Donations boost Sanford Health’s connection to Summit League
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Cook County plans new Provident Hospital — building on history of ‘iconic South Side institution’
- Illinois hospital begins shutdown process
- Chicago’s Provident Hospital to build $242M replacement facility
- Health-tech startup Apervita merges with Boston company
- UnityPoint Health-Trinity selects Robert Erickson as CEO
- Spotlight on Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Illinois hospital expands spine program
- Expert care drives success of Women’s Healthcare Illinois
- Westlake Hospital tells workers it will close Friday, village says in seeking to block move
INDIANA
- IU Simon Cancer Center earns “Elite Federal Designation”
- La Porte Hospital Announces Collaboration with HealthLinc to Provide Additional Services to Underserved Residents
- IU Health Announces New Features, Locations
- Parkview Heart Institute Joins Cleveland Clinic Network
- Community Health Network Forms Partnership
- Noblesville Company Receives FDA Clearance
- IU Health to open new urgent care centers in Avon, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne
- U.S. Drug Czar visits Indiana to learn about state’s success fighting drug crisis
- Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital opens in new Evansville location
KENTUCKY
- Officials discuss Blanchfield Army Community Hospital ’s future as transition nears
- Lawsuit claims Evolent misled investors in acquiring Louisville’s Passport Health Plan
- Kentucky nursing home to pay $2.2M in negligence lawsuit
- What to know about University of Louisville’s play to buy struggling Jewish Hospital
- U of L Looks For State Support To Buy Jewish Hospital
- U of L lays out $100M plan to turn around Jewish Hospital, KentuckyOne
- University of Louisville renews pursuit of Jewish Hospital, with state’s financial help
- Kindred Healthcare Appoints Dr. Kim Perry Chief Medical Officer
- UofL trustees approve university’s plan to purchase hospital
- Kentucky health system to reduce million-dollar ‘shock claims’ up to 45% under Anthem deal
- Corizon renews health care contract in Kentucky; new executive will run state operations
- How voice assistants will enhance the future of patient care: Baptist Health CMIO Dr. Brett Oliver
- PharmaCord expands C-suite leadership team
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare acquires its 13th hospital, plus clinics in Eastern KY
- St. Claire HealthCare implements new ER information system
- U of L President Bendapudi: Jewish Hospital takeover ‘risky’ but right move for Louisville
- Acquisition of Jewish Hospital System secures nearly 5,000 jobs
MICHIGAN
- New details about Michigan’s opioid crisis: Billions of pills and aggressive suppliers
- Medical center receives level IV trauma center designation
- Matt Wille appointed CEO of Munson Medical Center
- Michigan Medicine’s Keith Gran on delivering a consistent care experience
- 2 Beaumont Health leaders will resign in August
- Patient who woke up covered in bugs at Henry Ford Hospital takes legal action
- Michigan study shows success in decreasing opioids without increasing post-surgical pain
- How a State’s Surgeons Cut Down on Opioids Without Putting Patients in More Pain
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital opens Michigan’s first wireless epilepsy monitoring unit
- McLaren Flint named a top 10 hospital in southeast Michigan
- Grand Rapids hospital opens first wireless epilepsy monitoring unit in Michigan
- Orthopedic surgeon that sparked investigations at Michigan hospital gets pathway back to practicing medicine
- Charlevoix hospital gets ‘Level IV Trauma Facility’ designation
- Steering Motor City healthcare: a Q&A with Henry Ford Health System CEO Wright Lassiter III
- ProMedica Monroe to get new president
OHIO
- Doctor shortage to worsen, patients could pay more for fewer options
- Bank pledges up to $1M to help build largest cancer center in Greater Cincinnati
- One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest hospitals hires new CFO
- Southeastern Med announces construction of new Cancer Center
- Mercy Health-Springfield selects Adam Groshans as president
- Store’s health clinic demanded overdue bill payment before treating 8-year-old, mom says
- Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital taps Timothy Prestridge as CFO
- Ohio ophthalmology practice hit by ransomware attack
- Why is an Ohio hospital getting false alerts from a Medtronic heart monitor?
- OVMC, East Ohio Regional Hospitals closing
- Hospitals offer job options to employees affected by closures in Ohio, West Virginia
- UH Parma Medical Center to end labor and delivery services
- DeWine, Ohio Children’s Hospital Association promoting pediatric mental health in Dayton
- Those around East Ohio Regional Hospital are ‘hoping for the best’
WISCONSIN
- Governor Evers and Advocate Aurora Health Join Together to Promote Safe Medicine Disposal
- SSM Health names new head of medical group
- Milwaukee health care startup WellnessScript LLC raising $1.5 million
- Advocate Aurora Health subsidiary to invest up to $200,000 in startup
- Acuity gives $2.5 million for new hospital Advocate Aurora is building in Kohler
- Fairview acquires group of Wisconsin clinics, intensifying its eastward expansion
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- New Alabama hospital rules benefits rural communities
- Alabama getting $6.3 million to fight opioids
- Birmingham firm developing $23 million hospital in Iowa
- New ER facility planned for Auburn
- Birmingham physician to open institute in Seattle
FLORIDA
- St. Anthony’s Hospital to build $152 million 90-bed patient tower
- Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida CEO retires
- Health care organization promotes top executive from within
- Compass Surgical Partners, Florida practice wrap up orthopedic ASC
- How AdventHealth Orlando is building a future in genomics: Q&A with Dr. Wes Walker
- Florida Judge Weighs Arguments In Cancer Treatment Fight
- Florida hospital to build $152M tower
- Shriners Hospitals for Children CMIO Dr. Richard Paula: EHRs fail to live up to hype
- Venice Regional Bayfront Health names Danny Warren Jr. CFO
- Florida ASC property goes on the market
GEORGIA
- Q&A with Azalea Health’s Baha Zeidan, 2019 Most Admired CEO
- Georgia awarded $18.4M for opioid crisis
- Ringgold doctor sued under false claims act for administering unneeded drug
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center recognized for American Cancer Society partnership
- Georgia has among highest hospital prices, new review suggests
- Georgia officials, feds take aim at surprise bills for air ambulances
- Report: Many Atlanta area hospital prices more than double Medicare’s
- Georgia Schools to Use Telemedicine for Concussion Testing, Treatment
MISSISSIPPI
- St. Dominic’s ranked in Top 100 for Consumer Loyalty
- Forrest General Hospital recognized by the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency
- Gilbert named Chief Medical Officer at Memorial Hospital
- Study: Mississippi is 2019′s worst state to have a baby
NORTH CAROLINA
- Nash UNC promotes culture of ‘Carolina Care’
- Cardiology Practice Opens in Eden
- Atrium board plans Wake Forest house call
- Despite charging thousands less, Winston-Salem surgeon left fighting to overturn health care monopoly
- Atrium Health officials to meet in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter this week. Two systems are creating a second medical school campus in Charlotte
- WakeMed Cary now a designated trauma center; see your nearest trauma center
- Hospital works to hire, retain nurses
- Atrium addresses pediatrician shortage in North Carolina with in-school virtual clinics
- Cardiology center to open in Eden
- Hospital purchase drives change for multiple local health foundations
- Hospitals win showdown with N.C. treasurer over public health plan
- Six new operating rooms proposed in New Hanover County
- Complex factors create lack of health insurance competition in rural areas
- Lockdown lifted at North Carolina healthcare facility with surgery center, man arrested
- NC revises new health care plan for state workers after pressure from hospitals
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Hanahan-based ambulance company forced to pay more than $200K in back wages
- SC ambulance service to pay $200K in back wages
- Millions of opioid pills passed through SC as drug makers allegedly targeted veterans
- MUSC offers early look at new children’s hospital in Charleston, set to open in October
- MUSC’s out-of-town venture beating goals, but 2 rural hospitals’ finances have struggled
- Attorney General to discuss increase in opioid overdose deaths in SC
- MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital and Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion dedicated ahead of October grand opening
- MUSC dedicates new children’s hospital, Tourville Women’s Pavilion
- DHEC: Tens of thousands of dollars in fines levied against Pee Dee behavioral health facility before closing its doors
- One of South Carolina’s first stand-alone emergency departments now serving patients in the Lowcountry
TENNESSEE
- Shuttered Tennessee hospital sells for $200K
- Local company taps former Surgical Partners exec
- CHS faces $891M class-action lawsuit
- Boston Medical Center, Centura Health receive $50K Innovation Grants
- Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital announces groundbreaking ceremony in Metro Center
- Crews break ground on St. Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital
- CHS faces $891M class-action lawsuit
- Tennessee hospital barred from billing Medicare
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas medical center launches Apple health records feature
- Mercy, Baptist Health & more to partner with health tech startups in Arkansas accelerator program
- Northwest Arkansas medical executives, elected officials address medical residency shortage
- Boozman wants to create more residency slots in Arkansas
- Mercy Northwest Arkansas closing 3 clinics, opening new facility in September
- McCarthy Completes Mercy Facility
ARIZONA
- OB-GYN physician shortage creates challenges for Arizona providers
- Dignity Health Chandler Regional begins construction of 5-story medical center
- Arizona hospital holds drill to practice response to mass casualty events
- GCU, GCE work to alleviate nursing shortage
LOUISIANA
- Ochsner ranked #1 Hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report
- Ochsner Health System posts $99.5M net income, sees operating income fall in first half of 2019
- Louisiana health leaders defend Medicaid contract decisions
- Central Louisiana State Hospital finally moving
- Design: Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital
- Louisiana receives over $6 million in grants for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- LSU Health increases class to meet shortage of physicians in Louisiana
NEW MEXICO
- Local hospitals placed on lockdown after threatening call
- 8 ways hospitals and health systems combat clinician burnout
- Covenant Health to open new hospital in Hobbs
- King ends retirement to become Covenant Health CEO – again
- Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center marks 70th anniversary with $65 million expansion
OKLAHOMA
- Kevin Corbett named new Director of Health Care Authority in Oklahoma
- Shawnee, other Oklahoma hospitals meet 96 percent influenza vaccine challenge
- Oklahoma pharmacist to pay $1 million restitution after plea
- Health care working group gets overview at first meeting
- Oklahoma hospitals sue thousands each year over unpaid medical bills
- State Question 802 seeks to expand Medicaid in Oklahoma
TEXAS
- Texas health system beats $61.8M billing fraud case
- Texas long-term care hospital to close
- Everest Rehabilitation Hospital Holds Ribbon Cutting in Temple, Texas
- Texas Health Stephenville Earns Cardiovascular Recognition
- 3 Questions with Chuck Stokes, Chief Executive Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System
- Texas health system achieves HIMSS Analytics Stage 7
- MD Anderson, Boehringer launch virtual center for data-driven drug discovery
- Texas hospital closes after 70 years
- Court OKs Medicaid cost-shifting, will cost Texas Children’s millions
- Texas Health Resources, Premier target supply chain management
- UT Health opens multispecialty clinic
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
- Kootenai Health to acquire 2 hospitals
- Dr. Kenny Bramwell named system medical director for St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital
- Clearwater Valley, St. Mary’s Hospital plan to transfer ownership to Kootenai Health
- Hospitals in Cottonwood, Orofino getting new owner
- EIRMC re-verified as Level II Trauma Center, only 3 others in Idaho
MONTANA
- Top leader at Montana Children’s Medical Center resigns, served less than 2 months
- New Montana legislation enabling Community Integrated Healthcare Pilot Program
- Executive Leader of Montana Children’s Medical Center Resigns
- Montana Receives $3.9 Million Toward Opioid, Addiction Treatment
- Injury Rehab Hospital Opens In Montana
OREGON
- Oregon receives more than $7 million from HHS to combat opioid crisis
- OAHHS names new President & CEO
- Three things about Becky Hultberg, new CEO at OAHHS
- McKenzie-Willamette hospital workers vote to support strike
- Hundreds Of McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Employees Poised To Strike
- Providence Plans Heart Transplant Program To Fill Vacuum Left By OHSU
- OHSU’s Heart Failure Team Warned Program Would Collapse — Then It Did
- CDC awards Oregon $3 million to fight opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON
- WhidbeyHealth to pay $1.5 million in age discrimination case
- Hackers demand more than $1M in bitcoin from Washington hospital
- CHI Franciscan launches AI-powered Mission Control hub for care coordination
- Birmingham physician to open institute in Seattle
- Washington health system on path out of bankruptcy after changing billing companies
- CHI Franciscan Activates First AI-Powered Hospital Mission Control Center in Washington State
- Spokane Regional Health District hires new administrator
WYOMING
- Wyoming Medical Center now the biggest hospital in the state
- Wyoming hospital plans security upgrades after shooting
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Medicare Advantage Provider and Physician to Pay $5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- Ophthalmologist, practice to settle False Claims Act violation allegations for $5M: 3 details
- How California’s surprise billing policy led to healthcare consolidation
- Charity care took 5-year dive at California hospitals
- Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial Hospital names Bradley Grote COO
- Kaiser’s net income surges to $2B in Q2
- Santa Rosa Hospital Uses VR For Pain Management
- Sequoia Hospital Welcomes New President
- California medical group, physician pay $5M to settle whistleblower charges
COLORADO
- Peak Vista gets $1.5 million El Pomar grant for southeast clinic
- UCHealth Offers Virtual Assistant “Livi” to Patients Through Amazon Alexa
- Boston Medical Center, Centura Health receive $50K Innovation Grants
- Hospital prices in Denver varied by an average of more than 800% in 2017
- 4 Questions with Peter Banko, President and Chief Executive Officer at Centura Health
- Telluride Medical Center selects Karen Winkelmann as CEO
- SCL Health nearly triples net income in first half of fiscal year
- UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital adding second heart catheter lab
- Colorado Hospital Value Report finds cost of care does not equate to quality of service
- Colorado Premier Surgery Center completes its 1st Stimwave PNS implant
- Kaiser to open third clinic in Colorado Springs
- SCL Health announces new St. Mary’s president
- Colorado becomes fourth state to take action against embattled Aliera
HAWAII
- Dispute between Queen’s Health Systems, Kaiser continues
- Queen’s Health Systems asks court to dismiss billing lawsuit by Kaiser
- Prior authorization tool for images to get test in Hawaii
- Check out Accredo’s newest Honolulu specialty pharmacy
NEVADA
- Las Vegas hospital penalized over health and safety concerns
- Missing thumb drive contains Renown Health patient info
- Nevada psych hospital to lose CMS funding Aug. 14
- Missing Drive Has Health Patient Info of Nevada’s Largest Healthcare Provider
- Officials review Nevada’s response to opioid epidemic, warn of ‘third wave’
- Tech company, charity help retire more than $500K of Nevada medical debt
- Health and Human Services awards Nevada $1.66M to assist with opioid crisis
- Las Vegas psychiatric facility penalized by fed, state regulators
UTAH
