NATIONAL
- 13-year Medicare payment dispute will return to HHS, court rules
- 48 hospitals on Forbes’ list of best employers
- CMS delays star ratings update until July
- CMS may now enforce its COVID-19 vaccination policy for healthcare workers in all 50 states
- CMS responds to states seeking vaccination mandate waivers
- CMS warns states: Survey fully or suffer consequences
- Federal vaccination mandate begins for healthcare workers in 24 states
- Health care worker shortage will only get worse if lawmakers don’t act, Senate panel warned
- HHS seeks $30B to combat COVID-19
- How CMS is affecting the future of healthcare
- Hospitals plead with Congress to tackle workforce shortages
- Hospitals urge HHS to fix, not end, direct contracting model
- Lawmakers call on Biden to end public health emergency
- License wait times reach crisis levels for healthcare workers
- Meet new FDA chief Dr. Robert Califf: 5 things to know
- Only 14% of Hospitals Met Price Transparency Rule Compliance
- Outpatient push being felt in architecture industry
- Senators look to address privacy, new technology in renewed push to modernize HIPAA
- Vaccine mandate for federal workers blocked by 2nd court
- AstraZeneca notches win in ongoing 340B legal fight
- CMS offers precautions for exempting workers from vaccine mandate
- ‘An ever-spiraling upward cycle’: nonprofit hospital CEOs paid 8 times more than average worker
ALABAMA
- How a Small Alabama Company Fueled Private Equity’s Push Into Hospitals
- They’ve got a what ‘Stuck’ where? TLC medical show features cases from Alabama hospital
- As Alabama COVID numbers fall, ICUs across the state remained slammed
- Fairhope hospital captures worldwide attention
- Doctors: Pediatric COVID cases appear to be trending down
- Alabama company helped private equity presence in hospitals
- UAB, DCH Health System form partnership on maternal care
ALASKA
- Alaska’s COVID-19 case count, hospitalizations trending down
- 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent
- First of its kind research provides critical information for treating Alzheimer’s in American Indian and Alaska natives
- Staffing shortages still hinder Alaska hospitals; nurses among the highest in demand
- ‘A steep downward trajectory’: Alaska sees 50% drop in reported COVID cases this week
- Barlett Regional Hospital confident it will be able to replace departing emergency nurses
ARIZONA
- Banner MD Anderson opens cancer therapeutics research institute
- 14 women making moves in healthcare leadership
- Aspen University investigation: Students vent frustration amid nursing board probe into private college
- ‘I feel extorted:’ Former FMC nurses told to pay $5K after being fired for refusing vaccine
- Nursing homes say they’re being price gouged by direct care staffing agencies
- Why an Arizona County Turned Down $1.9 Million in Covid Relief
- Peoria council to vote on purchase agreement with hospital system for vacant parcel
- Arizona reports 1,740 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday as numbers keep falling
- Acute care at home brings the hospital to patients’ living rooms
- Arizona COVID numbers improving, but officials say mitigation still needed
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas nursing home destroyed by December tornados still recovering
- Arkansas Heart Hospital opening Texarkana, Texas clinic
- UAMS Receives $10 Million to Expand Community-Based Outreach Efforts to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations
- 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations
- Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Support Orthopaedics at UAMS
- Despite slight decrease in COVID cases, high transmission rate continues
CALIFORNIA
- 3 million plaintiffs seek $1.2B from California health firm
- California physician sells ASC to management company
- Kaiser sees net income top $8B in 2021, operating income fall sharply
- New bill could mandate California businesses to require COVID-19 vaccines
- Nonprofit Northern California hospitals to discuss affiliation
- University of California to pay $243.6M to settle physician sexual abuse claims
- USPI joint venture ASC opening in California
- For 1 California hospital, growing also means rebranding
- California to Unveil Shift to ‘Endemic’ Approach to Virus
- Dignity Health names new CMO of California hospital
- University Of California, Irvine Launches Institute For Precision Health
- California launches ambitious effort to transform Medi-Cal to ‘whole person care’
- California hospital workers could soon be guaranteed workers’ compensation
COLORADO
- Bills to address health care workforce shortage clear committee
- Colorado hospital mortality rates spiked 35% when pandemic started, report finds
- Colorado House OKs privacy protection for health care workers, others
- Colorado lawmakers advance health care workforce shortage bills
- Why Colorado hospitals will still see capacity issues even as COVID wanes
- COVID is in retreat, but “normal” is a long way off for Colorado hospitals
- Colorado Health Care Workers Now Included In Anti-Doxxing Bill
- ‘Lull in pandemic’ materializing in Colorado
- Colorado mental health professionals incensed after Medicaid forum that was intended to clear the air
- Colorado lawmakers join national push to guarantee hospital visitation, even during pandemics
- 5 Things Colorado: Health bills, Nursing home funding, Naloxone access
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut Senate Extends Governor’s Remaining COVID Orders
- Lawmakers extend final COVID orders, emergency declaration
- Yale New Haven Health to acquire 2 Connecticut health systems
- Six Connecticut residents sue Hartford HealthCare, accusing hospital system of anticompetitive practices that drive up prices
- Connecticut residents file antitrust lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare
- Proposed class-action lawsuit filed against Hartford HealthCare
- Prospect Medical Holdings goes on hospital divestiture spree
- Hartford HealthCare fined after ending maternity services at 1 hospital
- Hartford HealthCare exec joins virtual physical therapy startup as CMO
- Yale New Haven Health signs letter of intent to absorb 2 Connecticut health systems
- Patients are coming after hospital monopolies
- Legislature pushes back deadline for nursing home employee booster shots
- 4 recent leadership changes at Yale Cancer Center
- Gov. Lamont Issues Statement on Expiration of Authority to Issue Pandemic Emergency Orders
- Connecticut extends waiver for out-of-state health care professionals
- Yale Cancer Center names first deputy director of clinical affairs
DC
- DC Is Ending Its Vaccination and Mask Mandates
- D.C. to drop coronavirus vaccination requirement to enter businesses
- Bowser breaks ground for new hospital: Cedar Hill Regional
- DC Health Temporarily Deactivates Online COVID Portal After It Sends Out Wrong Records
- Health Care Provider AccentCare Inks First DC Lease in Ward 7
- DC Health Launches New Portal for Residents to Access COVID-19 Vaccination Records
- This D.C. mental health care startup is expanding to reach more people of color
- The future St. E’s hospital in Southeast D.C. has a name
DELAWARE
- ChristianaCare announces intent to acquire Crozer Health
- Delaware’s biggest health system moves into Pa. to buy Crozer Health
- State increases efforts to diminish youth vaccine disparities
- COVID numbers on downward spiral
- Bayhealth-PAM aim to open more beds in Sussex
FLORIDA
- 7 ASC moves in Florida
- Florida physician convicted of $110M fraud
- Nursing home staffing changes backed
- Physician Partners of America to pay $3.3M to settle noncompete allegations
- Florida Health System Uses AI to Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes
- New name for West Florida Hospital coming March 3
- Report: Florida Failed To Pay Tens Of Thousands Of Health Care Claims For State’s Sickest Children
- Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue Downward Trend
- South Florida health care workers, first responders caught in home affordability gap: report
- Northwest Florida Community Hospital offers Evusheld Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
- Florida hospital establishes cardiac surgery chair through $10M gift
- Bills would guarantee visitation at Florida’s health care facilities, even during a pandemic
- New TGH behavioral health hospital coming to Tampa’s Medical District
- Florida health system settles improper Medicaid payment allegations for $5.5M
GEORGIA
- Georgia orthopedic ASC building sold
- Local doctor suing Wellstar over racial discrimination; attorneys say it’s part of a bigger issue
- Lawmaker: Revisions coming to Georgia mental health bill
- Local hospitals begin enforcing medical worker vaccine mandates
- Family shocked after receiving medical bill that cost more than double what they expected
- Georgia hospital to change name amid Piedmont acquisition
HAWAII
- Life Expectancy is Highest in Hawaii and California, CDC finds
- More virus rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead
- Some long COVID patients find promising results in treatment aimed at ‘awakening’ brain
- Hawaii Pacific Health partners with schools to offer health care training program
- Vaccinated visitors allowed at Queen’s North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente announces executive appointment for the Southern California, Hawaii markets
- As the Omicron surge subsides, experts ponder what’s next in the pandemic
IDAHO
- Crisis standards of care deactivated in Idaho
- Lack of ICU doctors presents challenges for healthcare in Idaho
- Local hospital earns industry award for clinical excellence
- Idaho’s COVID-19 week: Omicron surge ebbs, but intensive care patients are on the rise
- Idaho removes crisis standards of care as staff, blood supplies stabilize
ILLINOIS
- $45M gift creates Northwestern Medicine heart hospital
- CommonSpirit posts operating loss, inks $135M deal for 2 hospitals
- Northwestern Medicine purchases Hyatt hotel in Chicago
- Nurses are overwhelmed. This Chicago hospital hopes a combat veteran can help them cope with pandemic trauma
- South Shore Hospital network hack impacts data of 116K patients
- Pritzker touts initiatives aimed at expanding health care workforce
- Debate over COVID mitigations heading to Illinois legislature
- Area health systems welcome needed Illinois boost in critical mental health funding
- COVID Metrics Rivaling Those of Thanksgiving Show Illinois ‘Exiting the Omicron Surge’
- Illinois needs nurses
- Evusheld, treatment for those at risk of COVID-19, available at Illinois hospitals
- A layoff list, expired medicine, neglected patients: Illinois hospital loses Medicare contract
- The Rehabilitation Institute of Southern Illinois, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital, now open in Shiloh
- Illinois physical therapy company closes deal to buy Towson-based Pivot Health Solutions
- Michigan Avenue Primary Care integrates EHR, telehealth and scheduling
INDIANA
- Bill aims to reduce Indiana’s nurse shortage
- Cook Medical Sells Reproductive Health Division
- Crown Point Hospital Marks Construction Milestone
- DCMH the only Indiana critical access hospital named to the Top 100
- Design Approved for IU School of Medicine Building
- FSSA says a proposed bill could hinder its effort to reform long-term care
- In major rebrand, Golden Living becomes Brickyard Healthcare
- Indiana lawmakers weaken bill restricting vaccine mandates, easing burden on businesses
- New President of Lilly Foundation Elected
- Once more, health care tops lists of False Claims Act violations
- Uncertainty remains as Indiana hospitals meet deadline for federal vaccine mandate
- Federal court orders Indiana home health companies to pay overtime
- Franciscan Health Michigan City teams up with Signet Health on behavioral health services
IOWA
- Largest-ever University of Iowa gift to put Jacobson name on new hospital tower
- University of Iowa receives largest donation in its 175-year history: $70 million for UIHC
- UI to receive $70 million gift for health care expansion, biggest in university history
- COVID-19 surge continues downward, as Iowa limits what’s reported
- 5 recent hospital, health system COO moves
- As data reporting halts, outbreaks in Iowa nursing homes continue to climb
- COVID-19 reporting data moves to Iowa Dept. of Public Health website
- Iowa removes data website as state approaches 9,000 COVID-19 deaths; ends tracking nursing home outbreaks
- 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations
KANSAS
- Kansas hospitals with 5-star patient experience
- 5 Kansas City-area hospitals make Healthgrades’ best 250 list — one charts in top 50
- Missouri bills against vaccine mandates move in GOP House
- Kansas Center to Focus on Improving Rural Health
- String of worker attacks quietly hit Larned State Hospital, as officials search for staffing solutions
- The University of Kansas Health System and Medline partner to enhance supply chain strategy and outcomes
KENTUCKY
- Federal initiative expanding services at Kentucky health clinics
- How CEO Rob Jay looks to build newly formed — and Louisville-based — ScionHealth from two legacy companies
- Kentucky Health Care Providers Focus on Improving Access to Care
- Kentucky hospital appoints new CEO
- Kentucky leaders to reevaluate COVID guidelines once state drops out of highest spread level
- Kentucky Senate bill seeks to alleviate nursing shortage
- LifePoint Health saw an opportunity to create a new company ‘early’ in its purchase of Louisville-based Kindred Healthcare
- Pandemic to endemic: As cases fall, Kentucky looks with hope to next phase of COVID-19
- Solving the ‘blind spot of health care’: One Kentucky startup’s approach to preventative treatment
- Top-rated hospitals for patient experience: Kentucky
- UofL Health eyes new $144 million Downtown tower
- UofL Health funding college tuition for employees
- Wellcare of Kentucky names new CEO
LOUISIANA
- Nursing Home Accused of Diverting Funding to Detriment of Patients
- Longtime Louisiana hospital CEO steps down for new role
- Nurse’s firing stemmed from poor bedside manner, not bias, 5th Cir. says
- Blue Cross of Louisiana faces class-action over national BlueCard Program
- Proposed Senate bill would mandate nursing homes have generators to keep residents cool after storms.
- LSU receives $245M investment for cancer research, STEM education, student-athlete wellness
- Ochsner Health leads the way in Louisiana cancer care with sophisticated treatment plans
- New Orleans nursing home owner claims dementia amid lawsuits
- COVID emergency order extended again, though Gov. John Bel Edwards eyes its termination
- LDH: Over 1300 COVID-19 patients in the hospital across Louisiana
- La. top medical official doesn’t expect a COVID surge after Mardi Gras
MAINE
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- $64M VA health clinic opens in Portland
- Bill on prescription drug pricing inspires support from Maine residents, opposition from pharmaceutical industry
- Hospital ordered to pay $200K in wage discrimination lawsuit
- Maine hospital unlawfully underpaid psychologist compared to male colleagues, federal judge rules
- Gov. Mills’ budget proposal covers wide range of programs with half of surplus
- ‘A strong voice’: Maine nursing home and assisted living workers to gain representation
- Travel nurses are an expensive bandage for a sick health care system
- Stressed out Maine nurses have found a way to earn a lot more money
- Governor Mills Introduces Supplemental Budget Proposal Providing Financial Relief for Maine People
MARYLAND
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- Illinois physical therapy company closes deal to buy Towson-based Pivot Health Solutions
- Maryland programs aim to attract, keep ‘starry-eyed’ nurses
- Federal, state agencies investigating whether Maryland Department of Health retaliated against whistleblower
- COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations And Positivity Rate Continue To Fall
- With ‘bodies piling up,’ contractors clearing backlog at Maryland medical examiner’s office for $850 an autopsy
- $7M going to vulnerable populations, reducing health disparities in Maryland
- Public health experts concerned as pace of COVID-19 booster shots slows in Maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Physician group to pay $100K to resolve kickback allegations
- Mass General Brigham’s operating income falls to $10M in Q1
- Massachusetts man sentenced for placing lit firebomb at Jewish nursing home, lying to FBI
- Massachusetts mental health clinics see clinician exodus
- St. Vincent nurses asked whether to throw out union, just after strike ends
- Folx Health taps marketing executive as CEO as it eyes national expansion
- How technology made Mass General Brigham’s ‘hospital-at-home’ program a success
- 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations
- 9 hospitals ending services, closing departments
- Change in Long-Term Care Costs in Massachusetts Mixed; Labor Market Shifts and Continued COVID-19 Pressure Affect Future Costs
MICHIGAN
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- Henry Ford Allegiance Health CEO departs
- Michigan ASC implements product to enhance total joint replacements
- Michigan surgeon pleads guilty to $19.5M billing fraud
- Michigan health department updates mask guidance
- Mid-Michigan mental health providers concerned about attempts to privatize system
- Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital and Urban League of West Michigan team up to help job seekers
- ‘Shark Tank’-style competition leads to artificial intelligence-powered prescription refills for health system
- New cases of COVID-19 continue to plummet in Michigan
- Michigan House approves new rules for pharmacy benefit managers to cut prescription prices
- Michigan Legislature Addresses Multiple Healthcare Bills
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo Clinic employees to receive 4% raise after controversy
- Mayo Clinic model predicts therapy benefits for gastric cancer patients
- MN hospitals desperate for nursing assistants; state turns to free education to fill positions
- Fed-Up Minnesota Front Line Workers Testify on Bonus Pay
- Minnesota COVID update: Omicron surge continues to dissipate
- Latest on COVID in MN: Case counts, ICU needs falling as omicron ebbs
- Despite plans, precautions, COVID-19 nearly broke Minnesota hospitals. Why?
- 12 Minnesota hospitals penalized for excess hospital-acquired conditions
- Minnesota EMS workers depart as demand for emergency services grows
- Minnesota rural hospital workers feel the strain as colleagues leave, COVID stays
- COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 1,000 in Minnesota
MISSISSIPPI
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- Senate Bill proposes to expand hospital beds across Mississippi
- COVID restrictions changing as case numbers decline
- Medicaid Managed-Care Proposal Goes to Mississippi Senate
- Mississippi House votes to end Medicaid contract with health giant Centene
- Mississippi becomes the 37th state to approve medical marijuana
- Mississippi physical therapist fights to increase access to health care
MISSOURI
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- Ascension inks strategic relationship with Labcorp, expanding testing capabilities
- Jury sides with CoxHealth CEO in lawsuit over tweet
- Signify to acquire Caravan for $250M
- Health care organizations kept in the dark when Missouri ended COVID emergency order
- Missouri healthcare orgs were blindsided by Gov. Parson ending his COVID emergency order
- 14 women making moves in healthcare leadership
- Missouri health system CEO resigns
- Few Cerner customers oppose Dr. Feinberg’s leadership, KLAS report shows
- 5 recent hospital, health system COO moves
- What you need to know about standing up a virtual nursing unit
- Saint Luke’s gives nurses their own virtual care unit
- 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations
- 5 Kansas City-area hospitals make Healthgrades’ best 250 list — one charts in top 50
- 9 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
- ‘Generally accurate’: COVID-19 vaccine data for nursing homes is not verified
MONTANA
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- Website launched to recruit health care providers to Montana
- SCL Health adds clinic to downtown Butte
- Uncertainty remains as Montana hospitals prepare for federal vaccine mandate
- Montana State Hospital placed on ‘immediate jeopardy’ after federal inspection
- Montana health facilities report vaccine compliance, with some leaving jobs
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska healthcare leaders say COVID numbers declining, but hospitals remain busy
- Nebraska healthcare leaders discuss impacts of COVID-19 on hospitals
- Chadron home to Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
- Omaha lifts mask mandate as COVID cases plunge in Nebraska
- Hospital CEOs: Vaccine Mandate Brings Constructions Delays, Hiring Issues
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Catholic Medical Center Agrees to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback-Related False Claims Act Allegations
- Hospital pays $3.8M to resolve allegations it assisted cardiologist in exchange for patient referrals
- New Hampshire hospital settles kickback-related false claims case
- Catholic Medical Center pays $3.8M to settle kickback allegations
- Number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Hampshire falls again
- New Hampshire COVID-19 hospitalizations at lowest level since last August
- NH COVID cases, hospitalizations continue steep drop
- Nursing homes up for higher reimbursements. It’s not enough, advocates say.
NEW JERSEY
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- Community Medical Center, Children’s Specialized Hospital and RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group Break Ground on Medical Hub in West Tom’s River
- Longtime CEO of New Jersey health system to retire
- New Jersey freezes admissions at nursing home after new neglect allegations
- Resident in cardiac arrest left for dead at nursing home, N.J. alleges, in scathing report citing widespread abuse
- State threatens to take over N.J. nursing home where bodies were stacked
- Who is responsible when a nursing home is providing poor care? Sometimes it’s hard to find out.
- New Jersey hospital opens revamped ASC
- Behavioral Health Unit Under Construction In New Jersey
- Travel nurses have rescued N.J. hospitals. But have they come at too high a price?
- Englewood Health Urgent Care Opens in Jersey City
- GoFundMe launched for New Jersey hospital worker set on fire by travel nurse
- 8 New Jersey hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores
- Judge awards $909K to New Jersey ophthalmologist
NEW MEXICO
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- 14 women making moves in healthcare leadership
- COVID hospitalizations, cases continue to drop in NM
- CDC optimistic as COVID cases decline
- State agencies cheer progress as priority legislation to support nursing homes moves to House floor |Health Care Quality Surcharge delivers millions to New Mexico nursing facilities
- 9 New Mexico hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 710 new cases, totaling 504,287
NEW YORK
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- University of Rochester building $227M ASC in former Sears building
- Weill Cornell Medicine appoints CFO
- New York hospital workers petition to leave union
- New York health network appoints chief nurse executive
- 14 women making moves in healthcare leadership
- 10 New York hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores
- Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills names CMO
- 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations
- Northwell Appoints Transplant Center Director
- 22 recent hospital, health system executive moves
- Hochul quietly extends COVID state of emergency in New York
- 9 hospitals ending services, closing departments
- Some CNY hospitals allowed to resume elective surgeries
- Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State’s Progress Combating COVID-19
- 9 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
- ‘We remain committed to this mission’: Strong Hospital military teams ready to assist in Rochester’s COVID response
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health’s $150 million North Carolina hospital to include an ASC
- COVID burnout rate for NC nurses ‘alarmingly high,’ new report says
- Nursing home staffing issues at center of discussion at General Assembly
- You could soon speak to a nurse when calling 911 in Wake County
- Novant Health Tops Out Hospital Project In North Carolina
- One doctor, two states: Comparing Texas and North Carolina transparency
- Registered nurses at Mission Hospital gathered to hold rally on Wednesday
- Another report reveals noncompliance by North Carolina hospitals on price transparency rule
- Pediatric congenital heart program expanding in North Carolina
- Appointed North Carolina officials battle over hospital price transparency
- State health leaders discuss COVID exit strategy, mental health need
- North Carolina health care officials ask state for help in addressing staff shortages
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Burgum declares this week ND Nurses Week
- North Dakota COVID-19 cases have plummeted over 70% since mid-January peak
- COVID-19 test positivity rate continues falling in North Dakota
- North Dakota State Hospital straining with ‘unprecedented’ demand for services from courts, jails
- Grant to bring community health workers to CommonSpirit facilities in North Dakota, including Devils Lake
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic’s top 10 medical innovations for 2022
- Former spine surgeon owes $13M to 2 women over unnecessary procedures
- Ohio ASC, health system to pay $3M to settle improper Medicare claims allegations
- Jury seated to try Ohio doctor charged in hospital deaths
- Central Ohio health providers set to pay $3 million for improper surgery claims
- Ohio’s life expectancy is among the worst in U.S.
- COVID patients represent 1 in 7 hospitalizations in Southwest Ohio
- How do Ohio nursing homes compare with facilities in other states?
- Southwest Ohio health staffing company accused of labor trafficking in lawsuit
- UH Parma Medical Center’s comprehensive stroke program recognized at Ohio Statehouse
- Health Care Sector Invests, Stays Healthy
- Low vaccination rates at nursing homes put Ohio on collision course with federal mandate
- Here are the 10 most deadly months for coronavirus in Ohio
- 8 Ohio hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores
- 3 Ohio providers to pay $3M to settle improper billing allegations
- Ohio to add new COVID therapeutics dashboard next week
- Ohio’s child behavioral health system is at a ‘breaking point’
- Cincinnati orthopedic ASC to hold grand opening
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma won’t discipline physicians prescribing unproven COVID-19 treatments
- Oklahoma hospital puts ICU on lockdown after online attacks
- Oklahoma Hospital Locks Down Its ICU Following Threats to Staff
- ‘Baseless attacks’ online trigger lockdown at Oklahoma hospital ICU
- New pediatric cardiac intensive care unit opens at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital
- Ascension St. John to close pediatric units
- Hospital files restraining order against church leader
- 9 hospitals ending services, closing departments
OREGON
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- 3 metro area hospitals ranked among the best in U.S.
- A third unvaccinated PeaceHealth employee has sued, claiming religious discrimination
- Oregon hospital, healthcare woes could last years
- Oregon agrees to sunset limit on benefits for kids on Medicaid
- Oregon’s omicron surge is subsiding, but hospital numbers remain high
- Oregon Health Authority announces peak of Omicron surge is over
- Oregon bill aims to decrease violence against hospital workers
- Oregon bill on behavioral health worker retention clears committee
- As nursing shortage in Oregon continues, legislators plan a remedy
- Oregon lawmakers consider bill to head off Medicaid disenrollments
- Nurses blast Providence management ahead of contract negotiations
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 3 Philadelphia-area medical centers make Healthgrades’ 50 best hospitals list
- Crozer Health changing CEOs as speculation about a sale mounts
- Delaware County hospital gives families one-week notice before closing hospice unit
- It’s Like Looking for Unicorns: Local health systems search for answers as nursing vacancies reach crisis levels
- Judge orders Tower Health to restart sale of 2 closed hospitals
- Main Line Health’s Lankenau Medical Center in top 1% of U.S. hospitals and Riddle Hospital in top 2% in Healthgrades rankings
- Philadelphia Hospital Deploys Remote Patient Monitoring Senor in ICUs
- Prospect Medical Holdings goes on hospital divestiture spree
- States are dropping mask mandates. What about Philly?
- University of Pennsylvania to launch tuition-free program for nurse practitioners
- Health care competition in Western Pa. is a big game of Risk
- Allegheny Health converts former Pennsylvania hospital into innovation hub
- Delaware’s biggest health system moves into Pa. to buy Crozer Health
- Judge orders sale to resume of Jennersville, Brandywine hospitals
RHODE ISLAND
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- Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals could be sold as Prospect scales back
- Nurses’ union: Don’t give money to Catholic Church until it settles pension lawsuit
- ERDC researchers help prioritize support for Rhode Island hospitals during omicron surge
- Attorney general denies hospital systems’ merger bid
- Rhode Island AG rejects Lifespan-Care New England merger, will join FTC in lawsuit
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- South Carolina nursing home owner arrested, charged with 10 neglect counts
- State doctors say they are ‘cautiously optimistic’ as COVID-19 cases decline
- South Carolina becomes the latest state to propose eliminating certificates of need
- New federal legislation could help South Carolina Medicare recipients heal at home
- 9 SC hospitals break price transparency rule, report find
- South Carolina Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Officially Approved In Senate, Heads For House Consideration
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Avera and Sanford leaders talk nurse workforce shortage
- Sanford Health’s net income dips 28% in 2021
- Despite opposition from medical community, South Dakota committee passes ‘ivermectin freedom’ bill
- Expanding rural hospitals to take pressure off Sioux Falls
- Change in Long-Term Care Costs in South Dakota Mixed; Labor Market Shifts and Continued COVID-19 Pressure Affect Future Costs
- Sioux Falls’ health care expanding with population growth
- Six new COVID-19 cases in Brookings Co. Wednesday, Feb. 16
TENNESSEE
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- $75M health care training center planned in East Tennessee
- Appello Pharmaceuticals Inc. raises $13.5 million
- Bill would exempt healthcare workers from vaccination mandates
- CVS Health Invests Millions to Better Housing Security, Care Access
- Erlanger plans transition to 501(c)(3) nonprofit status
- Health IT startup PriorAuthNow raises $25M
- Healthcare Leader Mark Yancy Named Chief Executive Officer Of NashvilleHealth
- Report: Tennessee ranks 40th in nation for youth mental health
- Tennessee seeing big drops in key COVID indicators amid hopes of pandemic becoming endemic
- Rep. Lamar sponsors bill to treat gun violence as a public health crisis
- Beating the odds: Bledsoe Co. hospital discusses importance of rural healthcare investment
- East Tennessee emergency rooms see long wait times
TEXAS
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- 2 Texas physicians indicted in $300M kickback scheme
- Dallas-based firm sells, recapitalizes its health-care portfolio in $350 million-plus joint venture
- Houston Methodist to break ground this year on 400-bed smart hospital
- One doctor, two states: Comparing Texas and North Carolina transparency
- St. David’s reveals details of $953M expansion that includes new hospitals, creating 900-plus jobs
- Texas cardiologist urges judge to toss hospital’s suit alleging antitrust, monopolistic behavior
- USPI added 3,400+ physicians last year: 5 earnings call insights
- 2 Dallas hospitals suspended from Human Rights Campaign equality index
- St. David’s HealthCare to build 3 new hospitals in nearly $1B expansion
- Signify to acquire Caravan for $250M
- MD Anderson receives $31.7M from research institute
- 3 Texas medical labs charged in $300M fraud scheme
- 6 lawsuits challenging the No Surprises Act
- HCA Healthcare names new CFO for 2 Texas hospitals
- 14 women making moves in healthcare leadership
- St. David’s HealthCare plans $953M of projects at Central Texas medical facilities
- Oracle extends Cerner tender offer by a month
- 9 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
- Valley hospitals continue efforts to recruit, retain nurses amid shortage
UTAH
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- Intermountain unveils long-COVID-19 navigation program
- Utah’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are dropping
- New cases of COVID-19 tick up, but remain far below January’s record highs
- Utah doctors have noticed a pattern in how COVID long-haulers finally recover
- Should ‘natural immunity’ count for one’s vaccination status in Utah?
- Utah lawmakers nix bill allowing physician-assisted death for terminal illness
- COVID-19 is still filling rural Utah’s hospitals. Now providers are bringing in the military.
- ‘Long’ COVID-19 often strikes young, healthy Utahns doctors say
VERMONT
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- ASC reopens ORs 1 year after ‘air circulation’ issues
- Vermont hospital boosts nurse wages 20%, gives tech workers $5,000 bonus
- Vermont hospital administrators respond to state report on lengthy wait times
- Genworth: Assisted living facility costs decrease, nursing homes over $125,000
- Vt. panel releases recommendations on reducing hospital wait times
- Nurses, techs and U of Vermont Medical Center reach pay deal
- Covid-19 lockdown has ended at Vermont nursing homes, but hard feelings remain
- It’s Official: Vermont Patients Wait Too Long, State Report Shows
- UVM Medical Center re-opens three operating rooms
- Vermont reports 398 new Covid cases and 1 more death Friday
VIRGINIA
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- Sentara makes $125M investment in employee compensation
- Virginia eye practice bought by private equity-backed group
- Program Helps COVID-19 Patients Stay Out of Virginia Hospital, Receive Treatment From Home
- Virginia Senate passes bills to expand access to paid sick days for grocery, health care workers
- Virginia health expert: COVID-19 trends look encouraging, but it’s too early to relax mitigation strategies
- Striving to Reduce Cancer Treatment Racial Disparities in Virginia
- UVA Health opens new orthopedic center
- After two months, Virginia finally falls below 3K daily COVID-19 cases reported
- 200K-square-foot outpatient orthopedic center opens in Virginia
- Virginia Hospital Center Opens New Physicians Office In Annandale
- Mental health a growing crisis for children: How Md., DC and Va. are doing
WASHINGTON
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- Medical staff target Washington hospital CEO, COO, attorney in no-confidence vote
- Washington hospital fires 4 executives
- Washington hospital restructures amid executive firings
- Washington hospitals stuck in staffing crisis
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Intuitive Health Partner On Care Centers
- Rural WA wants in on state highway, health and housing dollars
- COVID put thousands of procedures in WA on hold, frustrating patients and worrying surgeons
- Washington Health Alliance Breaks Down Evergreen State Spending
- Washington opening up long-term care units to relieve hospital crowding
- Washington health care leaders stress ‘flexible thinking’ around access to services
WEST VIRGINIA
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- VA OIG: Address staffing, other issues after top-priority heart consultation at Martinsburg, West Virginia, veterans’’ hospital took months
- Public health officials: COVID-19 has not yet reached endemic status in West Virginia
- Saint Francis Hospital opens emergency room after six-year hiatus
- 2 WV health companies join WVU Medicine’s Peak Health
- CMS responds to West Virginia hospital vaccine mandate
WISCONSIN
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- SSM Health Wisconsin names new leader
- UW Health to mandate COVID-19 boosters for staff, volunteers
- Wisconsin health system to boost minimum wage to $17
- Only one county in Wisconsin still has ‘critical’ COVID-19 activity
- Wisconsin COVID-19 app popular, but close contact use unclear
- ‘Knock it down now and keep it down’: Pressure easing on Fox Valley hospitals as COVID-19 cases decline
- ‘A real crisis’: License backlogs in some states prevent health-care workers from seeing patients
- Acute care at home brings the hospital to patients’ living rooms
- Advocate Aurora Health Expands Footprint In Wisconsin
- Ascension Wisconsin part of Labcorp deal that includes $400M asset purchase
WYOMING
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- Medicaid expansion support still lags in Wyoming House
- Bill for employers to accommodate the unvaccinated fails in state House
- Wyoming Bill To Limit Vaccine Requirements Passes First Test
- Legislators vote down attempt to funnel $3 million to Wyoming suicide hotlines, but the effort isn’t over
- Medical marijuana bill filed in Wyoming Legislature
- Wyoming bill that would free physicians from noncompete clauses moves forward
