NATIONAL
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- AHA seeks meeting with HHS on 340B repayments
- Biden’s State of the Union: 10 healthcare takeaways
- CMS proposes universal quality measures across all programs
- Drugmakers restrict 340B sales after appellate court ruling
- False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $2 Billion in Fiscal Year 2022
- Kaufman Hall: Hospital financial pressures may be easing
- More rural hospitals slash services, study shows
- Nursing home sector’s economic recovery ‘in limbo,’ AHCA says
- One Medical drops on report FTC hiring outside economists on Amazon deal (update)
- Physician pay dropped in the last quarter
- Rural healthcare advocates travel to DC for meeting
- Struggling malls find new life as medical facilities
- The virus threat is easing, but US hospitals are still as full as ever
- Three U.S. data breaches show varied healthcare exposure risks
- Virtual prescribing of controlled substances is in limbo as PHE winds down
ALABAMA
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- Cash-strapped Alabama hospitals ask for federal support
- Encompass Health profits decline amid high costs
- Huntsville Hospital CEO sees new Medicaid expansion push in Alabama
- Alabama hospitals say they face an ‘existential crisis’ after COVID, ask state for financial help
- Report: Alabama Hospitals lose $1.5 billion since pandemic
- U.S. leading cause of death is heart disease, Alabama’s matches that
- Alabama lawmakers put temporary hold on $1 billion contract for prison healthcare
- New rolling NICU a ‘game changer’ for critical babies in Alabama
- More than a dozen Alabama hospitals at immediate risk of closing; officials say hospitals suffer $1.5 billion loss
ALASKA
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- New Mat-Su behavioral health clinic addressing ‘desperate need’ for services to open in April
- Report: Alaska makes progress, falls short on 2030 health goals
- Analysis: COVID-19 shortened Native American life expectancy, but it’s not the only factor
- Former Alaska mental health program CEO pleads guilty to assaulting Delta attendant on Anchorage flight
- Alaska Gov. Dunleavy proposes extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers
ARIZONA
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- Banner Health pays $1.25M penalty over HIPAA failures from 2016 breach
- Arizona nursing school at risk of losing accreditation
- St. Louis-based dietetics consulting business buys Arizona consultancy
- Cigna, Phoenix Children’s reach tentative agreement
- Arizona border hospital struggling to stay afloat after spending $20M on uncompensated care in the last 6 months
- Surgery Center Services of America’s 12 new ASCs
- Phoenix Children’s opening 2 children’s hospitals as part of $400M expansion
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas health system names marketing director
- Central Arkansas Nursing Centers plan 142-bed nursing home on South 48th Street in Springdale near Johnson
- Nutex opens new Arkansas hospital
- Dr. Kris Hanby completes 1st robotic knee replacement at Arkansas ASC
- 2 Promoted at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
- Arkansas rural hospital funding bill moves forward
- Inflation, labor pressures hike Arkansas hospital project costs by 13%
- Report: Arkansas Needs More Healthcare Workers
- House approves legislation allowing rural hospitals to apply for federal designation
CALIFORNIA
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- CA no longer pursuing COVID vaccine mandate for K-12 schools, public health department says
- Fresno County warns of crisis in hospital system
- Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital gets $135M for 6 projects
- Sabra completes moves of 24 former North American properties to Ensign, Avamere
- California health program successfully cut hospital visits
- One year closer to seismic safety deadline for California hospitals
- Major violations found at Santa Clara County’s main hospital involving suicidal patients
- Imperial County’s largest hospital is running out of cash
- California Fines Online Health Provider $3.2M over Claims Practices
- Where things stand in Central California 1 month after a community hospital’s closure
- California hospital names Kelly Linden CEO
- Upcoming California health bills to watch, including a conversation with Rep. Aguiar-Curry about informed consent legislation
- Hollister’s only hospital has bought itself more time, but could still run out of cash in March
- Dignity Health California named in Newsweek’s list of America’s most diverse workplaces
- Davis-founded infant nutrition startup Infinant Health names former Cargill director Mike Johnson new CEO
- Can telemedicine kick type 2 diabetes to the curb? Blue Shield of California is counting on it.
- Johnson & Johnson unit plots job cuts; James Merson to depart
- East Bay company’s realtime map-and-zap system against cancer wins FDA clearance
COLORADO
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- 7,600 Kaiser Permanente customers in Colorado to get refunds following software error
- As many as 1 in 10 Coloradans may have been hit by long COVID, a report says
- Blue West Capital Arranges $5.6M Purchase of UCHealth-Occupied Medical Office Building in Erie, Colorado
- Centura Health opens $28M ASC
- Denver Health has ratings affirmed at ‘BBB’ following $60M loss
- Denver Health sees $60M loss as contract labor dents performance
- Local hospitals see slight rise in COVID cases
- More Colorado kids going to ER for mental health care
- New laboratory opens at St. Mary’s Hospital
- Southwest Health System CEO resigns
- Colorado lawmakers propose bill to help Denver Health with volatile finances
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations drop amid mixed signals of virus’s activity in state
- Four Behavioral Health Projects Serving Rural Colorado Funded by $200,000 in Competitive CDA Grants
- Colorado Senate Health and Human Services Committee advances bill approving off-label prescription protections for providers
- Federal court approves agreement ending doctors’ suit against Delta hospital
CONNECTICUT
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- Nursing home in CT accused of neglect, staffing shortages
- Connecticut governor pushing for $2B medical debt relief plan
- Stamford Health has credit rating affirmed amid strong financial outlook
- Stamford Health reports higher quarterly net income as investment returns improve
- Aetna’s parent company inks $10.6B deal to buy national physician practice
- Support grows for association health plans as small employer insurance costs soar
- Connecticut doctors call on legislature to tackle prior authorization during this year’s session
- CT hospitals support student-loan forgiveness, debt-free college programs to boost healthcare workforce
DC
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare Trains Top-Notch Family Doctors in Delaware
- ChristianaCare recovers from cyberattack, restores website service
- Governor Carney Formally Extends Public Health Emergency
- NorthStar Anesthesia expanding services to Illinois health system, Delaware ASC
- Delaware sees uptick in Covid-19 cases as death toll rises to 3,265
- Westside Family Healthcare CEO Lopez to retire
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth Daytona Beach Breaks Ground on Medical Office Building and Surgery Center
- Clear vision: Ophthalmologist buys Pompano Beach office building
- Florida hospital taking expectant moms, delaying surgeries
- Florida’s NCLEX pass rate falls to 64%, lowest in US
- Major Florida hospital hit by possible ransomware attack
- Tallahassee hospital still using paper records, diverting EMS patients after IT security event
- Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is wrestling with an IT ‘security event’
- Apparent cyberattack forces Florida hospital system to divert some emergency patients to other facilities
- HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Completes First TCAR Procedure
- Cleveland Clinic Appoints Dennis L. Laraway as Chief Financial Officer
- New funding available for Florida organizations supporting medically complex children
- Orlando Health Hospital Care at Home to debut with eye on future expansion
- Bonuses and more help AdventHealth, Orlando Health fill in-demand nursing positions
- Tampa Bay nurses see a slight decline in pass rates amid nursing shortage, report finds
- Mayo Clinic in Florida starting work toward $21 million central utility plant
- Billionaire Ken Griffin donates $25M for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Miami expansion
- Nearly 10% of Floridians had health records hacked in 2022, HHS reports
GEORGIA
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- 3 Atlanta nurses removed from roles after Florida schools found handing out fake diplomas
- Bull Realty Arranges $4M Sale of Medical Office Building in Evans
- General Assembly to renew debate over certificate of need law
- Georgia lawmakers to renew debate over certificate of need laws regulating hospitals
- Northside Hospital’s new Cumberland medical center opening soon
- Laws regulating hospital construction under review in Georgia
- Georgia Cancer Center gets $1.1 million grant for prostate cancer and cardiovascular diseases research
- Channel 2 investigation finds many rural Georgia communities are dealing with doctor deserts
- Atlanta doctors successfully implant experimental pacemaker in preemie infant
HAWAII
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- Hawaii medical excise tax affecting patient care, physicians say
- Health centers open at three Hawaii Island schools
- Hawaii COVID-19 positivity rate at 5%; 8 more deaths
- Bill that would establish group to study therapeutic benefits of psilocybin passes Hawaii Senate committee
- Kauai hospital wins national award for emergency generator replacement project
- Queen’s announces new leadership model
- Effective use of predictive analytics to improve health outcomes in Hawaii will require breaking down communication barriers
IDAHO
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- St. Luke’s Health System says it will lay off workers in Idaho. Who’s affected, and why
- Uncertainty looms as nearly 150,000 in Idaho could lose Medicaid
- North Idaho Children’s Mental Health clinic closing in spring
- Idaho has smallest percentage of women doctors in U.S.
- Idaho panel approves a bill that would make medical care for trans youth a felony
- Idaho’s St. Luke’s to reduce workforce by 2%, eliminates executive positions
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center opens first Indiana outpatient center in Munster
- Chicago Hospital to Open New Community Pantry
- CommonSpirit buys stake in Arabian hospital group
- CVS Health zeroing in on $10.5B deal for Oak Street Health
- CVS Agrees to Buy Oak Street Health in $10.6 Billion Deal
- Demand for medical office space is up amid lingering effects of the pandemic
- NorthStar Anesthesia expanding services to Illinois health system, Delaware ASC
- Nurses at Northwell hospital authorize strike
- St. Margaret’s says ‘without an immediate infusion of cash’ it cannot pursue Rural Emergency Hospital status
- Illinois hospital names Dr. Kimberley Darey president
- Illinois health system taps new virtual care partner
- Rural health care is changing across the country: How are local hospitals adapting?
INDIANA
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- Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center opens first Indiana outpatient center in Munster
- Doctors ask lawmakers to free them from noncompete agreements
- Fairfield Advisors announces sale of Tri-State Orthopedic Medical Office Buildings
- Indiana bill would fine hospitals that exceed price cap
- Pandemic costs have some Indiana hospitals considering cutting services, closure
- Indiana lawmakers try to force hospitals to lower prices
- Fort Wayne VA center opens women’s health facility
- Opinion- Hicks: Indiana HB1004 would restrict hospital monopolies, which are among the most profitable businesses in the United States
- Tackling looming health issues in Gary and Northwest Indiana
- Senate approves doctor non-compete ban
- Indiana hospitals are in the red, and they don’t agree with lawmakers on how to cut costs
- Indiana health system rolls out cardiac remote monitoring platform
- Franciscan Health Hammond closure leaves care gap in Northwest Indiana’s largest city
- New bill aims to save Indiana children from cancer
IOWA
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- 6 Iowa long-term care facilities put into receivership, transfers in motion
- Former JCHC doctor files lawsuit against health center
- Iowa care facility fined $10K for pronouncing woman dead when she was still alive
- Iowa lawmakers discuss placing cap on medical malpractice damages
- Steindler North Liberty campus facing $10M cost overrun
- Cardiologist, Iowa board agree to settlement 12 years after misconduct incident
- Iowa passes $2M cap on medical malpractice damages
- 55+ community being developed in Orange City with hopes of slowing need for senior healthcare
- MercyOne names regional president
KANSAS
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- Kansas health care system faces ongoing mental health bed shortages, waiver waitlists
- Petition filed to unionize nurses at another Ascension hospital in Wichita
- Rural health care teen outreach programs booming across Kansas
- Caldwell Regional Medical Center Opens In Kansas
- Stormont Vail ups credit line following acquisition
- COVID case numbers rose slightly this week in Kansas City as hospitalizations stagnate
- Medicaid expansion on the table in Kansas
- Two Overland Park hospitals earn top national rankings
KENTUCKY
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- Lifepoint scoops up 18 behavioral hospitals
- Norton Healthcare broadens reach of its financial assistance plan
- Number of Kentucky counties at high COVID-19 level doubles
- UofL Health expands access to behavioral health support, referrals now open
- Bill filed aims to help ease health care worker shortage in Kentucky
- State lawmaker champions house bill 200
- Your top questions about medical marijuana in Kentucky answered by the experts
- Four Mental Health Agencies Consolidating Efforts In Kentucky
- Humana deploys grants to help improve outcomes for Black moms in Louisville
- Family Community Clinic Inc. raising $5M endowment campaign for free health care clinic
- Trilogy Health Services names first chief medical officer
- OrthoCincy Orthopaedics expands reach in Kentucky with acquisition of Ortho Louisville
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- Maine hospital to close its maternity unit
- Maine’s largest hospital ends fundraising campaign after exceeding goal
- Mercy Hospital, physician ordered to pay $6.5M for deadly misdiagnosis
- Widow sues Maine hospital claiming wrong medication killed her husband
- Task force examining violence against healthcare workers releases report
- New program in Augusta allows students to earn wages while they train to become nursing assistants
- Former director sentenced for defrauding government, Maine Medical Center
- Maine Legislature tries again on MaineCare bill that would increase nursing facility reimbursement
MARYLAND
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- As many as 80K Marylanders could lose Medicaid eligibility
- Baltimore health care company names new CEO amid expansion
- Bill would create task force to investigate why Maryland hospital ER wait times are so long
- Harford Memorial Hospital projected to close by spring 2024
- Health care leaders hope to inspire more workers with new website to curb shortages in Maryland
- Johns Hopkins names chief nursing information officer
- Maryland hospital to close by spring 2024
- Healthcare package on reproduction rights in MD to be unveiled Thursday
- Behind the deal: Why a Tennessee health company bought a Pikesville startup
- Supporters push for reform of Maryland’s medical, geriatric parole system
- A primary care office is opening on North Prospect Street in Hagerstown. What to know.
- State of the Union attendee from Maryland shares advantages of crisis response system
- Minnesota mental health company plans Baltimore-area expansion
- Maryland’s public health chief prepares to tackle health disparities
- Health care leaders hope to inspire more workers with new website to curb shortages in Maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 160 patients evacuated after fire at Massachusetts hospital
- Cardiologist Richard Zelman dismisses his lawsuit against Cape Cod Healthcare, CEO
- FEMA awards nearly $3.8 million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs
- Four Mass. hospitals make Healthgrade’s list of America’s 250 Best
- ‘Honestly, it’s a miracle’: Brockton Hospital nurse describes evacuation during 10-alarm fire
- Massachusetts physicians charged with tax evasion and fraud
- One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home
- Fresh off $100M from CVS, Carbon Health starts new virtual, remote monitoring program
- EHR vendor Athenahealth lays off 178 employees
- Burst pipe prompts Boston Medical Center to temporarily close ER
- Massachusetts physicians charged with tax evasion and fraud
- As demand for workers rises, home healthcare agencies seek pay increases
- UMass Chan licenses bioinformatics software platform to new Cambridge tech firm
- Commonwealth Medicine rebrands to showcase tie to medical school
- Tufts, Unitedhealth deals clear state commission review
- UMass Memorial Health Center settles data breach suit for $1.2M
- Emerson Health CEO to chair Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association
- Beth Israel Lahey Health hospital nurses petition for better pay
MICHIGAN
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- Beaumont physician educates other doctors on signs of human trafficking
- Lawsuit targets Michigan orthopedic practice, alleges monopoly
- Michigan nurses report more patients dying due to understaffing, poll finds
- Predictive analytics reduces hospital readmission at Corewell Health, study finds
- Michigan health, education organizations react to Whitmer’s $79 billion budget
- Brush with death inspired Michigan woman to fight for expanded health care
- Ascension eliminates midwives on staff at Providence Hospital
- Nursing home workers at 13 Metro Detroit facilities weigh strike
- Nurses reach tentative contract with MyMichigan Health in Alma
- Health care workers should look for signs of human trafficking, Michigan doctor says
- Henry Ford Health plans ‘transformational’ $2.5B hospital, developments with Pistons, MSU
- 5 Things Michigan: Behavioral health bills, State-based exchange, Whitmer’s State of the State
- Grand Rapids orthopedic practice engaged in ‘monopolistic conduct,’ Trinity Health lawsuit alleges
- Mackinac Straits Health System To Add $10M MOB In Michigan
- Stakeholders call on Michigan legislators to transition to a state-based exchange marketplace
- Bronson Healthcare names CEO for new psychiatric hospital
- Munson Healthcare names new chief financial officer
MINNESOTA
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- Hospital mergers meet a new major player: state governments
- Minnesota mental health company plans Baltimore-area expansion
- Sanford Bemidji receives national certification as Wellbriety Treatment Center
- Twin Cities health executives talk technology, staff shortages, Sanford/Fairview merger
- Fairview Health downgraded as operating losses likely to persist
- Sanford, Fairview CEOs address 6 looming merger concerns
- Minnesota health system hires CIO consultant
- Mayo Clinic, Bahraini hospital sign deal to affiliate
- Dr. Bill Heegaard named president of Essentia Health’s East Market
- Allina Health joins precision medicine research network
- How Mayo is using AI: 3 takeaways
- MN Health System Joins Research Network to Advance Precision Medicine
- Essentia Health shifts market president
- ‘Purge the merge’: U of M medical students rally against Sanford/Fairview merger
- Minnesota 1st state to screen all newborns for serious viral infection
- Allina Health joins precision medicine research network
MISSISSIPPI
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- ‘Slightly more breathing room’: Fewer rural hospitals at risk of closure, but threat still looms
- Hospital collaboration bill advances in Mississippi Legislature
- Mississippi Senate passes postpartum Medicaid extension
- Over 3,000 COVID-19 cases reported in Mississippi
- Mississippi nursing educators pleased with efforts to help with shortage
- Lawmakers want to keep citations of medical marijuana businesses secret
MISSOURI
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- Big St. Louis senior living nonprofit hires new operations chief
- BJC HealthCare’s approach to flexible scheduling for nurses
- Eduardo Conrado’s path from digital, innovation chief to president of Ascension
- Appeals court tosses Missouri physician’s ‘pill mill’ convictions
- Centene PBM settlement with California boosts total over $800M
- Centene’s profit dipped 10% last year, but says it exceeded guidance
- St. Louis-based dietetics consulting business buys Arizona consultancy
- Missouri physician pleads guilty to diluting methadone
- BJC HealthCare names chief clinical officer
- NEW report that shows 36 Missouri hospitals NOT complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
- Missouri agencies launch investigation into health center for transgender youth
MONTANA
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- Montana’s tax-exempt hospitals oppose increased oversight
- Montana Republicans show support for medical conscience bill
- Missoula VA clinic celebrates one year, looks to future
- Montana lawmakers seek more Info about Governor’s addiction, mental health fund
- Montana Logging Association donates $31,340 to Shodair Children’s Hospital
- ‘Changing the future of rural medicine:’ Montana hospitals working toward Native health care equity
NEBRASKA
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- Texas, Nebraska Led Nation in Nursing Home Closures in 2022
- Mary Lanning nearing completion of $25M expansion project
- Bryan Health promotes Bliemeister to director post
- Nebraska Methodist faces lawsuit over pension plan
- Pharmacy student’s drug solution could save health systems $100K
- Omaha Children’s Hospital won’t take a position on gender-affirming care, it says
- In health care limbo: Hundreds of Nebraska hospital patients waiting to be transferred
- Three years after COVID’s arrival, virus down in Nebraska but not out
- Hospital leadership post-pandemic — it’s personal, says Nebraska Children’s Hospital CEO Chanda Chacon
NEVADA
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- Las Vegas now home to the top-ranked kidney transplant program in US
- Why health officials have closed the book on Mpox: Clark County’s final numbers
- Nevada COVID-19 cases remain near pandemic-low levels
- Some Nevada Medical Board investigations dragging on for seven years
- Nevada legislators expected to address nursing shortage in upcoming session
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Family of NJ nursing home patient demands answers after she was brutally attacked
- Hackensack Meridian unveils center for clinical trial patients
- N.J. hospital’s $1.8B redesign would be a massive upgrade. But where’s the $ coming from?
- New Jersey hospital performs 4,000th TAVR procedure
- NJ Hospitals Deliver Award-Winning Services
- NJ Health Systems Strike Digital Maternity Care Partnership
- Hackensack UMC’s New Tower Showcases the Hospital of the Future
- This key cancer screening just got more affordable in N.J.
- Healthgrades Ranks Saint Clare’s Health Among Top 3 in New Jersey for Orthopedic Surgery
- New Jersey health system looks to streamline care through Memora partnership
- Birch Group Signs Hospital for Special Surgery to Its Paramus, New Jersey, Office Complex
- Man with a (nonprofit) plan: CarePoint Health System CEO sees bright future for hospital chain
NEW MEXICO
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- 2 Senate bills tackle New Mexico nurse shortage
- Bill to protect abortion rights and transgender health care in NM takes a step forward
- Doctors flee New Mexico – and more are expected to follow
- Dementia diagnoses on the rise in New Mexico
- ‘More like a home’ than a hospital: Presbyterian’s new Downtown tower is ready to open
NEW YORK
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- Doctor guiding merger of St. Joe’s with Albany hospital system takes over as CEO
- Local hospitals will continue to receive Medicare reimbursements
- New York hospitals in limbo as vaccine litigation winds through the courts
- New York nursing home owners kept pandemic money while facilities suffered
- Northwell’s nurse turnover rate is nearly half the national average: Chief nurse Maureen White on how they did it
- NYC Health + Hospitals new plan to boost physician diversity
- Hospital for Special Surgery spinoff hires former Walmart Health exec as CEO
- Mount Sinai debuts neuroinformatics program to analyze data on brain diseases
- Mount Sinai partners with 1st ASC in rural Uganda
- Hochul sides with hospital lobby over insurers, labor in pay dispute
- Hochul announces details of $1 billion plan to ‘overhaul’ New York’s continuum of mental health care
- 100 most innovative New York City digital health companies, according to DHNY
- In Smithtown, a new $1.5M healthcare practice
- State’s changes 340B pharmacy program could lead to losses of $30M and 300 jobs
- New York’s 340B changes could cost providers $30M and 300 jobs
- Northwell opens $1.5M practice with gastroenterology
- An 82-year-old woman was found alive at a New York funeral home after she was pronounced dead hours earlier, police say
- New York hospital named center of excellence for spine surgery
- At North Shore University Hospital, a $21M MRI suite
- New CEO of St. Peter’s Health Partners takes the helm
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Duke hospitals to install weapons detectors
- How the Novant-Privia partnership can boost physician practices
- The Exec: For Advocate Health’s Chief of Staff, ‘It’s All About the Team’
- Atrium Health explores solutions as gun violence overwhelms hospital, community
- North Carolina Medicaid director Dave Richard to retire
- Cone Health dealing with staffing issues, long wait times
- Mission beds boosting WCU health programs
- Carteret Health Care receives cancer center accreditation
- Hospital mergers meet a new major player: state governments
- Strategies for improving North Carolina’s struggling mental health system
- BCBS North Carolina lost state health plan contract despite proposing lowest overall cost, records show
- ECU closes five health clinics, leaving gaps in eastern North Carolina
- Triangle pharma raising millions amid uncertain future
- New Charlotte rehabilitation center will treat the area’s most complex injuries and illness
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Vaccination rates decrease in North Dakota kids
- Altru shares progress on new hospital
- COVID-19 cases in North Dakota remain stable
- North Dakota COVID-19 deaths fall nearly 50% in 2022
- North Dakota man sentenced for threatening to kill doctor, ‘shoot up’ VA hospital
- North Dakota State Legislature: Health care bill scrutinized, livestock bill discussed
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic taps Banner Health exec as new CFO
- Family sues Dayton Children’s and Children’s Services after twins removed from custody
- Ohio physician to pay $2.2M for role in drug kickback scheme
- OrthoCincy Orthopaedics expands reach in Kentucky with acquisition of Ortho Louisville
- Select Medical expands partnership with Ohio-based hospital
- Ohio measles outbreak is over, health officials say
- East Ohio Regional Hospital program helping addicts
- OhioHealth Berger Hospital welcomes new interim president
- Cardinal Health CEO says the company can avoid layoff trend
- Ohio takes center stage at State of the Union
- Dayton Children’s experiencing spike in mental health crises
- 2 Ohio skilled nursing facilities to close, affecting 187 workers
- Mindpath Health to Leave Ohio, Lay Off Workers as Part of Restructuring
- LeadingAge Ohio Campaign Aims to Grow Aging Services Workforce
- Dublin-based specialty healthcare distributor promotes division leader to CEO
- Governor introduces program to improve maternal and infant health outcomes
- Beacon Orthopaedics adds urgent care services at West Side office
- Aprecia Pharmaceuticals named Owen Murray as CEO
- Aultman Hospital closing skilled nursing units
- Cleveland Clinic hires Dennis Laraway as chief financial officer
- Ex-CEO acted without board’s authority, concealed bonuses, MetroHealth says
OKLAHOMA
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- Ascension hospital names new CEO
- Rural Oregon pharmacies fear closure without further health care industry regulation
- SSM Health St. Anthony, Oklahoma City University hope to address state’s nursing shortage with new program
- Neurosurgeon completes Oklahoma’s 1st robotic-assisted sacroiliac fusion
- Advanced Orthopedics of Oklahoma names CEO
- Oklahoma health system taps new RCM partner
OREGON
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- Mid-Columbia Medical Center discontinues medical oncology amid staffing shortage
- Rural Oregon pharmacies fear closure without further health care industry regulation
- The importance of relationship banking in Oregon’s growing health care sector
- University of Oregon names executive director for Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health
- Oregon lawmakers weigh new telecomm to fund 988 system
- Lawmakers plan to provide more resources for Oregon’s beleaguered behavioral health system
- Housing and behavioral health initiatives take center stage in Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s budget
- Where Oregon ranks in reliance on emergency care for mental health conditions
- Adventist-Mid-Columbia merger sparks support and opposition in The Dalles
- Where Oregon ranks in reliance on emergency care for mental health conditions
- Mid-Columbia Medical Center discontinues medical oncology amid staffing shortage
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $25 Million Gift to Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Establishes Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Office Building in Philadelphia Area
- Moses-Taylor’s ER to close, services to fall under Regional Hospital of Scranton
- Rural areas increasingly lose inpatient hospitals like UPMC Lock Haven
- Susquehanna Valley hospital offers new heart valve treatment
- With Pennsylvania in its sights, WVU Medicine kickstarts health insurer
- Highmark data breach affects 300,000
- Hospitals defend against claims of pricing transparency failures
- 4 Pennsylvania Hospitals Make ‘America’s 50 Best Hospitals’ List
- Pennie, Pennsylvania’s health care exchange, sees slight enrollment decline
- Tower Health bond rating downgraded by S&P over ‘significant ongoing’ losses
- Two top executives step down as Vyant Bio continues to explore strategic alternatives
- Axia Women’s Health opens Athena OB/GYN practice site in Bucks County
RHODE ISLAND
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- $100M plan for new Eleanor Slater Hospital facility moves forward
- Primary care a hot target; CVS spends $10.6B on Oak Street
- Agreement will add 12-bed psychiatric treatment facility in North Providence
- VNA of Care New England earns 5-star rating for experience
- New bill proposed to address surgical assistant shortage
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- ‘First-of-its-kind’ medical waste facility to open in Summerville
- South Carolina ‘Certificate Of Need’ Repeal Advances
- Upstate non-profits and Prisma Health launch new foodshare program, feeding 440 families
- Heart disease deaths increasing in South Carolina
- Dueling abortion bans emerge in South Carolina chambers
- SC reported COVID-19 cases continue to decline but deaths from the virus persist
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford, Fairview CEOs address 6 looming merger concerns
- U of Minnesota staff, students rally against Fairview, Sanford merger
- Woman who displayed handgun in Texas hospital fatally shot
- ‘Purge the merge’: U of M medical students rally against Sanford/Fairview merger
- Workforce woes, nursing home closures pressure sustainability of long term care
- Lawmakers seek more authority over potential Sanford-Fairview merger
- South Dakota Advances Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
- Amid nursing home crisis, Dow Rummel celebrating 5-star rating
- Bill to clarify SD abortion ban tabled by sponsor
TENNESSEE
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- 22,000 HCA workers begin contract bargaining
- Ballad Health opens 24-hour behavioral health crisis center at Woodridge
- Behind the deal: Why a Tennessee health company bought a Pikesville startup
- HCA ‘excited’ about ambulatory investments: 3 notes
- HCA Healthcare Chief Financial Officer Bill Rutherford sells nearly $8 million of company stock
- Jon Foster nets raise with promotion to HCA COO
- New details emerge as Nashville General preps move
- How An HIE Approaches Continuous Patient Data Quality Improvement
- Blue Cross, Methodist reach agreement for TennCare patients
- Tennessee trans youth treatment ban continues to advance
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare reaches agreement w/BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee for BlueCare
- Health care IT firm Emids names new CEO
- TriStar Horizon Medical Center names Cindy Bergmeier CEO
- Health care marketing and branding agency Revive names Chris Bevolo CEO
TEXAS
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- HCM Surgery Center in Marble Falls closing in March
- Here Is Where the New UTSW and Children’s Health Pediatric Hospital Will Be Built
- Houston-area Legacy health clinics get electronic records upgrade thanks to grant
- Houston Methodist awards $6.8M in grants to Greater Houston area organizations
- Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Office Building in Dallas
- Newmark Arranges $44 Million Financing for Acute Care and Specialty Hospital in Houston, Texas
- Physician-owned hospital reaches 50,000th surgery
- Prosper Cook Children’s Campus Opens and Recognition for Medical City Plano
- Tenet Health reports lower $410M profit in 2022, predicts higher revenues in 2023
- Texas, Nebraska Led Nation in Nursing Home Closures in 2022
- USPI, Providence expand partnership
- Texas has 31 CMS 5-star hospitals. How profitable are they?
- 3 Texas hospital staff members injured in alleged assault
- USPI revenue hits $3.2B: 5 notes
- UT Southwestern president confirms plans for new pediatric hospital in Dallas
- ‘It’s an exciting time’: Children’s Health opens new specialty center in Prosper
- Medical City Green Oaks appoints Krysla Karlix to CEO
- Steward Health Care’s first senior VP of health care equity shares her goals for new role
- Frisco-based Soleo Health appoints Susan Faust as first chief strategy officer
- United Regional Health Care prepares for orthopedic center opening
- US Heart and Vascular partners with Orion Medical
- Texas clinic receives $1M for EHR upgrade
- Texas medical office building acquired
UTAH
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- $400M U of Utah hospital project moves forward
- Intermountain Health breaks organ transplant record again
- Intermountain names COO
- Intermountain’s 40-year study provides insight into weight-loss surgery
- Common Sense Health Care for Utah working to make care affordable for all with ballot initiative
- Utah Senate health committee advances bills expanding scope of mental health support for first responders
- State’s bioscience industry gets glowing marks in study
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Fauquier Hospital says it provides many benefits to community
- Surgery center cancels patient’s debt after billing dispute
- Mental health courses could be required in all Va. public schools
- Why healthcare costs are rising in Virginia
- New poll shows Virginia voters strongly support Youngkin’s proposed funding for behavioral health
- Barrow Center becomes first therapeutic childcare center to open in southern Virginia
- UVA Health doubling down on Northern Virginia expansion
- GMU secures $1M in federal funding, lays out plans for new center to address the opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON
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- Bipartisan bills address hospital backlogs with nursing home pay
- Catholic health care restrictions lead WA Legislature to eye changes
- Hospital mergers meet a new major player: state governments
- King County executive’s $1.25 billion plan for behavioral health nears key vote
- Renton Medical Pavilion Completes Revamp
- Samaritan Healthcare asking for $130 million construction bond authorization
- Samaritan Healthcare seeking voter approval of construction bond for new hospital
- Starting Monday, the COVID vaccine mandate will be dropped in Seattle and King County
- Washington senators debate role of PBMs during consideration of bills to further regulate their practices
- State considering action against Astria Toppenish Hospital following closure of maternity center
- Providence to hire 2,000 more tech employees in India
- USPI, Providence expand partnership
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Local health agency works to fight increasing dental health issues in West Virginia
- West Virginia House OKs bill to encourage more birth centers
- With Pennsylvania in its sights, WVU Medicine kickstarts health insurer
- DHHR reports 755 active cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia
- $17.1 million to strengthen health care services
WISCONSIN
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- Atrium Health and Senior Living CEO facing numerous federal fraud charges
- Marshfield Clinic downgraded again amid persistent operating losses
- New SSM Waupun eye care services taking shape
- Nursing home CEO indicted on federal fraud charges in Wisconsin
- Orthopedic surgeons leaving SSM Health did not break contract, court documents say
- SSM Health donates $100K to Urban League of Greater Madison’s Black Business Hub
- Kirsten Johnson appointed as Wisconsin’s new Health Secretary
- Wisconsin hospital names orthopedic surgeon as chief of staff
- Wisconsin COVID-19 cases continue to rise
- Wisconsin DHS releases plan to improve Wisconsinites’ health and wellbeing
- Advocate Health CEO Eugene Woods takes a whirlwind tour of Milwaukee
- Mayo, UW-EC renew research agreement
WYOMING
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- Medicaid postpartum extension heads to the Senate
- Wyoming Medicaid expansion set to die in the House
- Banner Wyoming Medical Center designated Wyoming’s only Level II Trauma Center
- House Kills Effort To Exempt Wyoming From CDC COVID-19 Regs
- Record breaking night for Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Red Tie Gala
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center offers paid student nurse internships
- An unintended consequence of some bills going through the legislature? Physicians not returning
- Casper resident, needing surgery, may have to go elsewhere
- Column: Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s cardiac cath lab earns national accreditation
