NATIONAL
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- Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design
- Amazon completes $3.9B acquisition of One Medical
- CMS accepting applications for extended bundled payment model
- CMS to test new payment models for lowering prescription drug prices
- Data breaches continue to plague health care industry
- FTC’s enforcement action against GoodRx ‘a wakeup call’ for digital health
- FTC says Amazon-One Medical investigation isn’t over
- Health care workers’ vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end
- HHS unveils 3 new drug price models
- HIPAA complaints, breaches increased from 2017 to 2021 as HHS urges more funding
- Nurses Are Burned Out. Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?
- PBMs Get Heavy Dose of Criticism at Senate Hearing
- Reported HIPAA complaints and breaches shot up from 2017 to 2021: HHS
- Rural hospitals gird for unwinding of pandemic Medicaid coverage
- Senator argues for physician-owned hospitals
- Senators Introduce Bill to Bolster HIPAA Protections For Patients Seeking Reproductive Healthcare
- Senators Say Health Worker Shortages Ripe for Bipartisan Compromise
- The 20% Medicare cut coming for hospitals
- The biggest threat to Amazon’s healthcare ambitions isn’t FTC
- Transitions to post-acute care are getting even more challenging
- Office for Civil Rights brings 2 reports to Congress regarding state of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity
- CMS has issued almost 500 warnings for price transparency noncompliance
- ‘Now is not the time to upend healthcare labor markets:’ AHA wants FTC noncompete proposal scrapped
ALABAMA
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- Alabama health officer reflects on lessons learned from COVID-19
- Alabama hospital launches special clinic for ALS
- Birmingham’s The Sanders Trust completes $33 million Arizona hospital project
- Here’s how Birmingham-based Encompass Health fared in 2022
- Alabama hospitals lost billions of dollars in the past 3 years
- Alabama State Nurses Association requests funding for retention, recruitment of nurses
- Some Alabamians experiencing delay in ambulance response times
ALASKA
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- Steve Frank: What’s really crowding Alaska’s hospitals?
- Gov. Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog
- New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska
- Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M to Providence for Crisis Stabilization Center
- PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center carries on Sisters’ legacy
ARIZONA
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- After filing whistleblower suit, Phoenix nurse speaks out on Banner Health, citing alleged safety concerns
- After years of failed deals, vacant Phoenix hospital building sells for $14M
- Arizona Bill Aims to Privatize the Survey Process for Nursing Homes
- Birmingham’s The Sanders Trust completes $33 million Arizona hospital project
- Patient advocacy group says many Valley hospitals not compliant with price transparency rule
- How an Arizona medical center is accessing historical patient data
- Arizona hospitals are starting to drop face mask requirements
- Bill would provide oversight, nix bed limits at Arizona State Hospital
- The Sanders Trust completes rehab hospital project in Arizona
- More than 11,000 people impacted by health insurance company, hospital cutting ties in Yavapai County
ARKANSAS
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- Jacksonville’s $36M Unity Health Set to Open Next Month
- Nonprofit Raises $775K for Harrison Hospital’s Cancer Foundation
- Arkansas physician pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault
- Arkansas court awards $15.7M judgment against nursing home chain over woman’s death
- Arkansas BCBS names VP of group market
- U of Arkansas to offer dual DNP-MBA program
- Unity Health welcomes Jacksonville community to new hospital
- Baptist Health Opens Behavioral Services Clinic in North Little Rock
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital gets $2.5 million to study long-term side effects for childhood cancer
- SERC Physical Therapy Opens Clinic in Little Rock
CALIFORNIA
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- Adventist Health reorganizes; executive job cuts coming
- California to provide almost $1 billion in grants to address housing and behavioral health needs of unhoused population
- Cash-strapped California hospital outlines path forward
- Tenet opening 40K-square-foot medical office building in California
- Spanish drug company with Bay Area operations to shed 2,300 jobs
- Sutter Health hires new executive to lead brand strategy, consumer experience
- At State of Downtown, Kaiser Permanente announces first steps for Railyards medical center
- California Says It Can No Longer Afford Aid for Covid Testing, Vaccinations for Migrants
- California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
- California’s COVID State of Emergency Will Expire Next Week
- Adventist Health reorganization includes administrative layoffs
- Physician legislators to discuss state’s health care priorities at CMA’s Legislative Advocacy Day
- California requires hospitals to turn to a patient’s next of kin, closing a longtime loophole
- LA Care Health Plan CEO offers updates on California’s Medicaid transformation ambitions
- California coronavirus updates: COVID-19 pandemic likely worsened health care worker shortage
- All-women team makes history with heart transplant at California hospital
- Bankrupt California health clinic’s board picks DAP Health as winning auction bidder
- Kaiser Permanente to shift 1,200 jobs out of HQ
- 9 California updates for ASC leaders in February
COLORADO
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- Agilent Breaks Ground on $725M Denver-Area Life Science Project
- Centura partnership dissolution not expected to disrupt patient care in Pueblo
- Centura Health splits into two companies after 27 years
- Class A medical office building near Denver sells for $5.65M
- Coloradans hit with surprise ambulance bills not covered by new laws
- DaVita HealthCare: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
- Merger will expand care to ‘every corner’ of Colorado
- More medical-debt consumer protections proposed by Colorado Democrats
- New Colorado law meant to protect patients could put extra strain on rural hospitals
- UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center named a top 20 rural hospital
- Denver area company grows in ‘sweet spot’ of infusion market
- In dire year for Colorado nursing facilities, this company used a cross-state merger to stay afloat
- Colorado health care workers face spike in workplace violence
- Poll: 81% of Coloradans want to end hospital ‘facility fees’ outside campus
- St. Mary’s names new finance VP
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations remain stable despite new variant taking over
- Colorado House committee passes two bills related to expanding healthcare coverage
- Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Board discusses criteria for selecting drugs to review
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut’s Attorney General seeks power to sue nursing homes
- CT nursing home residents, workers want more staff, transparency
- HHC launches new downtown Hartford ideation lab for startups
- Lamont administration takes aim at hospital and drug costs
- Medicaid is ‘unwinding’ in CT
- A hospital ‘bat phone’: How Yale New Haven’s home hospital program works
- Connecticut orthopedic surgeon fined, reprimanded for operating on wrong hip
- Connecticut’s emergency rooms are overcrowded — and lawmakers want to study the issue
- Poor, Black men more likely to be restrained in CT emergency rooms, studies find
- Stamford Health launches virtual reality training for nurses
- Connecticut considers bill to reimburse insurers for pricey claims
- Connecticut governor unveils legislation designed to curb healthcare costs
- Stamford Health’s latest nurse training ground: The Metaverse
DC
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- How remote work has changed the game for D.C.-area health care real estate
- A proposed noncompete ban could upend business for health providers
- D.C. to end distribution of free COVID test kits at public libraries
- DC hospital sees Norovirus spike
- Acting director at DC’s 911 call center promises accountability of troubled agency
- How Whitman-Walker Health’s redevelopment happened – and what it means for the nonprofit’s sustainability
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth grows medical school partnerships
- Family suing Jacksonville assisted living facility after 93-year-old drowns in pool
- Florida Behavioral Health Center Makes Major Move
- Florida nursing home wins whistleblower lawsuit but not $400,000 in defense costs
- Former nursing home owner charged in $6 million employment tax scheme
- Man to receive care at home after hospital sues to have him removed
- Miami Jewish Health breaks ground on senior living development with $91M in loans
- Northside senior housing complex sells for $11 million
- Physicians claim unsafe conditions at HCA Florida hospital: 4 things to know
- Tallahassee hospital fully restores IT systems 13 days after IT security incident
- AdventHealth partners with California school to train more Orlando doctors
- Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute nears debut
- FSCJ partners with Mayo on new nursing education program
- Mayo Clinic in Florida CEO Kent Thielen talks growth, technology and the future of health care
- HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Completes First Robotic Aquablation Procedure
- Mount Sinai Medical Center Elects Barry L. Skolnick as Chairman of the Executive Board of Trustees
- Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations
- PanCare Health site opens in Port St. Joe
- Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo investigated for allegedly falsifying Covid report
- Sarasota Memorial Performed Strongly During COVID Pandemic: Panel
- HCA Florida Capital Hospital saw ‘more patients than the pandemic’ during Tallahassee IT incident
- $20 million donated to improve heart and stroke care in Naples Hospital
- New COVID case count in Florida is the lowest in weeks, but deaths top 86,000
- Central Florida first responder leaders believe agencies will need to boost mental health support for staff
- Orlando Health reveals overall gain of almost $265M amid strong revenue numbers, investments
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta nonprofit to use $4M to fill behavioral health care gaps in access to local services
- Children’s Healthcare to create 1,000 jobs with Brookhaven expansion
- Georgia healthcare bill sparks debate among hospital groups and lawmakers
- Georgia health center performs first robotic heart surgery on Minnesota man
- Georgia heart center to pay $4.36M in malpractice damages following patient death
- Georgia House Speaker unveils mental health reform bill
- Proposed Georgia House Mental Health Reforms Aim To Increase Access To Beds, Caregivers
- New health research at Augusta University aims impact Georgia public health
- GA Health System Expands Care-At-Home Program
- Pregnant moms in Georgia are dying at the second highest rate
- School of Medicine, Children’s join forces to advance pediatric healthcare in rural Georgia
- Healthcare officials aim to address challenges facing today’s South Ga. medical workers
- 4 takeaways from Braselton hospital expansion presentation
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Gov. Josh Green submits additional budget requests for housing and healthcare initiatives
- Hundreds of Maui County hospital workers go on strike after ‘best, final’ offer is rejected
- Hawaii hospital asks locals to help house traveling nurses
- Hawaii COVID data not released due to system upgrade
- Kaiser mental health workers in Hawaii end 6-month strike
- Healthier Hawaii: Kapiolani’s new pediatric heart center
- Hawaii lawmakers move on physician student loan forgiveness
- Health data-sharing bill dies after widespread provider opposition
IDAHO
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- Rural hospitals gird for unwinding of pandemic Medicaid coverage
- ‘EMS in Idaho is broken’: Lawmakers move to reform underfunded emergency services
- Answering the call: Boise State provides the nurses Idaho needs
- Increase in 988 calls, possible Medicaid expansion repeal discussed at Idaho Health and Welfare board meeting
- Idaho’s Kootenai Health advances nonprofit conversion with white paper
ILLINOIS
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- Campbell Confirmed to Be Out As Boyd Hospital CEO as Greene Co. Board Investigates Ambulance Service
- CommonSpirit Health Ransomware Attack Leads to $150M in Losses To Date
- CommonSpirit took $150M hit from ransomware attack
- Elmhurst Hospital welcomes first Black president
- Former COO of Chicago-Area Hospital Accused of Stealing More Than $600,000 From Medical Facility
- UChicago Medicine updates plan to build $815 million cancer hospital
- Illinois home health care company must pay back wages
- Southern Ill. doctor talks importance of diversity in health care
- Illinois hospital CEO dismissed amid board investigation
- Illinois paid sick leave legislation heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk
- Only 37% of Illinois hospitals reviewed are compliant with price transparency, report says
- Pinckneyville Hospital rates 100% in patient-satisfaction sectors
- Part of a 5-year, $5M initiative, community health workers fill care gaps among B-N’s most vulnerable
- Franciscan Health to add medical simulator, behavioral telehealth
- Illinois health care programs, initiatives to receive more than $69 million in federal funding
- US drugmaker closes shop: ‘Now we wait for worsened shortages’
INDIANA
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- Community Health, feds still wrangling over false claims allegations
- Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics CEO joins Great American Songbook Foundation
- Eyeing health care costs, Indiana lawmakers want to ban doctor noncompetes
- Another Northwest Indiana hospital on the chopping block?
- Indiana Senate committee advances bill that would ban gender transitioning procedures for anyone under 18
- Expert: Indiana’s proposed budget needs more on public health
- Twins born at Riley Hospital marks first Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome procedure in Indiana
- Health practices join forces
- Indianapolis, Indiana doctor first in state to use Berlin Heart device to save child’s life
- Little Company of Mary Sisters passes Indiana hospital to Deaconess
- Indiana hospitals may face ‘insurmountable’ financial loss after federal policy change, CEO says
- Health officials announce additional $1 million in grants to help improve Hoosier health outcomes
IOWA
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- Nursing home operator accused of diverting $1.8 million in COVID-19 stimulus payments
- Three Iowa Nursing Homes Added to List of Nation’s Worst
- Trinity Health’s MercyOne to close Genesis Health System deal next week
- Digital Diagnostics, Saudi Arabia-based healthcare firm partner
- Shenandoah Medical Center adds new orthopedic specialists following MD West One partnership
- After abuse, death and staffing issues, Iowa nursing homes added to federal watch list
- Group Warns of Unprecedented Wave of Iowa Nursing Home Closures
- Iowa universities eye change in campuses they consider ‘peers’
- Des Moines’ only birth center is closing despite demand
- Nurse who adopted patient’s baby is sanctioned by the state
KANSAS
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- Kansas senators question VA hospital over kickback allegations
- Despite a federal rule, it’s still hard to comparison shop hospital care in Kansas
- LMH Health to have a ‘strategic clinical relationship’ with The University of Kansas Health System
- Olathe nursing home worker accused of hitting, kicking 74-year-old woman with dementia
- CEO Hernandez leaves El Dorado hospital for retirement
KENTUCKY
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- Bill to establish freestanding birthing centers passes Senate committee
- Humana exiting employer group insurance business
- Kentucky lawmakers take action on health care worker shortage
- State announces $18 million in funding to curb mental health crisis
- Bill filed to restore abortion access in Kentucky
- Kentucky doctors could get burnout help under bill with Senate approval
- Postpartum mental health support bill sails out of committee
- Despite lowering COVID cases overall, four Kentucky counties reported more than 100
- Kentucky Medical Association calls for passage of bill to reform prior authorization process
LOUISIANA
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- Nursing home agency director used state credit card for air fryers, smart watches, audit alleges
- Report: Louisiana could do more to improve telehealth access
- Dan Turner Joins GIFTED Healthcare as Chief Operations Officer
- How Ochsner is leading the curve with universal genomic testing for chemo
- Head of nursing home board accused of misspending $19K on air fryer, smart watch, streaming
- Audit finds Louisiana official made $18K worth of unauthorized purchases
- Inconsistent hospital price transparency still leaves patients in the dark, according to reports
- Denise Basow, M.D. recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s Top Women Leaders
- UnitedHealth Group purchases LHC Group
MAINE
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- Maine Medical Center restores paid leaves for union nurses
- Maine’s hospital systems are working to recover from a tough financial year
- Maine Medical Center and nurses union reach agreement on paid leave
- Two-thirds of Maine hospitals reported negative operating margins in 1st half of 2022
- Northern Light Inland Hospital, Purdue partner on simulation center
- Children are ‘languishing’ in hospitals while waiting for mental health services, providers say
- Credit agencies see more risk for Northern Light Health after $130M loss
- MaineHealth reports reduced operating gain on back of almost $1B expenses
- Northern Light Health’s lawsuit against drug companies dismissed
- Waterville’s Inland Hospital to partner on ‘immersive learning’ center that simulates health care conditions
MARYLAND
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- CalvertHealth beefs up against potential cyberattacks, strengthens it’s resilience
- New behavioral health urgent care provides walk-in treatment for mental health and substance use symptoms for Prince George’s County residents
- Rockville bio Emmes opens North Carolina office to tap state’s rich talent pool
- Maryland biopharma Supernus Pharmaceuticals secures $150M loan to bolster its balance sheet
- The Exec: In Maryland, Value-Based Reimbursement Model Offers Opportunities
- Maryland lawmakers want to modernize mental health services
- Maryland’s House health committee holds hearing on legislation to protect gender-affirming care
- Health-related highlights from Maryland Gov. Moore’s 2024 budget
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Cancer drugmaker down to 3 employees after trial failure
- Fallon Health CEO to retire after 25 years with Worcester-based health plan
- FEMA provides $4M to Massachusetts for daycare Covid-19 testing costs
- Massachusetts hospital to remain closed for 3 months after fire
- Nurses keep protesting staffing shortages. What does it take to keep RNs happy?
- Staff shortages could spur next public health crisis, Baystate Health CEO warns
- CommonSpirit, Mass General, Moffitt execs to judge telehealth challenge
- Brigham and Women’s, AI company get $2.5M grant to improve early cognitive decline detection via EHRs
- How Mass. and RI are pushing back against the rising cost of healthcare
- Report: UMass Chan suing UMass Memorial for $40M
- UMass Amherst scientists create nanowire that can ‘smell’ disease
- Amid executive turnover, Saint Vincent and MetroWest Medical Center to share new CMO
- Spectrum Health to offer mobile treatment for opioid-use disorder
- BCBS Massachusetts extends telehealth coverage
- New effort at Massachusetts hospital connects families with mental health care
- Closure of Brockton Hospital has ‘cascading effect’ across southeastern Mass. health care
- Brockton Hospital closure impacting healthcare across region
MICHIGAN
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- Construction to start this summer on 96-bed psychiatric hospital south of Grand Rapids
- Hospital systems brace for ‘crisis level’ pressures
- Michigan hospital leaders named to rural hospital ‘CEOs to Know’ list
- Surgery center in Flint area offers cataract surgeries for the homeless
- Trinity Health’s MercyOne to close Genesis Health System deal next week
- Trinity Health to close floor temporarily at Muskegon hospital, cites staffing shortage
- Trinity Health, Universal Health provide update on behavioral hospital
- Troy doctor indicted on healthcare fraud, accused of bilking Medicare of more than $448K
- Why Trinity invested big in an Epic-powered platform
- VA delays health record go-live at key Michigan site
- Michigan Medicine names new chief financial officer
- CDC: 8 Michigan counties at medium COVID level this week
- Ann Arbor OKs compromise for Michigan Medicine bridge widening
- Psychiatric hospital for Michigan’s sickest children struggles to stop patient escapes
- Michigan hospital names president
- CFO to leave Keck Medicine of USC for Michigan Medicine
MINNESOTA
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- CentraCare board approves new St. Cloud medical campus with University of Minnesota
- Minnesota behavioral health system selects new EHR
- Generative AI startup gets $3.6M, inks deal with Mayo Clinic
- Twin Cities hospital workers call out racism at work, demand change from employers
- Minnesota’s new drug price dashboard shows 42% cost increase over last 5 years
- Families struggle to bring home babies as home healthcare crisis continues
- Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center recognized
- Former Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai CEOs join mobile care company
- UnitedHealth Group purchases LHC Group
MISSISSIPPI
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- George Regional not on Mississippi’s hospital crisis list, but challenges remain
- Mississippi Senate passes limit on gender-affirming health care
- House names Baptist as Mississippi’s burn center
- House votes to spend $80M for hospitals
- Mississippi has the highest infant mortality rate in the country. One program aims to improve those numbers.
- MSDH head: Mississippi county health departments struggling to stay open
MISSOURI
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- Spectrum Health Care Clinic closes its doors in Columbia
- $7.5M collected, $246K spent: Feds shutter healthcare-sharing ministry
- Mexico couple wants to reopen Audrain Community Hospital and build a new hospital
- UMKC gets approval for $120M medical-dental building on Hospital Hill
- Health care limits for transgender youth approved by Missouri Senate committee
- Centene, Missouri health system reach agreement to keep Medicaid members in network
- Former Mid-Missouri Hospital employee says money was taken out of check, but company didn’t pay premiums
- Capital Region Medical Center to close two Mid-Missouri clinics
- CentraCare board approves new St. Cloud medical campus with University of Minnesota
- SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton introduces new technology
- Missouri bills could add mental health resources for first responders
- Program helps Missouri pediatricians treat mental health
MONTANA
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- Montana Considers Allowing Physician Assistants to Practice Independently
- How Much Is Enough For Montana’s Health Care Systems?
- Amid Dire Suicide Rates in Montana, Governor Expands Student Mental Health Screening
- Montana hospital systems discuss deal to join forces
- Montana state mental hospital loses federal money as well as oversight
- Brereton confirmed as head of state health department
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Avamere at Cheyenne Opens New Independent Living in Las Vegas
- COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations inch up
- COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations plateau in Clark County, state
- Proposed Medicare Advantage changes could hit Nevadans hardest, study says
- Lawmaker proposes Nevada lottery to help fund youth mental health programs
- Lawmakers mull loan forgiveness for mental health professionals
- VA looks at new Reno medical center
- Lawmakers hear bill to protect out-of-state abortion patients
- Lombardo says he does not support bill capping health care cost growth
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth Health warns of increasing strain on rural health care in New Hampshire
- Rural hospitals feel strain of pandemic, staff shortages
- Rural healthcare is at a breaking point | Dartmouth Health CEO Joanne Conroy
- NH Senate committee recommends making Medicaid expansion permanent
- Frisbie Memorial Hospital opening new Rehabilitation Unit: Seacoast health news
NEW JERSEY
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- Hacking and Data Theft Incident Reported by CentraState Healthcare System
- New Jersey office manager pleads guilty in amphetamine distribution scheme
- Cumberland County healthcare company to build hospital in New Jersey
- Report gives New Jersey low marks for telehealth
- New Jersey hospital facing lawsuit for data breach that affected 671,000 patients
NEW MEXICO
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- Attorney general amends complaint against Las Vegas, N.M., hospital
- University of New Mexico Hospital to provide medical and behavioral health services at MDC
- Former Christus exec fills New Mexico hospital CEO role after yearlong vacancy
- Corporate name confusion delays lawsuit accusing New Mexico hospital of false advertising
- San Juan Regional Medical Center names Jason Rounds new chief executive officer
NEW YORK
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- New York hospitals scrapping merger is ‘good news for patients and healthcare workers,’ FTC says
- New York to 900+ nurses: Prove credentials or give up license
- New York to spend $650M on health care delivery system
- ‘We’re going to come out of this winning:’ Northwell CEO on labor challenges and the system’s biggest growth area
- How NewYork-Presbyterian went from 9 EHRs to 1, according to tech chief Dr. Peter Fleischut
- Where NewYork-Presbyterian, UCSF Health, Novant digital leaders stand on virtual nursing
- UR Medicine prepares for orthopedic ASC grand opening
- New York hospitals scrapping merger is ‘good news for patients and healthcare workers,’ FTC says
- New York City physicians rally over pay parity
- 60,000 discharge delay days: 5 things to know from New York hospitals data collection
- Licenses on the line for New York nurses ensnared in scheme
- Costly discharge delays highlight need for more downstream care options, New York group’s analysis shows
- NYU Long Island medical school gets full accreditation
- NYC bill aims to boost hospital cost transparency — and savings
- Northwell Health’s ‘aggressive’ outpatient expansion increasing market share, CEO says
- NYC Health + Hospitals enjoys credit rating upgrade on bonds
- Former Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai CEOs join mobile care company
- J&J MedTech launches new sinus procedure tool at Mount Sinai
- Buffalo hospital sued by former doctor for discrimination, retaliation
- University at Buffalo physicians make union push
- Medical schools are wrong to leave US News rankings, NYU Langone leaders say
- Amwell retains Northwell Health, Elevance Health; health system contracts rise 13%
- Roswell Park sued by former oncologist for gender discrimination and retaliation
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Are hospital leaders paid too much? NC Treasurer Dale Folwell thinks so.
- Council OKs spending $1M from ARPA on hospital project
- Duke University Health reports $70M operating loss, overall profit
- NC hospital CEO salaries went up 104% in last decade, report
- Rockville bio Emmes opens North Carolina office to tap state’s rich talent pool
- Rural North Carolina hospital finds a way to stay open
- WakeMed gets approval for two new hospitals, one with focus on behavioral and mental health
- WakeMed wins major victories for new hospitals
- Novant Health to start vertical construction in April on Charlotte breast health center
- Donaldson Co. acquires Duke University spin-out
- How much should nonprofit hospital CEOs make? NC Treasurer’s report fuels debate.
- NCDHHS expands recovery programs as overdose deaths rise
- Medical marijuana advances again at North Carolina Senate
- NC House approves Medicaid expansion bill, moving debate to Senate
- Charlotte medical provider plans to stop accepting a major health insurance
- A Prescription for Rural Hospitals
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- CareSource leader provides insights into the future
- Cleveland’s Glick Center hospital anchors neighborhood revitalization
- Mercy Health to Build 2 Hospitals with Lifepoint
- MetroHealth Cleveland Heights Behavioral Health Hospital: Photo Tour
- Here’s what to expect in Dayton healthcare in 2023
- Ohio orthopedic ASC to expand following year of highest surgical volume to date
- Toledo’s Welltower finds new operators for former ProMedica-run nursing homes
- Ohio to open a clinic amid growing health concerns over train derailment
- Former employees, patients say Ohio hospital mishandled sexual misconduct cases
- OhioHealth to close maternity department at Shelby Hospital
- BroadbandOhio selects OCHIN as state telehealth administrator
- University Hospitals to cut labor, delivery services at Ohio hospital
- Ohio COVID cases remain under 9,000 for 5th week in a row
- Lindner Center of Hope acquires 18 acres in Mason for future expansion
- Dayton Children’s exec talks mental health challenges
- Dayton hospice chief talks ‘unsustainable’ future
- CareSource eyes expansion to new state
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma legislators say 2019 nursing home law is working
- Oklahoma records progress in nursing home care
- Health Experts Warn Of Rising Norovirus Cases In Oklahoma
- Health Department Deploys Mobile Wellness Unit in Southwest Oklahoma
- CDC records 60 additional COVID-19 deaths in Oklahoma
- ‘It breaks your heart’: Oklahoma women paying big prices for breast cancer screenings
- Ascension St. John Owasso, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma sign new agreement
OREGON
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- Masks still required in Oregon health care settings, but that could change in the coming months
- Oregon coronavirus hospitalizations climb 10% as state mulls lifting health care masking mandate
- Oregon lost 95 ASCs in 1 year: Here’s why
- Oregon hospitals ask state to compensate them for patients who are unable to be discharged
- Multnomah County commissioners plead with Legacy not to close birth center
- Oregon lawmakers weigh options to boost nursing workforce
- Flu vaccination rates drop 26% among Oregon’s eligible health care workers
- Multnomah County acquires Rockwood Community Health Center Building from CareOregon
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Personalities of Pittsburgh: WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital’s Carrie Willetts
- As rural hospitals close in Pa., outpatient emergency departments can fill the gaps
- Doylestown Hospital exploring sale of Pine Run Retirement Community in Bucks County
- How the fastest-growing life sciences company on this year’s List increased its headcount 150%
- LVHN reports cyberattack from suspected Russian ransomware group
- New rehabilitation unit opens at UPMC Children’s Hospital
- PA ranks high in nursing home worker vaccine violations
- Penn Medicine physicians seek union recognition
- Struggling Bucks County health systems sign collaboration agreement
- Wills Eye Hospital nurses, technicians ratify new contract focused on retention
- Operation on wrong leg was just one of the issues state says it found at central Pa. hospital
- Crozer’s landlord takes $171M loss on Delaware County hospitals, wants to sell the real estate
- Penn State Health has fewer than 100 days of cash on hand, reports $110M loss
- Court ruling puts Pottstown Hospital back on the tax rolls
- Pennsylvania system taps yearslong lab supplier
RHODE ISLAND
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- Rhode Island Hospital: Lessons learned 20 years after The Station nightclub fire
- Bradley Hospital names new chief nursing officer
- How Mass. and RI are pushing back against the rising cost of healthcare
- An exodus of primary care doctors has officials re-imagining healthcare in South County
- R.I. state leaders look to address in-state psychiatric residential care shortage
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Prisma Health announces $3 million endowed Cancer Institute chair campaign
- Prisma Health Children’s Hospital receives $1.2 million from non-profit to help end childhood cancer
- St. Francis Downtown Hospital annexation to add 27 acres to Greenville city limits
- Training for Upstate dispatchers helps raise out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate
- Women’s telehealth program diminishes stigma via technology
- Tidelands Health to open new hospital expanding access to advanced heart care
- The Exec: ‘We Have a $25M Mountain to Climb’ Says Tidelands Health CFO
- USC and Lexington Medical Center break ground on new building to train nurses
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- CHS board approves salary and compensation increases for top executives
- Community Health Systems reports GoAnywhere hacked
- Reimbursement dispute between Humana, Vanderbilt Health leaves Metro retirees caught in the middle
- The state of healthcare in Tennessee: not good
- Blount Memorial CEO shocked by Mayor’s letter asking UT Medical Center to take over
- Vanderbilt University Hospital lobby opens after total renovation
- Baptist Memorial Health Care to expand inpatient monitoring with AI
- Tennessee health system reports RCM vendor data breach
TEXAS
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- Armed suspect outside Limestone County medical facility surrenders peacefully
- Children’s Health to begin construction on RedBird clinic this April
- Heart transplant survivors have new symbol of hope at Ascension Seton Medical Center
- Heights medical office building undergoing renovations lands clinic as tenant
- Tenet opening 40K-square-foot medical office building in California
- Texas board charges 23 nurses in fake degree scheme as other students speak out
- Texas hospital cutting almost half its staff, several services
- USPI to inject $250M into ASC acquisitions
- ‘We just didn’t have the capacity in our institutions’ | Texas hospitals are at risk of closure, advocates say they need help from the state
- Texas hospital lifts lockdown after standoff with armed suspect
- 2 Tenet hospitals to share chief medical officer
- TSU receives $2 million federal grant to research health equity in Houston’s Third Ward
- UT institutions receive $65.4 million for cancer research from CPRIT
- Molina Healthcare strikes deal with 3 Texas hospitals
- Amid extreme weather, congressional investigation sounds alarm on nursing homes’ emergency preparedness
- Texas health group to pay $21.6M to settle improper billing allegations
- SA lands millions in new state cancer research funding
- Houston medical center pays over $21M to settle alleged claims of falsely billing Medicare
UTAH
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- Complex heart surgery at Primary Children’s is saving lives
- Intermountain Health’s sustainability approach: Butterfly gardens, no-idling zones
- Castleview Hospital Executive Receives National Recognition
- Six Utah rural and community hospitals recognized as nation’s best in 2023 rankings
- U of Utah Health CIO wins HIMSS changemaker award
- ‘This is a crisis’: 3 bills could help Utah better identify and treat mentally ill defendants
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- $290,000 grant supports emergency preparedness efforts in assisted living
- New AARP data: Spike in Virginia nursing home COVID cases and deaths last month
- Here’s the latest on flu, COVID-19 numbers in Virginia
- Shenandoah Memorial to transfer some surgeries
- New lab school to address a ‘dire’ need in Southwest Virginia
- VCU Health backs away from latest plan to replace Public Safety Building
- UVA Health partners with seven Central Virginia counties to expand care
- Virginia bill that would create drug price review board fails to advance in General Assembly
WASHINGTON
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- Healthcare and life sciences industry leaders optimistic despite historic upheavals and great uncertainty
- Seattle Children’s affirmed at ‘AA’ as financial profile remains strong
- Skagit Regional Health to ask voters for new property tax levy
- Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital faces workplace probe
- Ambulance company to end Pierce County operations after layoffs
- Washington state lawmakers seek to further curb drug prices as biotech leaders raise alarm
WEST VIRGINIA
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- WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital emphasizing age-friendly healthcare
- Vandalia Health and Davis Health Systems announce formal partnership
- West Virginia’s Davis Health System, Vandalia Health sign strategic partnership agreement
- West Virginia House amends, passes bill requiring sexual assault training for hospital nurses; now must be reconsidered by Senate
- Mon Health hones expertise, welcomes new technology to treat cardiovascular disease
- RestorixHealth Welcomes Todd Newton as New CEO
WISCONSIN
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- Marshfield Clinic now being gifted back Hope Lodge
- New UW scholarship aims to boost rural health care
- Shots fired at Ascension Saints Hospital in Racine; patient is accused of attacking a deputy
- Advocate Aurora paid Dr. Nick Turkal $9.3M after he stepped down
- Tomah Health leaders praise redesigned WHA PricePoint tool
- Accelerated Clinical labs to lay off 150
- All Northeast Wisconsin counties but one listed in ‘low’ for COVID-19 activity
- Wisconsin Hospitals Association: Wisconsin hospitals applaud resources to address mounting supply and labor costs and sustain access
WYOMING
