NATIONAL
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- 42 Hospitals Sue HHS for ‘Tens of Millions’ of Dollars in Delayed Medicare DSH Payments
- A hospital fight is renewed — over hospitals
- Amazon underestimated complexity of healthcare: Report
- Between a rock and a hard place: Interest rate hikes alarm some hospital CFOs
- CEO of Moderna grilled by lawmakers about plants to quadruple the price of COVID vaccine
- CMS tightens guidance for nursing home dialysis providers
- COVID-19 national emergency could end sooner than May
- Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov’t workers
- CVS to close Signify Health deal this week
- Federal judge blocks ACA preventative care requirement
- Feds propose to overhaul organ transplant system
- Hospitals feel congressional heat over compliance with price transparency rule
- Hospitals see improving finances
- New guidelines aim to limit transgender care in Catholic hospitals
- AHA: Nonprofit hospitals aren’t seeking a bailout for investment losses
- Physician Compensation Fell, Gender Pay Gap Persisted in 2022
- Rural hospitals could soon have a harder time stocking drugs
- Physician pay down 2.4% in 2022, survey finds
- Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency
- Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing?
- With travel nurses making $150 an hour, hospital systems are forced to innovate
ALABAMA
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- All of Us Research Program launching new enrollment location in Dothan
- Baptist Health, Encompass Health break ground on $44M hospital
- Encompass Health to open second hospital in Midwest state
- Encompass Health (EHC) Opens JV Hospital for Oklahoma Patients
- New women’s health faculty clinic launches for Jefferson County
- Therapy Brands names new chief compliance officer
- UAB Health names system CFO, flagship hospital CEO
- Jackson Hospital launches ‘Walk with a Doc’ program
- New CEO named at Thomasville Regional Medical Center
ALASKA
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- State experts call Alaska’s maternal mortality rate ‘a call to arms’
- Kids Count data ranks Alaska 41st overall for child well-being
- State proposes repealing a longstanding law meant to hold down Alaska health care costs. What happens if it disappears?
- Bartlett Regional Hospital launches new training programs to expand “Grow Your Own” initiative
- Alaska’s occupational licensing division staggers under its workload
ARIZONA
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- Banner Health Plans $400M Banner Scottsdale Medical Center In Arizona
- Interim CFO leaves Banner Health
- Phoenix-area medical office building trades for $29 million sale
- Tempe medical device firm raises $45M to expand technology to treat brain tumors
- Arizona nixes physician prescription requirement for birth control
- Dignity Health plans Surprise’s first full-service hospital
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Appoints Neil Friedman, MBChB, as Director
- Arizona nursing school avoids abrupt shutdown
- AZ Board of Nursing allows nursing program to continue at Aspen University
- Drug-resistant fungal infection surging across the US, cases in Arizona hospitals and nursing homes
- Blue Zones Project Launches in Scottsdale, the First in Arizona
ARKANSAS
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- Baptist Health Reports $12.9M Operating Loss
- Arkansas hospitals hurting financially, several face closure
- Texas, Arkansas report cases of deadly Candida auris infection
- Leadership posts filled at Baptist Health’s western Arkansas operation
- Third lawsuit filed against Arkansas psychiatrist
- Arkansas lawmakers push for bill to support new mothers
CALIFORNIA
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- California wants to use Medicaid dollars for housing
- Cedars-Sinai gets largest gift in 121-year history
- CEO exits Peninsula biotech Applied Molecular Transport amid job cuts, search for ‘strategic alternatives’
- East Bay genome sequencing company takes more space in Fremont
- Full list of L.A. County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk
- Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company
- Health and Life Organization Inc. buys industrial property in Rancho Cordova for $5.12 million
- How Sharp Memorial Hospital modernized its ED workflows and communications
- Kaiser Permanente breaks ground on Roseville hospital tower
- San Diego hospitals accused of patient dumping
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center doctors to be led by new management
- State’s oversight can’t get nursing home off the hook in understaffing lawsuit
- Sutter Health to build 24 California ASCs over the next 4 years
- UC San Diego Health Discloses Healthcare Data Breach Stemming From Vendor Pixel Use
- What to know about the $1 billion Kaiser Permanente expansion in Roseville
- California Pharmacist Agrees to Settle Allegations of Fraud
- California Shows Average Preparedness for Next Public Health Emergency
- Here’s how Sutter Health will invest millions to bring doctors closer to California patients
- LA County Health Officials Say COVID Rules Remain in Effect at California Worksites
- Nurses at California hospital reach agreement, call off strike
- ‘Understaffed and Undervalued’ – $25 / hour minimum wage proposed for California health workers
COLORADO
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- Are Colorado hospitals acting like charities or Fortune 500 companies? Lawmakers want to know, too
- Behavioral health study used to help identify barriers to mental health care in Denver
- Bill to limit hospital facility fees passes House committee
- Centura Health books agency with focus on trauma, immediate surgery
- Colorado bill limiting hospital facility fees gets toned down over provider objections
- Colorado Hospital Association opposes limitations on hospital fees
- Colorado hospital running low on cash after CFO resigns
- Controversial hospital facility fee bill passes Colorado legislative committee
- Former Whole Foods execs incorporate Longmont telehealth company in new startup
- From shifting finances to changing populations, nursing homes are under pressure from all sides
- New 80,000-square-foot SCL Medical Group Building Breaks Ground in East Aurora, CO
- Legislature eyes hospital bills
- These are the healthiest — and least healthy — counties in Colorado
- SCL Health opening health center in east Aurora
- Colorado family shocked by $5,000 itemized statement after five-minute Swedish Medical Center ER visit
- Colorado nursing home group enters first-in-nation alliance with OSHA
- Colorado legislation to expand reproductive health coverage nears passage
- Delta Hospital is running out of money
CONNECTICUT
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- CT’s health costs increasing twice as fast as goal set by Lamont
- Former Lamont administration official takes VP role at Yale New Haven Health
- From shifting finances to changing populations, nursing homes are under pressure from all sides
- How telehealth, home-based care is helping Trinity Health of New England supplement its workforce
- Connecticut hospitals face record financial losses
- Connecticut’s Health Care Spending Topped $34B In 2021
- Citing ‘intense’ work conditions, Yale New Haven nurses join call for safe staffing mandate
- Boost to CT Medicaid rates could mean more access for patients
- Stamford Health Installs New Fuel Cell Systems
- Connecticut spent $3 billion more on healthcare in 2021, according to report
DC
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- Children’s National Hospital names Michelle Riley-Brown as new CEO to succeed Kurt Newman
- DC nurses file unfair labor charges against George Washington University Hospital
- DC resident physicians move to unionize
- D.C.’s Socially Determined aims to address potential gaps in Medicaid enrollment
- Lawsuits Mount Against DC Health Link Over Breach of Congress Members’ Data
- DC COVID-19 centers closing Friday
- Mayor Bowser Canceling $90 Million in Medical Debt for up to 90,000 DC Residents
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- DeSantis signs Passidomo’s $711M affordable housing bill
- Editor’s notebook: After $246M investment, BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel is up and running
- Florida’s new tech effort will boost data collection from repeat cancer patients
- ‘Full of hope’: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville gets $41 million grant for major Alzheimer’s study
- Judith and Marvin Herb Family Simulation Center Moves into its Permanent Home at NCH Baker Hospital
- LeadingAge Florida Applauds Legislature for Passage of affordable housing bill
- Lee County hospital officials’ request for certificate of need extension denied
- New dashboard provides valuable information on Florida’s long-term care facilities
- Palm Beach County Hospital Exec Named One of Nation’s leading healthcare leaders
- Tampa General Hospital Welcomes Oscar J. Horton to Its Board of Directors
- UF Health Jacksonville CEO: Trauma center funding can increase hospital’s presence, improve care
- UF Health opens urgent care/emergency center; more coming soon
- Universal Health Services Breaks Ground for Alan B. Miller Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens
- 56 Florida Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New Report
- Florida steps up to address mental health crisis with new training
- Florida Aims At Higher Penalties For Those Who Attack Hospital Staff
- Florida community health centers providing innovative solutions to address state’s workforce challenges
- Florida bill to train CNAs as ‘qualified medication aides’ advances to Senate floor
- Gulf Breeze Hospital among top 10 hospitals for nurses in Florida
GEORGIA
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- Ga. doctor who fired nurse after illegally accessing medical records, pleads guilty
- Georgia lieutenant governor seeks to ease certificate of need laws to build hospital in home county
- Piedmont Columbus Regional To Open Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital
- Why a divide over hospital rules is roiling Georgia politics
- Georgia ranks high for public health emergency prep
- Bipartisan bill to expand mental health services left on Georgia Legislature’s cutting room floor
- Georgia hospital asks county to fund more inpatient beds
- GA Bill Seeks Better Patient-Provider Communication About Medical Errors
- 9 Georgia Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New List
- Map reveals maternity care deserts in Georgia
- Georgia senators unanimously pass resolution to bring new hospital to the South Fulton area
- Safer Hospitals Act Receives Final Passage from Georgia General Assembly
- How The Doctor Shortage Crisis In Georgia Compares To Other States
- Georgia system among 1st to offer Y90 liver cancer treatment to pediatric patients
HAWAII
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- Pharmacare Hawaii focuses on health care services
- Armed patients: Gun scare at Hawaii hospital highlights disturbing trend
- Amid mounting challenges, Maui’s only private obstetrics practice will soon close its doors
- Bills before lawmakers threaten future of 1,000-patient medical marijuana farm on Oahu
- Hawaii senators debate initiative to cover autism spectrum disorder services through Medicaid
IDAHO
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- St. Luke’s prepares to close downtown street, years after contentious approval
- Idaho legislators pass contentious bill that adds clarification language to abortion ban
- Idaho’s first pediatric residency program hopes to increase number of professionals in the field
- St. Luke’s to Look at Climate Change and Health
- Why a nursing shortage led an Idaho ASC to close its doors
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Health hospitals to make masks optional, loosen visitor policy for 1st time since pandemic
- IL home care workers call for better pay, improved training standards
- OSF HealthCare assesses Chicago market for additional properties
- Rush plans $70M outpatient center on Chicago’s West Side
- Illinois hospital merger rules could tighten under House bill
- DuPage County ranked healthiest in Illinois
- 33 Illinois Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New List
- Report: Illinois, US Need More Primary-Care Physicians to Avoid Shortage
- Health Care Workforce Reinvestment Act passes out of Illinois House
- How the Doctor Shortage Crisis in Illinois Compares to Other States
INDIANA
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- Ascension St. Vincent CEO to exit
- Eskenazi unveils ambitious effort to combat health inequities in Indianapolis
- Hendricks Regional Health CEO named to lead Ascension St. Vincent
- Indiana bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control goes to Senate committee
- Indiana hospitals seeing rise in cyberattacks
- Indiana lawmakers act to preserve access to out-of-state children’s hospitals
- Indiana ranks 28th nationally for child well-being
- Indiana hospital care: Employers and workers paid $2 billion above the national average
- Indiana sizing up possible bid for new federal life sciences hub
- How prepared are Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana for the next major public health emergency?
IOWA
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- Gov. Reynolds signs rural health care bill
- Hospital to pay False Claims Act penalty for allegedly letting unsupervised residents interpret X-rays
- Iowa lawmakers work to save rural hospitals
- Michigan company may open Rural Emergency Hospital in Keokuk
- St. Luke’s completes renovation of Surgical Specialty Unit
- State again fails to impose legally mandated fine after nursing home death
- UI will implement training, pay over $16,000 to resolve X-ray Medicare claims
- MercyOne North Iowa to close hospice facility next month
- Iowa board suspends physician’s license over ‘incompetence’
- Insight acquires Iowa hospital that closed Oct. 1
- MercyOne names regional chief medical officer
- Iowa governor throws rural hospitals a lifeline
- Iowa to reevaluate residents’ Medicaid eligibility
KANSAS
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- Ascension Via Christi occupational medicine clinic is on the move in south Wichita
- Group behind south Wichita behavioral health campus will unveil plan at April event
- Kansas law singling out abortion clinics contested at high court
- Kansas nurse sentenced for stealing fentanyl
- Ascension occupational clinic is on the move in south Wichita
- 3 Kansas counties move to CDC’s high COVID community level. Here’s the latest on cases
- Kansas lawmakers weighing prior authorization reforms
KENTUCKY
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- 2 Louisville developments among biggest U.S. medical offices projects
- Baptist Health, Encompass Health break ground on $44M hospital
- BehaVR on what’s next after its international merger
- Kentucky physician wins $14M in lawsuit against CVS, Rite Aid
- Lawsuit claims U of L Health shares private patient data with Facebook parent company Meta
- Looking to attract more students to the healthcare field, St. E. offers opportunity to view live operations
- More Kentucky counties report low COVID-19 levels, but 5 remain at medium
- Former HCA vice president becomes CNO at 2 Kentucky hospitals
- How prepared are Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana for the next major public health emergency?
LOUISIANA
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- US Department of Labor investigation recovers more than $158K in back pay, damages for 78 Louisiana home healthcare workers denied overtime
- Ochsner names divisional COO
- 10-hospital Catholic system to acquire Singing River Health System
- Louisiana plans to spend $196M to check Medicaid enrollees’ status
- Tulane University School of Medicine debuts new robot-assisted transplant surgery
- A Mississippi hospital system is looking for a buyer. This surprise Louisiana pick may be it.
- Here’s what northeast Louisiana health experts are saying about the country’s medication shortage
- Ochsner Baton Rouge welcomes new medical staff members
- Ochsner Health Named 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner
MAINE
MARYLAND
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- A first look at Ascension Saint Agnes’ new Howard County outpatient office
- Gaithersburg biotech Salubris Biotherapeutics clinches $35M investment for R&D
- Holy Cross Health was advancing 2 MoCo hospital projects. Now it’s pumping the brakes.
- Imaging center, partner hospital agree to pay $2M to settle False Claims Act case
- Kennedy Krieger gets $1M in federal funding to expand pediatric long Covid clinic
- Luminis Health Executive Honored By Becker’s Hospital Review
- Luminis Health paying $2M federal fine to settle predecessor’s alleged violations of False Claims Act
- Maryland biotech Salubris Biotherapeutics clinches $35M investment for R&D
- Maryland health system integrates MyChart with Apple Health
- Md. has 5th lowest Covid deaths per capita in nation
- Maryland healthcare package passes House and Senate
- Maryland’s Aziyo Biologics laying off 12% of workforce
- New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’
- 6 Maryland Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New Report
- Easing Maryland’s horrid ER wait times
- Maryland hospital says hackers accessed its computer systems
- How The Doctor Shortage Crisis In Maryland Compares To Other States
- 3 reasons Maryland is among states with the lowest COVID death rates
- Johns Hopkins Medicine to receive $21.4 million to advance viability of animal organs for transplants and enable human clinical trials
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Baystate Health taps a developer to advance possible reuse of shuttered Ware hospital
- ‘Biggest biotech you’ve never heard of’ opens higher-security lab in Waltham
- CEO pay for prescription videogame startup increased 124% last year
- How Amazon is working with Mass General, Intermountain to reduce healthcare burnout
- Israeli-Boston cell therapy firm lays off nearly one-fifth of workforce
- Nurse vacancy rate doubled in Massachusetts between 2019 to 2022, HPC reports
- Struggling MD Anderson spinout files for bankruptcy protection
- 2 Boston-area hospitals are closed, delaying care for some patients
- 1 in 5 Massachusetts nurses plan to leave the field. Where will they go?
- Union survey: Mass. nurses report feeling quality of care has worsened
- MassHealth expanding call center ahead of eligibility redetermination
- $20M verdict awarded to man who lost leg after hospital error
- Massachusetts hospital care quality has deteriorated over past 2 years, nurses survey says
- Newest ‘State of Nursing in Massachusetts’ Survey Reveals Unsafe Conditions and RN Burnout as True Causes of Statewide Staffing Crisis as Hospitals Overspend on Temporary Nurses and Patient Care Quality Drops
- Travel nurses aiding and disrupting Mass. hospitals, report says
- ‘I just want to get a bed’: Haverhill family endures harrowing mental health crisis
- Saving the lives of Mass. moms: These three bills focus on pregnancy, postpartum care gaps
MICHIGAN
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- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital to bring pediatric care to Lansing hospital
- Henry Ford operating margin back in the black
- Mary Free Bed seeks $30M in public funds for new pediatric facility
- Genesee Health System to receive $2.3 million to expand mental health services
- Michigan to repay student loans for behavioral health providers
- 26 MI Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New List
- Michigan health system to pay $69 mln over claims of illegal referrals
- Michigan company may open Rural Emergency Hospital in Keokuk
- Archie Drake named new CEO at Children’s Hospital of Michigan
- Michigan Senate committee discusses racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health
- Grand Rapids orthopedic surgeons move to Trinity Health as federal lawsuit proceeds against former practice
- Former Corewell Health physician sues healthcare group for alleged religious-based discrimination
- Covenant Healthcare System and Physicians Pay Over $69 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Improper Financial Relationships
MINNESOTA
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- Avera and Sanford receive combined $3.5 million from Helmsley Charitable Trust
- Bright Health CEO pay drops by 94% to $10 million in 2022
- Gardner Builders sues Good Clinic over construction costs
- Inside the Minnesota clinic that’s helping Ukrainian amputees
- UnitedHealthcare to reduce prior-authorization, paperwork requirements
- Why CVS, Optum struggle to integrate behavioral healthcare
- Minnesota health system expands hospital-at-home to more than 5,000 patients after launching company
- Hospital gets $285,000 to help purchase state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment
- House passes bill making Minnesota a refuge for transgender healthcare
- How Inbound Health Became The Hospital-At-Home ‘Ingredient’ For Health Plans, Health Systems
- Mayo Clinic patient sued by hospital testifies in support of hospital charity care bill
- Minnesota organizes long COVID response as pandemic trends improve
- UnitedHealth plans to lower paperwork hurdles for doctors, patients
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi hospital CEO to depart
- The death of rural hospitals could leave Mississippians ‘sick, sick, sick’
- How much grant money will Mississippi hospitals get?
- Rolling Fork to open field hospital after tornado
- A Mississippi hospital system is looking for a buyer. This surprise Louisiana pick may be it.
- Mississippi lawmakers approve $104M for hospitals, but is it enough?
- May stepping away from role as CEO of Merit Health Natchez
- Whitwell is new CEO at TRMC
MISSOURI
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- Best Places to Work 2023: Bethesda Health Group offers a number of perks to its more than 1,000 employees
- BioNexus KC launches effort to promote KC region as a digital health hub
- Mercy health system moves forward on lease of Perry County hospital
- NAIC names Beal as acting CEO after Consedine’s resignation
- SSM Health has ratings affirmed amid expectations of operating improvement
- SSM Health reports $249M operating loss
- Mercy to invest $6.5M in Epic installation for Missouri hospital takeover
- Mercy inks deal to operate 17th critical access hospital
- After closing rural Missouri hospitals, Noble Health faces investigations and lawsuits
- Bethesda Health Group offers number of perks to its 1,000 employees
- St. Louis hospitals improve labor woes, but problem far from conquered
- University Hospital offers programs to increase, diversify nurses in Missouri
- A group of hackers has hit hundreds of hospitals, including in Missouri. The effects last years.
- Missouri AG issues emergency regulation, tip line to report transgender procedures on minors: ‘Child abuse’
- Even as rural Missouri hospitals struggle to survive, Hannibal’s is planning to expand to Kirksville – betting the city can support a second facility
MONTANA
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- Montana State Hospital administrator put on leave after less than a year on the job
- Montana lawmakers consider bill to invest $300M in behavioral health system
- Mountainview Medical Center Plans Replacement Hospital In Montana
- New Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes health center rises in Ronan
- Montana health department asks for $150 million outside state budget bill
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska health systems, medical centers lifting mask requirements
- Several Medicaid bills introduced to help rural healthcare facilities
- Nebraska hospitals lobby for reimbursement, staff increases amid sky high expense costs
- Nebraska senators all agree on one bill — expanding behavioral health services
NEVADA
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- Clark County ranks as 6th-healthiest county in Nevada, study says
- COVID-19 levels remain low in state, county
- Nevada’s behavioral health provider shortage addressed by two bills in state legislature
- New Las Vegas clinic aimed to provide better healthcare access to those most at risk
- Nevada 988 hotline in-state answer rates among nation’s lowest
- Saint Mary’s ranks as third best cardiovascular hospital
- Nevada ranks 8th for COVID-19 deaths, study says
- NRMC Board of Directors hear updates from CEO Anglin
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- New Jersey physician pleads guilty to $5M fraud scheme
- One-third of New Jersey nurses have quit in last 3 years as state deals with shortages
- NJ health rankings by county in 2023
- Roundup: 3 state HIEs move forward with new projects
- New Healthcare Clinic Opens On 2nd Floor Of Secaucus Hospital
- 16 NJ Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New List
- New Jersey is among the states best prepared for public health emergency, study finds
- 2 women sue New Jersey hospitals for unnecessary drug tests
- How the Doctor Shortage Crisis in New Jersey Compares to Other States
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- A physician on trial
- Axiom Capital Arranges $25.3M in Financing for Medical Office Building in Utica, New York
- Jacobi hospital saw 20% of its nurses quit in 2022. How long can temp staffing fill that gap?
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: If we want to restore healthcare financial margins, we need to maintain focus on patient and consumer experience
- NYC buyer weighs multi-use options for Brooks-TLC’s Lakeshore Health Care Center
- ‘Everything cannot be accomplished all at once’: Garnet Health CEO on how prioritizing goals can help reduce burnout
- New York hospitals struggle to reopen psychiatric beds amid staff shortages
- New York physician facing manslaughter charge in patient’s overdose death
- Mount Sinai aims to boost number of Black men in leadership
- Northwell hospital executive director gets expanded regional role
- Man in custody after locking himself in Albany Medical Center hospital room
- Eastern Niagara Hospital closing abruptly
- New York City spends $18M+ on travel nurses for 1 hospital, union claims
- New York comptroller plans new review of nursing home policy
- ‘How do you help nurses?’ and other priorities from Mount Sinai’s chief supply chain officer
- Northwell has 41 open Epic-related roles after selecting EHR giant as new vendor
- Why Mount Sinai isn’t waiting 4 years to launch its new cancer center’s initiatives
- Buyer weighs multi-use options for shuttered hospital campus
- Physicians affiliated with Kaleida Health, ECMC shift to new IPA network model
- Albany Medical Center on lockdown after reports of person with gun inside hospital
- Why Northwell switched to Epic Systems: Q&A with CIO Sophy Lu
- Northwell launches comprehensive nurse navigation program to help cancer patients
- NYU Langone taps RWJBarnabas physician to lead maternal-fetal medicine
- FDA dense breast guideline shouldn’t trigger ‘knee-jerk’ reactions, Mount Sinai surgeon says
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health backs virtual behavioral health startup that raised $32M
- Cone Health begins work on heart and vascular tower project at Moses Cone Memorial
- COVID-19 in NC: Cases, hospital admissions remain flat
- Durham biotech treating wartime patients in Ukraine moves closer to FDA submission
- Gov. Cooper signs bipartisan Medicaid expansion into law
- Greensboro medical office building sold for $1.65 million
- Hospital construction underway, medical office project in final stages
- New full-service cancer center opens in the Sandhills
- Novant Health job cuts include several high-level Charlotte executives
- Public company quietly moves executive offices to Morrisville
- ‘Urgency is now.’ Nurses walk to NC legislature, ask lawmakers to do more, renew push for ‘SAVE ACT’
- Why this Raleigh pharma just cut half its workforce
- Masks no longer required at several North Carolina health care systems
- How the Doctor Shortage Crisis in North Carolina Compares to Other States
- UNC Health Southeastern considers ownership transition for WoodHaven
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Three years later, COVID impact remains on rural ND hospitals
- Fargo nurse’s license suspended after she got fake diploma in massive scheme, officials say
- Nursing home advocates Zoom to get attention from legislators on care needs
- North Dakota State Hospital offers flexibility, educational opportunities
OHIO
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- Anchor Health Properties buys Grove City medical office building for $10.2 million
- Christ Hospital, Anthem BCBS prepping patients for fallout as insurance contract deadline looms
- Cleveland Clinic most innovative company in NE Ohio, according to Fortune magazine
- Daniel Drake Center president, top nursing exec exit in management restructuring
- Dayton-area hospital appoints new COO, CFO
- How prepared are Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana for the next major public health emergency?
- Kettering Health hires firm to look into misconduct allegations
- Lindner Center of Hope names Jan Marhefka its new CNO
- MetroHealth CEO: $1B campus transformation ‘not on the back burner’
- MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed ‘full steam ahead’ on $1B vision
- MetroHealth Unveils Transformational Glick Center In Cleveland
- ‘Modern gangsters’: Ohio sues 3 PBMs for alleged price fixing
- Ohio hospital to lay off 743, including COO and RNs
- Ohio attorney general sues PBMs over rising drug costs
- UH ends labor and delivery services at Lake West in Willoughby
- Cuyahoga County among Ohio’s least healthy counties, new national health rankings say
- Ohio recorded fewer COVID-19 deaths than most of the country
- OhioHealth says it’s time to build
- Nursing home staff union calls for more input on task force
OKLAHOMA
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- Encompass Health to open second hospital in Midwest state
- Oklahoma lawmakers favor bills strengthening medical marijuana regulation
- Oklahoma mental health providers fight against proposed rule to share patient data
- OU Health names chief nurse
- New, 40-bed rehab hospital opens in Owasso
- Oklahoma Moves Forward With Statewide Health Information Exchange Rules
- Why Oklahoma nursing homes could be facing ‘full-blown’ crisis
- Bill addressing hospital patient’s rights passes through Oklahoma House
- OU Health halts 401(k) contributions, adjusts paid time off
OREGON
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- Kaiser Permanente will continue to require masks in hospitals after state lifts mandate
- Nurses & Hospitals Agree On Staffing Bill
- Oregon denies Legacy Health’s request to shutter birth center at Gresham hospital
- Oregon lawmakers weigh bill to fix drug decriminalization measure’s implementation
- Oregon nurses, frontline health care workers reach agreement with hospitals on safe staffing bill
- Portland hospital wrongfully released violent patient accused of attack moments later, $4M suit says
- Oregon might cap how many patients can be assigned to a single hospital nurse or nursing assistant
- Advancing Portland: Housing for the mentally ill is key to city’s comeback
- Oregon woman sues Legacy Health over attack outside Portland behavioral health facility
- Oregon bill would impose protocols for hospital discharge of homeless patient
PENNSYLVANIA
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- ChristianaCare to reopen Jennersville as a ‘micro-hospital’ in late 2024
- Data breach impacts Community Health Systems hospitals
- Gainey lines up tax-exempt challenges, including bid to tax some UPMC-owned properties
- Here’s when the new UPMC Mercy vision/rehab pavilion will open
- Here’s where UPMC WorkPartners insurer is expanding now
- Jefferson receives $15M gift from Humana to advance health equity and community health initiatives
- No more private equity hospital purchases in Pennsylvania, lawmakers urge
- Organ transplant changes to impact Pittsburgh region
- Rothman Orthopaedic Institute’s CEO out after two years in position
- St. Luke’s Monroe campus cited by state for failing to ensure suicidal patient received proper supervision
- UPMC expands medical training programs in Kazakhstan
- UPMC, surgeon deemed ‘high risk’ to Medicare after rejecting oversight
- UPMC waves off agreement that would bring 5 years of federal tracking
- Penn Medicine affiliate lays off less than 1% of workforce amid financial struggles
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England workers vote ‘no confidence’ in hospital leadership
- CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch brands threats to maternal health as ‘unacceptable’
- 1,400 workers at Women & Infants vote no confidence, union says
- CVS Health closes Signify acquisition
- Health organizations get $9.1M to bolster services, medical research
- Bill introduced that would allow Rhode Island nursing home residents more cash for personal items
- 4 Rhode Island Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New List
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Former Prisma Health employee accused of stealing medical equipment
- Prisma Health reopens ER after 3 years of being closed
- Summerville Medical Center opens $10.5M expansion
- Trident Medical Center to hold hiring event at Topgolf Thursday; 20K signing bonus for RNs
- Beaufort ranked healthiest county in SC, but the least healthy county is nearby
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Avera and Sanford receive combined $3.5 million from Helmsley Charitable Trust
- Meet the orthopedic surgeon guiding Sanford Health
- South Dakota hospital shifts to critical access designation
- Sanford Health recognized among Becker’s Best Workplaces
- Brookings Health System offers breast-conserving surgery
TENNESSEE
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- Alternative pharmacies pop up in Nashville
- Memphis-based med tech firm MiCare Path grows, expands in scope
- Nurse attacked by patient at hospital
- Wellvana Health lands $84M from Memorial Hermann, others
- Tennessee takes control of Bright Health’s finances
- How the Doctor Shortage Crisis in Tennessee Compares to Other States
- Whistleblowers accuse Erlanger of illegal billing for concurrent surgeries that left patients unsupervised
TEXAS
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- Ascension Texas Welcomes Women’s Health Texas Austin
- CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Celebrates New Primary Care Clinic In Winnsboro
- Houston medical device startup names new CEO
- Montecito Medical Acquires Surgery Center Property in North Texas
- North American Partners in Anesthesia, Methodist Hospital form partnership
- North Texas ophthalmology group agrees to pay $2.9M to settle kickback allegations
- Region’s first Hope Lodge planned for South Texas Medical Center
- San Antonio hospital taps Austin executive as new CEO
- SA scored nearly $150 million in NIH funding in 2022 but wide gap still exists
- Texas places Friday Health in liquidation
- Texas Vista Medical Center to close with all 827 employees laid off
- Wellvana Health lands $84M from Memorial Hermann, others
- Texas hospitals sound alarm on bill that would eradicate facility fees
- Judge’s ruling undercuts US health law’s preventive care
- The intricacies of a successful rebrand, according to Houston Methodist’s marketing chief
- Tenet Health has default rating affirmed at ‘B+’
- ‘We’ve had to be creative’: How a major health system eased its labor shortage
- Texas, Arkansas report cases of deadly Candida auris infection
- Memorial Hermann backs value-based care tech startup in $84M round
UTAH
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- As 5 Utah hospitals change hands, will it mean less reproductive care?
- Big new hospital moves step closer to reality in downtown Salt Lake City
- How Amazon is working with Mass General, Intermountain to reduce healthcare burnout
- Intermountain Health launches new biotech company
- Intermountain reports reduced operating income of $121M
- New Wound Care Clinic Open at St. Mark’s Hospital
- Primary Children’s expands NICU care using telehealth, keeps infants closer to home
- Primary Children’s Hospital launches new Neuro NICU telehealth program to better care for babies
- Utah Lab Owner Admits $89 Million Health Care Fraud Kickback Scheme Involving Cancer Genetic Screening Tests
- Utah enacts law to let nurse practitioners work independently. What it means for health care
VERMONT
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- Hospital heads, Peter Welch discuss rural health care challenges
- 2 Vermont hospitals receive $25M+ total from USDA
- Two Vermont hospitals receive millions in federal funds from the USDA
- UVM Health Network and UnitedHealthcare to keep existing contract through end of 2023
- Hoffer audit finds DAIL’s efforts to protect LTC home residents lacking
VIRGINIA
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- Glen Allen medical lab company Genetworx looking to acquire or partner with other laboratories
- Nurse charged with involuntary manslaughter in patient’s death
- First baby ever born at Virginia hospital welcomes daughter 28 years later at same facility
- 26 VA Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New Report
- UVA Health monitoring meningococcal disease outbreak in eastern Virginia
- New Inova Hospital In Franconia-Springfield Approved By VA Officials
- COVID-19 hospitalizations trending downward across Virginia
- Virginia Needs a Top Mental Health Research Hospital – UVa is Positioned Provide It Statewide
WASHINGTON
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center opens $320M campus addition
- Overlake Medical Center lays off administrative staff
- Washington hospitals face budget cuts as financial losses mount
- Washington hospitals have operated at a loss for the last 2 years, report says
- With app, Seattle Children’s wants to create ‘ChatGPT for healthcare’
- Washington state receives high marks for public health emergency preparedness
- MultiCare sells stake in Tacoma clinic to national investor
- WSU pediatric residency program launches at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital
WEST VIRGINIA
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- How the Doctor Shortage Crisis in West Virginia Compares to Other States
- Justice signs off on certificate of need bill
- New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’
- Permission Not Needed for West Virginia Hospital’s Off-Site MRI
- West Virginia doctors work to bridge rural healthcare gap
- West Virginia bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Health backs virtual behavioral health startup that raised $32M
- Marshfield Clinic Lake Hallie Center will discontinue urgent care services in May
- Overlake Medical Center lays off administrative staff
- Rogers Behavioral’s New CEO Eyes National Expansion, More Digital and Outpatient Services
- WI health care system dealing with worker shortage
- Wisconsin’s health care workforce falling behind demand
- New Wisconsin County By County Health Rankings
- 31 WI Hospitals Recognized For Safety, Experience In New List
- Baby boomer retirements could exacerbate Wisconsin’s health care labor shortage
- Wisconsin Hospital Association: Wisconsin’s health care workforce falling further behind demand for care
- UW Health nurses confront shortage, campaign for union recognition
- How the Doctor Shortage Crisis in Wisconsin Compares to Other States
- New drug shortages are on the rise. Here’s what it looks like in Wisconsin.
WYOMING
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- Cody Regional Health CEO honored for his work
- Death trends normalizing in wake of pandemic; Teton County differs from the state trends
- Wyoming abortion access critics navigate courts
- As Wyoming tightens up Medicaid eligibility, thousands likely to lose coverage
- Doctors at bigger hospitals will soon be able to help the Cody hospital determine if a baby needs NICU treatment
