NATIONAL
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- 340B repayments welcomed but concern remains, hospital group says
- 4 pieces of legislation fighting to alleviate the physician shortage crisis
- AHA Files Lawsuit Challenging HHS Guidance on Tracking Technologies
- AHA says 3.1% hospital outpatient payment increase is not enough
- Amazon launches One Medical for Prime
- American Healthcare REIT may acquire Trilogy Health Services parent
- Biden orders HHS to take wide-ranging action on artificial intelligence in health care
- CMS drops 4 final payment rules for 2024: 19 takeaways
- CMS Flooded With Staggering 40K-Plus Comments on Nursing Home Staffing Mandate
- CMS to cut physician pay in 2024
- CMS sets hospital outpatient, ASC pay raises for 2024
- Drug shortages put strain on hospitals
- For-profit hospital operators strained by physician fees, payer relations in Q3
- Hospital cash flow, margins to surge in 2024: Moody’s
- Hospital groups criticize HHS remedy for 340B payments
- Hospitals struggle to embrace consumer-centric care
- Inside CMS’ changes to the MPFS and OPPS
- Leapfrog Group Fall 2023 Grades: Hospitals reduce infections, but slip in patient experience
- Medicare Advantage doesn’t hurt rural hospitals: Study
- More hospitals across the US are closing maternity wards
- More hospital CEOs join the effort to prevent gun violence
- Nonprofit hospitals upgraded to ‘stable’ outlook: Moody’s
- Physician pay slows while productivity booms
- Researchers report positive results from initial 11,000 hospital-at-home patients
- Rural hospitals in crisis mode
- Senate committee advances bill that would delay DSH cuts, rein in PBM tactics
- The 4 things supply chain managers wish healthcare executives understood
- The Leapfrog grades of hospitals hit with immediate jeopardy warnings
- Where are Leapfrog’s 18 straight-‘A’ hospitals?
- Where are Leapfrog’s 11 ‘F’ hospitals?
- Why Physicians in ACOs Are Happier With Their Compensation
- Wide-ranging health care bill would affect physicians
ALABAMA
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- Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System host ribbon cutting for a new mobile medical unit
- More hospitals across the US are closing maternity wards
- Commission seeks solution to Alabama’s workforce shortage
- South Baldwin Regional Medical Center named a Top Alabama Hospital by Newsweek
- Decatur Hospital project + new high-dollar building permits in North Alabama
- How the Huntsville Hospital, HEMSI merger impacts the Tennessee Valley
ALASKA
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- Alaska doctor wheels hope to survivors of traumatic brain injury in his ‘Brain Bus’
- Alaska pauses RSV vaccine shipments due to national shortage as demand spikes
- Property Tax Dispute Between NSHC And City Heads To Alaska Supreme Court
- Leaders in the Alaska behavioral health community discuss ongoing concerns about youth mental health
ARIZONA
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- Justin Bayless preps for return to health care sector as noncompete agreement end nears
- Most Arizona hospital CEOs got raises, made millions, during pandemic, IRS filings say
- Arizona voters reject $800M hospital plan
- Arizona man accused of stealing ambulance with patient, firefighters inside
- Mayo Arizona’s AI chief on embracing new technology responsibly
- Justin Bayless preps for return to health care sector as noncompete agreement end nears
- Northern Arizona Healthcare now looking for locations to build new hospital after Prop. 480 failed to pass
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Hospitals Offer Fewer Places to Give Birth
- Arkansas Rates of Infant, Maternal Mortality Raise Alarm
- Diagnosing the Doctor Deficit: Arkansas Faces Escalating Physician Shortages
- Sage Health Invests $25M In Arkansas
- SARH leaders change to permanent titles
- Northern Arizona Healthcare now looking for locations to build new hospital after Prop. 480 failed to pass
- Griffin’s $50M grant will create pediatric opioid center at Arkansas Children’s
- Lawsuit alleges ‘widespread’ abuse at shuttered youth facility in Arkansas
CALIFORNIA
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- 82% of California hospitals didn’t finish mandatory bias training: DOJ
- Against the odds, Watsonville Community Hospital survived bankruptcy. Will it survive the next few years?
- California physician convicted of healthcare fraud, kickbacks
- California’s healthcare minimum wage boost to cost $4B
- City Council upholds approval of Hollywood Presbyterian medical offices at 1321 N. Virgil Avenue
- Construction Begins on Docs Health Hospital
- Docs Health breaks ground on $123M orthopedic, spine center
- Here’s how UC Davis Health’s $579 million outpatient surgery center project has stayed on schedule
- New California law offers fresh protection from steep ambulance bills
- New patient safety report gives 14 San Diego-area hospitals top marks
- RadNet inks new hospital joint venture partnership, with plans to add 10-plus imaging centers
- Risant + General Catalyst: 2 approaches to buying health systems
- Sonoma County names Reno physician executive as new health officer
- ‘The waiting times in the ER are… horrendous’ | Manteca mayor calls for Kaiser expansion
- Valley Children’s Healthcare signs historic partnership agreement with Armenian hospital
COLORADO
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- Parkview Health Systems to join UCHealth Dec. 1
- VA reassigns Colorado healthcare leaders amid probe
- Denver’s AdventHealth Porter hospital won’t reopen Nov. 6 after boiler system failure
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations keep rising, while flu and RSV stay low
- Scholarship brings maternal care to Colorado’s rural areas
- Peak Health Alliance announces most affordable health insurance in nine rural Colorado counties
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut Hospital Association Establishes Patient and Visitor Code of Conduct
- Construction starts on medical building in North Branford
- CT AG probing Prospect Medical Holdings’ ‘financial practices’ amid sale of ECHN hospitals to Yale
- CT’s Safest Hospitals: Fall 2023 Leapfrog Group Ratings Released
- Feds: CT home care provider ordered to pay back wages, damages
- Murder of visiting nurse ignites demands for stronger home care protections
- Mystic nursing facility finishes rooftop solar energy project
- State attorneys general crack down on health systems
- Trinity Health of New England market leader to exit
- Students suing Connecticut nursing school seek $20M remedy
- LCB Senior Living to manage The Hearth at Glastonbury; new name planned
- Cigna explores sale of Medicare Advantage business
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- 5 AMA members who see advancing health equity as their mission
- AdventHealth ER rises on Holy Land Experience site
- Florida Laboratory Agrees to Pay Over $1.1 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
- Florida nursing home staffing changes opposed
- Leapfrog Group releases safety grades for Central Florida hospitals. See who got an A.
- Lee Health to lease brand new hybrid Cape Coral medical space
- Tough senior housing market causes developer to change plans
- Walmart Health partners with health system, insurer in Florida
- HCA Florida Lake City Hospital names new Chief Operating Officer
- Industry opposes nursing home staffing changes in Florida
- Infant Mortality Rate Rises For 1st Time In 20 Years: See FL Data
- Florida health care budget to include behavioral health priorities
- HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Expands Medical Services to Keep Up with Needs of Residents in Coral Springs and Across Region
GEORGIA
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- 4-hospital system rebrands as SGMC Health
- Atlanta hospital taps co-founder’s son as CEO
- Atlanta is working on plan for Wellstar AMC site – but it could take a while
- Atlanta startup Costnip aims to solve major health care problem
- Children’s Egleston Hospital NICU distinguished with highest level of care recognition
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta recognized for digital excellence
- Emory launches AI institute
- Fast-growing Georgia health care nonprofit eyes accessibility for future headquarters
- Georgia high court questions approval for new Northside cancer service
- New Birth partners with Community Healthcare to open clinic
- Piedmont Healthcare makes improvements to virtual visits
- Snellville doctor pays $225,000 to resolve allegations for improper billing
- State Supreme Court takes up Certificate of Need dispute
- 1 in 3 Georgia counties don’t offer proper maternity care. What’s being done to fix that?
- These three Georgia hospitals have some of the busiest ERs in the nation, ranking says
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Kootenai Health on track for nonprofit conversion Jan. 1
- Idaho built few accountability measures into Health Data Exchange, watchdog report finds
- Missouri, Idaho and Kansas suing FDA for its rules on abortion-inducing pills
- 120,000 Idahoans have been diagnosed with diabetes. But there are state programs that can help.
- Portneuf Health holds ribbon cutting for new urgent care clinic
ILLINOIS
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- 5 AMA members who see advancing health equity as their mission
- Chicago-area hospitals graded in new safety ranking. Here’s where they stand
- Cook County nursing home officials warn of layoffs if tax system not addressed
- Cook County Health warns of data breach for 1.2 million patients at medical transportation firm
- Illinois system implements voluntary separations
- New hospital grades reveal how Peoria-area hospitals fare on patient care, safety
- New medical hub combines efforts of nine Chicago institutions to facilitate delivery of medical innovations to patients
- Paid leave measure could seriously damage Chicago’s safety nets, hospitals argue
- The University of Chicago Medicine is building its city’s first freestanding cancer center with inpatient and outpatient services
- 10 Illinois counties at ‘medium’ levels of COVID hospital admissions: CDC
- Infant Mortality Rate Rises For 1st Time In 20 Years: See IL Data
- Report: Illinois hospitals place the state in middle of pack for performance
- Gov. Pritzker, IDPH announced $3.5M to boost mental health services
INDIANA
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- Cook Medical sells portion of reproductive health business for $300M
- Indiana physician’s lawsuit challenges state’s noncompete law
- Indiana remains among ten worst states for infant mortality rate in latest data
- Indianapolis ER doctor helping in Israel
- IU Health awards nearly $10M to improve health outcomes for Hoosiers in need
- IU Health launches a nutrition hub to serve food insecure Methodist hospital patients
- Logansport Memorial Hospital launches new patient communication platform
- Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital achieves pediatric trauma center designation
- Rural health care gaps complicate health outcomes. Where does Indiana stand?
- HealthLinc promotes within for new CEO
- Indiana’s rural health care gaps are complicating patient outcomes
IOWA
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- Bankruptcy court approves sale of Mercy Iowa City to University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
- ‘Broken system’: Iowa’s rural ambulance services strained
- Iowa care facilities cited for staff shortages amid national debate on mandates
- Iowa Hospital Association: inflation, pandemic supercharged trend of hospital closures
- Mercy Iowa City sale sparks objections
- Northwestern Mutual promises $500k to Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- NW Iowa hospital bucks trend by expanding its birthing center
- Partners are the ‘wave of the future,’ says U of Iowa Heath Care CFO
- University of Iowa physicians to pay $2M after woman dies following MRI
- UI Hospitals & Clinics names new CEO
- Iowa hospital expands birthing center amid national trend of closures
- Iowa hospital selects Epic
KANSAS
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- Kansas governor, farmers look at rural health care through Medicaid expansion scope
- Memorial Hospital moves forward to help Herington
- Missouri, Idaho and Kansas suing FDA for its rules on abortion-inducing pills
- Governor Kelly advocates for rural federal nursing homes
- Sentencing day for sexual assault of patients at Kansas hospital
- New owner for former Kansas Masonic Home
- Proposed regulation would bar Stormont Vail’s hopes of expanded Emporia clinic
KENTUCKY
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- Aptiva Health moves into new East End headquarters to make room for growth
- Bamboo Health raises nearly $34 million
- Humana looks to raise more than $1 billion in debt financing
- Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities names new chairman
- Louisville hospital safety grades: Norton Healthcare leads Leapfrog’s latest ratings
- SentryHealth purchased by virtual care firm First Stop Health
- T.J. Samson maintains Acute Stroke Ready Hospital Accreditation
- Baby death rate fell 6% in Kentucky in 2022 while it increased nationally and in most states that border Kentucky, CDC reports
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- Central Maine Medical Center doctors, nurses meet with Pres. Biden
- DHHS Deploys Maine Responds Health Care Volunteers to CMMC in Wake of the Lewiston Tragedy
- Who’s on the A-list? Maine hospitals get mixed grades in national safety study
- Mental health professionals rush to help Lewiston community, but staffing shortages loom
MARYLAND
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- 5 AMA members who see advancing health equity as their mission
- A new senior-housing project will tackle the ‘middle ground’ between living alone and needing a nursing home
- Baltimore nurses vote to form first hospital nurses’ union in city
- Baltimore nursing home plans $65M renovation project
- Baltimore Police: Man’s death while under medical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital ruled homicide
- Gaithersburg’s NexImmune prepares to shut down, lay off ‘substantially all’ employees
- GBMC completes $108 million addition as part of modernization push
- Hospital Safety Grades: How Did Baltimore County Do?
- Maryland Tech Council accelerates effort to expand state’s life-sciences workforce
- Silver Spring regenerative medicine company Elutia confronts Nasdaq delisting threat
- Second pig heart transplant patient dies at Maryland hospital
- Study finds Maryland ER wait times are worst in the country
MASSACHUSETTS
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- East Boston Neighborhood Health Center grows leadership team
- Falmouth Hospital opens $10M intensive care unit
- Gov. Healey grants health organizations $5M to house the homeless
- Mass General Brigham announces new cancer chief amid split from Dana-Farber
- Mass General Brigham partners with Best Buy on tech for acute care at home
- Maximus to cut 75 jobs in Quincy working on MassHealth project
- Seres cuts its workforce by nearly half, focuses on FDA-approved drug
- These are the biggest construction projects at Massachusetts’ largest hospitals
- Tufts Medicine CFO to step down after nine years
- Lawmakers call for competitive raises for Boston Medical Center workers
- LCB Senior Living to manage The Hearth at Glastonbury; new name planned
- Nurses, Health Care Lobbyists Press Legislators on Joining Nurse Licensure Compact
- Beth Israel Lahey Health names 1st chief quality officer
- Beth Israel Lahey Health expands ‘hospital at home’
- UMass Memorial Health – Harrington opens community fridge, closet
- Family Health Center of Worcester rebrands homeless outreach program
- State finalizing healthcare access reports
- Massachusetts hospital names CEO
MICHIGAN
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- Health care execs: Hospital rankings are essential, but deeply flawed
- Holland Hospital plans primary care office in Hudsonville
- Hospital patient safety grades remain down in latest report card
- How Michigan hospitals graded for patient safety in fall 2023
- Michigan critical access hospitals mull merger
- Michigan hospitals continue decline in patient safety, report says
- Michigan on verge of repealing legal immunity for drugmakers
- Pfizer halts $750M Portage expansion under cost-cutting plan
- Reproductive Health Act heads to Whitmer’s desk, aims to expand abortion access
- Senior care provider Care Resources developing new center in Lowell
- Infant Mortality Rate Rises For 1st Time In 20 Years: See MI Data
- SVSU-Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital agreement reduces tuition
- Michigan releases RFP for Medicaid Comprehensive Health Care Program
MINNESOTA
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- 32K-square-foot medical office building acquired in Minnesota
- Fairview Health Services to shed 250 jobs, citing ‘tremendous pressures’
- Minnesota hospitals barred from debt collection until screening patients for charity care
- New law requires hospitals to inform patients of financial assistance before collecting medical debt
- 7 Optum-owned clinics shuttered in Florida, Minnesota
- Minnesota health system moving to Meditech
- Mayo Clinic enters generative AI partnership for cardiology care
- Minnesota funding shortages put mental health program at risk
- Judge slashes ‘shockingly excessive’ orthopedic malpractice verdict by $100M
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- Ascension’s latest executive appointments
- Boone Health to cut 26 jobs, shutter home care and hospice divisions
- Missouri health system cuts jobs, services
- Missouri, Idaho and Kansas suing FDA for its rules on abortion-inducing pills
- Nurse candidate sues BJC HealthCare over discrimination claims
- Rural Missouri health care providers helping patients with transportation, food
- BJC expands ‘live near your work’ program for employees
- Missouri hospital opts not to release records after layoffs, losses
- Kids are flooding into Kansas City ERs for mental health issues, and hospitals need help to keep up
- MSSU officials close to building health science center
- Ozark nurse found guilty for her part in a larger healthcare fraud scheme with a Christan County physician
MONTANA
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- Montana system taps former Sound Physicians leader as chief medical officer
- Community Medical Center earned “A” safety grade
- Montana’s psychiatric hospital is poorly run and neglect has hastened patient deaths, lawsuit says
- Logan Health earns designation as Baby-Friendly Hospital
- AMA: Montana vaccine law would put physicians in ethical bind
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Las Vegas brain health clinic provides first dose of new Alzheimer’s drug
- Nevada Care Connection Growing Exponentially, Helps Low-Income Older Adults and Those with Disabilities
- New Breast Cancer Support Program for Low-Income Individuals Picking Up Steam in Southern Nevada
- Dr. Kimberly Marsters Named Medical Director at Southwest Medical Hospice Care
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Concord Hospital sues NH DHHS to forestall Medicaid overpayments to state
- Healthcare job listings per capita, by state
- New Hampshire leads in healthcare job listings per capita
- Bill to ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors spurs pushback from parents, providers
- Advocates argue telephone hearings deny due process rights of psychiatric patients
NEW JERSEY
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- Leapfrog grades are out — and they are a mixed bag for N.J.
- New Jersey officials sound alarm on hospital’s finances
- New Jersey medical group adds 5 physician practices
- Virtua Health is bringing on AI therapists amid provider shortage
- Best hospitals in NJ stumble in patient safety scores
- CVS plans further layoffs in New Jersey
- When health system mergers fall through
- Payers and Providers Are at War, Atlantic Health System CEO Says
- Compass Surgical Partners, Jersey Shore ASC launch joint venture
NEW MEXICO
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- Lovelace Health System adds to its C-suite
- Presbyterian Health Plan expands work with software co. for statewide referral system
- New Mexico system taps 2 executives
- New Mexico emerges as gender-affirming healthcare haven, but patient waitlists grow
- Lawmakers Tackled New Mexico’s Crisis of Rural Health Care Workers. It Wasn’t Enough
- Health Care Vitals: Expanding Equitable Access to Health Care – Albuquerque, New Mexico
NEW YORK
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- 5 AMA members who see advancing health equity as their mission
- C-suite changes on the horizon under Catholic Health CEO Joyce Markiewicz
- Hospital implements new weapon-screening technology
- Kaleida Health hires C-level exec from Kansas City area
- Kaleida Health begins new COO search as Cheryl Klass re-retires
- Long Island hospitals ranked for patient safety: 7 get ‘A’
- Work on new CDPHP/Community Care HQ is nearly complete
- NYU Langone marks $2B in donor support
- New York hospital workers give strike notice
- Northwell debuts single test for tripledemic viruses as RSV ramps up
- Kaleida Health chooses site for Northtowns care hub
- New York hospital, university partner on nursing school
- New York ASC 1st to add computerized epidural tool
- Northwell injects $500M into pediatric behavioral health
NORTH CAROLINA
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- $3 million from NIC will help Milken Institute ‘develop bold new models’ for senior housing and care
- BioCryst pays $5M upfront in licensing deal for vision-loss treatment
- Charlotte builder eyes Matthews for retail and medical center near Novant Health
- Chemotherapy shortage slams RTP firm’s revenue projections
- Cone Health launches population genomics project with NIH-backed startup Helix
- Cursed at. Shoved. Punched. Bitten. Violence against doctors and nurses is rising. A new N.C. law aims to help protect them.
- Duke Health, WakeMed shine as NC stays among top states for hospital safety
- ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare break ground on new behavioral health hospital
- ‘Game changer’: CDC’s Dr. Mandy Cohen visits NC to talk drug costs, rural health
- North Carolina AG threatens lawsuit against HCA
- Novant Health, Cone Health shine as NC stays among top states for hospital safety
- Novant Health files building permit for expansion of emergency department at Mint Hill hospital
- Novant Health investing $50 million to Pender Medical Center transfer
- Randolph Health, Cone Health look to cash in on Randolph County’s projected growth – even if it means competition
- Report: NC hospitals rank third in the nation for patient safety
- State attorneys general crack down on health systems
- vTv Therapeutics appoints Dr. Thomas Strack as chief medical officer
- NC hospitals rank from A to D for patient safety in annual report card
NORTH DAKOTA
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- 5 AMA members who see advancing health equity as their mission
- Sanford Health installs weapons detection system in emergency center entrance
- Sanford Health opens first medical clinic in Horace
- These 5 North Dakota Hospitals Are Among The Best In USA
- Nurse shortages, extensive regulations challenging long-term care
- Providers hail immigration bill that seeks to reissue visas to healthcare pros
- Altru Health System commits $10 million to proposed Grand Forks sports facility
OHIO
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- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital names first female anesthesiologist-in-chief
- Cincinnati nonprofit Health Collaborative names new president, CEO
- Cleveland Clinic head of the class, earning most A grades for patient safety in Leapfrog fall report
- Former Kettering Health execs misused funds, investigation confirms
- Inside the strategies of University Hospitals’ incoming CFO
- Top of the List: Largest Central Ohio hospitals
- Ohio lawmakers proposing new monthly cellphone fee to help fund 988 suicide hotline
- Ohio OB-GYNs weigh in on both sides of Issue 1 abortion initiative
- Weekly COVID-19 cases up in Ohio for 4th straight week
- New program to provide virtual bedside assistance launched at Mount Carmel Grove City
- Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital names new president, CEO
- Kettering Health Senior Living partners with Community First Solutions
- UC Health to require employees to wear masks when interacting with patients
OKLAHOMA
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- Bristow’s new hospital set to open its doors to the public Nov. 15
- Ground broken on new Children’s Behavioral Health Center
- New VA clinic to open in 2024 at Vinita Health Center
- Oklahoma mental health service progressing despite criticism
- Saint Francis breaks ground on psychiatric hospital expansions
- Integris Health celebrates new hospital in Ponca City
OREGON
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- Former Sunwest CEO ordered to pay millions to fraud victims
- Major ratings agency downgrades Oregon health system’s debt on weaker earnings
- Oregon Health Authority names a permanent director
- Oregon lawmakers to push for in-school medical center funding
- Despite need, social workers can face delays to get licensed in Oregon
- PeaceHealth hospital unit to relocate Dec. 15
- Oregon’s work in reviewing hospital mergers sets example for other states as consolidation drives cost increases
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 11 Pittsburgh-region hospitals score ‘A’ in Leapfrog health safety report
- Allegheny General Hospital nurses vote to approve 3-year contract
- Allegheny General Hospital nurses reach tentative labor agreement with AHN
- Arbutus Biopharma CEO to retire as company cuts workforce by 24%
- Butler Health System losses widen to $43.2 million as of June 30
- Century Therapeutics appoints industry veteran as new CEO
- Former Pennsylvania Nurse Is Linked to 17 Nursing Home Deaths
- Montco medical technology company taps familiar face as CEO
- Nursing Home Co. Loses Some Defenses In False Claims Case
- Pa. hospitals denied property tax exemption
- Penn Medicine names Alicia Gresham to serve as CEO of Pennsylvania Hospital
- Pennsylvania 4th in nation for patient safety; 11 local hospitals earn top marks
- Risant + General Catalyst: 2 approaches to buying health systems
- Rothman Orthopaedic Institute countersues former CEO
- UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh to build heart institute
- UPMC unveils new $62M home of children’s heart institute
- Nurse faces additional charges after admitting she tried to kill 19 other patients, Pennsylvania AG says
- UPMC doctors publish research on rural healthcare
RHODE ISLAND
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- 3 RI Hospitals Earn ‘A’ Grades, 3 Get ‘B’ In Latest Leapfrog Ratings
- CVS pauses Omnicare sale
- ‘No one was doing anything’: How this program is caring for RI’s sexual assault victims
- R.I. receives $4.4M in federal funding to help build healthier communities
- Three Lifespan hospitals ranked among America’s Best-In-State hospitals
- 3 RI Hospitals Earn ‘A’ Grades, 3 Get ‘B’ In Latest Leapfrog Ratings
- State to purchase former Charlesgate Nursing Center for nearly $7M
- Reed, Whitehouse deliver $1.5M to Thundermist for health care workforce development programs
- CVS Health names Mark Santos president of Aetna Medicaid
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Newest hospital safety grades list four in Columbia and Lexington among the best in SC
- South Carolina sees decrease in infant mortality rate as nation continues to see an increase
- Prisma Health plans to go out of network with UnitedHealthcare
- Prisma Health still wants a restraining order against UnitedHealthcare
- Trident Health System’s Summerville Medical Center To Expand In South Carolina
- Prisma Health gives update on negotiations with Unitedhealthcare
- Roper St. Francis gets top grades again in safety rating, while MUSC sees mixed reviews
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Amsurg appoints CEO after separation from Envision following bankruptcy restructuring
- Certificate of need laws hindering SurgNet’s growth
- Envision appoints interim CEO as Jim Rechtin leaves in November for Humana
- HCA Healthcare expands academic partnership to boost staffing pipeline
- Hospital safety grades: Two Ascension Saint Thomas hospitals drop to ‘C’ rating
- Psych Hub CEO Marjorie Morrison steps down, replaced by Scott Healy from Care.com
- Radiology provider Envision Healthcare successfully emerges from bankruptcy process
- State attorneys general crack down on health systems
- SurgNet may have made Nashville home, but its TN growth is complicated by state law
- Tennessee AG urges look at health system
- Tennessee hospitals rationing new vaccine against a dangerous infant respiratory disease
- Tennessee is one of the worst states for children, women’s health, study finds
- The Boss: Nashville Health Care Council President Apryl Childs-Potter works for ‘health care city’
- Tenn. Attorney General urges look at Ballad Health amid community concerns over monopoly deal
- Infant mortality rates rise in Tennessee
TEXAS
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- 2 anesthesia legal battles in 2 weeks
- 2 Texas cardiology centers expected to close, lay off 30
- Baylor Scott & White to add $49M medical building and parking garage to Frisco hospital
- Big Sky Medical Expands DFW Footprint
- Hospital system zeroing in on fast-growing areas, new territory
- KAEDC celebrates groundbreaking for new medical office building
- Providence Children’s Hospital unveils $15M NICU
- RSV cases at Cook Children’s rise in face of shortage of new drug to prevent it
- SA biotech hire to bolster national expansion
- Texas Children’s CIO discusses technology opportunities with opening a new hospital
- Texas is one of four states whose infant mortality rates rose in 2022, report says
- Texas ophthalmology group settles false claims act allegations for nearly $3 million
- UTMB reorganizes executive leadership team
- Texas hospital taps COO
- Trial to begin for man accused of fatally shooting Dallas hospital workers
- Harris Health’s $2.5B bond approved by voters
- Texas hospital names 1st Latina CEO
- HCA hospital in Texas gets new CEO
- Tenet, HCA and UHS report strong outpatient results
- ASC, medical office building break ground in Texas
- Tenet leader promoted to group COO
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Arlington’s Surescripts acquires ActiveRadar to arm doctors with better prescribing data
- Sentara Health saves $5.8M annually via migration to cloud
- Virginia Hospital Center Acquires Alexandria Office Building at Major Price Cut
- Infant Mortality Rate Rises For 1st Time In 20 Years: See VA Data
- Central Virginia Health District studying impact of long COVID in Lynchburg
- Nurse practitioners can help increase Virginians’ access to behavioral health care
- Virginia Hospital Center pays $21.5M for ASC, medical office building space
WASHINGTON
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- 1,300 Providence Everett nurses will walk out over chronic understaffing
- Local nonprofit creates affordable housing for patients’ families at Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Man sues hospital; claims wrong organ was removed during surgery
- Medical office building now part of plan at Mary Bridge Children’s Tacoma campus
- Providence’s behavioral CMO on bridging the ‘huge gap’ in mental healthcare
WEST VIRGINIA
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- HHS Announces Top West Virginia Health Centers for Clinical Quality Excellence
- Vandalia Health turns loss into $72M gain following acquisitions
- Weirton Medical Center to expand emergency department
- Mon Health scores a B, Ruby a C in latest Leapfrog hospital safety grades
- Kaufman: West Virginia hospitals doing ‘amazing’ work to address staffing
WISCONSIN
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- Behavioral Health Clinic opens three new locations to add to Wausau, area facilities
- Physician-owned clinic pays $3.3M for undeveloped lot
- Weston Marshfield Clinic to start using new state-of-the-art cancer treatment machine in Dec.
- Who are the highest paid hospital employees at the major health care systems in Milwaukee?
- Woman sues UW Hospital over gender-affirming surgeries
- UW Health nurses union submitting patient safety forms to state
- Grant awarded to DHS to improve 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
WYOMING
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- Natrona Commissioners approve rezoning for new health department building
- WyHealthTrain grants available for qualifying students in health care careers
- Wyoming legislative task force offers bills designed to protect vulnerable adults
- Hospitals make progress on reducing infection rates but still fall short on patient experience, Leapfrog reports
