NATIONAL
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- 50% of U.S. military bases are in a health care desert, NPR probe finds
- AHA blog pushes back on report on nonprofit hospitals
- AMA adopts new prior authorization reform policies
- Change Healthcare cyberattack: CMS to end relief funding program
- CMS extends dispute process amid Change hack
- CMS closes headquarters after Legionella detected
- FDA again delays Drug Supply Chain Security Act enforcement
- HHS alerts health sector to 14 new cyber vulnerabilities
- Leaked documents reveal patient safety issues at Amazon’s One Medical
- New AHA resource highlights myths associated with site-neutral payment proposals
- Senators debut legislation introducing penalties for healthcare ‘looters’
- The top 10 nonprofit health systems by 2023 operating revenue
- Tips to shorten healthcare’s cybersecurity learning curve
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- After 24 years as CEO of Banner, Peter Fine pinpoints the most important traits for leaders
- Banner’s momentum blueprint
- Doctors speak out as U.S. Supreme Court weighs future of ER abortions
- Flinn Foundation report identifies bioscience growth areas for Phoenix metro
- Medical center office building in Chandler sells for $7.3 million
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital hires new COO, and more
- Temporary housing for cancer patients opens next to Banner cancer center in Gilbert
- Best Regional Hospitals in U.S. list includes 3 from Arizona
- Valleywise Health unveils state-of-the-art medical center
- Banner emergency room upgrades planned at this Mesa hospital
- Banner Health has $1 billion in construction projects planned, including new hospitals
- Banner Health CEO Peter Fine looks back as he prepares for retirement
- Meet the finalists for the Business Journal’s 2024 Health Care Heroes awards
ARKANSAS
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- White River Health’s Bond Rating Revised
- Heart health initiative: Transforming care at South Arkansas Regional Hospital
- Arkansas Overdose Prevention App Reaches Download Milestone
- UAMS Researchers Get $3.7M Grant for High Blood Pressure Studies
- Judge Dismisses Arkansas Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rules to Accommodate Abortions for Workers
- New Fisher House at Arkansas VA hospital to offer comfort for families of patients
CALIFORNIA
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- ADHD startup CEO, clinical president arrested over alleged fraud
- California delaying $25 healthcare minimum wage: What ASCs need to know
- California system accused of paying on-call employees below minimum wage
- Dignity Health, Partnership HealthPlan end dispute that put 16,000 Yolo County Medi-Cal patients in limbo
- How Kaiser keeps telehealth alive despite industry decline
- Judge slams California system as safety-net hospitals ‘fall into disrepair’
- Lawsuit accuses Valley Children’s Hospital of paying below minimum wage during on-call shifts
- PMB partners with Riverside University Health System on a $580 million behavioral health campus in Mead Valley, California
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- California Health Center Agrees to Fresno Office Lease
COLORADO
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- 5 CFO moves in 3 days
- Mercy Hospital had a retention problem: What changed?
- Northwest Colorado Health wins Best in Class award
- Children’s Hospital Colorado Launches State’s First Pediatric Precision Medicine Institute
- Denver-area community health center merging with mental health provider
- VA hospital in Colorado works to identify residue halting hundreds of surgeries
CONNECTICUT
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- Athena sells 5 of its CT nursing homes to New York provider
- Certificate of need filed for 6 dental ASCs in Connecticut
- Plans to reform CT’s health care oversight failed. Now what?
- Yale New Haven CFO’s ‘key to success’ amid strong competition, consolidation
- Connecticut long-term care hospital CEO to retire
- State insurance exchange audit finds deficiencies, compliance issues
- Connecticut has new laws starting July 1. Here’s what to know
- Company, CEO Pay Nearly $4.6M To Settle Telehealth Fraud Accusations
- State Health Dept, Hospital Association Honor Yale New Haven Hospital
D.C.
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare receives $1 million gift from the Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Foundation
- ChristianaCare physicians will vote on whether to unionize. Here is how each side is making its case.
- Gov. Carney signs HB 350, creates Diamond State Hospital Review Board
- Test and go: Delaware County to launch automated health care kiosks
FLORIDA
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- Baptist Health expanding in Mandarin
- Baptist Health to open its ER and imaging center in St. Johns
- DeSantis signs 3 health care bills into law
- HCA Florida hospital names VP of operations
- Lee Health moves a step closer to private nonprofit conversion
- Nursing Home Operators in Florida See 8% Jump in Medicaid Funding, $470K Per Facility
- President and CEO of Lee Health on future of healthcare system
- Winter Garden approves $145 million AdventHealth hospital expansion
- Medical Experts Alarmed by Out-of-Hospital Cesareans in Florida
- Florida prioritizing health care in 2024-2025 budget
GEORGIA
HAWAII
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- Report: New medical facility needed in Kailua-Kona
- Hawaii State Hospital searches for new leadership as current head steps down
- Maui health center allegedly attacked by Russian hackers
- Community hospital survey finds need for new medical facility closer to Kailua-Kona
- A few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them?
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- AI health-tech company Tempus raises $410 million in IPO
- Chicago hospital ER closed to new patients due to sweltering heat inside
- Chicago Health Care Company and Its Former Owners To Pay Nearly $2 Million To Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit
- Closed Illinois hospital up for sale
- Illinois physician sentenced to 8 years for $1.2M Medicare fraud scheme
- OSF HealthCare, Illinois State Collaborate on SDOH Research
- Second lawsuit filed in deadly fall at UChicago Hospital construction site
- State fines four nursing homes in west central Illinois
- Waukegan hospital facing lawsuit over handling of asbestos in demolition project
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- Why 1 GI practice is considering offering mental health care
- Illinois clinics receive boost in mental health services under new program
INDIANA
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- Franciscan Health investing $185M in Munster hospital expansion
- IU Health: New downtown hospital about 25% complete and on schedule
- More than $200 million in medical debt erased by Indiana community organizations
- Priority Health to expand into Indiana and Ohio via deal for health plan
- What’s going on with a potential IU Health hospital in southwest Fort Wayne?
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- Indiana Weighs Hospital Monopoly as Officials Elsewhere Scrutinize Similar Deals
- Indiana senator’s letter critical of hospital association casts shadow on 2025 health care discussions
- Baptist Health Floyd unveils new Cardiovascular Unit at southern Indiana hospital
IOWA
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- MercyOne appeals after judge OK’s Mercy Iowa City’s bankruptcy liquidation plan
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s named among top 100 community hospitals in the nation
- For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care
- New law could hinder the sale of struggling nursing homes
- Nurse alleges understaffing and unsafe conditions in Iowa care facility
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- A Kentucky CEO transitions back to his first love, patient care
- Baptist Health opens inpatient behavioral center in Oldham County
- Here’s Humana’s economic impact on Kentucky
- Kentucky is now home to one of the nation’s first autonomous pharmacy centers
- Meeting the need: UK HealthCare will open a mental health crisis emergency department
- New staffing requirements put pressure on Kentucky nursing homes, assisted living facilities
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- ‘Free market health care:’ Boon or bane for rural Kentucky?
- Markey report reveals disparities in Kentucky’s childhood cancer rates
- CHI Saint Joseph Health announces new interim market president
LOUISIANA
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- Steward Louisiana hospital lays off 23 employees, including leadership
- Anti-vaccine movement gains steam in Louisiana
- Lourdes targets maternal health with major Lafayette expansion
- LCMC Health taps new CHRO
- Glenwood cites operation changes in layoffs
- As plans for new Ochsner children’s hospital complex go to parish, some neighbors wary
MAINE
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- MaineHealth acquires van to treat homeless in Portland
- Maine system gets $5M to train staff in geriatric care
- Study shows that Maine needs thousands of direct care workers
- Trauma Response Team at Central Maine Medical Center wins Caregiver of the Year Award
- Maine has a shortage of home care caregivers
- Maine Hospital Association installs new board chair
MARYLAND
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- 171K+ clicks saved: Inside Johns Hopkins’ nurse documentation revamp
- Health system to merge with 500-person mental care provider
- Hospital workers vote to create state’s first residents union
- Prince George’s nonprofit rolls out apprenticeship program to address nursing shortage
- Rockville cancer therapy company set to IPO this week
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- Weeks after nursing home lawsuit, Maryland health official resigns
- State program gives all Maryland residents medical equipment — and it’s completely free
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Declining pay and 3 other trends to watch, per 1 healthcare leader
- Fenway Health names new CEO
- Ginkgo Bioworks has begun laying off employees this week
- Mass General Brigham union could shape hospital-at-home’s future
- MGB, Harvard, MIT open new HQ for joint research institute
- Turner Selected for $80 Million Behavioral Health Hospital in Massachusetts
- Boston Medical Center taps chief development officer
- Two Massachusetts Hospitals Receive Lowest Patient Safety Grade in the State
- Steward Health delays bid deadline, auction of hospitals
- Ultragenyx to open gene-therapy R&D HQ outside of Boston
- Mass General Brigham hospital-at-home nurses to unionize
- Worcester dentist indicted for alleged $2M MassHealth fraud scheme
MICHIGAN
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- Health systems set aside competition to fill gaps after pain practice closes
- Priority Health to expand into Indiana and Ohio via deal for health plan
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- West Michigan pain management medical practice files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Michigan bills seek to address racial disparities in maternal health care
- Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Break Ground on $335M Research Facility
MINNESOTA
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- Allina Health’s new CFO is getting back to the basics
- Boston Scientific to buy Silk Road Medical, maker of stroke-prevention tech
- Frank Jaskulke leaves Medical Alley after 19 years
- How 2 execs are tackling a $9 trillion workforce challenge
- State’s largest health care providers reported more than $51 billion in revenue last year
- UnitedHealth trade secrets lawsuit against ex-execs dismissed
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- Health systems shake up CFOs
- U of Minnesota, Fairview working ‘through summer’ to advance hospital deal
- Mayo Clinic launches podcast
- Essentia Health offering informational EssentiaCare Medicare webinars
- Duluth still eager to host University of Minnesota med center
- Astera Health redesignated as level 4 trauma hospital
- Essentia Health providers to vote on unionization
MISSISSIPPI
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- CNOs share post-cyberattack lessons
- State Health Department investigating after Baptist Hospital power outage
- AHA files amicus brief defending Mississippi law to protect 340B pricing for contract pharmacies
- Mississippi hospital safety grades released by Leapfrog
- Two rural Mississippi hospitals to receive cybersecurity assistance from Microsoft
- Children in Louisiana, Mississippi have worst dental problems in nation
MISSOURI
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- Ascension restores its EHR system hospital-wide after ransomware attack
- Billions at stake as national battle over drug pricing plays out in Missouri
- Eye care group makes executive changes
- Mercy posts $115M operating income through Q3
- Millions in U.S. don’t have consistent access to primary care — Here’s how Aetna is removing barriers in St. Louis
- Pain physician to pay $1.2M to settle false claims allegations
- Freeman Health to fill care gap left by Ascension ED closure
- Missouri hospitals are still struggling to find employees, causing a staffing ‘spiral’
- Emergency care for pregnant women at stake in Supreme Court case, Missouri doctor warns
- DOJ finds Missouri unnecessarily institutionalized adults with mental health disabilities in skilled nursing facilities
- SLCH, KVC Missouri to expand mental health services for kids
MONTANA
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- Why culture matters to Intermountain’s Lee Boyles
- Western Montana Mental Health Center addresses plan to pause program
- VA defends mental health care in Montana, other facilities
- Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru’ Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances
- Montana VA Health Care System receives 89.6% veteran trust rating
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Hackensack Meridian Health, Aetna reach multiyear agreement; ensures continued in-network coverage for patients
- How Atlantic Health improved care transitions and saved $815K
- How 3 ASCs are staying competitive to providers
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- Bergen New Bridge Medical Center awarded New Jersey Safety Net Innovation Program grant
- A New Jersey hospital moves its nurse managers to a four-day work week due to burnout
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- 5 CFO moves in 3 days
- 9 NY hospitals get $39.1M to expand psychiatric emergency care
- In Stony Brook, Baldwin cancer research fund creates $5.5M endowment
- NYU Langone CEO to retire
- St. Mary’s Healthcare CEO wants hospital to stay independent
- WNY health care employment is still recovering — gradually
- White Plains Hospital presents plans for expansion
- New York system CNO jumps to AdventHealth
- Health systems shake up CFOs
- Meet 2024’s Excellence in Health Care Awards winners
- Michael Dowling’s 3 thoughts on great leadership
- Northwell Health featured in HBO documentary
- Athena sells 5 of its CT nursing homes to New York provider
- Foundation taps Northwell as US base for innovators
- New York hospital resumes most heart surgeries
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Beam ceremony held in Greenville to celebrate behavioral health hospital construction
- Duke Health, Raleigh Radiology compete for new MRI scanner
- FTC maintains strong hospital merger record after Novant/CHS case
- How 3 ASCs are staying competitive to providers
- Morrisville public company faces stock delisting from NYSE American
- North Carolina’s life sciences industry continues to grow, create high-paying jobs
- Novant scraps $320M hospital deal with CHS
- Novant Health files certificate of need application for proposed 66-bed Scotts Hill Medical Center
- Novo Nordisk multibillion-dollar expansion in North Carolina appears imminent
- Pfizer ‘can’t rule out’ layoffs in North Carolina after gene therapy flub
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- ‘Tailored’ Medicaid plans launching in North Carolina
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- AI, cybersecurity take center stage for Cleveland Clinic
- Dayton hospital leader talks dealing with burnout
- Former president and CEO of Central Clinic Behavioral Health Walter Smitson dies at 90
- Kettering Health expanding outpatient mental health services
- LVHN to sell multiple properties to finance other projects
- Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Is Now Open
- Onconetix CFO resigns following eight-month stint at Cincinnati-based biotech firm
- Premier Health invests $500,000 into Springboro facility
- Priority Health to expand into Indiana and Ohio via deal for health plan
- University Hospitals expands nurse recruitment program for high schoolers
- University Hospitals to cut more than 300 positions
- Dayton expected to land new, state-run behavioral health hospital
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
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- Here’s why Oregon hospital systems say they’re struggling financially
- Les Schwab’s granddaughter gives $1 million to Blanchet House
- OHSU, HR head acknowledge ‘potential claims’ in severance agreement
- Oregon hospital association appeals unfavorable U.S. District Court ruling
- Portland Clinic to permanently close ASC
- Providence Hospitals nurses strike begins in Oregon
- Providence accuses nurses union of interfering with care as historic strike approaches
- Oregon hospital seeks health system partner
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Area hospitals receive inaugural awards for maternal, newborn care
- Construction begins on Pennsylvania medical office building
- How 2 execs are tackling a $9 trillion workforce challenge
- Longtime Redeemer Health CEO Michael Laign to retire
- LVHN to sell 8 facilities, then lease them back; bond of up to $160M sought
- Pennsylvania health system CEO to retire
- Philadelphia home health care company MARSCare files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- Rothman Orthopaedic Institute ends relationship with Philadelphia Eagles
- Sharon Regional Medical Center bid process to go on as scheduled
- UPMC paid $17M in deferred compensation to former CEO in 2022, tax records show
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- Wistar Institute receives $10M gift for new Center for Advanced Therapeutics project
RHODE ISLAND
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- Nurse’s union reacts to order that medical company pay $17M in bills
- Superior Court orders medical company to pay millions in unpaid bills
- Lifespan to undergo Brown rebrand
- Legislature passes 11 health care-related proposals in Rhode Island
- General Assembly passes creation of nursing home workforce standards advisory board
- R.I.’s largest health care system to become Brown University Health
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- A new hospital in Bluffton was announced 6 years ago. Here’s why construction hasn’t started.
- As Beaufort Memorial Hospital turn 80, CEO shares vision for future
- Health care company purchases retail space at Parkland Plaza in Columbia
- Feels ‘like home’: Former travel nurses come back to Charleston after the pandemic fades
- Piedmont Medical Center helping nonprofit feed those in need
- What can solve South Carolina’s rural health care crisis?
- South Carolina ranks #36 in mental health care deserts
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 5 CFO moves in 3 days
- Alive Hospice names Kerry Hamilton as next president, CEO
- CHS head of innovation has cybersecurity top of mind
- Closing of rural hospitals leaves towns with hard-to-use real estate
- NashvilleHealth CEO Mark Yancy talks surprises, actions employers can take based on latest report
- ‘No cookie cutter approach’: Mental Health Cooperative CEO Michelle Schafer’s plans for first year
- Samaritan Recovery Community gets $2 million to combat Nashville’s opioid crisis
- Tennessee-Based 136-Bed Nursing Home Sold to Ahava Healthcare
- The balancing act of a children’s hospital president, CEO and surgeon-in-chief
- Top ten largest hospitals in Tennessee by bed size in 2021
- West Cancer Center physicians advocate for oncology patients at Capitol Hill
TEXAS
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- 5 CFO moves in 3 days
- Cardiology company exec denied dismissal of alleged Stark law violation
- DOJ Unseals Criminal HIPAA Charges Against Surgeon Who Exposed Transgender Care at Texas Children’s
- MD Anderson to join program for 9/11 responders after controversy
- Texas doubles down on plan to drop Cook Children’s health plan
- Texas physician convicted for $70M in fraudulent claims
- US Anesthesia Partners launches nonprofit
- Who’s pursuing ASCs in 2024?
- HCA hospital in Texas names CEO
- Lawmakers push retirement, healthcare protection for 30,000 Steward employees
- The ongoing Steward financial saga: 33 things to know
- Texas governor announces 7 new state hospital projects, including one in El Paso
- US Anesthesia Partners launches nonprofit
- HCA Houston opens outpatient surgery department
- Auction for some Steward hospitals delayed 3 weeks
- Children’s Health becomes 1st US pediatric system to achieve level I, II surgery designations
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Cristy Garcia-Thomas among latest legacy Aurora execs leaving Advocate Health
- Mayo Clinic sues City of Eau Claire over property taxes
- New federal grant sends more OBGYNs to train in rural areas
- State’s long-term care system not keeping up with changing needs, advocate says
- Wisconsin hospital partners with HOPCo for orthopedics
- Medical College of Wisconsin to invest $50 million in improving three areas in next 5-10 years
- Milwaukee based Vivent helps those living with HIV, regardless of their ability to pay
- New Aurora Health Care president Gabrielle Finley-Hazle tackles role at lightning speed
- Bellin’s pediatric, adolescent center to serve 10,000 patients a year
- New space offers resources for cancer patients
WYOMING
