NATIONAL
- CMS releases proposed physician payment rule for 2019
- Pharmaceutical, biotech companies cited as biggest drivers of high healthcare costs
- Amazon and start-up Xealth are planning a pilot where doctors would ‘prescribe’ products to be delivered after patients leave the hospital
- How rural hospitals can improve revenue cycle performance by renewing focus on the fundamentals
- CMS promises to ‘restore the doctor-patient relationship’ with 2019 proposed rule
- 5 stories on healthcare organizations hiring
- Experts weigh in on CMS’ big changes to clinical documentation, EHRs and interoperability
- Some 340B hospitals pocket savings meant for low-income patients, says GAO report
- CMS proposes to cut Medicaid payments for some third parties
- Verma: Changes Coming to Stark Self-Referral Law
- DSH hospital precipitation could be halved under Congressional bill
- HHS Sec comments show changes to 340B program are imminent
- HHS proposes launch of new patient safety database
- Why FDA’s Scott Gottlieb Wants to Create a ‘National Utility’ for Real-World Evidence
- CMS Proposes 2019 Physician Payment, Quality Payment Program Changes
- Biopharmaceutical Industry Takes Bold New Policy Position on How Payments Should Work in Supply Chain
- Rumored Amazon Pilot Would Target Hospital-to-Home Transitions
- 4 changes physician groups don’t like in proposed MACRA, physician fee schedule rule
- Government shuts down website for doctors searching for treatment guidelines
- HHS reviewing reforms to the Anti-Kickback Statute in addition to Stark Law
- HHS to eliminate clinical guidelines website July 16
- 6 physician groups urge CMS to reverse $10.4B cut in ACA’s risk-adjustment payments
- Virtual care reimbursement proposed by Medicare
- Hospitals’ challenge to 340B cuts rejected
- Alex Azar taps CMS innovation center head to lead value-based care transformation
- Reconsider shutdown of research website, AHA urges feds
- Only 43% of physicians know their compensation includes value-based pay
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Norwich behavioral health practice to pay $300K to settle False Claims Act allegations
- St. Vincent’s recognized for stroke, heart care
- Top executive to leave Wallingford-based Gaylord Hospital
- LindaCare taps Lerman to lead clinical operations
- Homecare provider to open Hartford office
- Greenwich Hospital is getting a $160M expansion
MAINE
- In special session, Maine lawmakers finally respond to opioid crisis
- Aroostook thrift store chain boosts Angel Flight NE operations
- Portland treatment center closing due to funding caps, low state reimbursement
MASSACHUSETTS
- Beth Israel, Lahey Health Hospital Merger May Up Costs, MA AG Says
- Nurses union: Providence hospital plans cuts to child, elder, psychiatric care
- Watchdog group predicts higher costs with hospital merger
- New charges filed in New England Compounding Center case
- Central Mass. care centers staff at above-average levels
- Former legislator tapped for UMMHC post
- Joyce Murphy stepping down from Commonwealth Medicine
NEW YORK
- Ellis Hospital, health care network to remain independent
- Health care workers at Eastern Long Island Hospital rally for better contract
- Suite Talk: Scott Hayworth, president and CEO of CareMount Medical
- Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Union Employees Reach Agreement On Contracts
- Layout Concerns for Oishei Children’s Hospital?
- 438-bed New York hospital nixes merger plans after 2-year search
- New York hospitals reach tentative deal with state’s biggest healthcare union
- New York City to pay $20.8 million in nurses’ gender-discrimination suit
- Eminent domain court battle looms over Utica hospital project
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island Hospital nurses reject contract proposal
- E4H Begins $12.5M Renovation of Newport Hospital in Rhode Island
- Mediator hopes to bring Rhode Island Hospital, union to agreement
- Lifespan, UNAP prepare for strike at Rhode Island, Hasbro Children’s hospitals July 23
- Ocean State Healthcare names Charest new CEO and chief operating officer
- Lifespan: Strike staff cost will come from UNAP contract
- Rhode Island Medical Imaging installs new 4-ton MRI scanner
- R.I. updates pain-management regulations to curb opioid abuse
VERMONT
- Rutland hospital plans to form accountable care group
- RRMC planning new health care model
- Nurses at Vermont hospital back at work after 2-day strike
- UVM Medical Center nurses’ strike ends but the impasse is unresolved
- Vermont AG Finds No Criminal Misconduct In Hospital’s Billing
- Vermont Medical Center nurses fight low pay and understaffing
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Bayhealth to open $314M replacement hospital in February
- Bayhealth continues push into Sussex with purchase of 18 acres
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Ascension selects Keith Vander Kolk as CEO overseeing 2 health systems
- Patient’s threats spark evacuation at DC hospital: report
MARYLAND
- City expands telemedicine program for older adults in Park Heights
- Ascension selects Keith Vander Kolk as CEO overseeing 2 health systems
- Pyramid Healthcare announces agreement to purchase WaldenSierra
- Viewpoint: How Maryland is playing a leading role in the primary care revolution
- Maryland expands campaign to better inform patients about procedure costs
NEW JERSEY
- Cardiologist Takes Helm at Hunterdon Medical Center
- Bonstein named CFO, COO for OncoSec
- VNA to create community health center
PENNSYLVANIA
- William Jennings Named Reading Hospital President and CEO
- Construction starts for new Schuylkill County hospital
- Phoenixville Hospital nationally recognized for heart failure care
- Lehigh Valley Hospital cleared of malpractice claim following appeal
- Survey: Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center leads pack as successful incubator
- Pyramid Healthcare announces agreement to purchase WaldenSierra
- Construction starts for new Schuylkill County hospital
- Tower Health names new leader for Reading Hospital as it pursues big plans
- LifeCare Hospitals to close Mechanicsburg facility
- Pennsylvania joint venture surgery center opens
- Community speaks out against Mercy Hospital expansion
- Pennsylvania Releases Opioid Prescribing Guidelines to Health Care Providers
- Pa. Supreme Court affirms end to Highmark-UPMC Medicare Advantage contract
- Allegheny Health Network outpatient center opens near Fox Chapel
- Coordinated Health to build hospital near Scranton
- How UPMC turned innovation into an enterprise
- Nazareth Hospital names president, VP of medical affairs
- Conemaugh Health System names next CEO
- UPMC’s $2B expansion plan draws protest, calls for community benefits deal
VIRGINIA
- 466-bed HCA hospital relocates 11 critically ill patients after power outage
- Virginia medical bill surprises on rise, legislative panel hears
WEST VIRGINIA
- Wheeling Hospital unveils new continuous care center
- Dr. Clay Marsh, WVU, head of Health Sciences, working for bright Mountain State healthcare future
- WVU Launches Fast-Track Medical School Program
- WVWC partnered with Community Care of West Virginia to bring better healthcare services on campus
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Broadlawns $29M renovation will add third floor to hospital
- Millions under dispute as UI Children’s Hospital costs go to court
- Johnson County approves land purchase for Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center
- University of Iowa AirCare boosts air ambulance transports
- Mercy Health Network names Mercy-Clinton leadership, new regional president
- University of Iowa Health Care using AI to assess preventable blindness
KANSAS
- University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus names new CEO
- Hurley anticipating great new era of cardiology care at Newman Regional Health
- KU Health names former OP Regional exec to lead Topeka campus
- Shawnee Mission Health’s new CEO outlines expansion plans
- Hospital administrator’s suit says she was fired for reporting understaffing in NICU
- Home health business expands in Topeka
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota health tech company accepted to world’s largest tech incubator, Station F in Paris
- Demolition Begins at Minnesota Security Hospital
- Robb Pastor to serve as RLMC CEO
- UnitedHealth may bid for Tenet health-management unit; deal could fetch $2B
- Miromatrix lands $15.7M for organ-growing tech
- Minnesota nurses union, hospital association spar over complaints of staffing shortages
MISSOURI
- Auditor finds progress made at cash-strapped rural Missouri hospital
- SLU Hospital first in the region to join new heart initiative
- Patet to lead new SSM Health child care center
- Missouri nurses to get summer off through new pilot program
- Why a Missouri hospital can’t afford accounting help after a 2,353% spike in revenue
- Missouri hospitals sounding the alarm about new Medicaid reimbursement policy
- Hospital closure leaves soon-to-be mothers in rural Missouri without an OB-GYN
- SSM names new chief operations officer
- Express Scripts Adds 100 New Jobs to St. Louis Headquarters
- SSM Health names Steve Smoot COO: 5 notes
- Children’s Mercy exec leaves to lead health care educator
- Cass Regional brings EHR back online after dayslong downtime due to ransomware
- Pike County Memorial Hospital appoints new CEO
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services sets new goals
- CHI Health St. Francis to construct new $26 million Cancer Treatment Center
- Nebraska Medicine will move Clarkson clinic to downtown Omaha this fall
- Immanuel is 4th U.S. hospital to earn stroke certification; docs call procedure a game-changer
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Regional Health CEO out one year after doctors’ no confidence vote
- Regional Health officials quiet after Phillips steps down as CEO
- Regional Health names new acting president, CEO
- Top Avera Health leader to retire after 36-year career
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Alexander County gets one step closer to opening hospital
- State provides $2 million for critical access hospital in Cairo
- OSF HealthCare announces new chief medical officer for western region
- Tenet to sell West Suburban Hospital
- Cairo gets $2M more for critical access hospital initiative
- St. James Hospital Slated To Close Soon
INDIANA
- Community Rehab Hospital Opens in Greenwood
- Kindred Continues Growth of Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Business in Partnership with Leading Health Systems
- OHA to Join With St. Vincent Medical Group
- After failed merger attempt with Franciscan Alliance, Methodist Hospitals continues to explore partnerships
- St. Vincent opens new women’s center, boasting improved technology, surgeon availability
- FCA Launching First-of-Its-Kind Clinic in Indiana
- Health Ed Company Expanding in Carmel
KENTUCKY
- UK, KentuckyOne fight over Rupp Arena. St. Joseph Hospital owner wins first legal round.
- Humana accused of violating overtime rules, pays $128,422 in back wages to 17 employees
- UC Health adds new Air Care base in Walton
- A look at the $14 million in Louisville health care projects approved by the state
- Kindred Continues Growth of Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Business in Partnership with Leading Health Systems
- TriHealth, St. Elizabeth partner on health insurance plans
- Kentucky hospital’s former chief of staff sues to stop $361M sale to Baptist Health
- Georgetown Community Hospital’s CEO wins prestigious award
- Why U of L opened a new medical facility downtown
- Walmart hires former Humana exec to lead health segment
- Trump administration to give Kentucky Medicaid work requirement a second chance
MICHIGAN
- Spectrum Health pilots retail clinic at new Hudsonville Meijer store
- McLaren breaks ground on new hospital wing
- Nurses picket in Ann Arbor as negotiations with Michigan Medicine continue
- Spectrum Health names new president and CEO
- 3 more abuse claims lead to charges at Harbor Oaks Hospital
- Colleagues praise Spectrum’s next CEO as passionate, collaborative
- Oaklawn Hospital CEO Dr. Ginger Williams to depart in August
- McLaren Lapeer Region, nurses union reach tentative deal after strike authorization vote
- Michigan Medicine rolls out $10M air ambulance
OHIO
- Hunt for Affinity hospital operator nears end
- Premier Health asks court to dismiss lawsuit over $17K, $9K out-of-network bills
- ‘Smart’ hospitals in high-tech trend to improve treatment, lower costs
- Good Samaritan Hospital preps for final days
- UC Health adds new Air Care base in Walton
- Bulk of Ohio physicians still overprescribe opioids, despite legislation
- TriHealth, St. Elizabeth partner on health insurance plans
- University of Cincinnati buys Kettering Health reproductive practice
- HHS launches investigation into pending closure of Ohio hospital
- How closing a 491-bed Ohio hospital will affect its 1,600 employees
- Central Ohio Primary Care set to open second Westerville building – and plans a third
- One of Cincinnati’s largest hospitals getting new leader
- Merger to create one of Cincinnati’s largest doctor groups
- UC Health acquires medical practice of rival hospital system
- Cleveland Clinic to borrow $530M to fund London hospital
WISCONSIN
- Ascension Living purchases health care facility in Racine for $13.5 million
- Special Report: Wisconsin addressing workforce crisis for long-term care facilities
- Ascension Living takes over part of Siena on the Lake
- Wisconsin hospital identifies caller ID billing scam
- Aurora Health Care unveils revamped behavioral health campus: Slideshow
- HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital taps new CEO
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Southeast Alabama Medical Center to change its name to Southeast Health
- More doctors being recruited for new Florence hospital
FLORIDA
- Orthopedic health firm concludes search for new CEO
- Cleveland Clinic readies new $53 million Coral Springs Family Health Center
- HCA nurses picket at five Tampa Bay area hospitals over staffing concerns
- Growing region prepares for two new competing hospitals
- Lee Health docs complain of ‘burnout,’ top-heavy administration
- Many ORMC medical residents are staying here
- Palm Beach, home health care company and its owner agree to resolve False Claim Act allegations for $1.5 million
- Florida nursing homes have enough staff, numbers show. But the state has shortages in other areas.
- Jacksonville-Based Healogics Agrees To $22.51 Million Settlement
- Orlando Health buying large property in Osceola County
- Work begins on new Florida Hospital patient tower
GEORGIA
- New Children’s Healthcare facility to specialize in chronic disease
- Better patient care expected as Navicent Health hires more nurses with new program
- Emergency physicians, Georgia medical association sue Anthem over ER policy
MISSISSIPPI
- Construction underway on $180M University of Mississippi pediatric tower
- Only emergency room closes in Tate County, Mississippi
NORTH CAROLINA
- Health care turf war: Wilson Medical Center challenges Vidant’s Wilson healthplex plans
- North Carolina nursing homes face Medicare termination due to patient abuse allegations
- Why UNC Hospitals is seeking approval for $32M outpatient clinics
- What North Carolina’s rural hospital struggles reveal about the US
- Small-town hospitals close across NC
- Holt assumes permanent administrative position with Scotland Health Care System
- Mission Health creates Dogwood Health Trust for proceeds of potential sale
- Health care turf war: Wilson Medical Center challenges Vidant’s Wilson healthplex plans
- Rural hospitals across US and in WNC face financial squeeze
- Survey scores rise for hospital
- DayMark, Insight merge with Chapel Hill group; new group will serve 55,000 people
- Cherokee hospital to build $39 million crisis unit
- Granville Health System appoints new CEO
- Hospital Offers Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Charleston, Richland among holdouts who so far decline to file opioid lawsuits
- System failure at Roper St. Francis causes surgery cancellations, other complications
- Roper St. Francis network out since Saturday, no concrete timeline for solution
TENNESSEE
- CHS facing financial challenges
- Blount Memorial Hospital to get medical records backup system following computer problems
- New ACA marketplace plan coming to Memphis, ending Cigna’s monopoly
- Blount Memorial Hospital to get medical records backup system following computer problems
- Nashville health-tech company buys data-analytics firm, changes name
- Envision is underpaying shareholders in $5.6B sale to KKR, lawsuit says
- Tennessee hospitals generate more than $18 billion for state economy
- HCA donates more than $5 million as part of 50th anniversary
- Timeline: How HCA grew from a startup into a behemoth
- CHS stock price hits all-time low
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- UAMS restarts cardiac surgery program
- Continued care hospital opens in Jonesboro
- Harrison doctor files lawsuit against hospital and CEO
- Medicaid work requirements aren’t working in Arkansas
- Hospital group backs measure on torts, courts
- Sparks Health in Fort Smith, Van Buren sold to Little Rock-based Baptist Health
ARIZONA
- New micro-hospital in Marana
- After 20 years, Arizona Heart Hospital continues to innovate
- Tucson’s Banner-University Medical Center giving up prestigious ‘magnet’ status
- Phoenix Children’s and UnitedHealthcare renew network relationship
- Western Arizona Regional Medical Center CEO resigns
- Banner UMC suspends nurse Magnet status
- Phoenix nonprofit opens $1.5M health facility for homeless
LOUISIANA
- These Louisiana physicians can monitor your blood pressure — and you don’t even have to leave your living room
- Ochsner opens in former Walgreens space Uptown
- Longtime healthcare leader in Louisiana, Texas announces retirement
- Lafayette General Health appoints 2 executives
NEW MEXICO
- Struggling New Mexico hospital places workers on furlough
- UNM Hospital is state’s only level one trauma center
- New Mexico hospital staff denounce CEO amid facility’s financial troubles
OKLAHOMA
- OSDH General Counsel Resigns, Stands Accused Of Falsifying Death Threats
- Oklahoma Medicaid Approved for Drug Pricing Experiment
- New Metro Health Care Facility To Revitalize Community
- Kimble: Court ruling could halt Oklahoma Medicaid work requirements
- OU Working With High Schools To Diversify Medical Industry
TEXAS
- Texas Health Resources, Adventist to build $150M hospital
- MedExpress neighborhood medical centers to open in Waxahachie, Arlington
- Email account hack at UMC Physicians puts data of 18,000 at risk
- Property owners will still pay hospital tax, according to Stamford Healthcare System CEO
- Methodist Healthcare System CEO puts off retirement to lead co-parent organization
- South Texas Health Systems Names New Regional Vice President
- Rehabilitation provider opens $22M facility in Fort Worth
- Texas hospital unable to meet Medicare regulations ceases inpatient, ER services
- Longtime healthcare leader in Louisiana, Texas announces retirement
- Lawsuit Pits Independent Cardiologist Against a Large San Angelo Hospital
- Audit at Texas Health and Human Services Commission finds latest in long line of problems
- Wilbarger General Hospital CEO resigns
- Methodist Healthcare System names Allen Harrison president
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Bartlett Regional CEO discusses state of hospital
- Alaska officials want medical providers to pay back millions in Medicaid payments
IDAHO
- New Idaho med school almost ready to open
- Idaho health system now asks patients about depression, suicide
MONTANA
- Kalispell hospital expects to settle lawsuit, federal investigation over doctor pay
- Montana hospital employee’s email hacked while traveling, 8.4K patients’ data stolen
- Hospital gets $100M financing deal
- Bozeman Health hires new CFO
OREGON
- How Oregon Works: Inside the efforts of hospitals, workforce groups to fill the health care talent pipeline
- Health care recruiters on the skills and jobs most in demand
- OHSU dean on the skills doctor’s do and don’t need
- New technologies present challenges, opportunities for health care workforce
- Portland nonprofit uses $18M in grants to diversify region’s health care workforce
- OHSU anesthesiology chair forced to resign, allowed to retain professorship
WASHINGTON
- Ex-Swedish Health exec sees medical license reinstated
- EvergreenHealth Announces Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer, Amy E. Beiter, MD
- WSHA/WSMA opioid taskforce given a seat at roundtable with surgeon general
WYOMING
- In rural Wyoming, women must often travel great distances for prenatal care
- Hospital works to fix billing issues
- Families donate $8 million for new Living Center
- Meet the new St. John’s robot
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Verity Health System poised to sell hospitals to improve its financial picture; some or all may be sold
- California behavioral health system to close, lacks funds to pay employees
- Huntington Hospital Reports It Provided $129,780,381 in Community Benefits to Pasadena Area Last Year
- California drug pricing transparency law hailed as success
- Shuttered California hospital sues insurer to cover $42M whistle-blower settlement
- Team effort required: Recruiting the best health care providers to Western Nevada County
- Why ‘hospital deserts’ are forming across California
- California hospital considers scaling back services to reduce costs
- Emanuel Medical Center drops ‘interim’ from CEO Lani Dickinson’s title
- 2 surgeons indicted in $950M kickback scheme in California
COLORADO
- Banner Urgent Care to begin using new technology to assess brain injuries
- Vail Health CEO Kirchner moving into a planning role; new CEO search has begun
- Colorado hospital’s Medicaid rebilling plan falls short
- Children’s Hospital hiring 200 for new Colorado Springs hospital
- Colorado medical device company raises $22 million
- HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton to unveil new name and brand
- Colorado Neurological Institute closes Vollbracht NeuroHealth & Wellness Center, lays off staff
- Innosphere invests in Boulder-based medical-device startup
- BCH merging, moving established medical clinics
HAWAII
- The best and not-so-best worlds: Looking at Maui’s hospital changeover, a year later
- Wahiawa General Hospital receives Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
NEVADA
