NATIONAL
- CMS missed deadline to create MACRA-mandated chiropractic preauthorizations, GAO says
- The health-care sector is leaving tech in the dust. Some see more gains ahead.
- AHA urges creation of Stark Law exception for value-based payments
- How each state’s healthcare system ranks — 51 statistics
- Regent Surgical Health: 6 trends for ASCs to watch
- Using Big Data Analytics for Patient Safety, Hospital Acquired Conditions
- Hospitals in bundled payment initiatives steering patients away from SNFs: study
- How Hospitals Bring in Revenue Through the Healthcare Supply Chain
- These 4 CMS proposals could affect anesthesia providers
- The 10 states with the most, fewest physicians per capita
- How Can CMS Improve MACRA’s Quality Payment Program, MIPS?
- Forget Amazon, GM’s Move Should Worry Health Insurers
- CMS pushes ACOs to take on risk with overhaul of MSSP
- How for-profit hospital operator stocks fared over the first half of 2018
- AMA urges Justice Department to block CVS-Aetna deal
- Trump to make drug price announcement next week
- 20% of healthcare organizations to use blockchain by 2020
- Seema Verma calls for an end to the fax machine in physician offices
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
MAINE
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- Kindred wrongful discharge lawsuit brought by former executive director hinges on medication-related phone call
- Northern Maine Medical Center teams with local farms
- Turmoil grows for Central Maine Healthcare as head of 2 of its hospitals resigns
- Maine nursing homes receive lowest ranking for staffing
- Maine surgeon sues hospital, claims he was forced out because of his age
- Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems appoints permanent chief physician executive
- WalletHub puts Maine at No. 12 for health care overall
- Blue Hill Memorial Hospital in the black, getting a new name
- Maine Coast Memorial outlines challenges, plans
- Central Maine Healthcare’s new Topsham Care Center is up and running
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Massachusetts lawmakers wrap session without healthcare bill
- North Shore Medical Center loses $57 million
- AG: Boston home health agency convicted of stealing millions from MassHealth
- New Nantucket hospital is being built to survive a Category 5 hurricane
- Lahey Health CEO Howard Grant says he’ll retire next month
- Brigham and Women’s Faulkner appoints new president
- Tufts Medical Center names pediatric hospital head as next CEO
- Framingham native tapped to lead Tufts Medical Center
- 44 Massachusetts acute hospitals reported operating surpluses in FY 2017, 4 other findings
- MA Is No. 2 In Health Care: Here’s Why
- Life sciences incubator in North Adams gets state funding
- Partners’ Neighborhood Health Plan gets new name
- Mandated nurse staffing ratios could cause Massachusetts to lose 1,000 behavioral health beds, trade group says
- Carney Hospital selects permanent president
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
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- Little Falls Hospital celebrates 125 years
- Northwell teams with nonprofit developer to build major Upper East Side outpatient center
- See best, worst Upstate NY hospitals for treating deadliest infection
- Tired of Emergency Room wait times? Two Western New York hospitals will let you wait at home.
- WalletHub: Why New York ranks 17th in health care behind Maine, South Dakota, other states
- Memorial Sloan Kettering to acquire Ralph Lauren cancer center for $2.3M
- ECMC receives $1.2M to boost organ donor rates
- NewYork-Presbyterian selects new leaders for 2 hospitals
RHODE ISLAND
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- R.I. nurses give union leaders option to call for strike if talks break down
- Rhode Island hospital nurses vote no confidence in leadership, keep potential strike on the table
- Rhode Island hospital workers picket before talks with Lifespan
- Partners, Care New England and Brown explore partnership
- Brown University to be main affiliate for Care New England under Partners deal
- R.I. Hospital, UNAP Local 5098 trade unfair labor practice complaints
- CNE, Partners request expedited merger review under Hospital Conversion Act
- UNAP, R.I. Hospital discuss joint staffing/equipment committee, talks resume Aug. 15
- WalletHub: R.I. ranks No. 6 in U.S. for health care
- Partners, Care New England look to fast-track merger review
- Timeline: The Lifespan-union dispute — Where things stand now
VERMONT
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- Contract Talks Stall for UVM Medical Center Nurses
- Nurses union alleges long wait times at UVM Medical Center due to understaffing
- Vermont is the best state for healthcare; Louisiana ranked last
- UVM Medical Center enhancing awareness of patient financial assistance programs
- Bucks stop here: Vermont nurses divest in protest
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Moriello named Highmark Delaware president
- New Castle County medical imaging centers merge into network
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Unity Health Care, Howard Hospital to open specialty clinic in Ward 7 early next year
- George Washington University tapped to run new Southeast D.C. hospital
- New VA Secretary Pledges Cleanup Of Scandal-Plagued DC Hospital
MARYLAND
- Germantown biopharma Neuralstem appoints interim CEO
- Silver Spring biotech Aziyo raises $10M
- University of Maryland Medical System announces CEO for its Prince George’s hospitals
NEW JERSEY
- Tabula Rasa Healthcare: 2Q Earnings Snapshot
- J&J taps new VP of investor relations
- HMH, Carrier Clinic to merge, end ‘fragmentation’ of patient care
- New Jersey physician advocates for 40 seconds of undivided attention between providers, patients
PENNSYLVANIA
- Former employee accuses Lehigh Valley Hospital of violating FMLA
- Conflict of interest concerns raised over Pittsburgh councilman’s UPMC deal
- One Medicare program pays nearly $1 billion to treat heart failure in Pennsylvania
- Chestnut Hill Hospital workers ask: You want us to travel how far for health care?
- New health care facility opens in Shenandoah
- Temple hires financial advisor as it explores possible sale of 2 hospitals
- Highmark Health names Brenckle to board of directors
- Temple University Health System considers shedding hospitals to strengthen finances
- UPMC bans on workers violated law, labor board rules
VIRGINIA
- New project will connect Martinsville ER with other areas
- Nurse practitioners and doctors clash as Virginia sets up autonomous practice rules
- Dallas health care firm to close Herndon office, lay off 140 local employees
- From the emergency room to the courtroom: Va. medical providers sued patients for nearly $590 million over past five years
- Health-care company to expand Henrico County headquarters
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Nelson named new CEO of Sioux Center Health
- Iowans need a better explanation of med board shakeup
- Sioux Center Health Selects Nebraska Man As New CEO
- Iowa medical board names interim director
- UnityPoint Health-Des Moines names Dewerff as CFO
KANSAS
- University of Kansas Health System acquires competing hospital
- Kansas sees rise in urgent-care facilities
- New GraceMed Clinic Open House on August 15th
- Baby-Friendly Hospital: St. Francis ups breastfeeding education, impact
- Kansas oncologist subject of federal Medicare fraud suit for unnecessary treatments
- HCA Midwest moves into new OP headquarters
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic among most diverse hospitals
- UnitedHealth in talks to buy pharmacy chain Genoa: report
- An inside look at Mayo Clinic’s latest expansion — in Florida
MISSOURI
- Boone Hospital trustees nearing decision about lease options
- Missouri hospital sued over medical records breach
- Hospital staff turnover rates increase in Kansas City
- Hospital workforce challenges persist in Missouri
- Hospital announces plans for child care center for employees
- SSM Health names new chief clinical officer
- You can now get treatment for cancer at Siteman without having to go to St. Louis
- Missouri lagging in health care, website’s ranking says
- Mercy names new president for St. Anthony’s
- SSM Health makes 3 leadership appointments
- New SSM exec’s vision: quality and safety more than metrics
- Health care software firm enters new market with St. Louis acquisition
- Sean Hogan is St. Anthony’s Medical Center’s new president
- SSM Health hospital finds documents containing 301K patients’ information in former facility
NEBRASKA
- Lincoln hospitals dealing with nursing shortage
- Darland closes two-year renovation at Nebraska hospital
- Nebraska Medicine replaces CEO, picks new leader familiar in state’s medical circles
- Nebraska Medicine appoints Dr. James Linder CEO
- Faith Regional Health Services CEO resigns
NORTH DAKOTA
- New CFO at Rugby hospital
- Heart of America Medical Center names new CFO
- Healing architecture: Health care architects use design to improve the hospital experience
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Analyst: Medical malpractice settlements in South Dakota lowest in last 4 years
- Federal Inspectors Visit South Dakota Reservation Hospital
- Troubled ED on Sioux Indian reservation draws CMS inspectors
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Illinois Valley Community Hospital appoints Lisa Lynch CFO
- New CFO talks rural hospital strategy, clinical partnerships
- Illinois hospital becomes 1st in area to use robotic system for spine surgery
- Illinois Valley Community Hospital appoints Lisa Lynch CFO
- Health care company closing 150-worker Illinois call center
- Siteman Cancer Center expands to Illinois
- How Chicago Hospitals are Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
- NorthShore University HealthSystem’s net income dips 38%
- Advocate Aurora Health selects president for 2 hospitals
- Mercyhealth seeks workers for 2 hospitals
- HSHS St. Francis Hospital CEO quits less than a year into his tenure
INDIANA
- Koch Foundation gives $2.5M for leadership role within Evansville’s new med school
- Kindred Healthcare Closing Hospital in Mishawaka
- TRIMEDX Names Executive VP
- IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital receives Blue Cross Blue Shield spine surgery distinction
- Johnson Memorial to Close Day Care
- Evansville to Dedicate ‘Transformative’ Medical Campus
- Purdue Extension Addressing Opioid Crisis
- ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Med Center Now Open
- IU Health sees operating income jump 48% in first half of 2018
KENTUCKY
- Penner completes term as Kentucky Hospital Association chairman
- Kentucky hospital partners with Orthopaedic Associates Henderson
- Kentucky’s effort to screen medical malpractice claims falls flat
- UK surgeon alleged corruption at UK HealthCare. Judge rules he’s no whistleblower.
- Lexington doctor who exposed Kentucky hospital to be featured on CBS show.
- Records: Kentucky malpractice review panel backlogged
- Humana CEO named Robert F. Kennedy laureate with Barack Obama
- Two Humana execs sell more than $6M in company stock
- Kindred Healthcare and UC Davis Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Humana just sued some of the biggest names in pharma over price-fixing allegations
- Kentucky doctor group opens first Greater Cincinnati office
- Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital taps Robert Parker as CEO
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont whistleblower speaks out; doctors’ names revealed
- UP Health would want tax break
- Munson Charlevoix Hospital ends fiscal year
- Beaumont settles lawsuits over improper payments to physicians
- Michigan hospital to pay $84.5M to settle Stark Law, kickback claims
- Inside the Beaumont settlement: ‘Royal Family’ doctors, big paychecks, free offices
- GM contracts with health system for direct-to-employer option
- Detroit hospital system to pay $85M in improper payment case
- Barriers to doctor-nurse communications thwart care
- Dickinson County Healthcare System CFO to resign
- Nurses launch media campaign calling on University of Michigan to offer fair contracts
- Upper Peninsula health data report released
- Perrigo plans to ‘separate’ business unit
OHIO
- Kettering Health Network’s new $36M Middletown medical complex to open Wednesday
- MetroHealth Brecksville Health & Surgery Center recognized for design
- Premier Health proposes urgent care in former Boston Stoker
- Akron Doctor to Reimburse System $33,000 After Fraud Conviction
- Cardinal Health Reports Fourth-quarter and Year-end Results for Fiscal Year 2018
- Premier Health OB/GYN practice moves, expands
- Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic among most diverse hospitals
- Cleveland Clinic receives $4.7 million grant to prevent cancer-associated blood clots
- Mercy Health to build $14M emergency department in region
- St. Elizabeth reveals new renderings for massive cancer center
- Kentucky doctor group opens first Greater Cincinnati office
WISCONSIN
- Green Bay doctor on a mission to revolutionize how doctors treat patients
- Janesville hospital expands orthopedic services with new technology, professionals
- Advocate Aurora Health margins tighter in first quarter: Document
- Study: Wisconsin among best in U.S. for health care outcomes, worst for costs
- Ascension Wisconsin plans $42 million medical center in Sturtevant
- Ascension seeking partners for ‘sustainable’ health care campus at St. Joseph
- Telemedicine platform Nurx launches in Wisconsin
- Planned Sixteenth Street clinic faces hurdles in West Milwaukee
- Advocate Aurora Health selects president for 2 hospitals
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
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- East Alabama Medical Center names new Cancer Center in honor of Spencer family
- Trina Health CEO Gilbert says bribery charges ‘unfounded’
- As federal regulators threaten Brookwood Medical Center, should patients worry?
- Florence Medical Center bringing more services
- Alabama’s health care system struggles to perform, ranking 46th in the country
- Brookwood Baptist no longer in immediate jeopardy of losing Medicare billing privileges, but work remains
- UAB Hospital flight crew reacts to substance on explosion victim; hazmat team required
FLORIDA
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- Boca Raton hospital, Baptist deal shuts Cleveland Clinic out of PBC
- Venice Regional Bayfront Health shuffles local leadership
- North Shore Medical Center names CEO
- Dr. George Ralls is Orlando Regional Medical Center’s new chief quality officer
- Florida Hospital North Pinellas asks for lease extension
- Longtime CFO of Mednax to retire
- Florida Is 2018’s 10th Worst State for Health Care
- Florida Hospital Altamonte Completes Renovation Project For New NICU
- UF Health launches new spine center
- Memorial Healthcare System appoints new CEO at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
- For new Venice Regional CEO, arrival clouded by alleged threat at former hospital
- Catalyst HRE acquires $150M healthcare portfolio with surgery centers
- An inside look at Mayo Clinic’s latest expansion — in Florida
GEORGIA
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- How the nation-wide primary care doctor shortage will impact middle Georgia
- Hospital renovations continue
- NW Georgia clinic paying $1.2M for alleged reuse of single-use equipment
- Clayton hospital owner to pay $65 million to settle lawsuit alleging fraud
- Group works to fill gaps in doctor shortages in rural Georgia
- Erlanger not appealing CON decision in North Georgia, proceeding with other plans to serve community
- A Middle Georgia hospital is suing patients for unpaid bills
- Georgia’s latest health rank is more of the same
- Northwest ENT Associates settling False Claims Act allegations for $1.2M
- Georgia hospital CEO asks for buyout amid physician firings backlash
MISSISSIPPI
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- The promise of telemedicine in Mississippi
- Mississippi hospital CEO retires days after CFO
- Grenada Lake Medical Center to pay more than $1.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving medically unnecessary psychotherapy services
- Mississippi officials seek return of Medicaid overpayments
- Prosecutors charge top figure in $400M-plus pharmacy fraud
- Nurses striving to make for a better Mississippi
- Another health care provider pleads guilty in drug scheme
NORTH CAROLINA
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- How Mission Health’s successor foundation could impact Asheville
- UNC Health Care makes checking patient opioid use a snap
- How a North Carolina-based ASC aims to create value for the healthcare system
- WalletHub ranks North Carolina 5th worst for state for health care
- Novant Health Rowan expands to include hospice, names local advisory board
- Health care has strong roots in Forsyth County
- Project Tracker: New Hanover Regional orthopedic hospital
- Atrium Health makes scheduling appointments more convenient
- Hospital updating community clinics
- North Carolina AG Sues Drugmaker
- Top of the List: Largest Triad Hospitals
- New VA nursing home in Kernersville holds promise of new jobs, regional health care epicenter
- UNC-Greensboro alumnus to lead American Nurses Association
- Carolinas HealthCare CEO Gene Woods launches national search for COO
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Blue Zones, a multi-million-dollar wellness project for Charleston, running behind schedule
- South Carolina’s first micro hospital one step closer to becoming a reality
- Four South California hospitals named among top 5% for patient safety
- South Carolina named one of the worst states for health care
- South Carolina ranked 8th worst in nation for health care; cost and access are issues
- Upstate eye care offices acquired
TENNESSEE
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- Nashville health system moving total joints to ASC space
- Trios Health welcomes new CEO, CFO after RCCH acquisition closes
- Brookdale taps former CEO of local health care giant to join board
- For-profit hospital chain closes $78M deal for Washington health system
- Brentwood health care company raises $12 million
- On heels of merger news, Brentwood hospital company buys Washington system
- Quorum sees net loss more than double, targets up to $215M in hospital divestitures
- CHS faces investigation related to EHR incentive program
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Preferred Family Healthcare seeking buyer for Arkansas operations
- Arkansas Heart Hospital Planning New Project in Saline County
- Washington Regional adds neurosurgery ICU as expansion continues
- Washington Regional Hospital Opens First Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit In Northwest Arkansas
- For now, Arkansas bends the health cost curve
- Unity Health taps Steven Webb as CEO
- CHI St. Vincent Names VP of Mission
ARIZONA
- Hospital out of bankruptcy, lays off 60
- HonorHealth plans new hospital, its sixth, in north Phoenix
- Effort to provide quality health care in Arizona gets a big boost
- Platinum Dermatology Partners adds 3rd Arizona practice
LOUISIANA
- OLOL Children’s Hospital focusing on palliative care for kids
- Children’s Hospital Files Plans For New State-of-The-Art Hospital At Uptown Campus
- New leaders for Lafayette General’s foundation, strategic investments
- Lawmaker: New Louisiana hospitals deal could cost state more
- Vermont is the best state for healthcare; Louisiana ranked last
- Grenada Lake Medical Center to pay more than $1.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving medically unnecessary psychotherapy services
- Teche Regional Medical working to resolve dispute with LifePoint, which wants out of long-term lease
- Louisiana collects $250K in fines from Medicaid managers
- Christus St. Francis Cabrini CEO to depart in September
NEW MEXICO
- Heart Hospital doctors perform revolutionary procedure
- A push for NM to lead the nation in health care with Medicaid buy-in option
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court
- Oklahoma Hospital Association Names Next President
TEXAS
- Magnolia Behavioral Hospital regains Medicare certification
- Financial problems threaten Houston-area freestanding emergency rooms
- Fairfield: CEO named for Freestone Medical Center
- Hear how Baylor, Scott & White innovators built a better app
- Methodist Charlton Becomes First Designated Trauma Center in Southern Dallas
- Dallas-based T-System Names A New Chief Executive
- Health experts say competition between 2 Abilene hospitals benefits patients
- Get to know Malisha Patel: Senior vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land and Memorial Hermann Southwest
- SHSU college of osteopathic medicine proposal: outcome to be determined
- Tenet’s hospital performance a drag on Q2 revenue
- Tenet Healthcare shares drop 15% following earnings report
- Texas ranked 38 in nation for best healthcare
- Sneak peek of Houston Methodist’s new state-of-the-art Walter Tower in Texas Medical Center
- CHRISTUS St. Michael CEO Tapped to Lead Louisiana and Southeast Texas Facilities
- Plano-based Community Hospital Consulting Appoints a CEO in Fairfield
- BCBS of Texas to stop reimbursing nonemergent ER visits
- St. David’s Medical Center In Central Austin Names New CFO
- Doubts aside, Sam Houston State pushes for a new medical school
- UH School of Medicine could limit primary care physician shortage in the area
- Houston Methodist unveils $700M patient tower this month
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
- Health system announces departure of CEO
- St. Alphonsus Health System CEO abruptly quits
- Navigating Idaho’s Healthcare System
- Idaho health insurers raised rates 27 percent this year. For 2019? 8 percent.
MONTANA
OREGON
- Unity Center certification at risk as OHA documents suicide attempts, patient self-harm
- Pacific Northwest is a healthcare innovation ecosystem, says Cambia Grove executive
- Legacy releases detailed action plan to address deficiences, boost patient safety at Unity Center
- Oregon hospitals release guidelines for preventing workplace violence
WASHINGTON
- After 70 years, Trios has a new owner. You likely won’t notice the switch
- KPHD finalizes Trios Health sale, resets District mission
- For-profit hospital chain closes $78M deal for Washington health system
- Renton pharmacy chain Genoa is reportedly negotiating a takeover by UnitedHealth
- Like Apple, Amazon to open health clinics for Seattle employees
WYOMING
- Former Mountain View neurosurgeon sues Wyoming Medical Center
- Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Laramie’s Ivinson both named to Becker’s Healthcare Top 100
- Hospital offers cutting-edge minimally invasive spine surgery
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County ‘stabilizes’
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Hospital system pays $65M to settle Medicare billing claims
- Tulare hospital is one step away from joining Adventist on road to reopening
- 4 innovation insights from MemorialCare’s CEO
- Lawsuit alleges Roseville nursing home and others understaffed on purpose – to increase profits
- Lompoc Valley Medical Center, Cottage Health partnering to broaden outreach, expand research
- KPC Health System appoints COO, hospital CEOs
- Kaiser Permanente’s Q2 revenue growth driven by higher premiums, new members
- UC Davis Health Workers Feeling ‘Disrespected’ Over Contract Negotiations
- Shuttered California hospital aims to reopen in January
- Kindred Healthcare and UC Davis Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Hansen set to become permanent CEO at Palomar Health
- CHOC Children’s selects chief marketing officer
COLORADO
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- Colorado chief medical officer Wolk resigning to go to California
- MMH expands with new chemo facility
- University of Colorado Hospital, CU Medicine decline to see UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members
- St. Anthony Summit Medical Center CEO to retire
- Coloradans get high marks for health outcomes but poor scores for doctors visits
- Legal battles continue over Taxpayer Bill of Rights, hospital fees, transportation taxes
- How Hospitals Bring in Revenue Through the Healthcare Supply Chain
- Apprenticeship program aims to meet Colorado’s growing demand for medical assistants
- West Springs Hospital expansion meets growing need
- Denver Health aims for quicker public alerts after recent Ebola scare
- Best & worst states for health care: Where does Colorado rank?
- Living like a leader: A day with CHI CEO Kevin Lofton
- CarePoint Healthcare and EPIC merge to form one of the largest privately held physician practices in the U.S.
- How low can these Colorado biotech’s shares go?
- IV therapy center to open in Longmont
- Orthopaedic center to offer sports medicine clinics
- BCH, UCHealth partnering on inpatient rehab services
- Centura partners with community college to train workers
UTAH
