NATIONAL
- Amazon adds to its list of HIPAA-eligible machine learning tools
- Leapfrog releases Fall 2018 safety grades showing medical errors, safety issues prevail in red and blue states
- Hospital CEOs Agree That Systemness Focus Drives Results
- Doctors as disruptors? AMA CEO says medicine’s future demands it
- 93% of MIPS-eligible clinicians to get positive payment adjustment
- HHS to launch new mandatory bundled payment models
- 95% of physicians avoid MIPS penalties: 12 notes on QPP year 1
- Forbes releases 30-under-30 in healthcare 2019
- 100+ hospitals, clinics are now live on Apple’s health records feature
- Joint Commission honors 9 hospitals for using data to drive improvements
- USDA Report Highlights Challenges to Rural Telehealth Adoption
- How Amazon is shaking up how you get prescriptions
- AAHKS responds to CMS efforts to re-evaluate total hip, knee replacement codes
- Why HHS wants Medicare Advantage plans to pay for home modifications, transportation for seniors
- AMA president calls for end to electronic health record abuse
- FDA plans to waive informed consent for some clinical trials
- CMS Paid $4M in Excess GME Medicare Reimbursement, OIG Finds
- CMS’ new state waiver for paying mental health institutions
- Healthcare execs investing big, expect big returns from AI in next 5 years, survey says
- Forbes: 7 predictions for healthcare in 2019
- 9 quotes from CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s speech on drug-pricing reform: ‘The status quo is simply unacceptable’
- Google has brought on C-level execs from these 3 hospitals in past year
- Rural patients use telehealth less frequently than urban patients, USDA finds
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Philanthropy helps Connecticut hospitals cope with funding squeezes
- Connecticut Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Rockville Gen. Hospital staff vote to unionize
- Hartford HealthCare to acquire cardiology group for $1.3M
- Study: Greater Hartford healthcare prices on par with national average
MAINE
- Changes prompt improved CMMC safety rating
- Troubled Maine hospital gave retiring CEO $169,000 bonus, tax documents show
- Tax filing: Retiring Lewiston CEO got bonus despite hospital woes
- Here’s how Maine hospitals fared in latest Leapfrog safety rankings
- Mount Desert Island Hospital appoints 1st-ever COO
- Head of emergency system for Maine health facilities aims to stop outsourcing
MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts hospital to close emergency department
- How safe is your hospital?: Safety grades for 54 Massachusetts hospitals
- Massachusetts drugmaker will cut 60% of workforce after failed drug trial
- Massachusetts Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Massachusetts hospital publicly apologizes for 2016 patient death
- Boston Children’s Hospital receives $14.7 million grant from NFL
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Former employee sues Nashua hospital claiming she was fired for accepting dying Medicaid patient
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock adopts telehealth to expand ICU care
NEW YORK
- MVHS names new president/CEO
- Norwalk Hospital-Sloan Kettering collaboration a ‘two-year labor of love’
- The highest-paid employee of each Western New York hospital
- Brooklyn Hospital Center gets an A grade for safety
- Ann McMackin out as head of Vassar Brothers Medical Center
- New York hospital puts staff on leave during ER patient death investigation
- Medical records of 1,216 Upstate University Hospital patients breached
- Mount Sinai selects chief marketing and communications officer
- Syracuse hospital data breach part of massive national problem
- Mount Sinai launches new advertising campaign
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- BCBSRI, Chicago-based Oak Street Health plan 3 R.I. Medicare primary care centers
- Report: Rhode Island Hospital among 50 top cardiovascular hospitals in U.S.
VERMONT
- Central Vermont Medical Center taps new CFO
- Stephen Kenney named CVMC’s chief financial officer
- NVRH To Acquire Northern Physical Therapy
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock shares $9 million Biden Moonshot Initiative grant
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Former Beebe Healthcare revenue director sentenced to 25 years for stealing $150,000
- Report: Delaware is one of the worst states in hospital safety
- Ex-revenue cycle director gets prison time for embezzling from Delaware hospital
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Have a look at Greater Washington’s hospital expansions and renovations
- Virginia, DC Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
MARYLAND
- University of Maryland Medical System appoints new CFO
- Hospital in Prince George’s County, Maryland Receives Second…
- Anne Arundel Medical Center Earns A For Patient Safety
- U of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health building outpatient pavilion with surgery center
- Maryland Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Johns Hopkins saves millions, improves outcomes with its J-CHiP care coordination program
- These are Maryland’s safest hospitals
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey AG slaps medical transcription vendor with $200K fine
- New Jersey hopes new drug database will help fight opioid epidemic
- NJ Hospital System Raising Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
- New Jersey health system says it can save rural hospital, bring 300 jobs
- New Jersey Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- New Jersey law allows hospital fee to fund services for Medicaid patients
PENNSYLVANIA
- Highmark Health CEO David Holmberg’s take-home pay doubled to $5.55M in 2017
- These are the safest — and least-safe — hospitals in the Philadelphia area
- Area hospitals get annual Leapfrog report card on patient safety
- $100M Hospital Takes Shape in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Ampersand Health pivots to Medicaid primary care
- Pennsylvania hospital closes maternity unit
- ‘We want to know if we’re going to keep our hospital’
- Reading Hospital, Penn State Health St. Joseph receive top grade for patient safety
- Crozer-Keystone Health System CEO resigns, COO to succeed
- Mary Medical Center appoints new president
- Biomanufacturing: These 30 gene-therapy firms employ more than 3,000 in Philly area
- Geisinger launches opioid reduction initiative
- CHS Pennsylvania hospital addresses 19 health violations found in surprise visit
- Fourth payroll snag in 2 months hits Pennsylvania hospital
- UPMC selects new president for Magee-Womens Hospital: 4 notes
VIRGINIA
- Frontier Health president and CEO to retire
- LewisGale hospitals receive top grades for patient safety
- Health system moves from text-only to AI-powered interactive multimedia radiology reports
- Virginia among top states in new national hospital patient safety ranking
- Virginia, DC Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Centra blames operating loss on Cerner EHR go-live
WEST VIRGINIA
- Camden Clark Medical Center names Kyle Pierson as new CFO
- Man admits embezzling from West Virginia hospital
- New Mon Health president lays out vision for Morgantown, WV, hospital
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Departing Cedar Rapids health care leader optimistic
- Blank Children’s receives $50,000 grant to support pediatric cancer research
- Mercy Health Network to expand rural telemedicine through federal grant
- UI receives ‘transformational’ biomedical engineering grant
- Mercy to open occupational health clinic on East Side
KANSAS
- Most Kansas City Area Hospitals Do Well In A New Patient Safety Report
- A Children’s Mercy nurse, a patient and a decision that led to 6 transplant surgeries
- Bardavon Health lands millions to fund nationwide expansion
- NueHealth lands growth capital to fund acquisitions
MINNESOTA
- Addressing a shortage
- 3 Minnesota Hospitals Receive ‘D’ Grades In Report
- Four biotech startups to watch in Rochester
- Regions Hospital starts construction of new birth center
- Minnesota’s medtech industry raised $90M in Q3 2018
- Allina’s net income drops 30% in Q3
- Mayo Clinic gets $200M gift to educate doctors; will rename medical school
MISSOURI
- Mercy Virtual Uses mHealth Wearables to Create a New Model of Care
- Most Kansas City Area Hospitals Do Well In A New Patient Safety Report
- Mercy Hospital St. Louis is named a “Straight A” hospital
- Only a few St. Louis hospitals receive top safety rating in new report
- Louis University to cut costs as enrollment and physician practice struggle
- SLU physician group implements hiring freeze after EHR rollout
- CoxHealth’s operating income climbs 2.4%, net income dips 51%
- A Children’s Mercy nurse, a patient and a decision that led to 6 transplant surgeries
- Health Care Foundation of Greater KC rebrands
NEBRASKA
- Columbus Community Hospital Earns An “A” For Patient Safety
- Omaha-area health care systems switch main blood supplier
- ‘If she’s healthy, the family’s healthy’: Methodist rolls out mobile mammogram program
- Nebraska tallies more suspected cases of potentially paralyzing illness
- Nebraskans approve expanding Medicaid to cover more of the state’s low-income residents
NORTH DAKOTA
- Delaware, North Dakota are worst states for hospital safety, report says
- North Dakota Clinic Merger Hits Eighth Circuit
- State officials attend USDA drug, alcohol addiction roundtable
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Native Community Leaders hold meeting on new IHS hospital
- Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board answers questions about Sioux San project
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- 2 IL Hospitals Get ‘F’ Rating For Patient Safety, Nonprofit Says
- These Are the 43 Illinois Hospitals Ranked Among Safest in the Country: Report
- Why an ex-Ascension hospital in Chicago decided to break away
- Touchette Regional Hospital makes 2 leadership changes
- University of Illinois-Chicago nurses walk off the job
INDIANA
- Ground broken on new hospital
- Work Begins on $21M LaPorte Hospital
- JMH is named “Most Wired”
- Vincent addresses nursing shortage with recruiting event
- Indiana healthcare facility working to enhance patient experience
- State Files Suit Against Pharmaceutical Company
- Public Safety Medical Joins St. Vincent Health
- IBRI Details Medical Data Collaboration
- State of Indiana sues Purdue Pharma over misleading opioid claims, opioid abuse epidemic
- Vincent Fishers, Carmel hospitals president to retire
KENTUCKY
- WellCare appoints senior medical director in Kentucky
- New hospital safety grades in Louisville span from A to D
- Jewish, U of L hospitals again score low on safety; Norton rating rises
- Two high-level executives to leave struggling KentuckyOne Health
- KentuckyOne leader announces retirement amid protracted talks over Jewish Hospital sale
- Larger Kentucky hospitals’ average grade for patient safety declined, but their overall national ranking was about the same
- UK HealthCare, Lexington Clinic team up for outpatient cancer care
- UofL researchers offer expertise to Kentucky’s Medicaid Services for improving health care
- Lower investment returns drove down Norton’s 3Q ops income by 40%
- KentuckyOne in leadership shakeup
- Humana execs to cash out millions in stock as shares jump to all-time high
- One Louisville hospital system gets the only A’s in new safety report
- University of Louisville may move medical programs from Jewish Hospital
MICHIGAN
- Mercy Health opening new facility in West Michigan
- Tenet hospital nurses in Michigan ratify first contract
- New hospital for Monroe still in works, president says
- DCHS restructuring plan progressing
- Michigan’s Hospital Safety Grades For Fall 2018
- WellCare, Spectrum Health join new blockchain effort focused on provider credentialing, directories
- Hurley Medical Center puts new flu shot policy in place
- Priority Health, BCBS, others receive failing grades
- Two Detroit Medical Center Hospitals Score A Ratings from Leapfrog
- Building a major medical center means world-class research: Local scientists make it happen
- 2 Upper Michigan hospitals get top safety rating
- Nurses union contract talks continue
- Georgia Fojtasek to retire as Henry Ford Allegiance Health president and CEO
- Michigan system CEO resigns amid financial troubles, failed merger
- Detroit health clinic owner gets 13 years for defrauding Medicare
- Michigan’s Medicaid program granted approval to pay for drugs based on efficacy
- MidMichigan Health kicks off fiscal year with 18.8% operating revenue boost
- Tenet hospital nurses in Michigan ratify first contract
OHIO
- One of Cincinnati’s largest hospitals in ‘partnership discussions’
- Free-standing Hospice facility coming north of Dayton
- Central Ohio hospitals, ranked by financial performance
- ProMedica’s Generations Tower to open months early
- Region’s Hospitals Graded on Patient Safety
- Wexner Medical Center forms Healthy State Alliance with Mercy Health
- Ohio Hospital Using Telehealth to Tackle 911 calls, ER Overcrowding
- Fake reports of gun at Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital result in lockdown
- Akron Children’s Hospital welcomes new CEO
- Ohio State University seeks board approval for outpatient center
- Opposition mounts against Kettering Health’s Ohio expansion
WISCONSIN
- ManorCare Health Services rehabilitation center in Kenosha sells for $5.8 million
- One third of Wisconsin’s hospitals receive ‘A’ grade on safety report
- Health care prices in the Milwaukee area overall are 17 percent above the national average
- What’s next for Wisconsin healthcare?
- Health care prices in the Green Bay area overall are 14 percent above the national average
- Eastern Wis. Assisted Living Company Ordered to Pay $113K in Overtime Back Wages
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Pigg: New Hospital’s a ‘Beacon of Hope’
- North Alabama Medical Center prepares to move existing facility
FLORIDA
- See how Tampa General, Florida Hospital, BayCare and others ranked for hospital safety
- Lee Health brings Tampa General Hospital Kidney Transplant Program to Lee County
- Mayo Clinic appoints CEO of Florida operations
- Halifax Health proposes partnership with Shands for Deltona hospital
- See how Orlando-area hospitals ranked for safety in fall 2018
- Brandon Regional Hospital has plans for freestanding ER in Wesley Chapel
- Florida Board of Health suspends or restricts 39 licenses, including 11 in Tampa Bay area
- FL Doctor recounts her brush with new face of Medicare fraud in FL
- Parent company of Promise Hospital in Fort Myers declares bankruptcy
- Former Calhoun-Liberty Hospital CEO pleads guilty to wire and tax fraud
- Karen Steely to serve as COO of Gordon, Murray hospitals
- Hospital operator seeks $85M loan to expedite sales in bankruptcy
- $29.7M in annual savings and counting: 5 questions with Millennium ACO’s CEO Kevin Kearns
GEORGIA
- The need for nurses is growing in Georgia. How will hospitals keep up with the demand?
- Georgia’s hospital safety ratings show improvement
- Lee Chamber president: Hospital groundbreaking in spring
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta clears state hurdle for Brookhaven hospital
- The Role Of Foreign-Born Doctors In Georgia
- UGA wins award for helping save rural Georgia hospital, supporting local medical care
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Leases 114,000 SF at Stone Mountain Industrial Park
- State OKs new hospital for Children’s Healthcare
- Grady Health System plans to develop ASC
- Northside Hospital sues local insurer for failing to pay ER claims
- Leapfrog safety ratings improve in Georgia
- Georgia Hospital Association honors 2018 Hospital Heroes
- Grady Health Foundation picks new CEO
- Alpharetta OKs $150K wellness sponsorship with Northside Hospital
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta reports higher operating revenue, income
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi hospital ends contract with Florida consultants
- How to get physicians involved with buy-in: Q&A with U of Mississippi Medical Center assistant CMIO
- Bankrupt Mississippi hospital receives takeover bid
NORTH CAROLINA
- North Carolina hospital raises minimum wage to $12.50
- Luke’s Hospital selects interim CEO
- North Carolina Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Triangle hospitals receive high marks in national safety study, with exception of one
- UNC scores approval for $32M outpatient clinics
- Bruno named new VRCH President
- Cone Health, Triad HealthCare join Aetna ACO
- Cone Health appoints chief academic officer
- Pardee Hospital awaiting state’s decision on ASC
- Wake Forest Baptist, independent provider get conditional approval for new operating rooms
- Judy Bruno to serve as Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital president
- Cardiac and pulmonary rehab facility opens at Wilkes hospital
- Cooper University Health Care Hikes Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
- Top of the List: Largest Triad Physicians Groups
- Mission Health releases 2017 annual report
- Novant Health adds brain and spine surgery location in Thomasville
- Vidant Duplin Hospital’s new president is Debra Hernandez
- Atrium Health to settle federal antitrust suit over health care costs
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Safest hospitals in SC aren’t in the Midlands, despite slight improvement, report card shows
- CHS to divest 2 South Carolina hospitals by Dec. 31
- BCBS of South Carolina to lay off 244 employees
- Trident, MUSC seek to delay start of Charleston-area projects
- Groundbreaking held for Tidewatch Emergency Department
- Florence hospitals maintain top grades
TENNESSEE
- CHS to divest 2 South Carolina hospitals by Dec. 31
- Three East Tennessee hospitals graded A; one gets D grade from Leapfrog Group
- Quorum operating revenues, admissions slide in Q3
- Nashville Health Director Bill Paul is stepping down — six months early
- Tennessee Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018
- For Some Rural Tennessee Hospitals, Sustainability Means Avoiding Repeat Customers
- Tenet, Cigna hit contract snag for Memphis hospitals
- Spero Health Announces Board of Directors
- Ballad Health reports strong first-quarter results as combined entity
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas hospitals team up on neonatal care
- Baptist Health CEO Troy Wells
- MCSA announces alliance with Arkansas Children’s Hospital
- Nonpartisan Commission Tells Government It Should Pump The Brakes On Arkansas’ Medicaid Work Requirements
- Neurosurgeon quits before 1st day at Arkansas hospital, ordered to pay $12.8K in payroll taxes, recruitment fees
- Hans Driessnack named CEO of Northwest Medical Center-Springdale
ARIZONA
- Maricopa Integrated Health System getting new name
- Chandler council approves Banner Health hospital despite residents’ concerns
- Longtime head of Arizona Medicaid program retiring
- HonorHealth plans to open $170M hospital, ASC in 2020 — 3 highlights
- Dignity Health opens new Mesa hospital
- Arizona Hospital Safety: New Grades Released For Fall 2018
- Banner Health to build $155M hospital despite protest
- CMO viewpoint: How Phoenix Children’s uses data technology to improve care
- Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Arizona is changing lives
- Envision’s Arizona providers will remain in network with Cigna
LOUISIANA
- CEO of Louisiana hospital’s fundraising arm fired after embezzlement probe
- Audit: Louisiana may have misspent $85M in Medicaid program
- Avala unveils new facility in Covington
- Baton Rouge General is Louisiana’s only verified burn center
- Health coverage rates drop, including in Louisiana
NEW MEXICO
- Western New Mexico University provides new graduate degrees to address NM’s nurse shortage
- Lovelace Health System acquires state’s largest private cardiology practice
OKLAHOMA
- Norman Regional buys CEO’s house to reduce commute
- Oklahoma City veterans hospital sees surgeon shortage
- Demand for nurses expected to increase
- Mercy Health Closing Hospital In El Reno
- Oklahoma hospital closes: 3 things to know
- U of Oklahoma Medicine gets $34M donation for diabetes center
TEXAS
- New logo unveiled for children’s hospital
- Jessica O’Neal is new CEO of Medical City Children’s, Women’s hospitals
- Medical City Children’s Hospital Names New CEO
- Former administrator alleges Altus Bayton Hospital terminated her in retaliation
- David’s HealthCare Facilities In Austin Region Earn ‘A’ Grade
- Hendrick Medical Center announces new CEO
- Texas Hospitals Train for Mass Casualty Incidents
- North Texas Has Over Two Dozen Top Scoring Hospitals on Leapfrog’s Safety Grades
- Voters approve $800M Texas hospital district bond
- How Children’s Health System of Texas Is Improving Care with Design Thinking
- Tarrant County Plans New Mental Health Hospital
- USPI’s growth, unexpected losses & more
- Accel Rehabilitation Hospital of Plano Welcomes New CEO
- Blue Cross targets rural health care with $10 million for Texas A&M center
- Texas A&M partners with Blue Cross Blue Shield on rural health care project
- Luke’s Baptist CEO to retire, kicking off leadership changes within Baptist Health System
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Federal agency lifts ‘immediate jeopardy’ status from Dillingham hospital
- Anchorage plans development options for hospital site
- The Heartland Institute: Alaska’s CON laws are overly restrictive for surgery centers
- New options offer cheaper health care coverage for Alaskans
IDAHO
- Many Idaho counties showed strong support of Medicaid expansion
- Power County Hospital District under construction in massive expansion project
- Nurse shortage in eastern Idaho could be solved by hospital cooperative
- Idaho hospital offers ‘Black Friday’ deals on outpatient services
MONTANA
- Hospital settles federal lawsuit over radiology services
- Montana hospitals to continue Medicaid expansion efforts
- Central Montana Medical Center receives national recognition for performance leadership in quality and outcomes
- PVHC takes step toward affiliation with Billings Clinic
- After Midterm Defeat, Advocates For Montana’s Medicaid Expansion Turn To Legislature
OREGON
- Oregon hospital removes gender identification from bracelets
- South Hill assisted-living facility purchased by Oregon company
- The health policy implications of Oregon’s elections
WASHINGTON
- Washington surgery center data breach may have affected spine, orthopedic patients
- South Hill assisted-living facility purchased by Oregon company
- What They’re Watching: Meghan McCarthy, PeaceHealth
- Breach at Washington state surgery center affects 2,393 patients
WYOMING
- New Aspen CEO ready to serve
- Sheridan Health Center saw increased patient load last year
- PVHC takes step toward affiliation with Billings Clinic
- Wyoming Medical Center launches TeleStroke Wyoming with hosptials in Sheridan and Douglas
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Kaiser Permanente gets highest rating for patient care
- California hospital opens $340M emergency pavilion
- Shuttered California hospital receives 2 proposals to reopen
- Stanford Children’s Health picks new president and CEO
- Washington Hospital debuts new, three-story critical care facility on Tuesday
- Why California hospitals are ahead of the game in curbing maternal deaths
- California hospital seeks $20M for outpatient diagnostic center
- CHI, Dignity unveil name for combined system
COLORADO
- Colorado Hospital Safety Grades 2018: The Best And The Worst
- UCHealth in Colorado seeks to fill hundreds of positions at new hospital
- UCHealth wants to redefine hospital food in Northern Colorado
- While healthcare use falls in Colorado, prices push costs higher, report says
- Colorado hospitals charge insured patients significantly more than five other jurisdictions, survey finds
- Colorado hospital unsure on outpatient center, spine group partnership
- Local Hospitals Aim to Solve Doctor Dilemma
- UCHealth names two new chief nursing officers in northern Colorado
- Fidelis Healthcare Partners picks Denver for its first project
- Hiring in full swing at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
- DaVita HealthCare: 3Q Earnings Snapshot
- Boulder Community Health revamping rehabilitation services with new locations, improved facilities
- Cost of surgery around Southern Colorado
- New ambulance service coming to Northwest Colorado
- CHI, Dignity unveil name for combined system
- Colorado set up its mental health crisis system four years ago in response to a mass shooting. It’s about to transform.
- Health care in Summit County and Colorado keeps getting more expensive
HAWAII
- Hawaii hospital system develops smarter workflows by eliminating ‘stupid stuff’
- Hawaii’s HIE Leveraging Technology to Improve Patient Identification
NEVADA
- Northern Nevada Medical Center Receives an ‘A’ for Patient Safety in Fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
- S. court says UMC must pay $820K in wages case
- More Nevada hospitals earn top marks on patient safety
- Feds OK $600,000 for rural Nevada broadband projects
UTAH
