NATIONAL
- Why hospitals’ future will involve keeping people from showing up
- GAO: Advantages of Voluntary and Mandatory Bundled Payments
- Study: Hospitals dramatically increase ad spend following data breaches
- Study finds freestanding EDs charge more than urgent care centers
- Stephen Klasko: Hospitals of the future won’t look the same
- Why some nonprofit hospitals are turning to patients for donations
- Seattle start-up is building the Amazon Prime of primary care with $86 million in backing from Larry Fink and other big names
- Pharma trade group drafts counterproposal to CMS pricing of Medicare drugs
- More Hospitals Sue HHS Over Outpatient Site-Neutral Payments
- Community hospitals link arms with prestigious facilities to raise their profiles
- AMIA, other groups join call to ease EHR burdens
- How industry groups line up on HHS plan to cut doc, reg burdens
- Physicians ask Senate Finance Committee to address kickbacks, other factors driving up drug costs
- Top 2019 Pharma and Biotech Trends to Watch
- 3 patient status rules you must understand to get paid correctly
- Looking to slash hospital supply chain costs? Centralizing operations is one way to do it
- Deputy HHS Secretary Hargan talks Stark Law, kickbacks
- What healthcare can expect from blockchain in 2019
- New details on Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health venture emerge
- Emergency physicians propose 6-point plan to end balance billing
- CMS launches app to outline services covered under Medicare
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- DPH Fines Nursing Homes For Lapses In Care; Two Cases Involved Deaths
- Report: 2 dead from lapses in care at CT nursing homes
- Cityblock to expand to Connecticut
- Sharon Hospital names interim president; search continues for permanent leader
- Johnson Memorial Hospital receives certification for stroke care
- Six CT Nursing Homes Cited Following Fatalities
MAINE
- Feds giving more than $2M to boost northern Maine health
- MaineHealth enters $400M 10-year contract with supply chain vendor
- Maine hospital files for bankruptcy
- Mayo Regional Hospital closing clinic due to physician shortage
- Mayo Hospital to close Guilford clinic in April
- Maine plans big Medicaid expansion push this week
- MaineHealth Building Best-in-Class Supply Chain to Further Enhance Patient Care Through New Prime Vendor Distribution Agreement
- Hospital Owes up to $10 Million to Nearly 900 Creditors
MASSACHUSETTS
- Dana-Farber team awarded $25 million for cancer research
- Massachusetts governor proposes price negotiation to rein in drug costs
- Nursing homes throughout Mass. face ‘colossal collapse’ from Medicaid shortfall
- Partners HealthCare CEO David Torchiana to Leave in Spring 2019
- UMass Memorial opens new Emergency Department in Leominster
- Massachusetts General Hospital To Construct New Clinical Care Building
- South Shore Health System gets $2.4 million behavioral needs grant
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- What Does The Rise In Hospital Mergers Mean For N.H.?
- CMC, Dartmouth-Hitchcock to combine, but keep separate identities
- As N.H. hospitals combine forces, some wonder if more state oversight is needed
- H. Hospital Deal Part of New Reality
- HCA to expand footprint in New Hampshire
- MCH exploring partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
- HCA deal could help Frisbie boost emergency care, hospital official says
- H. Hospital Deal Part of New Reality
- New Hampshire’s price transparency website helped patients save money
NEW YORK
- White Plains Hospital planning $15.4M pediatric center within hospital
- Health care is the biggest employer in WNY. Here are six trends for 2019.
- Cityblock to expand to Connecticut
- The new Parsley Health Center in NYC doesn’t feel like a doctor’s office
- Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital gets new director
- New York City woman sues hospital after reported confusion over end of life support
- New York hospital lays off 25 employees
- Northwell Health upgrades labor-delivery unit at North Shore University Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital expands virtual care with Philips
- See Upstate NY hospitals with best, worst infection rates
- One of America’s biggest hospitals invests in the meal-delivery space
- New York City’s healthcare-for-all collides with hospital woes
- Zocdoc to begin charging NY doctors per booking
- NewYork-Presbyterian CIO Daniel Barchi on the strategic initiative he’ll tackle in 2019
RHODE ISLAND
- Physicians subpoenaed in Rhode Island, allegedly after reporting EHR risks
- Home Health & Hospice Care of Nursing Placement acquires Consistent Care Corp.
- Wood River Health Services names Croke president, CEO
VERMONT
- U of Vermont Medical Center chief to retire in June
- Vermont hospital backtracks on questionable bills
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Nanticoke, PRMC hospital systems say merger will result in enhanced, coordinated services
- Nanticoke Health Services to affiliate with Peninsula Regional Health System
- 5 Delaware health insurers hit in data breach
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Johns Hopkins University buys Newseum building to consolidate D.C. presence
- Whitman-Walker 14th Street project to deliver in June — with a new name
- Dozens criticize D.C.’s response to opioid crisis at council hearing
- Corner Office: MedStar CMO Dr. Stephen Evans on the privilege of offering care
MARYLAND
- Hospital’s Telehealth Program Reduces ER Visits, Treatment Costs
- Kass expanded cancer treatment in Washington County
- University of Maryland Medical System taps chief marketing and communications officer
- Health Dept. nurses to get pay boost to help cure staffing shortage
- SentryHealth signs distribution deal with Johns Hopkins HealthCare
- Adventist HealthCare expanding outpatient presence with $404M hospital
- Nanticoke Health Services to affiliate with Peninsula Regional Health System
NEW JERSEY
- Inspira Health recognized for role in tackling homelessness
- Hackensack Meridian Health funds new technology to reduce hospital-acquired infections
- Struggling hospital gets new name, new future after state OK’s $3M sale to non-profit
PENNSYLVANIA
- Bucks County medical device company launches second knee pain treatment
- Oak Street Health opens seventh Philadelphia-area primary care center
- Penn Medicine starts program to keep workers healthy and save on costs
- As Highmark and UPMC break last ties, will Pennsylvania’s attorney general step in?
- Indiana hospital, nurses trade barbs
- Ellwood City hospital workers paid remainder of wages
- Pennsylvania’s Nursing Crisis
- Opioid use down for spine surgery patients with new Penn program
- Proposed Pa. medical malpractice lawsuit change raises concerns about venue shopping
- Wilkes-Barre General nurses seek city’s support in ongoing contract negotiations
- CHOP opens first food pharmacy for patient families in West Philadelphia
- Hahnemann, St. Christopher’s nurses approve 3-year deal
- Stephen Klasko: Hospitals of the future won’t look the same
- BioTelemetry agrees to buy California-based medical device company for $65M
- Is the deck stacked against patients? Fight over medical malpractice lawsuits returns to Pa.
- UPMC, website CEO agree: Hospital price list lacks value
- Pennsylvania health system consolidates spine, orthopedic services under one roof
- Nurses, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital reach tentative deal
- Jefferson to test British company’s augmented intelligence technology
- Pennsylvania hospital ends fight for $5M in Medicare reimbursement
- Temple making leadership changes at health system & hospital
- Conemaugh Health System opens radiation oncology center
- UPMC-Highmark insurance decree to end this year
- Philadelphia International Medicine signs deal with Panama clinic
VIRGINIA
- Richmond, Virginia, has $500M+ of hospital projects planned or under construction
- Medtronic launches new spinal robot in US, 1st procedures performed in Virginia & Kentucky
- UVa suing over federal hospital rule on Medicare rates
- bill could enforce penalty for threatening healthcare providers: ‘Right now the law is silent’
- Virginia bill could enforce penalty for threatening healthcare providers
- Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Unveils New Rehab Facility
- Lee County picks Ballad to reopen its hospital
- Virginia hospital partners with Ballad Health to reopen
WEST VIRGINIA
- New Medical Center opening in early 2020 in Spring Mills
- New partnership giving West Virginians increased access to healthcare
- WVU Medicine sees service, site expansions
- Council approves hospital board deal
- Valley Health celebrates groundbreaking for new Spring Mills medical building
- CAMC to refinance bonds
- Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital earns CON for ambulatory center
- Princeton Community Hospital Association plans to build $75K ASC
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Spencer Hospital reopens surgery center after fire
- New director named for Hospice of North Iowa
- U of Iowa Health Care reviews policy on parental access to adolescent health records
- Feds fine county for Country View bed rails
- Encompass Health to build its first hospital in Iowa
- The quiet crisis at Iowa’s flagship hospital
- U of Iowa Health Care reviews policy on parental access to adolescent health records
- Hospital board discusses IHA focus
- Sanford Sheldon hospital pricing revealed
KANSAS
- BioNexus KC names new CEO
- AdventHealth to Begin Construction of New Hospital
- Kansas pharmacy pays $9.5M to settle whistleblower lawsuit
- KU Hospital Joins Medicare Rule Challenge
- Examining two new health care CEOs
- Kansas pharmacy to pay $9.5 million settlement in fraud case
- Ascension Via Christi has agreement to operate Emergency Room at Fort Scott
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota lawmakers propose $20 million to fight opioid epidemic
- Beacon Specialized Living Services Expands Into Minnesota
- Rural Minnesota sees more hospitals stop delivering babies
- $3.1M coming to Minnesota from healthcare settlements
- Renville County Hospital to explore partnerships
- Missouri Telehealth Summit begins Thursday in Jefferson City
- MU Health eyes cuts to boost profits
- Minnesota rural mental health burden addressed by 2019 legislature
- Optum sues former executive over role in Amazon’s joint health venture
MISSOURI
- Health Forward’s CEO will retire
- Louis center marks 500th heart transplant
- CoxHealth CEO Voted Missouri Hospital Association Board Chair
- Examining two new health care CEOs
- Northland nursing & rehab facility under microscope after scathing federal survey
- Children’s Hospital, Wash U Heart Center marks 500th heart transplant
- Looking to slash hospital supply chain costs? Centralizing operations is one way to do it
- SSM Health names new mid-Missouri regional president
- SSM Health hires new St. Mary’s Hospital president
- MU Health eyes cuts to boost profits
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Research Hospital To Launch MEDITECH EHR Implementation
- Omaha hospital denies malpractice allegations
- Timetable, Contents Of Nebraska Medicaid Expansion Still Uncertain
- Nebraska hospital files complaint against neurosurgeon, plastic surgeon who allege wrongful suspension
- Omaha hospital denies malpractice allegations
- Children’s Hospital Files Counter Punch
NORTH DAKOTA
- ND Lawmakers Amend Bill to Support Store-and-Forward Telemedicine
- Sanford Health closing Fargo metro and region locations due to weather
- North Dakota children’s clinic director wins big award from CDC
- CHI Mercy Health Employees Recognized for Dedicated Service
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Noem proposes $5 million for nursing home Medicaid in South Dakota
- South Dakota nursing home leaders warn of ‘statewide disaster’ without more funding
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- 3 Central Illinois nursing homes, including Westminster, fined by state
- Blessing Health System challenges Quincy Medical Group’s ASC plans
- Southern IL hospital buys new $3M machine for robotic surgery
- Illinois hospital association to lose longest serving employee
- Tenet sells 3 hospitals, exits Chicago market
- Pipeline Health buys West Suburban Medical Center
- Amita Health names 3 regional leaders, post-acute care officer
- Advocate Aurora, Oak Street partner on Medicare-focused health center
- Advocate Aurora joins health care systems in generic-drug venture
- Loyola University Medical Center Names New President
INDIANA
- Bauer named IU Health Fort Wayne president
- Indianapolis-based hospital network looks to add hundreds of new employees
- Franciscan Alliance Selects Research Administration Director
- Is a new hospital on the north side necessary? Prove it, Indiana senator says
- Shortage of nurses meets shortage of educators, Indiana industry advocate says
- Lutheran Health Network CEO looking to hire CEO who won’t replace him
- Indiana experts: New posting rules fail to help patients understand hospital prices
- Spero Health Names New Indiana Medical Director and Opens First Clinic in Indianapolis
- Vincent jobs uncertain ahead of sale in Indianapolis
- Hospitals Hope to Block New Construction Requirement
- Spero Health Names Medical Director
- Troubled Hacienda Healthcare hands over control to Indiana company
- IU Health Saxony Hospital appoints COO, CMO
- CHS’ Lutheran Health Network CEO to give up title in strategic move
KENTUCKY
- Opinion- Kentucky law stifles ambulance competition and hurts emergency care
- Passport’s finances being dragged down by $220M in ‘management fees’ to Evolent Health
- Kindred CEO Ben Breier on company’s changes
- Medtronic launches new spinal robot in US, 1st procedures performed in Virginia & Kentucky
- Larry Benz’ Confluent Health takes majority stake in physical therapy practice
- Louisville-area medical device company gets FDA breakthrough designation
- SentryHealth signs distribution deal with Johns Hopkins HealthCare
- Kentucky health plan may be insolvent by mid-2019, CEO says
- BG Internal Medicine planning move to downtown
MICHIGAN
- DMC cardiology residency program under scrutiny months after top leaders step down
- Two DMC hospitals fail follow-up inspections
- Physician group signs deal with health system
- Michigan hospital CEO ousted
OHIO
- Ohio Hospital Knew of Problems and Patients Kept Dying
- University Hospitals fertility clinic faces new lawsuits after tank failures
- After losing Medicaid benefits, Ohio hospital faces 2 options, including ASC conversion
- Ohio Hospital Acknowledges It Waited Too Long To Remove Doctor Who Ordered Excessive Doses Of Opioids That Were Fatal
- Five things you need to know today, and here’s Christ Hospital’s new boss
- Cleveland Clinic launches affiliation with California organization to advance cardiovascular care
- Akron Children’s launches ad campaign
- Expansion project underway at Highland District Hospital
- More staff on leave as hospital reviews deaths, drug doses
- Doc, hospital face 8 wrongful death suits over drug dosages
- Kettering Health Network President Roy Chew to retire
- Minoff Family makes visionary gift to University Hospitals
- UC Health expands patient care in $22-million expansion
- Greater Cincinnati health care firm details turnaround results
- Genesis HealthCare says it will close 150-bed Marietta Center
- University Hospitals renames Chagrin Highlands facility ‘UH Minoff Health Center’
- OhioHealth sees ‘short stay’ units as cost-saving for patients
WISCONSIN
- Advocate Aurora Health to take full ownership of, rename Wisconsin medical center
- Access HealthNet raising $1.65 million
- EBSCO Health acquires Wisconsin-based company
- Advocate Aurora joins health care systems in generic-drug venture
- Advocate Aurora Health addresses report Foxconn is reconsidering Wisconsin plans
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Decatur Morgan close to completing $50 million upgrades
- UAB awarded $3.25 million grant for HIV research
FLORIDA
- Joseph’s Hospital-South names president
- Value of hospital district’s portfolio drops $12.1 million in 2018
- AdventHealth hosts job hiring event to fill 170 Florida nursing positions
- Heart surgery technology developed at Baptist Health debuts after years of secrecy
- AdventHealth Orlando names new CEO
- Provider for autistic children pays $360K to settle fraud allegations
- Orlando Skilled Nursing Facility, Executives to Pay $1.5M to Resolve Federal Kickback Allegations
- Cano Health Extends Florida Footprint, Celebrates 25th Location
- Lee Health receiving $3.7 million for Hurricane Irma-related costs
- NCH board accepts resignations of CEO Allen Weiss, Chief of Staff Kevin Cooper
- Ex-Florida hospital director admits role in $1B fraud scheme
- Central Florida Health breaks ground on ER in Wildwood
- Ex-Florida hospital CEO’s decisions should be reviewed, local paper says
- Tampa General Hospital highlights partnerships amid mixed financial results
- Ex-CEO gets 46 months in prison for defrauding Florida hospital
- Florida hospital district loses $12.1M on investments
- Shriners Hospital in Tampa plans to end inpatient care, shed jobs
- Baptist Health South Florida buys Coral Gables property
- Citrus Memorial Hospital expands baby delivery and women’s care
- Broward Health taps new CFO
GEORGIA
- The Jolt: Georgia could model a larger Medicaid program after Indiana’s
- Monroe County Hospital gets second chance with renovations after threats of closing
- Samsky family pledges $11M gift to Piedmont Heart
- The net cost of Medicaid expansion in Georgia: About $200M a year by 2022
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi Medicaid won’t seek midyear infusion of money
- BCBS of Mississippi to stop paying for care it deems nonemergent
- Mississippi Medicaid won’t seek midyear infusion of money
NORTH CAROLINA
- Hospital board of directors removes CEO
- 40+ Novant physicians to join Tennessee medical group
- New president takes helm at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital
- HCA Healthcare CEO: Mission acquisition will add to company’s ‘already strong portfolio’
- North Carolina Department of Health denies 3 out of 5 ASC projects, despite demand
- Novant Health Brunswick tucks in new sleep center
- How Nash UNC Health Care addressed a record-high RN vacancy rate
- SHCS set to launch comprehensive IT platform
- Elkin hospital earns two awards
SOUTH CAROLINA
- MUSC wants to spend up to $137 million on 4 hospitals
- Roper Health selects new blood provider
- South Carolina hospital offers new procedure for patients with kidney disease
- Hospital sale means loss of tax revenue in Florence County
- South Carolina system to pay up to $137M for 4 CHS hospitals
- Medical University of South Carolina set $137 million price cap for 4-hospital deal with CHS
- Phishing Attack On Roper St. Francis Healthcare
TENNESSEE
- Study reveals one driving force behind Nashville’s health care deal craze
- Keith Gray named new chief medical officer for UT Medical Center
- 40+ Novant physicians to join Tennessee medical group
- ‘Nationally renowned’ physicians to lead new cardiac institute
- Tennessee insurers seek to improve provider data
- HCA revenues top $12.2B, admissions continue to rise
- HCA’s new CEO: There are opportunities for ‘sizable acquisitions’
- HCA Healthcare CEO: Mission acquisition will add to company’s ‘already strong portfolio’
- New emergency room readying for mental health patients
- One man’s promise led to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Spero Health Names New Indiana Medical Director and Opens First Clinic in Indianapolis
- Erlanger Health System bounces back in second quarter
- Memphis Clinic Ordered to Pay $3.2M On Kickback Allegations
- Tennessee hospital to close, lay off 146
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Baptist Health names new CFO
- Arkansas mental health provider announces layoffs
- Report: Hospitals make $5.5 billion impact on state
- Arkansas Surgical Hospital opens new clinic in Conway
- Director of Arkansas’ health insurance marketplace to step down
- Review Finds More Cases Handled by Impaired Pathologist
- Focused on affordability, PBMs hold drugmakers accountable for consumers
- De Queen Medical Center faces financial difficulties
- California Firm Buys Cardinal Health Center for $7M
- State Medicaid division director moved to new job
ARIZONA
- Abrazo West Campus’ new CEO is Christina Oh
- Northern Arizona Healthcare to enact new strategic plan
- Arizona hospital seeks to fill positions ahead of spring opening
- Arizona mental health providers owed millions in claims
- Arizona facility where patient in vegetative state gave birth has history of state protection
- Banner Health taps Dignity executive as CIO
- CMS Approves Arizona Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement
- Troubled Hacienda Healthcare hands over control to Indiana company
LOUISIANA
- Pat Brister announces for 3rd term as St. Tammany Parish president
- Louisiana hospital installs robotic microscope technology for neurosurgery
- University Medical Center begins search for new CEO
- LCMC Health taps market CEO
NEW MEXICO
- Panel adds time frame to New Mexico aid-in-dying bill
- Local hospital one of first to roll out new, innovative procedure
- Aid-in-dying bill builds support in New Mexico Legislature
- WNMU Partners With HMS To Formally Train Community Health Workers
- NMBio taps new president
OKLAHOMA
- Keeling appointed VP at Saint Francis
- Woman Dies Following Assault at Oklahoma City Nursing Center
- Nutex Health Announces Oklahoma ER & Hospital’s Grand Opening
- GOP open to Medicaid expansion
TEXAS
- Nonprofit hospitals make lots of profit in D-FW — and don’t pay much in taxes
- Two New Benzer Pharmacy Franchises to Fortify Texas Stronghold
- Texas Plans $320 Million Psychiatric Hospital in San Antonio
- Texas Health Resources to lay off more than 700
- Texas Medical Association covers pressing healthcare issues
- Carrus Hospital planning mental health facility
- Nacogdoches Medical Center NCO retires after 43 years in health care
- Lawsuit alleges age discrimination at Texas Children’s Hospital
- Memorial Hermann Katy expands pediatric emergency center hours to 24/7
- Rosanna Morris named chief operating officer at MD Anderson
- Local Surgery Management Company Expands with Colorado Partnership
- Data breach at Texas orthopedic practice impacts 76,000 patients
- Study finds freestanding EDs charge more than urgent care centers
- Parkland Joins National Cooperative to Reduce the Healthcare Divide
- Austin State Hospital redevelopment plans released, await funding
- CHI Texas Division’s new COO is Liz Youngblood
- Tenet sells 3 hospitals, exits Chicago market
- Coryell Memorial Hospital files complaint against contractor, insurance company
- Cuero Regional Hospital adds telehealth cardiology consults
- MRI center opens its doors in Waco
- Job cuts at Dallas-Fort Worth hospitals may signal tougher times to come
- California-based Pipeline Health expands in Dallas area, buys 22 stand-alone emergency rooms
- Holmes Murphy Looks to Expand to Houston and Central Texas With Healthcare Exec
- CHI St. Joseph partners with Texas A&M to help rural areas receive better healthcare coverage
- Medistar planning 48-story tower in Med Center
- Texas Children’s Hospital Expands Partnership with Omnicell
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Mat-Su Regional expands services, adds local jobs
- Alaska hospital retains Medicare contract after CMS threat to revoke it
- State sues second opioid manufacturer
IDAHO
- New assisted living facility coming to Idaho Falls
- Bill easing licensing rules to address physician shortage headed to the House
- Two join, two promoted at St. Luke’s Health Foundation
- Idaho health and welfare agency seeks $3.2 billion budget
- New Idaho H&W Chief: ‘Many people have asked me why I took this job’
- House Health & Welfare approves bill easing pharmaceutical regulations
- Next up in Idaho Medicaid expansion, a ruling from the state Supreme Court
- Saint Alphonsus Health CEO on price transparency: ‘We do not view patients as consumers or shoppers’
MONTANA
- Two new unions take strides toward forming at St. James Rocky Mountain Clinic
- Montana lawmakers to take up physician-assisted suicide ban
- After new federal rule, Montana hospitals providing easier access to price information
- Butte nurses union gets closer to finalization
- Peter’s Health CEO answers questions, shares progress at community forum
OREGON
- Split in Salem health care industry leads to major insurance changes
- Oregon Health Authority says $42M in overpayments recovered
- Oregon Could Become the First State to Offer Universal Home Health Visits to New Parents
- Oregon Health Authority says it recovered overpayments to insurance coordinators
- Oregon Legislature 2019: Health care bills are rolling in
- Oregon bill gives consumers ownership of health info
- Oregon lawmakers introduce bill to pay patients for health data
- New COO to join PeaceHealth Oregon in March
- Samaritan Health Services lays off dozens of Oregon home health, hospice workers
WASHINGTON
- Seattle start-up is building the Amazon Prime of primary care with $86 million in backing from Larry Fink and other big names
- Seattle startup raises cash for app that gives patients control of their medical records
WYOMING
- Castle Rock Hospital District Castle Rock Medical Center starts off strong
- Banner Health Invests $60,000 for EWC Nursing Program
- Bill would put work requirements on some Medicaid recipients
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Zuckerberg hospital slashes $20,243 ER bill to $200 after media coverage
- Barton Health nurses grant labor negotiators authority to call for strike
- Sonoma Valley Hospital facing national, local financial challenges
- Cleveland Clinic launches affiliation with California organization to advance cardiovascular care
- 2 California hospitals face closure if sale delayed
- Transparent Hospital Pricing Exposes Wild Fluctuation, Even Within Miles
- BioTelemetry agrees to buy California-based medical device company for $65M
- California hospital revenue, profitability rose under ACA, Medicaid expansion
- Riverside Community Hospital’s president will retire in April after 9 years
- Pipeline Health buys West Suburban Medical Center
- UnitedHealth faces $91M fine after California supreme court lets ruling stand
- California Attorney General And Santa Clara County Face Off Over Sale Of Two Hospitals
- California Hospital Medical Center begins $215M expansion
- Rural California hospital ‘defying gravity’ as it changes strategy to survive
- California-based Pipeline Health expands in Dallas area, buys 22 stand-alone emergency rooms
- South Okanagan town wants answers to emergency room staffing issues
- LA Care awards $3.6M for physician recruitment
- The Latest: California hospital denies dumping patient
- Board fires California hospital CEO months after renewing contract
COLORADO
- Denver-based DispatchHealth expands high-acuity home care service
- New Colorado Plains Medical Center CEO gives first report to Fort Morgan Community Hospital Association
- Local Surgery Management Company Expands with Colorado Partnership
- As the overdose epidemic in Colorado continues, hospitals are taking a new step to dramatically reduce opioid prescriptions
- State looks to expand opioid treatment centers, but not in Southwest Colorado
- Mercy Regional Medical Center eliminates management positions
- Colorado hospital uses ‘virtual sitters’ to prevent patient falls
- New medical building to open
HAWAII
NEVADA
- Emergency room off Las Vegas Strip makes waves with new business model
- Las Vegas hospital ordered to pay nearly $43M to family of dead woman
- Centennial Hospital in Las Vegas expanding with 5-story tower
- Dignity Health awards more than $350K to 8 local organizations
- New NICU opens at Mountain View hospital
UTAH
- Intermountain Healthcare and startup MDClone launch data-focused collaboration
- Alta View Hospital Campus Expansion Grand Opening
- Patients move to the new Pedersen Patient Tower at Utah Valley Hospital
- Steward Health Care selects president of Utah region
- Utah Outpacing Nation in Health Care Innovation, Cambia Grove Report Finds
