NATIONAL
- How to make healthcare more like Amazon? It comes down to data and payer-provider collaboration
- How hospitals will handle outpatient competition & disruption in 2019
- White House reportedly reviewing final rule to reverse nursing home arbitration ban
- CMS Lifts Moratoria on Home Health After 5 Years
- Amazon’s PillPack secures more state licenses, could be eyeing national rollout
- Slack is setting itself up for the $3.5 trillion health-care sector
- Hospitals sparked industry job growth in January
- Trump administration to eliminate safe harbors for drug rebates to PBMs
- Mitt Romney to hold closed-door meeting with pharma CEOs
- Amazon-led health venture hires technology chief to work under Gawande
- Rural hospitals face growing sustainability threats on multiple fronts, AHA says
- Trump’s State of the Union address: 3 healthcare takeaways
- Only 33% of healthcare quality professionals say all staff is trained on quality
- Zurik: HHS Secretary says ‘revolutionary’ changes to come for drug prices
- AMGA: Full MACRA Implementation Needed to Advance Value-Based Care
- AHA: 19 persistent, recent, emergent challenges in rural hospitals
- Google might be building an EHR: 4 notes
- AMGA calls on Congress to end MIPS exclusions
- Joint Commission launches new “Step Up” campaign to prevent infection
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Hospital tax poses challenge for first Lamont budget
- 3 lessons from UConn Health’s journey to patient-centric billing
- of St. Joseph gets $64,000 grant for biomedical research
MAINE
- Mayo Regional Hospital to close primary care office
- Maine health system struggles with EMS worker shortage
- Maine hospital owes at least $8M to 878 creditors
- Lincoln hospital will keep operating despite $10M in debts
- Rural hospitals face many challenges in Maine and across the country
- Bill calls for 4 mental health centers to be alternative to emergency rooms
- Patients group wants new owners for troubled Maine hospital
MASSACHUSETTS
- Baystate Health’s plan for new psychiatric hospital raises questions, hopes
- Partners Healthcare reports $463M loss in Q1
- With CEO’s exit, Partners HealthCare faces crucial decisions
- Baystate Health to build new mental health hospital; no site chosen yet
- With CEO’s exit, Partners HealthCare faces crucial decisions
- Cape Cod Hospital joins oncology collaborative
- CEO Dr. David Torchiana’s abrupt exit leaves Partners at crossroads
- Nurses move forward with union, prepare to negotiate at St. Luke’s
- Walgreens pays nearly $2M to settle claims with MassHealth
- Massachusetts nurses union vote upheld
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Frisbie Hospital touts benefits of joining HCA
- New Hampshire hospital installs 7D Surgical spinal platform
- Elliot Health System taps COO
- Elliot’s new COO is a familiar face
- DHHS to reconsider York Hospital rehab center’s approval
- Former DHMC executive intern Valley Regional CEO
- Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont names interim CEO
NEW YORK
- Annum Health abruptly ends operations
- How Mount Sinai Health System is reducing long-term IT costs
- New York HIEs merge to double down on data sharing
- Hospital for Special Surgery leads U.S. sports safety efforts
- Schenectady hospital proposes building $1.4 million pharmacy
- New York-Presbyterian earns prestigious nursing award
- HealtheConnections, HealthlinkNY make plans to combine
- Buffalo nursing home’s owners have record of problems
- Massena Memorial Hospital physicians asking for more involvement in affiliation process
- NY to invest $204M on 95 health care projects
- Englewood Health raises minimum wage to $15
- Clifton-Fine Hospital drops ‘interim’ from CEO Dierdra Sorrell’s title
- South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside appoints Long Beach resident as chief nursing officer
- Hudson Valley health care providers getting $24M in state aid
- Syracuse hospital moving 73 jobs to the Midwest
- Massena Memorial Hospital not among healthcare facilities receiving grant funding
- NewYork-Presbyterian working on machine learning analytics to combat opioid crisis
- New York hospital mishandled complaints about physician, CMS finds
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island has regulations to curb the cost of health care — and they work
- Southcoast Health opens Middletown urgent care center
- Rhode Island governor’s order seeks to rein in healthcare costs
VERMONT
- John Powell: UVM Health Network is a national leader in new model
- UVM Medical Center studying effectiveness of opioid treatment in ER
- Vermont health system cuts jobs, wages to stay afloat
- Springfield Hospital sheds 27 positions as cost-cutting begins
- State gives $800,000 to struggling Springfield Hospital
- SVMC laboratory re-accredited
- Greenway to Pay $57.25M for False EHR Certification Allegations
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- This is why Nanticoke is affiliating with a Salisbury health system
- Nanticoke Health Services plans to join Peninsula Regional Health System
- Delaware continues focus on trauma-informed practices
- Bayhealth Sussex Campus in Milford will open on Feb. 5
- Christiana Care to take space at Avenue North complex
- Bayhealth Sussex opens, Milford Memorial closes
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- MedStar calls on lawmakers to make EHR usability a priority
- Providence wants urgent care center for DC campus
- MBRE Healthcare Opens East Coast Regional Office in Washington, D.C. Area
- Providence cuts causing ‘dramatic increase’ in MedStar Washington Hospital Center volume
MARYLAND
- ACA suit that also challenged Whitaker is dismissed
- Maryland upgrades prescription drug monitoring platform
- Nanticoke Health Services plans to join Peninsula Regional Health System
- Anne Arundel Medical Center moves toward cardio-informed women’s care
- The value of physician builders + compensation models: Q&A with Peninsula Regional Medical Center CMIO Dr. Mark Weisman
- Baltimore Washington Medical Center turns major surgery for silent killer into needle pricks
- New All-Private Room Hospital To Open In White Oak On Aug. 25
- UMB, Partners Launch Mobile Integrated Health – Community Paramedicine Program
NEW JERSEY
- Camden program to cut hospital readmissions gains national attention
- Bergen Hospital Employees To Reap Benefit Of $15 Minimum Wage
- CHS sells New Jersey hospital
- Inspira Health Mullica Hill cancer center celebrates topping-off
- Lord Abbett gifts $1M to Jersey City Medical Center for new maternity wing
- Hackensack Meridian’s Miller appointed to American Hospital Association post
PENNSYLVANIA
- Commission OKs new Penn State Health hospital on West Shore
- Despite investment hit at end of 2018, Allegheny Health Network results continue to improve
- Pennsylvania nurses approve labor deal, avert February strike
- Allegheny Health Network reports $3.3B in operating revenue, up 6.9% from 2017
- Suburban Philly organization sets cancer guidelines used by doctors all over the world
- Penn Medicine shortens ICU stays with real-time data
- Opinions split on whether nursing-ratio mandate would improve care
- Some Easton Hospital patients may get compensated for data breach
- Hampden Township Commissioners approve Penn State Health’s land development plan
- Somerset Hospital officially named UPMC Somerset
- Penn State Health’s acute care hospital gets final township approval
- Health center operator DVCH names new CEO
- Ellwood City Medical Center workers paid
- Washington Hospital Workers Ratify New Union Contract
- LVHN to build hospital, medical offices in Lower Nazareth
- Ellwood hospital could be looking at health department probe
- Holy Redeemer and Prepared Health Partner to Connect Health System, Align Post-Acute Network
- Pennsylvania medical center denies claims CEO was fired over race, age
- Glen Mills health business pays $17M to settle fed false claims case
- Washington Hospital service employees ratify new three-year contract
- Not all happy with Ellwood City Medical Center self-insurance plan
- attorney general targets access, cost issues related to Highmark-UPMC divorce
- Readers React: St. Luke’s University Health Network maintains strong presence in Coal Country
- Pennsylvania medical center may face probe over biological waste storage
- Trinity Health announces changes to IT services, revenue cycle operations
- Tower Health adds Pediatric ER to Reading Hospital
- Trinity Health restructuring to affect nearly 200 Philadelphia-area jobs
- Pennsylvania to probe how Highmark-UPMC split will affect consumers
VIRGINIA
- WMC leader honored by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
- Bill would legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ in Virginia
- UVA Medical Center receives national recognition
- With Medicaid expansion, Danville hospital hopes to reduce amount of uncompensated care
- Healthcare Real Estate Firm Opens East Coast Regional Office In Northern Virginia
- Increased number of Virginia hospitals facing financial distress
- Mayo Clinic and Leidos announce strategic collaboration
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia doctor will pay $200K for health care fraud
- WV Supreme Court justices hear issue in WVU Hospitals records cost case
- Questions surround the fate of Hopemont Hospital
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Campaign aims to advance UnityPoint Health Birthing Center
- Leah Glasgo is new CEO at UnityPoint Health — Fort Dodge
- Mercy Health Network transitions to new MercyOne name
- Prices revealed for N’West Iowa hospitals
- New Maternity Wing Opens at Methodist West Hospital
- Encompass Health to build new hospital in Iowa
- MercyOne CEO Bob Ritz talks about health care and hospital name change
KANSAS
- EmpowerHMS health care facilities reportedly struggling nationwide
- Physician-owned hospital in Kansas takes on minority owner, looks to expand
- Kansas hospital leader reports missed payroll
- CEO is confident struggling Horton hospital will stay open
- EmpowerHMS misses payroll at Northeast Kansas hospital
- Hillsboro hospital owner to appeal receivership decision
MINNESOTA
- No room in the hospital? St. Luke’s, Essentia go to great lengths to have enough space
- RiverView Health plans to build new hospital in Crookston
- Hennepin Healthcare CEO Jon Pryor to resign
- For sale: 10-acre Shriners Hospital complex overlooking Mississippi River
- Despite cuts at hospitals, Minnesota still delivers on rural obstetrics
- New CEO takes the helm at Madelia Community Hospital & Clinic
- Mayo Clinic and Leidos announce strategic collaboration
- Mayo Clinic’s $8M pharmacy will not service the public
- Proposal to allow secret ‘granny cams’ moves forward at the Capitol
MISSOURI
- SSM Health taps new CIO
- Nevada Regional Medical Center applies to be filed as a “sole community hospital”
- Louis Children’s Hospital completes 4,000th SDR spinal surgery
- Fulton hospital changes management
- Ascension SVP Tim Adams: The shift to ‘everywhere’ care and the future of American healthcare
NEBRASKA
- Editorial: UNMC plays a pivotal role in addressing Nebraska’s rural health needs
- Former employee pleads guilty to defrauding Omaha hospital
- Omaha woman pleads guilty to defrauding Children’s Hospital of $4.6M
- DEA investigating Omaha pain management clinic
NORTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health offers innovative TAVR heart procedure
- JRMC among top rural hospitals in North Dakota
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Custer doctor named president of medical organization
- Mental health pod slated for 2019
- Helmsley grant aims to help with mental health issues West River
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush completes newest center
- Blessing Hospital, Quincy Medical Group debate new surgical center
- Samantha Handley, new Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare CEO
- Schwanke named interim CEO at RCH
- Horizon Health opens EZ Care Clinic in Marshall, IL
- Pharma company files for bankruptcy after backlash over price hikes
- Rochelle Community Hospital appoints interim CEO
- Sinai Health System taps Presence Health executive as COO
INDIANA
- NWI health care on the cutting edge
- DCH Sleep Disorders Center receives accreditation
- New Community East Hospital has comfy touches, from wood accents to Apple TVs
- Carmel-based Olio launches health care communications platform nationally
- IU Med School Hits Record NIH Funding
- Spero Health Opens 2nd Indiana Location in Jeffersonville
- Medical procedure prices around Indiana show broad contrasts
- Georgia Woman Wins $3M Verdict Against Cook Medical
- Lilly Returns to Profit
- Rehab Medical Merges With Wound Care Company
- $175M Community Health Project Hits Milestone
KENTUCKY
- Kentucky delays start time for some new Medicaid rules
- Health Poll: 24% of KY adults don’t use regular doctor
- Passport Health mum about cost-cutting steps as losses mount
- SentryHealth Names Steven Sablan as Chief Operating Officer
- Lucina Health names new chief financial officer
- Kentucky orthopedic center launches data-analysis injury prevention program for athletes
- Elizabeth seeks to prevent sports injuries via data analysis
- Passport, Kentucky officials to meet about Medicaid rate dispute
- Spero Health Opens 2nd Indiana Location in Jeffersonville
- Passport Health Plan has a new president
- Humana 4Q earnings top expectations
- Bluegrass Pain Consultants to close its last office
- Baptist Healthcare profitable despite $42M loss in physician group, investment losses
MICHIGAN
- How Bronson Hospital is changing the stigma of hospital food
- Michigan Moves to Intervene in Federal ACA Case
- Demand for high-tech health help grows during cold stretch
- Change Ups: Spectrum Health appoints diversity officer
- Michigan hospital opens on-site grocery store
- New maternity center opens for patients in Mid-Michigan
- Beaumont Health looks to hire laid-off salaried GM workers
OHIO
- Ohio hospital system could lose Medicare funding over deaths
- Operating in ‘growth-mode’: The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center CIO Phyllis Teater answers 3Qs on IT budgeting
- University Hospital renames outpatient facility
- Cradle Cincinnati, Good Sam awarded $5M grant to help combat infant mortality rates
- Graceworks’ new CEO hopes to continue expanding home care, disability services
- Dayton Children’s expands services closer to home for Miami County residents
- Hospice unit set to open at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center
- Greater Cincinnati hospital to build $35M cancer center
- Ohio to rebid costly private Medicaid contracts
- University Hospitals, Kent State Address Nursing Shortage in Northeast Ohio Through New Nursing Education Program
- Dayton Children’s Hospital opens multispecialty outpatient center
- TriHealth, Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine become Cincinnati’s largest orthopedic care providers with new facility
- Mercy Health Eyes Growth Beyond Hospital Walls
- Elizabeth seeks to prevent sports injuries via data analysis
- Google parent company looking to partner on opioid rehab campus in Ohio
- Cardinal Health profit falls 73% in latest quarter
- Catholic group with ownership stake in Premier completes mega-merger
- Cleveland fertility clinic’s 2018 loss of thousands of eggs, embryos spurs new protocols locally, nationwide
- Fisher-Titus CEO to step down
WISCONSIN
- Advocate Aurora stands by $250M Wisconsin expansion despite Foxconn changes
- Ashland Health and Rehabilitation has new owner
- Aurora clinic building in St. Francis sold for $13.3 million
- Wisconsin hospital was in ‘immediate jeopardy’ after 2016 patient suicide
- Hospital workers, shaken by murder, say parking garage danger ignored. FBI figures confirm the risk.
- Despite Foxconn news, Advocate still plans to spend $250 million on new Wisconsin hospital, medical offices
- Four Atrium Health senior living homes will close. Some residents got a day’s notice.
- Feds warn 180 Wisconsin health care professionals about overprescribing opiates
- Gundersen Health System names new CFO
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- UAB CEO hopes MedWest Hospital move could pave way for psychiatric facility
- Alabama hospital execs make case for Medicaid expansion
- Decatur Morgan Hospital gets major renovation
FLORIDA
- Florida orthopedic-focused hospital transitions to outpatient care
- Feds threaten to cut funds to Florida children’s hospital
- House bill would allow Halifax Health to operate hospital in Deltona
- Partners no more: USF med school and St. Petersburg’s largest hospital announce a breakup
- Thousands of Florida doctors, dentists skip required opioid training
- Interim CEO of NCH Healthcare System on right track, observers say
- Clearwater doctor sentenced to six months for health care fraud
- Interim CEO of Florida hospital seeks to re-examine controversial admissions policy
- Shriners Hospital shifts focus in Tampa, will no longer have inpatient care
- Lake County eye doctors agree to $157K payment to settle Medicare billing allegations
- Regional General Hospital has payroll issues, says former employees
- Philip Minden Named New President Of St. Joseph’s Hospital-South
- Mayo Clinic and Leidos announce strategic collaboration
- Doctor, nursing facility under fire for kickback scheme
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s has 3 weeks to correct safety lapses or lose Medicare funding
GEORGIA
- Lee officials: CON extension ‘routine’
- Piedmont Fayette Hospital plans expansion, starting with new parking lot
- Georgia House introduces bill to exempt integrated ASCs from CON requirements
- Nurse, Georgia hospital settle discrimination lawsuit
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center continues to expand residency program
- North Georgia hospital to pay $5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations
- Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to seek trauma center designation
- Northeast Georgia Health System to open ER, then build new hospital in Lumpkin
- Georgia hospital to reopen in July
MISSISSIPPI
- Illinois medical equipment maker expanding in Mississippi
- Hattiesburg Clinic, UMMC announce electronic health records partnership
- Mississippi lawmakers dodge action on surprise billing remedy
NORTH CAROLINA
- HCA completes purchase of Mission Health
- Troubled Raleigh nursing home faces new state, federal investigations
- Contracts Awarded to 5 for N Carolina Medicaid Managed Care
- HCA to pay $15M in property taxes in North Carolina after Mission Health deal
- Contracts awarded to 5 for NC Medicaid managed care
- Novant planning Ballantyne hospital
- UNC Lenoir Health Care Names Jay Dennard as CEO
- Atrium Health Invests More Than $19 Million In Over 15,000 Teammates; Nursing and nursing support staff will benefit most from pay increase
- Federal judge dismisses whistleblower’s complaint against two N.C. health-care systems
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Businessman give $5 million gift to children’s heart center
- New robot at Roper Hospital on cutting edge of surgical technology
- After MUSC opens new children’s hospital in October, leaders plan to replace main hospital
- Roper St. Francis, Valley Professionals Phishing Attacks Breach Patient Data
- Charleston businessman donates $5M to MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
- Nancy Mace: South Carolina’s certificate of need law hurts health care industry and consumers
- SC lawmakers file bill to repeal complex health regulations called Certificate of Need
- South Carolina healthcare providers alert patients about ‘split billing’
- Health providers battle for bid to build new York County hospital
- Grand Strand Health breaks ground on new medical office building
TENNESSEE
- Health care CEO: ‘I’m going to cheat. Don’t tell anyone.’
- Provider wins False Claims decision, now must face claims that it retaliated against whistleblower
- HCA completes purchase of Mission Health
- Thanks to donations, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital unveils new ICU ambulance
- Health-tech firm moves HQ to downtown Nashville, expects to double staff
- nurse charged with homicide, patient abuse
- New urgent care facility to open in East Nashville
- Community Health Systems Reaches Settlement over 2014 Breach of 4.5M
- HCA to pay $15M in property taxes in North Carolina after Mission Health deal
- HealthStream hires former HealthLeaders CEO
- Laboratory settles claims of doctor kickbacks for $63M
- Tennessee hospital receives court oversight amid financial troubles
- Satellite Healthcare agrees to pay $3.2 million to settle anti-kickback charges
- Skilled nursing company to pay nearly $10M to settle False Claims allegations
- HCA Healthcare grows outpatient cases 3.2% in 2018 & more
- Tristar Skyline Medical Center to undergo expansion project
- Former Vanderbilt nurse indicted on reckless homicide charge after fatal medication error
- TriStar Centennial names COO for women’s, children’s division
- Public hearing today on Ballad Health annual report
- Erlanger breeding culture of distrust among staff, physicians allege
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- CHI St. Vincent launches online heart health tool
- Calling the Shots: New CEOs Take the Reins of Arkansas Health Care Organizations
- Mainline Health Systems Officially Opens Clinic
- Mercy Northwest Arkansas promotes 2 in operations
ARIZONA
- Arizona bill would add more state regulation to facility where patient was raped
- National Partners In Healthcare acquires Anesthesia Resources
- Arizona Clinical Nurse Specialists one step closer to prescribing authority
- Anchor Health Properties enters Phoenix market through outpatient medical center investment
- Arizona bill hopes to improve insurance coverage of telemedicine
LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge pediatric clinic closes, health department to move patients to other providers
- LSU garners $11.5M grant to establish Louisiana pulmonary research center
- Shreveport trauma surgeon found guilty of stealing social security benefits
- Louisiana Medicaid misspending sparks probe for national issues
- Five Louisiana health centers to split multi-million dollar grant
- Louisiana Medicaid misspending sparks probe for national issues
NEW MEXICO
- Texas company buys building for new medical office
- Presbyterian receives $1.79M gift, expands services
- New Mexico may open Medicaid to paying customers
- New Mexico bill mimics Obamacare consumer protections
OKLAHOMA
- Health care must be part of legislative focus
- Oklahoma nursing homes push for more funding, promise better quality
- Financial struggles continue for Prague Community Hospital
- MHTC out of compliance with federal regulations
- Oklahoma hospital misses payroll for 2nd time
- Oklahoma hospital could lose Medicare funding
- Memorial Hospital of Texas County Doesn’t Meet Requirements for Medicare, Medicaid Accreditation
TEXAS
- CHI Texas Division, Baylor St. Luke’s appoint more C-level execs
- University of Texas Health pays $2.4M to resolve allegations its center misused NIH funds
- Two Texas physicians sentenced in $29M Medicare fraud cases
- Navarro Regional Hospital names new CEO
- Healthcare field flourishing in East Texas, nationwide trend
- Medical City Fort Worth’s new CFO is Andrew Lane
- How to Prepare for Texas’ New Maternal Care Levels
- Texas Tech ‘teletrauma’ technology to help trauma patients in rural communities
- Pathology lab strikes $63M deal in physician kickback case
- National Partners In Healthcare acquires Anesthesia Resources
- Texarkana hospital earns new accreditation
- Memorial Hermann, Baylor Scott & White merger off
- UTHealth pays $2.4 million for misappropriated federal funding
- Pipeline Health buys 22 freestanding ERs
- Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center appoints CEO
- Job cuts at Children’s Health among more than 630 new layoffs in Dallas-Fort Worth
- Tenet extends contract with Cerner
- Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital selects interim CEO
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Inspectors fault practices at Alaska Psychiatric Institute
- Federal investigators found more ‘substantial deficiencies’ at API than at any other US hospital last year
- Legislators revive bills to abolish certificate of need program
- State wrestles with sizeable backlog of Medicaid applications
- Petersburg Medical Center CFO to depart
IDAHO
- Idaho Supreme Court upholds Medicaid expansion
- Knox dissolution does not signal end of Valor Health
- Layoffs coming at Saint Alphonsus hospital system in the Treasure Valley
MONTANA
- Health care clinic in Helena aims to provide fast, affordable care
- Cardiologist, Bozeman Health drop lawsuit during trial
- Montana Lawmakers Consider New Regulations To Curb Prescription Drug Prices
- Peter’s Health CEO answers questions and shares hospital’s progress
- Missoula’s fight against the opioid epidemic
OREGON
- Asante selects CEO
- Nurx Expands to Oregon, Leveraging Telemedicine to Provide Affordable and Convenient Healthcare
- Behavioral health clinics urge Oregon delegation to extend funding
- PeaceHealth names new COO for Oregon region
- Providence St. Joseph Health launches pop health startup
WASHINGTON
- Providence St. Joseph Health launches for-profit company
- Magnolia Medical nets $20M for its blood sample isolation system
- Washington State Lawmakers to Debate 4 Separate Telehealth Bills
- Providence hospital seeks to add urgent care to scaled-back campus
- 150-bed hospital proposed for UW
- Committee hears support for new teaching hospital at UW
- Virginia Mason’s Gary Kaplan: 19 years of inviting disruption
- Seattle health care prediction startup KenSci raises $22 million
- How Providence St. Joseph Health plans to bring more consistency to IT & pricing: CIO B.J. Moore shares insights
WYOMING
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County outlines its budget process
- Bill seeks to clarify hospital privacy regulations
- In New Report on Rural Hospitals, Mountain West Looks Troubled
- Hospital Announces New Chief Operating Officer
- Wyoming Medicaid expansion bill passes committee
- Wyoming Seeks to Repeal Hospital Privacy Regulation for HIPAA Clarity
- Campbell County Health names COO
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Stanford Health Care CIO Eric Yablonka: Navigating the IT budget after opening a new facility
- Task Force Outlines Strategy To Address California’s Shortfall Of Health Workers
- Sutter elevates population health with c-suite role
- Hospital unionization effort falls short in California
- Commission says patching up California’s health workforce would cost $3 billion
- Californians don’t have enough doctors. Here’s how to fix that by 2030, panel says
- Denver, California hospital chains complete merger
- Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center appoints CFO
- California’s first accredited emergency room created for seniors
- Judge rejects attorney general’s attempt to block sale of 2 California hospitals
- California hospitals record higher profits under Medicaid expansion, study finds
- Pipeline Health buys 22 freestanding ERs
- California attorney general requests emergency order to halt sale of 2 hospitals
- Nurses at California community hospital give strike OK
- Independent California hospital lays off 10-15 employees, paper reports
- Barton Health taps CFO, CMO
- California fines 5 hospitals $250K+ for patient safety issues
COLORADO
- Vail Health CEO: Partnerships essential for future success
- Colorado House Sends Hospital Transparency Bill To Senate
- Colorado downgrades Clear View Behavioral Health’s license amid Contact7 investigation
- Colorado lawmakers bring back bill to help insurance companies cover high-cost health claims
- Colorado advances bill to import cheaper prescription drugs
- Denver, California hospital chains complete merger
- Colorado hospitals didn’t pass billions in savings to consumers, state report finds
- UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital announces new president
- Kaiser Permanente lays off nearly 200 in Colorado
HAWAII
- The Queen’s Medical Center-West to be renovated
- Hawaii medical center adds spine, orthopedics program
NEVADA
- Nevada Assemblyman Sprinkle to take another shot at Medicaid buy-in law
- Northern Nevada Medical Center Breaks Ground on Freestanding Emergency Department in Northwest Reno to Serve Community
- Northern Nevada’s first-ever freestanding ER coming to Northwest Reno
- Rural Nevada hospital exec guilty of opioid charges
- Why Renown Health is on a mission to collect Nevadans’ genetic info
UTAH
- Hospital renews trauma center designation
- Cache Valley Hospital names new Chief Medical Officer
- Utah Senate approves rewrite of Medicaid expansion plan
- Health technology startup is hiring for over 60 jobs, planning to move to new location in Salt Lake City
- Report highlights health disparities in Utah
