NATIONAL
- Judy Faulkner asked the press to dig into physician burnout and EHR satisfaction. So we did
- Nearly all hospital leaders say supply chain optimization improves margins, survey shows
- Amazon to close pop-ups as its healthcare venture site debuts
- Report: FDA hiding millions of adverse event reports from docs, public
- Critical condition: The crisis of rural medical care
- Top 7 health systems leading transformation, according to 300+ hospital leaders
- NIH cancer chief to serve as acting FDA commissioner
- Antitrust chairman wants to change how FTC probes hospital deals, nonprofit status
- Most Trump Medicare cuts would affect health providers — not seniors, analysis shows
- Nonprofit hospital can provide free in-home care despite anti-kickback rules, OIG says
- Everything we know about Haven, the Amazon joint venture to revamp health care
- The top financial pressures facing healthcare organizations: 5 leaders discuss
- CMS updates drug dashboards to increase transparency
- Physicians alliance releases plan to end surprise medical bills
- Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan’s Haven may be forming clinically integrated network
- Trump’s 2020 budget: 5 must-read stories for healthcare leaders
- Nonprofit hospital can provide free in-home care despite anti-kickback rules, OIG says
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Med Tech Pays $467,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- Western Connecticut Medical Group Names New Chief Admin Officer
- Medicare cuts payments to 15 Connecticut hospitals for high infection rates, injuries
MAINE
- Maine Medical Center plans $59 million medical office building in Scarborough
- Feds withhold payments from 4 Maine hospitals
- New president of Maine Med says hospitals can’t go it alone
- Here’s how federal CMS rates Maine’s 34 hospitals for quality
MASSACHUSETTS
- Anna Jaques announces $7M expansion
- South Shore health facilities fight over name
- Anne Roper named CEO of Fairlawn Rehab
- Why nursing homes are closing across Massachusetts
- 7 nursing homes settle with state over unsafe conditions
- Massachusetts hospital notifies 6,300 patients of vendor data breach
- Baystate Health leaders guilty of attempted union-busting, NLRB finds
- Partners HealthCare adds state’s prescription monitoring tool to HER
- 3 Massachusetts hospitals transition to Meditech HER
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Gauging critical access hospital protections
- NH’s Hub and Spoke system: Traction or just spinning wheels?
- NH tries to cope with shortage of psychiatrists
NEW YORK
- Audit: Bad billing system costs Glens Falls Hospital $38 million in revenue
- New York City RNs authorize strike affecting 3 health systems, 10,000 nurses
- Eastern Niagara Hospital receives private accreditation
- Nurses petition Olean General Hospital to fix ‘staffing crisis’
- Olean General Hospital, nurses square off over staffing
- Thousands Of NYC Nurses Could Soon Be Going On Strike
- New York hospital unable to collect $38M due to billing system problems
- New York hospital plans $2B campus revamp
- Dozens of clinical trials on-going in Rochester
- Wyoming County Community Hospital turning emergency department into outpatient orthopedic clinic
- New York hospitals push back against governor’s proposed $657M Medicaid cuts
- New York physician admits to orchestrating $16M false billing scheme
- New York City announces $1.7 million geriatric mental health expansion
- Catholic Health Services of Long Island names chief marketing officer
RHODE ISLAND
- 2 R.I. hospitals earn top rating from CMS
- Kwiatkowski to relinquish CEO role at CareLink, remain CEO of PACE RI, as organizations grow
- R.I. communities expand opioid lawsuits to include CVS, other drugstore chains
- Rhode Island Hospital receives $1.6M to study opioid treatment and care at pharmacies
- Kent Hospital recruiting nurses
VERMONT
- UVM Medical Center union approves contract
- Springfield Hospital cited for mental health treatment
- 8 Vermont hospitals report negative operating margins in FY 2018, review shows
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Christiana Care joins nonprofit that aims to improve access to affordable generic drugs
- Delaware Healthcare Association launches pilot to improve patient transfers
- Online info and collaboration speed service at local VA centers
- Delaware Hospice opens new office in Dover
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- D.C. drops its suit against Providence hospital
- D.C. Will Not Pursue Lawsuit Against Providence Hospital Over Planned Closure
- DC ambulance crews will start denying rides to hospitals for some patients
MARYLAND
- New program at University of Maryland St. Joseph’s Medical Center shows effectiveness in curbing readmissions
- Opinion: Hospital bill is just what the doctor ordered
- Johns Hopkins Continues Fight For Its Own Police Force
- Meeting tonight to talk hospital legislation
- University of Maryland Medical System pays members of volunteer board hundreds of thousands in business deals
NEW JERSEY
- Newark Hospital Gets 5-Star Rating From Federal Agency
- Medical society reacts to potential marijuana legislation in NJ
PENNSYLVANIA
- Former UPMC employee pleads guilty to criminal HIPAA violation
- Pennsylvania hospitals test new funding model to help with ongoing struggles
- Penn Medicine taking over home health, hospice services
- New CEO fired at Hahnemann and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, two months into the job
- Under Penn, Jefferson’s shadow, can Temple Health, a de facto public hospital, ever catch a break?
- Temple University Health seeks long-term financial stability
- Penn Medicine opens $10M spine center
- Cancer center, suburban detox unit are among hospital projects seeking state funding
- Lower Bucks Hospital announces additions to leadership team
- Geisinger, Highmark to build Pennsylvania hospital
- Tower Health Urgent Care receives accreditation
- Tower Health strikes a deal with region’s largest group of private practice docs
- UPMC To Start Construction Of New Vision And Rehab Hospital
VIRGINIA
- UVA Children’s Hospital Introduces Technology to Monitor NICU Patients, Even After Release
- Stafford Hospital marks 10 years as ‘valued community partner’
- Virginia hospitals among those penalized by Medicare
- Virginia to receive $2.2M grant to reduce low-value healthcare
- Bon Secours Hampton Roads lays off medical practice employees
WEST VIRGINIA
- Hospitals in Ohio, West Virginia to lay off 70 employees
- Camden Clark Medical Center, officials dedicate new Parkersburg cardiac facility
- WVU breathes life into rural hospital
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital taps new COO
- Iowa rural hospitals are at risk of closure soon: analysis
KANSAS
- Kansas community hospital clears hurdle to get sales tax help
- Former employees of shuttered southeast Kansas hospital still unpaid
- Kansas considers relaxing rules on rural ambulance drivers
- Horton Hospital is shutting down
- Kansas hospital faces immediate closure, city officials say
- Proposed sales tax key to saving hospital
- Attorney general investigating 2 Kansas hospitals that abruptly closed
MINNESOTA
- CHI St. Alexius nurses vote to unionize with Minnesota Nurses Association
- Minnesota Hospitals Charge Average of 212 Percent More Than Cost of Care, Study Finds
- St. Alexius nurses vote to unionize
- Mayo’s outlying hospitals, clinics see earnings jump
- A look inside U of M’s Masonic Children’s Hospital
- Allina Health Joins Forces with PatientWisdom, Inc. to Improve Patient Engagement
- The ambitious agenda of Allina Health COO Lisa Shannon
- KU Hospital surgeons join Kansas lawmakers to keep liver transplants in state
- While two bills would eat away at patient privacy, another protects it
- Minnesota senate passes bill to continue subsidies for health insurers
MISSOURI
- Another Rural Hospital Once Owned By North Kansas City Company Is In Dire Straits
- CMS terminates Missouri hospital’s Medicare contract
- Nevada Regional Medical Center appoints CEO
- Branstetter takes hospital reigns
- BJC HealthCare sees 61% drop in annual operating income
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Supreme Court decision in squabble over $436 hospital bill leaves questions
- Nebraska hospitals concerned about law enforcement dumping patients to avoid paying the bill
- Emergency room construction phases on track for Great Plains Health
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Another South Dakota nursing home closing due to money woes
- Sanford donates $25M to improve drug decisions for veterans
- South Dakota lawmakers pass big nursing home funding boost
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Dozens of Chicago hospital staff fired for improperly viewing Jussie Smollett’s records
- Owners of West Suburban hit with lawsuit
- Data breach reported by Chicago hospital system affects 45,000
- Backlash grows over plan to close Westlake Hospital
- Gov. Pritzker signs critical access hospital bill in Saline Co., IL
- SIH seeks trauma center status for Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
- St. John’s sues company for alleged construction delays
- Swedish Covenant, Rush consider merger
- Health Care Service Corp. nets $4B in 2018
- Pipeline Health accused of acquiring Illinois hospital under false pretenses
- Chicago health systems weighing possible merger, Crain’s says
- Illinois governor signs bill to fund critical access hospitals
- Longtime Rush CEO to retire
INDIANA
- Lutheran Health Adds to Leadership Team
- Southern Indiana hospitals welcome employees of closing Kentuckiana Medical Center
- Partner on St. Vincent neighborhood hospitals had big ambitions but flamed out
- How Indiana’s new mental health hospital will change psychiatric care
- Lilly Seeks Tax Abatement on $90M Project
- IU School of Medicine Partners With Purdue Engineering
- Hoosier Hospitals Among Top 100
KENTUCKY
- UK HealthCare, Lexington Clinic finalize agreement for cancer care
- Tennova & UTMC partner for new rehab hospital
- Amendment viewed as threat to Medicaid expansion may be pulled from bill
- Tennova, UT Medical Center, Kindred plan inpatient rehab hospital on Middlebrook
- News on hospital infections in Kentucky, nationally is not good. What needs to change?
- Kentucky Patient Health Advocate And Hospital Association Reacts To CDC Report On Infections
- U of L won’t reveal potential partners in KentuckyOne Health deal
- IU Health Physicians ramps up recruiting drive for specialists
- Kentucky nursing homes use $750K in penalty dollars to stage series of ambitious plays with residents
- Humana to pay $500,0000 in pregnancy-discrimination settlement
MICHIGAN
- Michigan hospitals docked Medicare payments, due to patient infections
- Michigan lawmakers reintroduce mandated nurse-to-patient ratios
- Mayo Clinic going show on potential clinic in Hudson, Wis.
- Beaumont Health’s 146th outpatient center expected to be its biggest
- Clare hospital penalized for third time
- How Henry Ford Medical Group moves medicine
- Ottawa Community Mental Health gets $2.5M, still struggling financially
- Report: Munson Cadillac may receive 1 percent penalty by Medicare
- Medical Licensure Compact: expanding health care in rural areas of Michigan
- Kalkaska Memorial a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
- Who is Emory Tibbs Jr., Sparrow Health System CEO and president?
- MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland celebrates 75 years
- Trinity Health posts $301M loss in first half of fiscal year
- How Beaumont Health reduced its IT budget after a hospital merger: Q&A with CIO Subra Sripada
- Sparrow Health CEO placed on leave amid misconduct allegations
OHIO
- Portage hospital shows off renovated ER
- Kettering Health Network names COO, 2 hospital presidents
- Hospitals in Ohio, West Virginia to lay off 70 employees
- UC Health selects chief administrative officer for ambulatory services
- Lake Health, University Hospitals announce new partnership
- Genesis HealthCare posts $6.9M net loss for 2018
- The Christ Hospital receives series of local approvals as CON appeal goes through court
- Newly formed urology group offers ‘alternative to a hospital acquisition’
- Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati closing, moving to Dayton Children’s Hospital
- Shriners Hospital will end 50-year legacy in Cincinnati by moving to Dayton in summer 2020
- One of Cincinnati’s largest hospitals to close
- Western Reserve Medical Group Increases Home-Based Medical Care Capabilities in Ohio, Appoints Clinical Leadership
- Hospital reviews 48 nurses, pharmacists over dosages, deaths
- Cincinnati’s Shriners Hospital plans move to Dayton in 2020
- Cleveland Clinic launches clinical AI center
- OhioHealth selects Epic for new HER
- Cleveland Clinic CEO: Violence ‘epidemic’ happening in hospitals nationwide
WISCONSIN
- Medical College of Wisconsin plans $100 million expansion for a cancer research center
- St. Croix County targets nursing assistant shortage
- “Pay up:” Former Wellspring employees demand paychecks after nursing home closed suddenly
- Post Acute Specialty Hospital of Milwaukee to close
- Baggott Named To Lead University Health Services At UW-Madison
- How Marshfield Clinic Health System moves medicine
- North Shore CEO: Amid SNF Changes, Regional Operators Poised for Future Success
- Proposed legislation could help fix doctor shortage in rural areas of Wisconsin
- Consolidation in health care, disruption coming soon?
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospital to close March 8
- State to investigate alleged mistreatment at Huntsville VA retirement home
- Thrive Alabama now accepting new primary healthcare patients
FLORIDA
- Lawmakers point to ‘transparency’ for health costs
- Florida hospital system wins dismissal of whistleblower case
- Calls intensify for repeal of Florida’s health-care provider ‘Certificate of Need’ process
- Deadly deliveries: Some Florida hospitals face high rates of maternal complications
- Florida hospital to launch 3 telehealth sites at Publix pharmacies amid rebranding
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s still noncompliant with some regulations, CMS says
- 21st Century Oncology Names Healthcare Financial Executive Todd Higgins as Chief Financial Officer
- Florida Lab Company Buys A Third Struggling Tennessee Hospital
- 39 Florida Hospitals Penalized With Medicare Cuts
- Covidien to pay $17.5M for False Claims Act violations
- Capital Regional Medical Center hit with $1.1 million verdict after hospital visitor slips, falls on wet floor
- Jackson Health System lays off undisclosed number of Florida employees
GEORGIA
- Georgia House defeats surprise-billing legislation
- Memorial Health faces Medicare penalties
- Bill to ease private hospital developments fails in Georgia House
- Hospital E.R., O.R. expansions to wrap up this summer
- Brookhaven council OK’s Children’s Healthcare’s proposal for a hotel at new campus
- In Its Infancy, Bioscience Industry Poised To Boom In Atlanta’s Office Market
MISSISSIPPI
- Hospital closings becoming campaign issue
- Is your hospital on this list? 31 Mississippi hospitals at risk of closing, report says
- Worried about your hospital closing? You should be worried about your next ambulance ride.
- Some Mississippi healthcare providers are illegally balance billing, report finds
- Merit Health Wesley welcomes Muns as new CEO
- Rural ER’s closed, patients at risk
- Mississippi hospital to remain open after finding new owner
NORTH CAROLINA
- Hospitals group pushes back on NC Treasurer’s proposal to change healthcare reimbursement
- How Novant Health alerts patients of split billing
- Mission Health sale brings changes to adult day care, other services
- Berger’s latest Medicaid expansion opposition targets ‘Carolina Cares’ bill
- HCA shuffles the cards
- Atrium Health tackling opioid crisis with ‘first-of-its-kind’ technology
- Smithfield hospital is ‘reviewing its policies and procedures’ after worker was stabbed
- Atrium Health children’s hospital launches app to streamline information for patients, families
- North Carolina EMS company alerts 20,000 patients of foreign cyberattack
- UNC Health’s suburban strategy comes to Holly Springs as ground is broken for new hospital
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC combines with Oregon insurer Cambia
- Hospital president provides answers
- Ann Caulkins named as senior vice president of Novant Health and president of Novant Health Foundation
- SeHealth to seek partner in health-care quest
- UNC Rex receives national recognition for heart care
- Atrium Health details its latest expansion plan for the Charlotte area
- Southeastern Health expects to get healthier through partnership
- UNC Health Care Now Offers Telehealth Service
- Cone Health Names Senior Vice President & Associate Chief Nurse Executive
SOUTH CAROLINA
- EHR tool boosts clinical research participation for Medical University of South Carolina
- South Carolina pain group under investigation for billing fraud related to opioids, urine testing
- MUSC cuts ribbon on new MUSC children’s health facility in North Charleston
- Prisma Health stops deliveries at South Carolina birth center
- MUSC partners with Charleston schools for telehealth clinics
- MUSC Health welcomes Marion County hospital facility to team
TENNESSEE
- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital announces hiring of new president
- Tennova & UTMC partner for new rehab hospital
- Tennova, UT Medical Center, Kindred plan inpatient rehab hospital on Middlebrook
- Report outlines how Ballad Health’s progress will be evaluated by the state
- Rennova acquires Tennessee hospital
- Nashville program looks to tackle uncompensated care costs
- Holston Valley recognized as a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital for fourth time
- Tennova Healthcare-Cleveland appoints CEO
- Florida Lab Company Buys A Third Struggling Tennessee Hospital
- Nashville General names CMO
- East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to open Urgent Care in Powell
- Hospital closures create havoc in rural Tennessee
- Tennessee hospital files for bankruptcy
- LifePoint Health appoints 2 division presidents
- How HCA defies industry trends with 19 straight quarters of admission gains
- Tennessee health system taps CEO
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Judge to let sides in Arkansas hospital case have say in court after filing cites ‘crisis’
- Arkansas hospital’s financial crisis puts patients at risk, board says
- Arkansas Heart Hospital gets 5-star rating
- Baptist Health announces executive leadership changes
- Arkansas physician-assisted suicide bill fails before panel
ARIZONA
- Arizona lawmakers hope to close insurance-coverage gap in telemedicine
- Hacienda HealthCare reaches oversight agreement with AZ Dept. of Health
- Arizona’s Medicaid program warns 3,100 enrollees about privacy breach
- Arizona hospitals can’t impose financial liens on patients, court rules
- ‘They should have never put me out there.’ Hospital left homeless woman on the street
LOUISIANA
- ‘Untrue from the outset:’ Touro Hospital, LSU Health respond to USA Today report
- Children’s Hospital $300 Million Expansion is Named One of New Orleans CityBusiness’ Top Construction Projects for 2019
- How Ochsner Health System moves medicine
- New parish hospital to break ground March 21
- Louisiana health system ousts CEO
- Board chair resigns after Louisiana hospital fires CEO
NEW MEXICO
- UNM Hospital prepares to serve migrant families coming to Albuquerque
- Christus St. Vincent rated as a top New Mexico hospital by federal agency
- Longtime PR exec to lead NM health care group
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma hospital owner forced to turn over operations
- Prague Hospital Owners Found In Contempt In Court
- Financial troubles force Oklahoma hospital to hold food drives to feed patients
- ‘Local option’ Medicaid expansion OK’d by Oklahoma House of Representatives
TEXAS
- How Telehealth is Impacting Employers in Dallas-Fort Worth
- Texas physicians group opposes legislation to combat surprise ER bills
- How good is your hospital? New report rates Houston hospitals from worst to best
- How do payer-provider ventures win? ‘Integration,’ Texas Health Aetna CEO says
- UT Health Center to triple residency program with hopes of adding more doctors in region
- Texas hospital CEO pleads guilty to role in multimillion-dollar pass-through payment scheme
- Why the Canceled Baylor-Memorial Merger Might Be Good For Hospital Quality and Cost
- Property tax plan worries hospitals
- Methodist Mansfield Medical Center’s new president is Juan Fresquez
- Texas A&M Health, BCBS may use drones, self-driving cars to improve rural health
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Premera uses AI to identify customers at risk of high-cost care
- Health care emphasized at TCC convention
IDAHO
- Idaho House Speaker: Still short on Medicaid expansion votes
- This Boise psychiatric hospital has emerged from bankruptcy with a new owner
MONTANA
- Telemedicine offers real-time review of ultrasounds for rural Montana women
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare hospitals recognized for high quality ratings
- Acting director named for Montana VA Health Care
OREGON
- Real-time locating system reduces wait times by 75% at Oregon Medical Group
- PeaceHealth Oregon selects new CFO
- PeaceHealth Oregon announces new chief development officer
- Pfizer Settles with Oregon Over Drug Price Coupons
- Oregon Health Insurance Companies Report Big Losses In 2018
- Has serendipity created a transformational moment in Oregon health care?
WASHINGTON
- Island Hospital CEO to retire
- Harrison Medical Center still on track for 2020 opening in Silverdale
- UW teaching hospital plan passes Washington House
- Washington Legislature moves to address ‘surprise billing’ that affects 1 in 5 ER patients
- State public health-care plan clears Washington House
WYOMING
- Ten Wyoming hospitals penalized by Medicare, report says
- St. John’s Medical Center boasts 5-star rating despite readmission penalties
- Summit Medical Center under new ownership
- Physician-owned hospital in Wyoming sold
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Stanford Health Care CFO Linda Hoff on standardizing care to contain costs
- Sacramento’s Sutter Health reports its first annual financial loss in 23 years
- Covidien to pay $17.5M for False Claims Act violations
- Nurses walk out after sale of hospitals to Santa Clara County
- Nurses strike at 2 California hospitals
- Shuttered California hospital to reopen after city OKs operating agreement
- Health care union notes layoffs as Kaiser expands contract landscaping service
- St. Bernardine Medical Center selects new CFO
COLORADO
- Colorado hospital ‘bed tax’ is legal, court rules
- Group of Denver doctors travels abroad to perform free surgeries
- St. Thomas More Hospital interim CEO focuses on providing exceptional care
- Chief medical officer addresses work, life and job security
- Colorado hospital to outsource physician billing
- Craig Richardville Named CIO Of $2.5 Billion SCL Health
- Two measures in state Legislature seek to end surprise medical bills
- Colorado Senate tentatively Oks hospital transparency bill
- Survey highlights Coloradans’ health care cost concerns
- CEO Peter Banko on Centura Health’s plan to double revenue by 2025
- Valley-Wide leadership changes
HAWAII
- Q&A: Hawaii Sen. Stanley Chang on health care, housing, and bills this session
- Queen’s to open new family clinic in Ewa Beach later this year
NEVADA
- Children’s Week begins at the Nevada State Legislature
- Las Vegas health care provider sentenced for Medicaid fraud
- Controversial medical waste company proposes incinerator in North Las Vegas
- Critical condition: The crisis of rural medical care
- Cleveland Clinic Nevada joins international clinical trial investigating RRMS treatment
UTAH
- Intermountain Healthcare genomics division awards $400K for precision medicine research
- Intermountain Healthcare Launches New ‘Intermountain at Home’ Service to Enable Patients to Receive Clinical Care at Home
- Dixie Regional names new medical director
- Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison: How Civica Rx will disrupt the drug industry
